Iceland review - 2017, Qupperneq 105

Icelandic Mountain Guides specializes in providing memora-
ble outdoor adventures and offers tours that are as diverse as
the travelers visiting Iceland, including the perennial favorite:
glacier walks.
The company offers glacier walks at either Skaftafell (in
Vatnajökull National Park, Southeast Iceland), or on Sólheima-
jökull (a glacial tongue of Mýrdalsjökull glacier in South Iceland
– just two hours from Reykjavík). The tours are available daily
and run all year round. Pick-up and drop-off in Reykjavík is avail-
able for glacier walks on Sólheimajökull.
ONTO THE ICE
All tours have been designed with the small group experience
in mind. This ensures more personal interaction with the friendly
and knowledgeable guide. The high-quality experience is sure
to leave you with memories you’ll treasure for many years.
With well-maintained top-brand safety equipment included,
you can take your first crunching steps into the glacier’s unfa-
miliar icy world with confidence. And what a world it is! No two
trips are the same, as the weather makes the ice look and feel
different every time.
Glaciers are more than just giant ice cubes: they’re one of
nature’s most powerful erosive forces and you’ll see and feel
first-hand the ice relentlessly grinding silt, pebbles, boulders
and whole mountains. Iceland is a land shaped no less by gla-
ciers than it is by volcanoes. Your guide will tell you all you need
to know about this extraordinary double act that’s busy shaping
the land to this very day.
Icelandic glaciers provide awesome, unparalleled views for
miles over the surrounding areas. Don’t forget your camera!
OFF THE ICE
Icelandic Mountain Guides is a versatile company with a vari-
ety of tours on offer. If the ice doesn’t do it for you, you could
try hiking, trekking, backpacking, skiing, or combination tours,
such as a hot springs and lava cave exploration, instead. And
for those who want to customize their trip, there are tailor-made
tours available where you decide what to do. The options are
only limited by your imagination and budget.
Whether you’re organizing a trip on your own, with family,
or even for large groups, including schools, Icelandic Mountain
Guides can accommodate you.
The company was founded in 1994 by a group of Iceland-
ers united by their love of nature and environmental advocacy.
After 23 years of showing the very best of Iceland to people
from every corner of the globe, Icelandic Mountain Guides is
still owned and operated by passionate guides. That’s why they
have an exemplary safety record and never sacrifice safety for
cost-cutting. In fact, they’ve been setting the standard for safe-
ty and training in the industry since the beginning. Their dedi-
cation to offering high quality tours and protecting the environ-
ment has earned them the title of the “Most Awarded Outdoor
Adventure Company in Iceland.”
Oh, and did we mention that they can even take you to wild
and exotic Greenland as well?
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