Private tour to Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon

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Overview

Watching the huge icebergs float lazily on the lake and sometimes seeing them turn over really is a majestic sight, one which you will never forget.

Tour Snapshot

Level

Easy

Availability

All year

Starting point

Reykjavik

End point

Reykjavik

Languages

English

Minimum age

All ages

What to expect

On tour

Tailored to your wishes.
We provide the expertise and organization. You just choose the type of vehicle and type of accommodations, activities, eating requests and so on.
South Coast of Iceland
Icelandic Sagas, nature and folktales shared by our expert guides
Glacier Snowmobiling Tour
Boat tour on Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon
Glacier hike
Eyjafjallajokull Visitor Centre
Skogar Folk Museum
ATV
Horseback riding

Transportation

Pick up & drop-off
Meet on location

Accommodation & Meals

Accommodation
Meals

Route map

Check the itinerary to find out the details of your adventure.

Itinerary Overview

The south of Iceland has without a doubt a lot to offer to anyone seeking to experience adventure and being close up and personal with Iceland's stunning nature.

Think about the thrill of a snow-scooter drive on a glacier. You can hike on a glacier if you don't want to drive on it. Horseback riding is also available (not on a glacier, though). ATV driving, ice caving, sailing among icebergs in the lagoon, bird watching on the cliffs of the south shore, seeing the hot springs near Hveragerdi, bathing in a very special geothermal pool huddled against a cliff in the middle of nowhere, and/or visiting the Eyjafjallajokull Visitor Centre and the Skogar Folk Museum.

Accommodations available go from 4-star hotels to sleeping bag accommodations. Cozy cottages might be rented as well. Bed & breakfast in guesthouses, farms and country houses have become very popular too. And camping might be a real experience in beautiful nature.

Starting point

Reykjavik

End point

Reykjavik

The Sights

Jokulsarlon is the best known and the largest of a number of glacial lakes in Iceland. It is situated at the south end of the glacier of Vatnajokull between the Skaftafell preservation area in Vatnajokull National Park and Hofn.

Jokulsarlon is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Iceland, and it really is not hard to know the reason why! It first appeared only in 1934-1935, due to the heavy melting of the Icelandic glaciers the lake has grown from 7.9 km² in 1975 to at least 18 km² today. Approaching a depth of 250m, Jokulsarlon is now the deepest lake in Iceland.

Your tour begins in the morning when we pick you up in or close to Reykjavik. You choose how long you want the tour to last, for example, from 1 up to 3 days – whichever timescale suits you best.

We drive along the South Coast of Iceland, seeing many delightful sights along the route. We will stop at the sights and/or places of interest that you wish to see. For example at one of South Coast's black sandy beaches; Seljalandsfoss, the waterfall which you can walk behind; the basalt columns at Reynisfjara; the large and symmetrical Skogafoss Waterfall; Skogar Folk Museum, the little town of Vik or the beautiful scenery around Dyrholaey and so on.

Whilst you are driven to the places you have chosen to explore your guide will share their knowledge of the Icelandic Sagas, nature, and folktales. We always make sure our passengers enjoy a tour that is informative, entertaining, and memorable.

When we reach Jokulsarlon we enjoy the sights by walking on the coast around the lagoon, or simply relaxing in a quiet place to soak up the view. During the summertime, it is possible to take a 30-minute boat trip on the lake which you could of course participate in. Another option would be to visit the nearby beach where you would see icebergs floating into the ocean.

This tailor-made tour is designed to be customized to allow you to make the most of your holiday. We want to give you the opportunity to see the glacier lake of Jokulsarlon in a comfortable and fun way which is exactly right for you. We return to Reykjavík by the same route, which means any of the sightseeing stops can be made on the return journey if you prefer.

The tour ends when we drop you off in or close to Reykjavik, wherever you wish.

Departure from

Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon

Arctic Adventures

Arctic Adventures is a top Icelandic tour operator known for its small-group experiences. Since 1983, they’ve specialized in guiding travelers through Iceland’s wild terrains, from glaciers to volcanoes. Their tours are all about adventure and sustainability, led by expert guides who make sure every trip is safe, fun, and memorable. Arctic Adventures combines deep local knowledge with a strong commitment to nature, making them a trusted choice for anyone looking to explore Iceland up close and responsibly.

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Packing list

Get ready for your trip, here are some items, you should not forget.

What to bring (Required)

Warm clothes
Waterproof and breathable pants and jacket
Sturdy shoes
Headwear
Gloves

We're here to answer your questions

The pickup time is stated on your voucher and therefore we recommend you to review your voucher carefully. We ask all participants to be ready from the start of the pickup time indicated as you may well be the first pick up of the day. Please be at your assigned location at the right pick up time that you chose when booking the tour.

