Crystal Ice Cave Tour with Super Jeep Ride | IS-GG-CIC

A great trip! Fannrar was our guide and he was awesome. His liveliness really kicked off the morning for us and the ride to the glacier was just fun. The super Jeep they have was impressive and I enjoyed the ride. Fannrar had interesting fun facts and stories and this really complimented the experience. The ice caves were absolutely beautiful and such an experience.

10/10 experience.

We LOVED this tour and had a great experience with the company. We are from Florida, USA and originally planned to travel to Iceland in November 2020. Of course, that trip was cancelled due to COVID and we received a voucher from Arctic Adventures to re-book any time within 3 years. We didn't waste any time and re-booked the tour for November, 2021. The re-booking process was easy and the company accepted our voucher with no problems.

A bit about the tour: the journey TO the ice cave is part of the experience. I read some negative reviews saying that the tour itself was "only 30 minutes of action", but it really depends on your perspective. It took several hours to get to the cave and back. We enjoyed the ride to the tour site in the big 4-wheel drive van. The hike out to the ice cave was about a mile on rocky terrain. Our 5-year old was able to do it, but know your child's hiking ability before choosing this tour for young children. I would not recommend it for children younger than 5 or for anyone with mobility challenges, as you will be hiking for quite some time to get to the ice cave. There were other children on the tour with us and all of them hiked the terrain just fine.

Yes, your time in the cave itself will be limited because the cave is just not that big - in fact, it is shrinking every year. But it's amazing. Book this tour and go see it before it's gone. We had a perfect experience.

One more tip: Road conditions can change quickly in Iceland. The morning of our tour, it was extremely windy and hard to keep our tiny car on the road. I'd recommend that you try and stay somewhere close to Jokusarlon the night before rather than trying to drive out from Reykjavik in the morning. It's about a 5-hour drive from the city. We stayed at Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon for one night before this tour and while it was expensive, it really took the stress out of trying to make an early morning tour in Jokularsarlon.

We had a wonderful time on the Crystal Cave tour with Southeast Iceland and our amazing guide, Fannar! It was on time, comfortable, not rushed, and fun the whole way. Fannar shared authentic fun facts along the way, both about family experiences in Iceland and about glaciers/nature/history. We walked away feeling like we learned something today with some added laughs and fun! It was a great experience all around, not even mentioning the gorgeous landscape and beautiful cave we had the pleasure of exploring. Can’t wait to go again!

My friend and I had a wonderful time on the ice cave tour. We loved our guide Bjork. She was very knowledgeable about the glacier and Iceland in general and was happy to answer all of our questions.

Make sure to wear hiking boots and be prepared to walk approx 20 minutes to the caves from where the van parks. The ice inside the caves does not appear very blue to the naked eye, but looks very blue through a camera lens when taking pictures.

Wonderful ice cave and amazing guide. Shall come to see this big crystal ice cave.

I and my boyfriend have a unique experience in Iceland.

We had Tate as our tour guide and his knowledge, sense of humour and overall delivery of the experience was amazing! I was overly impressed with the tour and would HIGHLY recommend it! It was very well paced and we saw some wonderful hidden sights. If you are going the Iceland this tour is a MUST! Thanks so much Tate :)

We took a super Jeep up to the glacier, which was an experience all on its own. Our Jeep actually broke down on top of the glacier, but our guide recovered from that like a pro and promptly got us to the ice caves after a small hike and short ride in another group’s Jeep.

We were unable to visit the Crystal Cave because it was flooded, but we went in another ice cave, then visited a fresh crevasse, which was bright blue.

We felt safe the whole time with Arctic Adventures, even when the Jeep broke down. I’d recommend their tour in a heartbeat.

The day of the visit was really rainny and cloudy day so I think the tour should have been cancelled, it is almost imposible to enjoy the experience because all was grey , the ice, the glacier, the cave... only cloudy view on the top .. not worthy although the guy in charge of the tour was nice, kind and drove us through the lava field that was a very funny experience bumping. During the drive, He shared a lot of details of Icelanders habits, culture... it was really interesting
I would say that the tour is only worthy if the weather is nice, that is difficult in Iceland

The tour was definitely an experience but also overly priced in my opinion. We paid about $455CAD for two people for 3 hours, where 2 hours were spent trekking in the snow and we spent only about an hour in the actual ice cave. Also, I was under the assumption that the ice cave was blue ice, but when we got there it was black ice, which is due to the volcano eruption that had happened recently. Now I understand that that is something not under the tour company's control but I feel like it is something that should've been communicated with us as the ice cave was just all black ice, when we were expecting blue according to the pictures. I felt a little deceived as I wanted to see what the pictures portrayed, but was little disappointed. Once in a lifetime experience still, I do not regret the purchase at all.

I feel like the glacier cave experience is a must have while in Iceland, and Arctic Adventures definitely offered a good service. The guide was super knowledgeable and friendly, the vehicles we took up the glacier felt safe, and the equipment we were given (helmet and ice spikes) were in good repair. I would say the tour we got was not worth the high price tag (which is why I subtract a star), however there's not really any other cheaper option (the tours for the same thing offered by other companies are all around the same price point). So while I think the tour we got wasn't quite worth the cost, it's still worth paying the high price tag to get to experience a glacier cave. I will note that as stated in other reviews the photos on their website are from last year's cave. It needs to be understood that glacier caves melt/"flood" every summer, and so the cave you experience only lasts one season. Winter 2018-2019's cave that we visited was fairly small and looks predominately black as there is not much light penetration through the ice (the blue look comes when light can be seen through the ice). They don't generally bother naming the caves since they melt every year. However I think that calling this tour the "Crystal Ice Cave Tour" does seem slightly ingenuous since that seems to reference a previous cave that was mostly blue and no longer exists.

Our tour guide Thor is what made this tour so great. We went on the last tour of the day at 14:00 and he was able to show us 2 different caves, he even brought his own spotlight and helped us all get the perfect photo everywhere we went! This man really does love his job and it was really awesome to be able to bask in the experience and take it all in. Our tour even went 45 minutes longer than we were supposed to so he could show us another glacier! Thank you! The caves were very very cool and well worth it for the price!

Amazing experience driving on the glaciers in a super jeep and exploring an ice cave wearing crampons. We loved the whole tour and the unique experience of wearing crampons and walking inside ice caves under the glaciers! Highly recommend if traveling in November!

I write this review with mixed thoughts. Originally we booked the Crystal Ice Cave tour. Upon arriving and starting our trek onto the glacier we were told the cave we were supposed to see had sadly been closed and would probably never reopen, as it had flooded then filled with dirt. Previous reviews of that cave were all very high. It was disappointing that the company’s marketing was not corrected when that cave closed, as I booked this tour in September.

This being noted, I still really enjoyed this tour. The two caves weren’t what I expected, but were beautiful in their own different ways. And you can’t go to Iceland and not trek onto a glacier.

P.S. Dress appropriately in warm layers with warm gloves, sock, boots and hat/ear band or you will be cold.