You’ll visit most of the famous places in Iceland. Including the most beautiful Glacier Lagoon Jökulsárlón, where you’ll have a Jeep Ride and enter a blue ice cave. And if nature allows, you’ll see the magnificent Northern Lights. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime experience!
About this tour
3 Day Ice Cave Northern Lights Golden Circle Winter Tour With Jeep Ride
- Duration: 3 Days
- Difficulty level: Easy to moderate
- Max 18 people in the group
- Accommodation and breakfast are included
- Available: October to March
- Mobile ticket
- FREE cancellation with full refund up to 24 hours before the start of the tour
- Guide language: English
- Covid-19 safety measures apply
Highlights
- You will visit the most famous places in Iceland. ✓ Thingvellir National Park ✓ Gullfoss ✓ Geysir Geothermal area ✓ Skógafoss waterfall ✓ Seljalandsfoss waterfall ✓ Skaftafell in Vatnajokull National Park ✓ Jökulsárlón Ice Lagoon ✓ Diamond Beach ✓ Reynisfjara – Black Sand Beach
- Super Jeep tour to the Blue Ice Cave
- Glacier Hike Tour in Vatnajökull National Park
- Accommodation and breakfast are included
- Glacier hike & ice cave tour equipment is provided
- Small group experience
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Iceland 3 Day Winter Tour Itinerary:
Day 1
Geysir Geothermal Area
There are many colorful natural hot springs in the Geysir geothermal area. One called Strokkur is a geyser, which erupts every 5 minutes up to 35 meters. It was named after “Geysir” the original erupting hot spring, that gave all the geysers in the world their name, however extinct today.
Gullfoss Waterfall
The melting water from Iceland´s second biggest glacier, Langjökull, falls into a deep canyon forming the majestic “Golden Falls”. On a sunny day, you can see the glacier Langjökull in the distance and enjoy a rainbow in the mist of the waterfall, an photo blockbuster waiting to happen!
Thingvellir National Park
We visit the place where the two tectonic plates, the North American and the Eurasian plate, are moving away from each other. Few places in the world offer a better and clearer view of this massive geographic activity. The biggest natural lake in Iceland is also located at Thingvellir National Park and hosts a great variety of fish and bird life.
Day 2
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
Upon arrival you will enjoy the powerful theatrics of Seljalandsfoss. Bring a raincoat and you’ll be able to make the short hike behind the falls. The scene behind the fall and the trembling ground from the power of the falling water makes for an automatic photo blockbuster!
Skógafoss Waterfall
Further east along the coast is Skógafoss waterfall. Skógafoss is an incredibly picturesque sight: tucked in a little gorge, the river Skógá tumbles down a 60 meters cliff before continuing down the landscape towards the Atlantic Ocean. Alongside the gorge, a staircase can take you to the shelf above the waterfall for stunning views.
Glacier Hike in Skaftafell or Sólheimajökull
We will then continue our journey towards one of Iceland’s largest glaciers. 9% of Iceland is currently covered by ice. Once we get to the area, we will put crampons on, helmets, ice axes, and start hiking towards the glacier.
While on the glacier, we will visit crevasses, moulins, and many other great formations of the magnificent ice. It might also be possible to visit an ice cave during winter time.
Northern Lights Discovery
Arriving at our hotel in the Southeast, you will then meet your guide after dinner for further information about the Northern Lights, weather and Aurora forecast and a good spot to look at them. If the sky is clear and the forecast is good, we can hope for the magic to begin.
Day 3
Jökulsárlón, the Glacier Lagoon
Jökulsárlón is a 200m deep glacier water lagoon fed by the melting of Breiðamerkurjökull, an outlet glacier of Europe’s largest glacier Vatnajökull. Enormous icebergs also fall from Breiðamerkurjökull all year round so the lagoon is usually filled with ice blocks that floats South.
Diamond Beach
On the other side of the road, the icebergs from Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon float into the Atlantic Ocean where they are quickly thrown back to shore by the tide and winds. This black sand beach is full of smaller ice blocks in all shapes and sizes, sparkling like diamonds in the daylight. The ice itself comes in all shades of white and blue forming beautiful contrasts.
Blue Ice Cave
And then we continue with a Super Jeep ride to explore the ice cave. Your guide will share with you his expertise about the ice caves, allowing you to truly appreciate this amazing natural phenomenon – spoiler alert… it will be blue and the best ice cave in Iceland.
Reynisfjara, the Black Sand Beach
Further West, we visit the Black Sand Beach of Reynisfjara where the Atlantic coastline presents massive waves hitting the unique basalt pillars in the cliffs above the sand. The cliffs of Dýrhólaey are seen in the distance. This area of the south is also a paradise for bird lovers, as puffins, razorbills and dozens of other species nest on top of these cliffs in the summertime.
Includes
- English speaking guide
- Certified glacier guide
- Small group
- Wi-Fi and Icelandic music on board
- Glacier equipment: helmet, harness, crampons, and ice axe
- Two nights accommodation in a hotel with breakfast and private bathroom (We usually stay at Hotel Hvolsvöllur and Hotel Höfn, but this can change depending on the schedule)
What to bring:
Know Before You Go
- Please note that €150/ person is a deposit only, and you have to pay the outstanding balance ISK 87,920 (or €617)/ person at least 2 days before the tour starts
- Pick up is from designated locations in Reykjavík, let us know your hotel address and we will send you the nearest meeting point. Pick up is not available from Keflavik airport or outside of the capital
- Order of attractions may change due to road or weather conditions and we may have to adjust timings to the short daylight of winter days
- The limit is one suitcase of 24 inches per person, but you can store your extra luggage in our office for 1,500 ISK. It can be added as an extra fee at the time of booking, and is non-refundable upon payment in all cases
- Customers travelling alone will receive a single room. Reservations for 2 people will be allocated a double room. For bookings of 3 or more, triple rooms will automatically be allocated. If these arrangements do not meet your requirements, please contact the us
- The Northern Lights are a natural random phenomenon and cannot be guaranteed by the operator. The hotels are in prime locations to maximize the chances of seeing them
- Ice caves are a dynamic ever-changing natural phenomenon only accessible during winter time when temperatures drop below zero. Each year new unique caves are formed in different areas of the glacier. We visit a naturally formed ice cave during this tour
- We will charge full amount of the tour price, if cancellations requested less than 24 hours from the departure time
Meeting Point
Pick up from the designated locations in Reykjavík
Reykjavík, Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
4 reviews for Iceland: 3 Day Ice Cave Northern Lights Golden Circle Winter Tour With Accommodation & Breakfast
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William
Everything went well, we did a lot in 3 days which was amazing and it’s well worth it!
Trina
This is the best tour in Iceland I can guarantee you! Everything you need to see you can find them in this trip! Me and my husband had a fabulous time! The highlight for us is the ICE CAVE and the northern light! We both highly recommend this to anyone who visit Iceland!
Jess Mccormick
It was an amazing trip. We visited the most popular places in the golden circle. If you rent a car and book the hotel on your own is already the tour price, and this tour is included Ice cave and glacier hike which is very recommendable!
Karen
I have done this 3 day trip with my husband and I am very glad to choose this, because we were super lucky to see the northern lights and the ice cave tour was just speechless, our guides took really good care of us, he gave us a safety briefing of glacier hike with crampons. Definitely once in a life time experience!