2,555 reviewsLikely to sell out
3 hFrom Vik: Katla Ice Cave and Super Jeep Tour
★ 4.6 · 2 555 reviews
- Three hours, to the Katla Ice Cave
- Small group adventure
- Most booked
- Free cancellation
$192
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Vik ice cave tour
Vik ice cave tour gives guided access to ash-striped ice and black sand. We compared 16 tours from $181, free cancellation, and a 4.7-rated top pick from 1,347 reviews. A guide drives the jeep over black sand to the cave, with gear included.
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Sixteen ways under the ice above Vík
Sixteen listings, three shapes of day: five run three or four hours from Vík, six fill ten to twelve hours from Reykjavík, five spread over two or three days. The short ones are the ice cave tours near Vík in Iceland; the long ones add the waterfalls and the black sand beach. Prices run $181 to $2,459.
Price fromPickup in Vik
3 hFrom Vik: Katla Ice Cave Small-Group Tour
★ 4.4 · 1 279 reviews
- Three hours, at Katla Glacier
- Small group experience
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
$181
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1,513 reviewsGeopark drive
3 hFrom Vik: Katla Ice Cave & Super Jeep Tour
★ 4.7 · 1 513 reviews
- Three hours, through Katla Volcano Geopark
- Guided tour
- Complimentary coffee and biscuits
- Free cancellation
$274
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Rated 4.8FastTrack
3 hFrom Vík: Katla FastTrack Ice Cave Tour
★ 4.8 · 27 reviews
- Three hours, through black sand dunes
- Local guide
- Back to Vík
- Free cancellation
$250
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Rated 4.8Extended
4 hKatla Ice Cave Extended Guided Tour with Super Jeep
★ 4.8 · 7 reviews
- Four hours, beneath the Katla Volcano
- Secret glacier canyons
- Hidden waterfalls
- Free cancellation
$298
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Our top pick1,347 reviews
12 hReykjavik: Katla Ice Cave & South Coast Tour
★ 4.7 · 1 347 reviews
- Twelve hours, on a guided tour from Reykjavík
- Blue ice
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
$285
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771 reviewsPickup available
10 hReykjavik: South Coast and Katla Ice Cave Small Group Tour
★ 4.7 · 771 reviews
- Ten hours, from Reykjavik or Vik
- Waterfalls and black sand beach
- Guided tour
- Free cancellation
$274
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Rated 4.9Small group
12 hFrom Reykjavik: Katla Ice Cave and South Coast Day Tour
★ 4.9 · 214 reviews
- Twelve hours, pickup from Reykjavík
- Small-group minibus tour
- Super Jeep ride
- Free cancellation
$291
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11 hoursPickup available
11 hFrom Reykjavík: Katla Ice Cave and South Coast Tour
★ 4.7 · 220 reviews
- 11 hours, up the glacier by super-jeep
- Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls
- Guided adventure from Reykjavík
- Free cancellation
$293
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Two daysNight included
2 daysFrom Reykjavik 2-Day South Coast Tour with Blue Ice Cave
★ 4.7 · 261 reviews
- Two days, at a country hotel
- Powerful waterfalls
- Seasonal ice caves
- Free cancellation
$732
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Small groupStarts in Vik
2 days2 Day South Iceland, Glacier Lagoon & Blue Ice Cave tour
★ 5.0 · 6 reviews
- Two days, a Crystal Ice Cave adventure
- Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
- Reynisfjara Black Beach
- Free cancellation
$732
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Two daysSmall group
2 daysSouth Coast Iceland: 2-Day Blue Ice Cave & Jokulsarlon Tour
★ 4.6 · 94 reviews
- Two days, on a glacier in Skaftafell
- Black sand beaches
- Departs from Vík
- Free cancellation
$698
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Three daysRated 4.8
3 daysFrom Reykjavik: 3-Day South Coast Winter Tour with Ice Cave
★ 4.8 · 208 reviews
- Three days, in hot tubs
- Erupting geyser
- Glacier lagoon
- Free cancellation
$949
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Three daysPickup available
3 daysIceland 3-Day Tour: Golden Circle, Glacier Lagoon, & Ice Cave
★ 4.7 · 101 reviews
- Three days, along the Golden Circle route
- Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon
- Natural ice cave
- Free cancellation
$963
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PrivateNew activity
10 h 30 mReykjavik: Private South Coast and Katla Ice Cave Tour
- 10.5 hours, to Iceland's South Coast
- Seljalandsfoss Waterfall
- Black Sand Beach
- Free cancellation
$875
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PrivatePickup included
11 hFrom Reykjavik: Private South Coast and Katla Ice Cave
★ 5.0 · 2 reviews
- 11 hours, along the south coast of Iceland
- Small village of Vík
- Black sand beaches
- Free cancellation
$2,459
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Which cave day is yours?
