[2024 Thingeyjarsveit Attraction] Travel Guide for Blue Ice Cave (Updated Aug)
No.1 of Best Things to Do in Northeastern Region
Geological Sites
Caves
Address:
Klapparstígur 25-27, Iceland
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Blue Ice Cave in Iceland
Blue ice caves are natural caves formed inside glaciers. When the glacier melts, the water flow erodes the ice layer at the bottom of the glacier, creating space. The ice inside the glacier absorbs light of various colors, and because the penetration power of blue light waves is stronger, what we see now is blue. Blue ice caves are usually the most spectacular during the winter freezing period and early spring thaw.
veridian_9003
If you ever go to Iceland in wintertime visiting the ice caves is a must do. You’ll need to come in a cold period as you walk on the frozen glacier lagoons and the ice caves are actually ice bergs stuck in the frozen ice. You need a local guide to keep you safe on the ice, very warm clothes and then just go explore. The caves change every year and always look different. Every time I come here I’m so amazed about what nature can create and its forces. The glaciers and ice from it are just incredible!
#iceland #glacier #winterwonderland #icecave #travelinspiration #awesomepic #unforgettableexperiences #scenicspotguide #instagramworthydestinations
Asa Steinars
Icelandic itinerary and season selection advice
When will you come to Iceland?
Aurora's most observable month is from September to April, and the blue ice cave is visible from October to March, so if you really want to see Aurora and experience the Blue Ice Cave, you have to be in these months. coming. However, due to the extreme night phenomenon in December, it is recommended to go to October, November, February, and March. At midnight in February, at 9:00, and at 6:00, there is still plenty of sunshine. Touring.
Small advice on the itinerary:
1 Do not schedule too tight! Stay in the place you like very much for a night, such as the Straw Mountain, near the glacial lake, because it is very likely that the weather is very violent and it is impossible to visit.
2 Allow enough time for the event you want to participate in. In the summer, there are glacial lake cruises, horse-riding tours, boat-to-sea whale watching and other summer-specific projects. In winter (including part of spring and autumn), there are winter-specific projects such as blue ice caves and snowmobiles. After booking the project, give enough time for these experiences and try not to travel long distances to the project site.
whitephoto.
Icelandic Light-Seeking Journey: Encountering the Spectacular Moments of the Dreamy Aurora
🎈Iceland Ten Days Nine Nights Travel Guide🎈
👫Together with my six adorable friends, we embarked on a dreamy journey to Iceland!
✨Day1: Upon arrival in Iceland, we were instantly captivated by its unique atmosphere!
📍Hat Mountain: Wow, this place is just too cool! The mountain peaks and lakes, combined with the aurora, are simply breathtaking. The seven of us couldn't stop taking crazy photos.
📍Blue Ice Cave: This is truly a magical masterpiece of nature! It's like entering another world, with ice columns and stalactites that are absolutely stunning. I felt like a curious baby, touching and looking around.
📍Blue Lagoon: Wow, soaking in it is so comfortable I almost fell asleep, with the steamy sensation like being surrounded by fairies!
📍Selfoss: The aurora in this town made us cry with its beauty. The moment we saw it, we all shed tears without fighting them, truly moved!
📍Raufarhfn Village: The stone circle there is so interesting, and paired with the aurora, it's absolutely fantastic!
📝Aurora Photography Tips:
🎯Make sure to check the weather forecast and aurora forecast in advance, choosing the right time is very important!
🎯Find a place with little light pollution in the wilderness, only in complete darkness can you capture the aurora at its most beautiful!
🎯Prepare your camera, tripod, and remote control, and don't forget to keep warm and windproof, don't freeze yourself into an ice sculpture!
🎯The most important thing is to pay attention to safety, don't run around, or it would be troublesome if you get lost!
In summary, this ten-day and nine-night journey to Iceland is an unforgettable experience for the seven of us! 💖Iceland, we will come back again! 😘
zarina_1932
I declare! This is the coolest experience in Iceland!
Glacier hiking + blue ice cave is definitely one of the coolest experiences in Iceland.
🌹 'How to participate' You can sign up for this project in both Solheimajokull and Vatnajokull.
If you plan to experience it, remember to book online in advance, especially in winter when tickets are very tight, and Iceland requires you to join a local legal travel agency to sign up for the glacier and blue ice cave.
🌹 'Experience content' You can just participate in glacier hiking, or add a blue ice cave adventure. It depends on your preference. Personally, I suggest glacier hiking + blue ice cave for a richer experience. If you are a hiking enthusiast, you can try the extra-long (5h) hiking project.