Wait for your guide at your assigned pick up location.

Have your email and phone number listed with us so we can contact you if we run into any trouble finding you.

View our pick-up locations in Reykjavík.

Alcohol is prohibited on all of our tours before and during activities. If we find the participant to be intoxicated, we will prohibit them from taking part in the activity.

After the activities of the day are finished then you are more than welcome to have a drink and relax.

Yes, we do have a tour into Langjökull Ice Cave that has no minimum age and it is a fantastic option for the whole family. As a Whale Watching with our partner company Special Tours, enjoyable tour for a family traveling with young children, these guys have an enormous success rate in seeing whales (upwards of 98% in the summertime).

If you want to explore parts of Icelandic Highlands than we have our magnificent Landmannalaugar Safari tour that also offers you to bathe in natural hot springs. Almost all of our jeep tours are suitable for children over the age of 6 years old. Then we also have a relaxing experience that we highly recommend, our Golden Circle & Secret Lagoon tour.

We reserve the rights to adjust the itinerary and/or take different routes depending on conditions. Your safety is our number one priority.

Please read more information in our terms and conditions in regards to this matter.

Yes, we have specially trained and certified guide on all of our tours, expect on our self-drive tours.

All of our tours are English guided.

No, for all your questions and concerns you would need to contact our customer service.

In Iceland, the standard is 230V and 50Hz and we use F-type power sockets and plugs. If you are visiting from the UK, USA, Canada or other countries using a different voltage, Hz or plugs, therefore, we highly recommend you to bring an adaptor.

We have four different categories that help participants to get a better understanding of what to expect from the tour. The categories are Easy, Moderate, Challenging and Demanding. All of our tours are rated to make it easier for you to find a tour that suits you.

For further information about the difficulty ratings and descriptions.

You can book almost all of our trips here on our website. You will find a booking window on each tour page and the best and safest way is to book and pay is directly through our website.

1. You can pay directly through our website. That is the easiest, safest and fastest way to reserve and pay for your adventure. If you choose this way then you will receive a voucher as a confirmation via email. Which you will need to bring with you on your trip.

2. You can pay via phone, our phone number is +354 562 7000. Please be noted, however you pay, you will always get a voucher. It is important to have your voucher ready for your tour so please remember to print it out or make sure that you can show it through your electronic device.

You will receive a confirmation email after you have made the booking. If you think that you have made a booking and haven’t received an email confirmation then you may please contact us via email with an inquiry through our contact form, and we will figure it out together.

All charges are made in the tour operators currency: For tours in Iceland it's Icelandic krona, ISK, but for tours in Canada/Greenland it's either USD or CAD.

On Adventures.com you can view an estimate of prices in EUR and other currencies. This is only to help you understand the approximate price.

Your credit card will always be charged in the operators currency.

Keep in mind that your card issuer may charge you a foreign transaction fee.

We do not require minimum participants on most of our tours but there is a minimum of 2 people for a few of our trips. If you are traveling solo and interested in a tour that requires more than 2 participants than we can take down your information and contact you if more people book the tour.

We can arrange private departures as per customer request. Almost all of the tours that we offer can be arranged as a private tour. If you prefer to have a private tour arranged than you may feel free to contact us through email info@adventures.com

Unfortunately, we don’t have any waiting list for our tours. Availability is found on our website in the availability sheet where all updates will automatically be made to the sheet listed in each tour description. We have a variety of different adventure tours around Iceland so there is a big chance that you find a similar version of the tour that you were originally looking for.

If your tour that you have booked is canceled on our behalf than you will receive a 100% refund. The refund process is different depending on the way you booked the tour.

If you booked the tour through our website then we will start the refund process as soon as we know if you will not be rescheduling and you will receive a separate email with a confirmation about that your refund has been processed.

If you booked the tour via booking agent than you will need to contact them directly to receive the refund. We will confirm with them about your canceled tour and then the refund process will start on their end. Extreme Iceland only receives the payment when the tour has finished, that means that your payment still remains with the booking agent and therefore, the refund can only be processed directly from their end.

The minimum age requirement is decided by our operational managers and is dependent on each activity and its difficulty ratings and can, therefore, vary between tours We put great value towards safety for our customers and the minimum age policy falls under this. Therefore we can not accommodate a person that has not reached the age limit on the tour.
We ask you to try to understand that this is based on safety procedures and we can therefore unfortunately not make any exceptions on this rule.

We can unfortunately not accommodate you and your group if the number of your group extends the number of available seats left on the tour. Our website shows the correct number of available seats left. It is impossible to squeeze additional participants onto sold out departures as we have really strict policy measures as to how many participants are assigned to each guide on our tour departures. Therefore we hope that you understand as this is of course done with our customer's safety in mind.

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