Sixteen listings, one cave: it sits in Myrdalsjokull, the glacier above Vik. What changes is how much of your day it takes. From Vik it is three or four hours, because a Super Jeep crosses the black sand in half an hour. From Reykjavik the same cave becomes ten to twelve, since the road down is two and a half hours each way. Tell us what matters and we will point at one.
See it before you pay for it
Three hours from Vík, or a whole day from Reykjavík
An ice cave in Vík, Iceland means one cave and three ways to reach it. It sits inside Mýrdalsjökull, the glacier resting on the Katla volcano, so the walls are striped with black ash. Met in the village it is three hours from $181; from Reykjavík it is a twelve-hour South Coast day at $285.
Side by side
Half a day from Vík, a long day from Reykjavík, or two
An ice cave tour from Vík is the short version: you are already at the foot of the glacier road, so it takes three hours and costs from $181. From Reykjavík the same cave sits inside a ten to twelve hour day with the waterfalls and the black beach. Two and three-day trips turn the drive into the holiday.
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| From Vik: Katla Ice Cave Small-Group Tour | TOP PICKReykjavik: Katla Ice Cave & South Coast Tour | From Reykjavik 2-Day South Coast Tour with Blue Ice Cave | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per person | $181 | $285 | $732 |
| What it is | Super Jeep from Vik to the Katla ice cave | The South Coast and the cave in one guided day | Two days on the coast, a night at a hotel |
| Time it takes | Three hours | Twelve hours | Two days |
| Where it starts | Vik, pickup and drop-off in the village | Reykjavik, two and a half hours up the road | Reykjavik, with the hotel night included |
| Which glacier | Myrdalsjokull, above Vik | Myrdalsjokull, above Vik | As the listing names it on the day |
| When it runs | Sold in every month | Sold in every month | The listing describes a seasonal cave |
| How you reach the ice | Super Jeep over the black sand, then on foot | Coach down the coast, then Super Jeep, then on foot | Coach over two days, then on foot |
| Group size | Small group | As the listing states | As the listing states |
| Rating | 4.4 across 1,279 reviews | 4.7 across 1,347 reviews | 4.7 across 261 reviews |
| Cancellation | See the operator’s terms on the listing | See the operator’s terms on the listing | See the operator’s terms on the listing |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Reykjavik: Katla Ice Cave & South Coast Tour
$285- What it is
- The South Coast and the cave in one guided day
- Time it takes
- Twelve hours
- Where it starts
- Reykjavik, two and a half hours up the road
- Which glacier
- Myrdalsjokull, above Vik
- When it runs
- Sold in every month
- How you reach the ice
- Coach down the coast, then Super Jeep, then on foot
- Group size
- As the listing states
- Rating
- 4.7 across 1,347 reviews
- Cancellation
- See the operator’s terms on the listing
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From Vik: Katla Ice Cave Small-Group Tour
$181- What it is
- Super Jeep from Vik to the Katla ice cave
- Time it takes
- Three hours
- Where it starts
- Vik, pickup and drop-off in the village
- Which glacier
- Myrdalsjokull, above Vik
- When it runs
- Sold in every month
- How you reach the ice
- Super Jeep over the black sand, then on foot
- Group size
- Small group
- Rating
- 4.4 across 1,279 reviews
- Cancellation
- See the operator’s terms on the listing
From Reykjavik 2-Day South Coast Tour with Blue Ice Cave
$732- What it is
- Two days on the coast, a night at a hotel
- Time it takes
- Two days
- Where it starts
- Reykjavik, with the hotel night included
- Which glacier
- As the listing names it on the day
- When it runs
- The listing describes a seasonal cave
- How you reach the ice
- Coach over two days, then on foot
- Group size
- As the listing states
- Rating
- 4.7 across 261 reviews
- Cancellation
- See the operator’s terms on the listing
Verdict
Take the cave and coast day from Reykjavík
It balances the three things people weigh: the cave itself, the waterfalls and the black sand coast on the way, and a driver who handles the two and a half hours of road each way — rated 4.7 across 1,347 reviews, at $285. Keep the three-hour listings from Vík for a morning you are already on the coast.