Basically, the guide will lead everyone to hike on the glacier for a while, then go to the blue ice cave, give a brief introduction, take photos, and then return the same way. The content is simple, but the scenery you can admire up close is really superb
🌹 'Wear and equipment' The glacier hiking company will provide the corresponding hiking equipment, usually crampons are essential, as well as safety helmets and headlamps, and some routes will also provide ice axes to assist in hiking. You just need to pay attention to dress lightly and keep warm (especially the legs) - when the weather is good, glacier hiking is not even cold😊
In short, glacier hiking + blue ice cave is definitely the experience I recommend the most, and it's something you must try when you come to Iceland~
PRINCE MCGEE
2024 latest! Best vacation destinations in March
March is a relatively hot season for travel, without extreme heat or crowded crowds, it is most suitable to go abroad for travel.
【Greece】
The two parishes in Greece, on the eve of Easter every year, both churches will hold a competition to "shoot" at the spire of the other church, called rouketopolemos starting around 8 pm (nearby churches start shooting thousands of fireworks, causing the town's sound to rise with comets and rocket explosions, the scene is very spectacular)
【Canada】
At the end of March, cherry blossoms gradually bloom in Vancouver, until they turn this city into a beautiful garden. Every year in April, a grand cherry blossom festival is held here. Riding a bike under the blooming cherry blossoms is really wonderful.
【Morocco】
In the spring of Marrakech, the blue and white town of Chefchaouen is decorated with flowers like a poem, visiting is like being in a fairy tale world of One Thousand and One Nights.
【Turkey】
The spring in Istanbul is like a melodious poem, with suitable temperature, cherry blossoms blooming on the side of the Bosphorus Strait, the blend of ancient and modern atmosphere is impressive.
【Iceland】
The early spring in Iceland is the ideal season to capture the spectacle of ice and fire. Stepping on the crystal clear blue ice cave, driving on the snow-covered wilderness, watching the aurora dance in the sky, and finally washing away the fatigue in the geothermal hot spring, a magical journey awaits you.
edieu.wxkejt6l08
God knows how wonderful the Mýrdalsjökull ice cave is
It's so beautiful that words fail me. We drove a special vehicle to the Mýrdalsjökull glacier and saw the naturally formed large blue ice cave in the rare good weather! Each layer is a different degree of glacier layers stacked on top of each other, and then eroded and melted by the stream flowing below, gradually forming the current hollow shape. I admire the magic of nature! It's too shocking! Standing in front of the big ice cave and looking at the horizon in the distance, I have a feeling of sudden enlightenment. It's much more mysterious than the round window in Kyoto, Japan! Words fail me!!!
Wyatt.Roberts@63
2024 Overseas Travel | Iceland 6 Days 5 Nights Pure Play Chinese Group is really good
|Iceland 6 Days 5 Nights Pure Play Chinese Group is really good.
Life advice is to go to 🇮🇸Iceland once, this 📍'alien' country with a slightly mysterious name, has stunning extreme natural scenery, aurora, blue ice caves, glacier hiking, black sand beaches, this is the happy way of play for 🎉young people~
-
🪅Match young people of the same age for everyone, bravely see the world together
✔️Chinese premium group, travel partner, meal partner on the way, and photo partner
·
🎊Team formation instructions
1⃣ Everyone is a peer who likes to travel
2️⃣ Mainly post-90s and post-00s, with common topics and no generation gap
3️⃣ Chinese driver and guide accompany, accompany and protect safety
4️⃣ Take pictures of each other during the trip, share with each other, and make friends
-
📸Check-in photo spots:
Geysir Geyser, Black Sand Beach, Seljalandsfoss, Plane Wreckage, Jökulsárlón Glacier Lake, Diamond Beach, Sunshine Pirate Ship, Kerið Volcano
🎏Iceland special play:
Visit Kerið Volcano, Hunt for Aurora, Explore Vatnajökull Blue Ice Cave, Helicopter Overlook Millennium Glacier
-
🛎️Iceland 6-day tour preview
D1⃣: Iceland
D2⃣: Deep tour of the Golden Circle (Old Parliament Site Park-Geyser-Golden Waterfall-Giant Basin Volcano-Overlooking Langjökull Glacier)
D3⃣: Northernmost ice cap in Europe-Black Sand Beach-Seljalandsfoss-Skógafoss-Wreckage of the plane
D4⃣: Jökulsárlón Glacier Lake-Dream Diamond Beach-Mysterious Blue Ice Cave Adventure-Super Jeep
D5⃣: Reykjavik-Reykjanes Peninsula (Blue Lagoon Hot Spring)
D6⃣: Reykjavik
.
🔑7 Days 6 Nights Depth Tour
D1⃣: Iceland-Arrival
D2⃣: Classic Golden Circle (Old Parliament Site Park + Geyser + Golden Waterfall + Giant Basin Volcano + Overlooking Langjökull Glacier)
D3⃣: South Coast of Iceland (Northernmost Ice Cap in Europe + Black Sand Beach + Seljalandsfoss, Skógafoss + Plane Wreckage)
D4⃣: South Coast of Iceland (Jökulsárlón Glacier Lake + Dream Diamond Beach + Mysterious Blue Ice Cave Adventure + Super Jeep)
D5⃣: Reykjavik City Scenery + Reykjanes Peninsula (Blue Lagoon Hot Spring)
D6⃣: Whale Watching at Sea + Icelandic Horse Riding + Exploration of Iceland's Largest Volcanic Lava Tunnel + Helicopter Glacier Sightseeing
D7⃣: Reykjavik, Iceland
-
🌠This trip is great for those who don't like to make strategies and routes!
