Glacial Adventure
Glacial Adventure
To experience the pristine beauti og the glacier, take an organized expedition onto the Vatnajokull glaciers in jeeps and snowmobile (snowcats) with experienced guides. More info
General Information
- Duration:
- 1 Days
- Location Start:
- Höfn
- Location Finish:
- Höfn
- Phone:
- (+354) 894-1616
- Payment Types:
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- We Speak:
- German, English
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Last updated: 08/12/2006
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Itinerary
Day 1
We take the bus from Höfn and drive uphill towards the glacier and as we approach the building, Jöklasel (altitude 840 m), we can admire the view before we take off for the adventure on the glacier, a tour by Skidoo snowcat. For those who prefer enjoying the wonders of the glacier in a more relaxed way we offer a tour using jeeps. We proudly offer you a lunch in the Jöklasel Restaurant, which is truly the only Mountain Restaurant in Iceland. You will certainly enjoy your meal as you look out the windows to see the spectacular landscape from the high Glacier to the open Atlantic ocean. The pleasant stay on the glacier is followed by a boating experience on the glacial lagoon Jökulsárlón. There we stop for 1-1.5 hour. After the enjoyable experience of the day we take the bus back to Höfn.
Extra Information
- Extras -
- Is the biggest glacier in Europe. It covers about 8% of the country and the average thikness is 400m. Under the ice-cap are still active vulcanos and in Grimsvotn vulcano, Iceland's most active since the Middle Ages erupted in 1996, 1998 and 2004. Seven central volcanoes are situated underneth the Vatnajokull ice-cap. The Kverkfjöll is a large glaciated central vulcano on the northern edge of Vatnajokull, with a powerful highteo-nature ared where there are mudholes. Steam bowholes and a luke-warm lake. Undereneath the glacier is an ice cavern system several km long.
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