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One cave, two starting points, every month
Sixteen listings are sold here under the same two words, and the first thing to settle is where your day starts, because that is what the fare is mostly buying. Vík is the village under the ice cap, and the listings met there are three hours, from $181. Reykjavík is two and a half hours away, so those listings run ten to twelve hours and sell the waterfalls and the black beach along with the cave, from $274.
Two-minute check
Which part is the cave, and which part is the jeep?
Every ice cave near Vík is sold as two halves: a Super Jeep across the black sand, then a short walk into the ice with a helmet and crampons from the guide. Answer three questions and we will name the one that fits.
How many of you are going?Super jeeps seat a handful, so party size decides which departures still have space
When do you want to be inside the cave?Daylight is what lights the cave, so the hour matters in winter
How much of the day are you giving it?Three hours is the run from Vik; ten to twelve starts in Reykjavik
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six ways into the cave
8,605 reviews across sixteen ice cave tours
The ratings here are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We write none of them, and we average nobody else’s into a score of our own.
4.6
★★★★★
Based on 8,605
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5 ★80%
4 ★14%
3 ★4%
2 ★1%
1 ★1%
All sixteen tours on this page, rated on GetYourGuide.
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From Vik: Katla Ice Cave Small-Group Tour
From $181 · 1,279 reviews
★★★★★
Three hours, met in the village
Vik sits at the bottom of the track, so the cave is a half-day rather than a day. The operator collects you in the village, swaps you into a Super Jeep for the black sand, and has you back by lunchtime. It is the lowest fare here, rated 4.4 across 1,279 reviews.
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Reykjavik: Katla Ice Cave & South Coast Tour
From $285 · 1,347 reviews
★★★★★
The twelve-hour day, and our pick
The road from the capital is two and a half hours each way, so this listing turns the cave into a full day and fills the rest with the waterfalls and the black sand beach. It is the version most people book: 4.7 across 1,347 reviews, transfer and guide included.
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From Vik: Katla Ice Cave & Super Jeep Tour
From $274 · 1,513 reviews
★★★★★
The drive is half of what you are buying
No ordinary car reaches this cave: the last stretch is loose black sand on the flank of Myrdalsjokull. This listing makes the drive part of the day, through the Katla Volcano Geopark, with coffee and biscuits afterwards. Rated 4.7 across 1,513 reviews, and it names free cancellation.
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Katla Ice Cave Extended Guided Tour with Super Jeep
From $298 · 7 reviews
★★★★★
Four hours instead of three
The extended version keeps the same glacier and adds an hour to it: the listing names glacier canyons and hidden waterfalls around the cave, and leaves time to photograph them. Rated 4.8 across 7 reviews, which is a small number so far, so read the listing itself before you book.
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From Reykjavik 2-Day South Coast Tour with Blue Ice Cave
From $732 · 261 reviews
★★★★★
Two days, with a night on the coast
The long listings stop hurrying. This one spends two days on the South Coast from Reykjavik, with a night at a country hotel, the waterfalls, and an ice cave visit as the listing sets it out. Rated 4.7 across 261 reviews. Three-day versions run the same idea with the Golden Circle added.
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From Reykjavik: Private South Coast and Katla Ice Cave
From $2,459 · 2 reviews
★★★★★
A vehicle and a guide of your own
The most expensive booking here, and the simplest to describe: eleven hours from Reykjavik to Vik and the Katla ice cave with nobody else in the vehicle, stopping at the waterfalls and the black sand beaches at your own pace. Rated 5.0 across 2 reviews, so the record is thin.
What it really costs
What the cave costs, line by line
Prices are per person and cover what the listing names: the guide, the helmet and crampons, the Super Jeep, and on the long days the pickup and every stop. Hours driven and group size move the number. The two-day trip at $732 reaches the glacier lagoon and a crystal ice cave.