🔕No need to worry about all the arrangements of the itinerary!
-
🔆Group advantages
🏨Hotel: Provide three-star and local characteristic hotels in Iceland throughout the journey. (Can upgrade PLUS accommodation)
✅Group experience: 2-8 people Chinese small group / iron hair group / premium Chinese group
🙍♂️Wonderful explanation: Chinese driver and guide lead the team
🍔Catering: Hotel buffet breakfast throughout the journey
🚐Vehicle: 7-51 seat luxury air-conditioned bus or business car
-
Go to Iceland together to experience the luck of seeing the aurora💫, even if you are alone, start a romantic 2024! More group dates are waiting for you to add, heart❤️moving drip!
oliver_maximus_solomon
Experience the charm of the last lonely planet on earth
.
What brings you thousands of miles to Iceland in winter? Isn't it for this unique blue ice scene? 😍😍😍 Only by experiencing it in person will you know that everything is worth it. 😀😀😀
A trip that only happens in winter every year, put on your claws, step on the ice, and embark on this blue ice cave journey in the middle of the crunch. Be sure to wear warm and keep warm. 🤓🤓🤓
🌟Highlights:
Only when you come here will you know that the blue ice cave is divided into black, white and blue. You can see this unique landscape of ten thousand years of freezing from the ice surface. It's really worth the ticket price. There is no such place elsewhere. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
ExploreWithEthan
The End of the Earth: A Wonderful Journey in Iceland
Iceland's scenery is indeed unique, its own unique tourism resources and characteristics make it extremely charming and attractive, especially in winter, there are many tourists following the aurora. The photos here are of the blue ice cave, the glacier lake and the diamond beach. You can see its unique natural landscape and beautiful environment. It is very suitable for self-driving travel, of course, you need to consider the impact of ice and snow weather and the limitation of viewing time due to polar night in winter.
SPENCER HUBBARD
Wow, self-driving in Iceland is really great
Car rental is convenient, parking at attractions is also very convenient, and the road conditions are good, you can stop to enjoy the scenery at any time. A total of one day in Reykjavik at the beginning and end, you can see churches, streets and buy souvenirs. Food recommendations include Sjávargrillið Icelandic lobster taco, freshly caught fish with salad and special sauce every day, and the specially recommended Fine rice for Chinese stomach.
Day2's itinerary includes snorkeling in Thingvellir National Park, park sightseeing, Gesir Geyser, Golden Waterfall and Volcano Lake. There is a best hot dog called Pylsuvagninn in the town of Selfoss. I was surprised to see the aurora when I went to the supermarket that night! It's more shocking than what I saw in Norway .
Day3's itinerary includes Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss and Black Sand Beach. Be sure to wear waterproof clothes and pants. If you go forward from Seljalandsfoss, you will see more spectacular niche waterfalls. The black sand beach looks lonely on cloudy days, and it looks like a scene in a sci-fi movie when you go out on a sunny day near sunset🌈.
😎Day4's itinerary includes Diamond Beach and Glacier Blue Ice Cave (Glacier Hiking). For details on Diamond Beach, see the previous post. The guide was very good during the glacier hike, took us to the blue ice cave, and created many experience projects on the glacier.
Day5 originally planned to drive to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, but decided to go horse riding at the last minute! Icelandic horses🐴 are very gentle, and there are non-mainstream oblique bangs. The whole journey is really full of surprises and exclamation!
OPAL PITTMAN
Icelandic Braveheart Game Series Three
✙Iceland's winter can make you realize how precious sunshine is~
✙Diamond Beach, girls' favorite~
✙Jiegu Salon Iceberg Lake, if lucky, you can see cute seals~
✙Still eating despite being so fat~
✙Astronauts who are going to the moon will be sent here first to experience the feeling of the moon in advance~
✙Famous Blue Ice Cave~
✙Local characteristic thatched church, does it look like a hobbit's small house
✙Strange and eerie cemetery demon tree~
✙The small cemetery next to the chapel~ Visiting at night may cause disturbance~
larkin_2133
If you come to Iceland in the winter, be sure to go to the Blue Ice Cave! Glacier caves that can only be accessed in winter are washed out at the bottom of the glacier when the glacier melts, and some are formed by melting the glacier by the geothermal action of the volcano. The cave is greatly affected by the climate, it will constantly move and change, and there is a danger of collapse, so it must be led by a professional guide.
The entrance to the blue ice cave that went this time looked very hidden. Before the cave entrance, the wind was terrible, and then it was another fantasy space~ wearing a helmet and headlights.
The guide said that this ice cave has existed for a few years, but it is also constantly changing. Under the beautiful blue ice, the black ash is volcanic ash.