Early Bird Ice Cave with 3 Professional Photos

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. Your personal photographer and glacier guide will lead you onto one of Iceland’s most scenic outlet glaciers. As you immerse yourself into the blue ice, the guide will use his own camera equipment to take professional photos of you to capture on of the most unique experiences in Iceland; the Summer Ice Cave. Throughout the hike, you will learn about the history of Vatnajokull Glacier and how the ice works in nature. After the tour ends, your guide will professionally edit your photos and email them to you within the week. These photos will be the perfect souvenir and memory of your adventure in Iceland!

   2 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 34 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

Showing reviews written in English.

• 5Beautiful and Memorable

  The ice cave was beautiful and definitely something I’m glad I experienced, but it wasn’t quite what I had expected. The hike to get there was fairly long, especially considering how little time we actually spent at the cave. I had pictured us walking through an ice cave and exploring it, but the experience was more like hiking to an opening in the glacier, spending a short amount of time there taking pictures, and then making the long hike back. That said, the scenery was absolutely stunning, and the pictures we got were incredible. It was something I had never done before, and I’m really glad I did it. I think I had simply built the experience up in my mind to be something a little different than what it actually was. Beautiful and memorable just not quite the “walking through an ice cave” experience I had imagined.

  133angieoOctober 2026via Tripadvisor

• 1Disorganization, dishonesty, arrogance

  My experience with this company was one of the worst of my many trips around the world. Aside from the fact that they told us inaccurate directions regarding the meeting point, I paid €150 for an ITALIAN-speaking guide (Dario), with whom I had already made arrangements...but on the morning of the tour, Dario told us he wasn't available, and (unsurprisingly) they assigned me a NON-ITALIAN guide. I hoped until the very end that once we reached the cave the guide would be Italian, but to no avail. Furthermore, when I tried to request at least a partial refund, they approached me with unprecedented arrogance. In any case, I will take further action to report these dishonest individuals to the appropriate authorities.

  W1810TXriccardocNovember 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Worth every penny

  I couldn’t recommend this option more. Going early allowed us to have the ice cave to ourselves while on the hike back we passed over a hundred people from different groups going in. Our guide Dario was excellent. He was funny, nice, knowledgeable and great at directing us for the photos.

  Justin BNovember 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5INSANE!! Jessie was a...

  INSANE!! Jessie was a phenomenal guide that ensured our safety, comfort, and enjoyment come the entire hike. Seeing the glacier and the ice caves was an incredible experience. So worth it!

  Amber_OOctober 2025via Viator

• 5Elias is fantastic

  Certo nice trip with our guide Elias Who was very nice and explain us a lot of thinghs about the story of the glacier. A Great expeirence

  336traybOctober 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5A unique experience which you should not skip

  I've booked the early bird photo tour and it was definitely worth it. We had the complete ice cave for our 6 person group. Krysztof was a great guide. He made amazing photos from us, and all my questions were answered. Thank you.

  schmidtzApril 2025via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Höfn

• Its from-price is 20% below the median of the 31 experiences we list in Höfn.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 11 of 31.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Höfn

Höfn is a small fishing town in south-east Iceland, set between a glacier-fed lagoon and mountains, and known for its langoustine.

Höfn stands on a low peninsula in south-east Iceland, with the broad white dome of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest ice cap by volume, rising beyond the lagoon and a ring of glacier tongues. The town is built around a busy harbour, and its name simply means harbour. Black sand, birds and wide skies surround it, and the Ring Road passes through, more than 450 kilometres from Reykjavík.

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