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| What you do | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katla ice cave, small group from Vík | $181 | Three hours, pickup in Vík, Super Jeep to the ice | Lowest fare |
| Super Jeep from Vík | $192 | Three hours off-road, 4.6 across 2,555 reviews | Likely to sell out |
| Geopark drive with coffee after | $274 | Three hours, coffee and biscuits back in Vík | Free cancellation |
| Katla cave and South Coast from Reykjavík | $285 | Twelve hours with the waterfalls and the black beach | Most booked |
| Katla ice cave extended tour | $298 | Four hours, glacier canyons and hidden waterfalls | Four hours |
| Three days from Reykjavík | $949 | Glacier lagoon, waterfalls and hot tubs | Three days |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- Vík is two and a half hours from Reykjavík. A three-hour listing met in the village assumes you are already on the South Coast, or staying the night there.
- Clothing is on you at every one of these. The helmet and crampons come from the operator; warm layers, a windproof jacket, gloves and stiff boots you bring yourself.
- Meals sit outside most fares. The Geopark listing includes coffee and biscuits and says so; the long days stop for food that is charged on the day.
- The clock starts at the pickup on the long days. Twelve hours means twelve from the moment you are collected in Reykjavík, and five of them are road.
What is genuinely included
- A guide on the ice, on every listing here
- A helmet and crampons, handed out at the glacier
- Entry to the Katla ice cave in Mýrdalsjökull
- The Super Jeep across the black sand
- Pickup where the listing names it
- Free cancellation where the listing carries it
The honest answer
Is a cave worth half a day of the trip?
Walking into a glacier is the one hour in Iceland you spend inside the landscape instead of looking at it. If you are sleeping in the village, an ice cave near Vík in Iceland is the easiest big thing the South Coast offers: three hours door to door from $181.
What makes it worth it
- Sixteen listings: three hours out of Vik from $181, whole days, and trips of two or three days
- The cave is guided in every month of the year, summer included
- Our pick is the South Coast and the cave in one day, $285, 4.7 across 1,347 reviews
- The heaviest record here is the Super Jeep run from Vik at $192: 4.6 across 2,555 reviews
- A helmet and crampons come from the operator, so bring boots and warm layers
Keep in mind
- Ice moves and melts, so the cave differs from one week to the next
- The walls carry dark bands of volcanic ash as well as ice
- A Super Jeep crosses the black sand; the last part is always on foot
- Starting in Reykjavik turns three hours into ten or twelve, because the road is long
- The two and three-day listings, $698 to $963, put a night on the road
The day, hour by hour
Meeting point, black sand, the jeep, the cave
Decide where your day starts
From Vik the cave is three or four hours. From Reykjavik it is ten to twelve, because the road down the coast is two and a half hours each way. That one decision sets the whole day.
Book the slot, and read what the fare covers
These are timed departures, and several listings ask for an hour or more of notice. The fare names the guide, the helmet, the crampons and the Super Jeep; clothing is yours to bring.
The pickup, or the road
The Reykjavik listings leave early and spend the first hours driving the coast. From Vik the day starts in the village, and the first part of it is the swap into the Super Jeep.
Up the black sand
The track onto the flank of Myrdalsjokull is loose black sand, which is why no ordinary car goes up it. The jeep does that stretch, and the group walks the last part in.
Inside the cave
This is what the ticket is for. Daylight comes through the ice from outside, the guides carry torches, and the walls show ice and volcanic ash in bands.
Back down, and the rest of the coast
The three-hour listings hand the evening back to you in Vik. The long days put the waterfalls and the black sand beach around the cave, so some stops come after it.
The drive home
Between November and March the light goes early, and much of the return leg is driven in the dark. That is the part people underestimate on the long listings.
Best time of day
The hour decides the daylight, not the cave
Everything here is a daytime listing, because the track across the black sand and the light coming through the cave roof both belong to the daylight, and in midwinter there is much less of it. Mornings are when the long departures leave: the twelve-hour day from Reykjavík at $285, the ten-hour small-group version at $274, and the eleven-hour tour at $293 all start early. Midday suits the listings met in Vík: three hours from $181, or four hours with glacier canyons at $298. What the hour cannot change is the cave itself.
