Snowmobile tour on Vatnajökull Glacier

Operated by Glacierjourney / Fallastakkur

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Duration:3 hours

Travel by:Self-Drive

Difficulty:Moderate

Min. age:6+ years

Meeting point:Glacier Journey summer location

About this experience

Come and explore with us the fantastic lunar landscape of Iceland!

Your adrenaline will pump when the fresh winds of the glacier will rush against you as you whizz over the snow. Joining this subarctic adventure and driving a snowmobile over Europe’s biggest glacier, will be one of the most exciting experiences you will ever participate in.

Along with an exciting adventure, you will also experience an unbelievable view over the glimmering glacier and its snow- and ice-covered surface. If you’re lucky and the view is good, you will see the east and south highlands of Iceland.

About halfway through the tour, we’ll stop and you will have the opportunity to take pictures and peacefully enjoy the scenery.
Our guides are very informative and entertaining and will tell you facts and stories about the area and the glacier. Don’t be shy to ask any questions if there’s something you want to know!

At base camp, Glacier Journey will provide overalls and helmets for the tour before driving you up on the glacier.
Snowmobiles are easy to operate and there’s no need to worry if you haven’t ridden one before. We will demonstrate how they work and go through the simple security rules before it’s time to mount your snowmobile and begin your adventure.

A valid driver's license is required.

WEIGHT LIMIT

Participants combined weight on one snowmobile MUST be 180kg / 390lbs or less. If your combined weight exceeds 180kg / 390lbs you need to book single snowmobiles.

This is VERY important for your safety while riding snowmobiles.

When booking odd numbers 1.3.5 etc you need to book solo rider.

Our summer location for Snowmobile tours is our base camp by Hotel Smyrlabjörg - when using Google Maps "Glacier Journey - summer location"

You are required to be at the meeting point on time, arriving 30 min before the scheduled departure time.
Unfortunately we cannot wait for late arrivals and hence, arriving late will result in an automatic cancellation of the booking and a full forfeiture of the booking fee.

Highlights

Glacier
Nature & Scenery
Snowmobile

Places you may visit

Glaciers — South Iceland

What's included

Insulated overall , face cover, gloves and a helmet.

Good to know

We provide you with everything you need for a safe and comfortable ride, warm overalls, helmets and gloves, just bring yourself and good outdoors boots.

· A valid driver´s license is required for the driver, not for the passenger.

· Good outdoor clothing and hiking boots are required.

· Reasonable level of fitness is required for all our tours.

· It´s the customer’s responsibility to inform our guides if they have any kind of health issue.

· There is a 48 hours cancellation policy, customers will get a 90% refund if they cancel the tour 48+ hours before departure.

· If the tour is cancelled by Glacier Journey for some reason i.e. due to weather, customers get a full refund.

· Glacier Journey does not assume any responsibility for accidents that are caused by its customers or can be traced to their actions.

· All our tours are undertaken on the responsibility of their participants.

· Glacier Journey cannot make sure that no other persons or other unrelated groups are in the area at the same time as our tours.

· Required participants per tour are 2 persons

NOTE: If the driver or passenger causes damage to a snowmobile the driver is responsible for paying for the repair of the snowmobile.

Meeting point

Glacier Journey summer location

Smyrlabjörg, Hofn

Cancellation policy

Cancellation fees apply

For all bookings of day tours, a minimum of 24 hours' notice prior to your scheduled departure is required in order to receive a full refund. If a cancellation is made with less than 24 hours notice, no refund is given.

For all bookings of multi-day and custom private tours, a minimum of 72 hours' notice prior to your scheduled departure is required in order to receive a full refund. If a cancellation is made with less than 72 hours' notice, no refund is given*

*Note that in the event the client requests a refund for any reason, Tour Desk reserves the right to charge a 3% administration fee to cover costs incurred.

Cancellation and refund requests need to be sent in writing to info@tourdesk.io