Heli sightseeing
& glacier hike

Glacier hike and scramble to explore an icefall!

Here is our most exclusive tour! You will combine an exciting and impressive sightseeing flight with a helicopter around Iceland’s highest mountain and an exclusive glacier hike.

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The helicopter will show you absolutely unique views over glacier outlets, mountain tops, snow covered fields, climbing as high as the highest peaks in the area, ad will drop your team on one of Vatnajökull’s outlet glaciers.

There your AIMG certified glacier guide will gear you up with necessary mountaineering equipment and lead you through a scenic and totally exclusive glacier hike with very impressive surrounding glacier features, such as crevasses, moulins and seracs.

Your return flight to base will then be short but scenic, leaving you with incredible memories

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Duration

about 2.5 hours

distance between 2 points

Distance

About 2 km hike

2 persons climbing a mountain

Level

Difficulty 2 out of 5 – Moderate

3 persons

Number of participants

9 max.

a map, meeting point

Meeting point

Skaftafell Air Terminal

a wallet

Price

98.900 Isk per pers.

Included

Helicopter scenic flight (about 25 minutes total flight time)
Guided Glacier Hike
Certified Glacier Guide according to AIMG* standards
Specialized Glacier Gear:
Helmet
Crampons
Harness
Ice axe

*AIMG: Association of Icelandic Muntain Guides

What do I need to bring?

Good hiking boots are essential. The boots should be high enough to provide good ankle support. Regular street shoes or sneakers are not appropriate shoe wear for this trip!
Base layer (shirt and long johns) synthetic or wool, mid layer such as good sweater, wool or fleece.
Mid layer such as fleece jacket, thick wool garment, prima-loft jacket or similar. Second mid layer can be added for colder days. Hiking pants, fleece or soft shell or similar.
Waterproof breathable jacket like Gore-tex jacket and pants or similar.
Good thermal headwear and gloves.
Socks, synthetic or wool.
Small backpack (Can be handy to carry camera, pic-nique, rain gear and all extras)
Jeans are not accepted for our Glacier tours!
picnic or snacks
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