On the ground
The black sand, the ice and the village
The jeep is the road
The track up to the glacier is loose black sand, so every listing from Vik includes the transfer.
Ice that keeps moving
Meltwater carves the cave, so its shape changes from one week to the next.
Light from outside
A cave is lit by the daylight that reaches in, so the hour matters.
Vik, under the ice cap
The village sits between the black beach and the glacier above it.
What it's like
Inside the Katla cave, and the day around it
Almost everyone arrives with the same picture in their head: a curved wall of ice with a torch beam on it and somebody in a helmet standing underneath for scale. The cave above Vík is that picture with one extra detail — dark bands of volcanic ash lie in the ice beside the blue. The sixteen listings here all end up in the same place, and what changes is where your day starts and how long the drive takes.
The fact that settles most of the choosing comes first. The Katla cave sits in Mýrdalsjökull, the ice cap above Vík, and it is the one ice cave in Iceland that guides take people into all year round. That is why a Vik ice cave tour turns up on itineraries in July as readily as in January. The ice cap rests on the Katla volcano, and that is where the ash in the walls comes from.
The short way in starts in the village. The Super Jeep tour from Vík is $192 over three hours and carries the heaviest review record here, 4.6 across 2,555 reviews, with an off-road drive to the cave and a small group inside it. The small-group listing is the lowest fare at $181, also three hours, 4.4 across 1,279 reviews, with pickup and drop-off in Vík.
Three more leave from the same side of the island. The Super Jeep run through the Katla Volcano Geopark is $274, three hours, 4.7 across 1,513 reviews, and adds coffee and biscuits at the end. The FastTrack version is $250, 4.8 across 27 reviews. The extended tour is the longest time on the ice at four hours, $298, 4.8 across 7 reviews, with glacier canyons and hidden waterfalls.
Our top pick starts in the capital instead: the Katla ice cave and South Coast day from Reykjavík at $285 over twelve hours, rated 4.7 across 1,347 reviews. It is the version most people actually book, because the two and a half hours of road each way come with the waterfalls and the coast attached rather than spent.
Three more full days do the same trip differently. The small-group South Coast and Katla ice cave tour is ten hours at $274, 4.7 across 771 reviews, with free cancellation. The minibus day tour is twelve hours at $291 and holds the best rating of the group, 4.9 across 214. The eleven-hour version is $293, 4.7 across 220, with Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss on the way.
Five listings turn the drive into the holiday. The two-day tours run $698, 4.6 across 94 reviews, and $732 at 4.7 across 261, with a night at a country hotel in the middle. The three-day tours are $949, 4.8 across 208, and $963, 4.7 across 101, and both carry on east along the coast after the cave.
Two listings are yours alone: $875 over ten and a half hours, new enough to have no review record yet, and $2,459 over eleven hours, 5.0 across 2 reviews. Both are priced for the vehicle rather than the seat. What the ice looks like on your date is the glacier’s decision: meltwater moves through Mýrdalsjökull and the passage changes shape week by week. Settle where you start, then hold the date early.
If it is the Katla cave you are weighing up
Three ways into the same cave
All three go inside the ice cave in Mýrdalsjökull above Vík, and all three run in every month. What changes is where your day starts: two three-hour errands with a Super Jeep from the village, or a whole day out of Reykjavík with the coast attached.
From Vík, three hours
From Vik: Katla Ice Cave and Super Jeep Tour
3 hours · ★ 4.6 (2 555)
$192See dates Through the Katla Volcano Geopark
From Vik: Katla Ice Cave & Super Jeep Tour
3 hours · ★ 4.7 (1 513)
$274See dates Our top pick
Reykjavik: Katla Ice Cave & South Coast Tour
12 hours · ★ 4.7 (1 347)
$285See datesPractical
Plan the cave day
Four things decide how it goes: where you sleep, because from Vík the cave is three hours and from Reykjavík ten to twelve; what the fare already covers; how big the group is; and how early you book.
Our top pick
The Katla ice cave and South Coast day from Reykjavík, $285, twelve hours, 4.7 across 1,347 reviews.
The cheapest way in
The small-group listing met in Vík: $181 for three hours, 4.4 across 1,279 reviews.
