1 day

Small Group

Instant confirmation

About this activity

Start your experience with a pickup from Reykjavik and travel by minivan to a typical Icelandic lava tube cave, arrive at a lava field and listen as your guide explains how long-ago volcanic eruptions created a maze of lava tunnels and caves, hidden under your feet.

Get a safety briefing, put on your provided helmet with headlamp, and follow your guide into a lava cave. Then, walk and crawl through the dark chambers to see weird and wonderful rock formations, craters and other natural wonders.

After the caving exploration you will be dropped off at a bakery for a short lunch break before being being picked up again for the sightseeing part of this adventure combo tour. Follow the famous route around southern Iceland to visit three of its must-see natural phenomena. Your first stop? Gulfoss waterfall. Ogle the 105-foot (32-meter) cascade as it crashes over stepped tiers of lava and then continue your journey to Geysir. See the bubbling hot pools and marvel at Strokkur, the erupting hot spring that shoots water high in the air every few minutes. Next, travel to UNESCO-listed Thingvellir National Park, famous for its raw Icelandic beauty. Stretch your legs to see the Thingvellir tectonic rift where the two continental plates sit side by side and, hear about the Viking meetings first held here in the 10th century, effectively making them the world's first parliaments.

Please note that the order of the itinerary can vary whereas we might swap the order of the attractions due to weather conditions and other related factors.

Your tour concludes with a drop off back to Reykjavik.

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Included

Small group experience
Reykjavik pickup and drop-off
Professional guide
Use of caving equipment
Free wi-fi on board

Not included

Food and drinks
Gratuities
Lunch

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Please dress appropriately with warm outdoor clothing, a waterproof jacket and pants, headwear and gloves for the caving. Good warm sturdy hiking shoes and wool socks are recommended
Please note that no previous caving experience is required for this tour, but you will have to crawl or walk through underground passage
This tour is a combo tour, that means that the tour will start by going caving in the morning and then you will join a separate Golden Circle tour in the afternoon. You will be dropped off at a switching point between tours, where you will have time to have lunch. There is a bakery and a supermarket at the switching point.
This is a small group tour ensuring a more personalized experience.

Features

Tourism

90%

Original

45%

Cultural

45%

Reviews

4.2

6

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Vidhi G

5 | 2018-09-25

Awesome experience! The tour guide/driver was a little late coming to our hotel because the tour company office gave the wrong hotel information. Otherwise, the tour was perfect!

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Albert P

5 | 2015-10-13

Tour guide, Sveni?, I think, was friendly, knowledgeable and helpful with all aspects of the tour. Totally enjoyed all sights and the approx. 1000 meter lava caving was GREAT! Highly recommend.

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