Katla Ice Cave Tour - Meet in Vík
Looking for something off the typical tourist track? This is the tour for you! It’s time to jump in a super jeep, strap on your crampons, and step onto the mighty Myrdalsjokull glacier on this Katla Ice Cave tour – Meet at Vík. Mother Nature has really outdone herself with this one. Everywhere you look, you see the movie-like surroundings and glaciers. Grandiose ice walls tower over you as you walk among them to enter the magical blue and black ice dome of the outlet glacier named after the powerful volcano Katla. Prepare to have your breath taken away! Mýrdalsjökull Mýrdalsjökull glacier is one of the best-known in Iceland, from which the alluring Kötlujökull glacier originates. Kötlujökull is named after the robust Icelandic Volcano Katla, which is covered by the glacier. As the enormous mass of ice slowly crawls down from the volcano mountain, it creates some of Iceland’s most impressive natural ice caves. On this exhilarating Super Jeep tour, you will get to explore the wonders of this stunning natural phenomenon. You will see why as soon as you step in! The Katla Ice Cave tour – Meet at Vík On this Katla Ice cave tour – Meet at Vík, we will stop near the roots of the Kötlujökull glacier, and the view that greets us is otherworldly. We will put on our crampons and helmets and take a short walk to the opening of the ice cave. We might need to climb a few steps on ladders to the entrance of the cave. As the natural ice cave is constantly changing, conditions can differ from one tour to the next. The climb is, however, not difficult at all, and anyone in an average physical condition should be able to climb these steps. It might look adventurous, but it is not demanding at all! Beautiful layers of differently colored ice and volcanic ash unfold as we approach the cave, painting impressive stripes across the glacier. Your guide will tell you all about the history of the glacier, the ice cave, and the surrounding area, making the tour both educational and exciting. This tour is a meet-on location from Vík.
Katla Ice Cave Tour - Meet in Vík is a 3 hours experience run by Southcoast Adventure in South Iceland, from 29.990 ISK per person. Looking for something off the typical tourist track? This is the tour for you! It’s time to jump in a super jeep, strap on your crampons, and step onto the mighty Myrdalsjokull glacier on this Katla Ice Cave tour – Meet at Vík.
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About this tour
Looking for something off the typical tourist track? This is the tour for you!
It’s time to jump in a super jeep, strap on your crampons, and step onto the mighty Myrdalsjokull glacier on this Katla Ice Cave tour – Meet at Vík.
Mother Nature has really outdone herself with this one. Everywhere you look, you see the movie-like surroundings and glaciers. Grandiose ice walls tower over you as you walk among them to enter the magical blue and black ice dome of the outlet glacier named after the powerful volcano Katla. Prepare to have your breath taken away!
Mýrdalsjökull
Mýrdalsjökull glacier is one of the best-known in Iceland, from which the alluring Kötlujökull glacier originates. Kötlujökull is named after the robust Icelandic Volcano Katla, which is covered by the glacier. As the enormous mass of ice slowly crawls down from the volcano mountain, it creates some of Iceland’s most impressive natural ice caves. On this exhilarating Super Jeep tour, you will get to explore the wonders of this stunning natural phenomenon. You will see why as soon as you step in!
The Katla Ice Cave tour – Meet at Vík
On this Katla Ice cave tour – Meet at Vík, we will stop near the roots of the Kötlujökull glacier, and the view that greets us is otherworldly. We will put on our crampons and helmets and take a short walk to the opening of the ice cave. We might need to climb a few steps on ladders to the entrance of the cave. As the natural ice cave is constantly changing, conditions can differ from one tour to the next. The climb is, however, not difficult at all, and anyone in an average physical condition should be able to climb these steps. It might look adventurous, but it is not demanding at all!
Beautiful layers of differently colored ice and volcanic ash unfold as we approach the cave, painting impressive stripes across the glacier. Your guide will tell you all about the history of the glacier, the ice cave, and the surrounding area, making the tour both educational and exciting.
This tour is a meet-on location from Vík.
What’s included
- Helmets and crampons
What to bring
- Warm outdoor clothing,
- Waterproof jacket and pants
- Head-wear
- Gloves
- Appropriate hiking boots/shoes.
Good to know
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not stroller accessible
- Not suitable for pets
- No public transportation nearby
- Infants must not sit on laps
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Where it starts
Vik
Meeting point: Ice Wear Parking Lot in Vík, Icewear / Vík Wool, Austurvegur, Vik, Iceland, Vík