The heaviest review record
The Super Jeep tour from Vík at $192 holds 2,555 reviews at 4.6, and is marked as likely to sell out.
The longest time at the cave
The extended tour is four hours at $298, 4.8 across 7 reviews, with glacier canyons and hidden waterfalls.
The full days from Reykjavik
Ten hours at $274, 4.7 across 771; twelve hours at $291, 4.9 across 214; eleven hours at $293.
The long ones and the private ones
Two days from $698, three days from $949. A private day is $875, or $2,459 for eleven hours.
Warm layers, and a windproof one
The air off the ice is cold in every month these tours run, and the walk in is exposed black sand.
Boots the crampons can grip
The operators hand out crampons and a helmet, and crampons need a stiff boot with an ankle.
Waterproof trousers and a jacket
Ice melts, caves drip, and the weather on the South Coast changes inside an hour.
Gloves you can hold a rail with
The fixed lines inside the cave are colder than the ice. A thin pair under a warmer pair works.
A camera, and a dry bag for it
Head torches and the daylight through the roof are dim, and a dry bag keeps the drips off.
Water, a snack and a card
The Geopark listing includes coffee and biscuits; the long days stop for meals that sit outside the fare.
Settle where the day starts
Met in Vík is three or four hours. Collected in Reykjavík is ten to twelve.
The cave runs every month
Mýrdalsjökull holds the one ice cave in Iceland guided all year, so July is available as well as February.
Read the hours
Three hours from the village, one at four, ten to twelve from the city, and two or three days.
See what the fare covers
A helmet, crampons, a guide and the Super Jeep transfer. Coffee, a pickup and skip-the-line entry where the listing names them.
Free cancellation where it is offered
Five of the sixteen listings carry it, with the terms printed on each one, and some ask for notice.
Book the heavy-record listings early
The fare is the same wherever you buy it; booking ahead buys the date and the departure you wanted.
Vik is where the short tours meet
The village sits under Mýrdalsjökull, and those listings collect you there and drive up into the highlands.
Reykjavik is two and a half hours away
That drive is why the city listings run ten to twelve hours, and it is also what they sell.
The last stretch is black sand
Beyond the end of the track the route crosses open volcanic sand, and an ordinary car stops short.
The Super Jeep is the track, not the cave
The cave is reached on foot from wherever the vehicle stops, and the walk is short.
The guide meets you at the ice
The listings met in Vík hand you over in the village; the others name a pickup in Reykjavík.
The cave sits above the volcano
The ice cap rests on Katla, and the ash layers in the walls are the record of it.
Best time
When to come
Here is the surprise: a Mýrdalsjökull ice cave tour runs in every month of the year. The cave is carved inside the glacier rather than left behind by summer meltwater, so July works the way January does. The natural caves further east belong to winter, roughly November to March.
Dec – Feb
Deep winter, everything bookable
The whole page is open at once: the cave above Vík, the long South Coast days, and the multi-day trips east. Daylight is short, so three hours from the village at $181 fits the day better than anything longer.
Mar – May
Long light, quiet tracks
The same cave with more daylight around it and calmer meeting points. From April the day belongs to the half-day listings out of Vík: three hours in a small group at $181, or the Super Jeep version at $192.
Jun – Aug
The summer ice cave
High summer is the rare part: the cave keeps running while the light lasts almost all night. Three hours from Vík at $192, four hours with canyons at $298.
Sep – Nov
The stretch we would book first
The easiest combination the South Coast offers: summer traffic gone, the half-day listings still three hours, and from November the trips east to the glacier lagoon come back into season. Ten hours from Reykjavík is $274.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
This is the ice cave Iceland guides all year. Mýrdalsjökull holds it, and the listings run in every month, which is why it turns up on summer itineraries as readily as on winter ones.
02
The ash in the walls is the point, not a flaw. The ice cap rests on the Katla volcano, and the dark bands running through the ice are layers of volcanic ash.
03
A Super Jeep is the track, not the cave. It covers the black sand between the road and the ice; the cave is reached on foot. The jeep run from Vík is $192 over three hours.
04
The gear comes from the operator, the clothing comes from you. A helmet and crampons are handed out at the ice. Warm layers, a shell, gloves and stiff boots are what the guides expect.
