The Mountaineers of Iceland

The Mountaineers of Iceland

The Mountaineers of Iceland offer snowmobile tours for individuals and groups from our base camps at the east side of Langjökull glacier. This is a great choice for those who have their own transportation and want to top off the Golden Circle. Professional guides will take you on a snowmobile adventure in the Icelandic highlands, giving you the most amazing views of the majestic glacier and its surroundings.

The company offers daily departures from Gullfoss Café where you can park your car and grab some lunch. A monster truck will then take you up to Langjökull glacier. Driving through Iceland, a relatively new land compared to most of the world’s terrain is quite an adventure. Looking out the window, at the sparsely settled countryside with a few signs of commercial exploits is a rare sight for many visitors.

Once you arrive at the base camp, you will receive the appropriate equipment, such as helmets, overalls, overshoes, gloves and a hat. Friendly and fun-loving guides will give you instructions on how to operate the snowmobile and go over the safety procedures before you ride off into the winter wonderland.

The snowmobile are double-riders and children are welcome to ride as passengers as long as they have reached the age of six.

Mountaineers of Iceland. Crédit photo: https://mountaineers.is

Please note: A direct drive from Reykjavík to there takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes. Don’t forget to take in the sights on the way!

If you have a car suitable for mountain roads you can book this tour without the transfer from Gullfoss cafe during summer and fall and meet us at our base camp at the glacier.

Wear : Layers and good shoes

The oldest snowmobile tour operator in Iceland, the Mountaineers of Iceland was founded by Herbert Hauksson in 1996. With over one hundred snowmobiles in operation and capacity to welcome large or small groups on Langjökull glacier – the Europe’s 2nd largest glacier and is our main area of operation. The glacier is home to the company’s base camps, both on the glacier’s east and west sides.

Mountaineers also operate a fleet of specially designed glacier super trucks and super jeeps. They have the capacity to escort groups on the glacier and other rugged mountain tracks of the Icelandic highlands, mostly unreachable by conventional transportation. The company offers all sorts of super jeep and snowmobile day-tours that are mostly operated in Iceland’s Southwest region. Id est the Meet us at Gullfoss snowmobile tour, super jeep Golden Circle and snowmobiling tour as well as Into the Glacier snowmobiling and ice cave tour, to name a few.

The first stop on the Golden Circle is Þingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of Iceland’s first parliament and the oldest extant parliamentary institution in the world. Founded in AD 930, it is Iceland’s most significant historical site.

Also capturing the world’s attention is Þingvellir’s geological features where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates can be seen separating from each other, although, ever-so-slightly year after year. Now after many millennium, you can witness the big gap that’s been formed at this geological marvel.

From Þingvellir, travelers head inland toward the highly active Geysir Hot Spring area with its boiling mud pits and spouting hot springs. For some wet and wild excitement, if the winds are right, you can let the falling water from the mighty geyser give you a good dousing.

The journey continues on to Gullfoss, one of Iceland’s most powerful waterfalls. Located on Hvítá river, this waterfall fed by Langjökull Glacier plummets 32 meters in two stages into a rugged canyon. And while you’re there, keep your fingers crossed; with a little luck, on a sunny day, you’ll be greeted by a rainbow.

To top it all off, we drive to Langjökull Glacier for another Iceland adventure where we will dash across snowfields on snowmobiles, gazing at the mountain peaks, while enveloped in this icy realm.

Snowmobile Into The Glacier : Take your exploration to a whole new level with a snowmobile tour on top of Langjökull glacier and a guided tour into the Ice Cave.

If you’re traveling in West Iceland, we highly recommend an unforgettable glacier experience. A snowmobile tour on Langjökll and explore the magnificent man-made ice cave. At our base camp Jaki at Langjökull Glacier, we gear up for the snowmobile tour before we head off on the vast snowfield. Through an incredible landscape, you will make your way to the man-made ice cave situated high on the glacier. There you will enjoy a guided tour 200 meters into the ice tunnel at 40 meters under ice-cap. We finish the tour by driving back on our snowmobiles to Jaki Base Camp. This gives us another chance to feast our eyes on the Icelandic highlands.

This is truly an unforgettable experience where you’ll be given the opportunity to experience an endangered natural phenomena. You’ll first travel the ice-cap from above and then see it’s beautiful blue internals from the inside. This tour is completely unique, worldwide.

Please note:

• The company recommends that you bring: Warm and wind proof clothing in addition to good, waterproof hiking boots and a camera.
• Choice of roads and availability of activities are condition dependent.
• For operation a snowmobile you need to have a valid driver’s license and be at least 18 years old.
• Please leave your mobile phone number when you make the reservation.
• For weather updates go to www safetravel.is or www. Vedur.is.
• The Mountaineers of Iceland Website: https://mountaineers.is