Skaftafell Glacier Hiking Adventure

Top-notch experience and suitable for everyone! Tommaso and Michele were fantastic guides and the ice waterfall seen up close is truly magnificent!

All I have to say is wow! This was a highlight of our two week ring road trip! I never in a million years would have thought I would hike a glacier. My husband and I are from miami. Not avid hikers and we have 0 elevation where we are from. We were able to do it! They provide you with crampons which were easing to put on and walk with. We made it all the way to the blue spikes and walls and even got a taste of climbing. Our guide was amazing! So good and what she does. Always made sure we were safe and having a good time. Even though I fell twice it wasn’t bad. Just slipped on the gravel and my crampons tripped me up when they got stuck on my shoe laces but even with that it wasn’t bad so very epic and worth every penny. Do it!

This Glacier Expeditions tour, once in a lifetime experience. They checked the shoes I am wearing and suggested to wear theirs since mine didn't have ankle support. Picking the correct shoe size is more important which I realized thru the pain after climbing up. Great instructions by our Guide Andre, patiently accommodating everyone in the group. Short ride to the base, 20 minutes walk, then hiking for nearly 5 hours. Wind, weather was very favorable that day to us. Enjoyed to the maximum, felt very good and refreshing. Highly recommend this one.

We have been on glacier tours before, but this one was something special. The glacial terrain was exceptionally variable, leading to many technical options. We had a strong group and our guide Kaspar made the day insanely fun, teaching us how to navigate the glacier safely and went the extra mile to teach us some technical aspects of navigating the tougher spots. Why keep reading, just book it already. Again, stop reading - book the tour! (Check the weather a couple days beforehand and move the date if you can!)

We really wanted to love this experience, but we just didn't. Thankfully, we got lucky with the weather. But we also got stuck with some people in our group who were not really physically ready for the challenge (which is a risk on these types of tours). Thus, we did not get nearly as high on the glacier as other groups did, and spent a lot of time waiting for members of our group to take breaks and photos. Although I wore Hoka hiking boots with ankle support, they said the crampons would not fit around the rounder heel and toe that shoe maker has. My husbands did not have high enough ankle support. So we both had to wear their boots and we both got blisters. My guess is that we would have enjoyed the tour slightly more in our own shoes. Our guide was nice, knowledgeable, patient and professional. The gear appeared to be good quality, and we felt safe the entire time. But the tour just wasn't what we were expecting. We both felt like the Katla ice cave tour we had done a couple of days earlier (albeit in terrible weather) was much more enjoyable and more worth the money, even though it was more expensive. I would potentially recommend this tour to some people, but not universally and only if they knew exactly what they were getting into. A few other things to note - trekking poles are not recommended by the company. I recorded our hike at just over 4 miles and about 1200' elevation gain. (mind you, other groups went father/higher). Hiking is a mix between loose rock and ice, and I think only about 2 miles (or less) was on the glacier. I will say, it is definitely cooler on the second shelf than where the 3hr hikes go. Much better views and more variation. Hope this info helps!