05
Three hours or twelve is the honest difference between two similar fares. Met in Vík the cave is a three-hour errand from $181. Collected in Reykjavík it is a whole day from $274.
06
Read the review counts beside the ratings. The Super Jeep tour from Vík carries 2,555 reviews at 4.6, while the extended one sits at 4.8 across 7. A high average on a handful is a different thing.
Round out the trip
Booked alongside
Go deeper
More on the cave, the drive and each ticket
Common questions
The Katla ice cave above Vík, answered straight
When can you visit the Katla ice cave?
In any month. The cave sits in Mýrdalsjökull above Vík, and it is the one ice cave in Iceland that guides take people into all year round, which is why it turns up on July itineraries as readily as on February ones. What the calendar changes is how much daylight the drive gets.
How much does a Katla ice cave tour cost?
The listings here run from $181 to $2,459. The small-group tour met in Vík is $181 for three hours, the Super Jeep tour from the village is $192, our top pick from Reykjavík is $285 for twelve hours, and the two and three-day trips run $698 to $963.
Is an ice cave tour from Vik better than one from Reykjavik?
They are two different days. Met in Vík the cave is three hours: a Super Jeep across the black sand, an hour or so on the ice, and your afternoon back, from $181. Collected in Reykjavík it is ten to twelve hours, and those listings sell the waterfalls and the black sand beach as well, from $274.
Which glacier is the cave in?
Mýrdalsjökull, the ice cap above Vík. The Katla cave and the cave in Mýrdalsjökull are the same thing under two names: the ice cap rests on the Katla volcano, and the dark bands of volcanic ash in the walls come from that geology.
Do you need a Super Jeep to get to the cave?
Yes, and every listing that reaches the cave includes one. Past the end of the track the route crosses open black volcanic sand and glacial moraine, which an ordinary car stops well short of. The cave itself is reached on foot from wherever the vehicle parks.
What equipment is included?
A helmet and crampons come from the operator at the ice, and the listings say so. The Super Jeep transfer is written into every listing that reaches the cave, and the Geopark tour adds coffee and biscuits. Clothing is on you: warm layers, a windproof jacket, gloves and stiff boots.
How long does an ice cave tour near Vik take?
Three hours for the listings met in the village, and four for the extended one at $298. From Reykjavík it is ten hours at $274, eleven at $293 or twelve at $285. The longest listings run two days from $698 and three days from $949.
Will the ice be blue?
The glacier decides that, week by week. This is a natural cave inside moving ice: the colour, size and shape of the passage change through the season, and the operators describe blue ice, ash layers and daylight through the roof. What every listing guarantees is a guide, the gear the walk needs, and time inside the ice.
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A day under the ice — the Katla cave tours we'd book
Which of the sixteen listings matches the day you actually want: the three-hour Super Jeep runs met in Vík, the four-hour extended tour, the long days out of Reykjavík, the two and three day trips, and the two private days.
- All sixteen tours, with the hours as the listings state them
- Where each one starts, and whether a pickup is written into the fare
- What each fare covers — guide, helmet, crampons, the Super Jeep, coffee, pickup
- Why the cave above Vík is guided in every month of the year
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Durations, inclusions and operator names come from the live GetYourGuide listings for each tour. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Every listing here goes inside the ice cave above Vík. Beyond that we kept the range wide: the three-hour runs met in the village, the full days out of Reykjavík, and the two private days. Nobody pays to be featured.
We say which glacier you are under
The Katla ice cave sits in Mýrdalsjökull, the ice cap above Vík, and the ice cap rests on the Katla volcano — which is where the ash layers in the walls come from. We name the glacier on every listing.
What a ticket can and cannot arrange
A ticket arranges the guide, the helmet and crampons, the Super Jeep across the black sand and time inside the ice. It does not arrange the weather or what the cave looks like on your date: the ice keeps moving.
The answer
Pick where the day starts, and the price follows.
Every listing here ends in the same place: a Super Jeep across the black sand, a helmet, a guide and time inside the ice cave above Vík. What you choose is where somebody collects you — three hours met in the village, ten to twelve if the drive from Reykjavík brings the waterfalls with it. A full day from the city is $285; the lowest fare is $181.
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