Activity Adventure - Airplane Sightseeing

Airplane tour, ATV tour and boat trip

In this tour, you will enjoy a fantastic ATV tour near Vatnajokull, Europe's largest glacier and a boat trip on the famous glacier lagoon, Jokulsarlon.

Not only Vatnajokull ice cap is Europe's largest glacier but it constitutes also Earth's third largest glacier. Its size is about 8300 square kilometers and underneath its thick layer of ice, several volcanic systems are lying, such as Bardarbunga, Grimsvotn, Thordarhyrna, Kverkfjoll and Oraefajokull.

We fly to Hofn in Hornafjordur, a young town partially framed by Vatnajokull Glacier, larger than all other glaciers in Europe combined. This glacier and its various tongues flow along steep mountainsides, gently dominating the region's coastline. Our waiting coach drives us to the Glacier Lagoon, where huge, aqua-blue icebergs dot this mystical space. We board a boat and shove off for an otherworldly cruise, zigzagging between the imposing bergs. This area was the setting for the opening scenes of the James Bond film, Die Another Day.

Next, we climb aboard four-wheel ATVs to experience Iceland’s incredible landscape up close. In the shadow of the mighty glacier, we’ll pass by green hills and rivers raging through ravines forged by the forces of nature. If we’re lucky, we’ll glimpse herds of reindeer, the only place in Iceland where this is possible.

Price

490 € per person.

Details

Operation: All year. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 
Departure from Reykjavik at 8:55.

Duration: 11 hours.

Included:

Return flight to destination, all bus transport at site, English-speaking guide, boat trip on the glacier lagoon (May-September), visit to the glacier lagoon (October-April), ATV trip and locally produced ice cream.

Not included: lunch.

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