About Arctic Adventures
Arctic Adventures is Iceland's largest and most established multi-activity adventure operator, offering an extraordinary range of over 100 different tours spanning glaciers, rivers, lava tubes, volcanoes, and the open ocean. Founded in the early 1980s, the company has over four decades of experience leading travellers through Iceland's most dramatic landscapes and holds an unmatched breadth of permits and operating licences across the country. Their Reykjavik headquarters in the Klettagardar district serves as the central hub for a nationwide network of guides, vehicles, and equipment bases.
The tour portfolio is staggeringly diverse: glacier hiking and ice climbing on Solheimajokull and Svinafellsjokull, Silfra snorkelling and diving, Into the Glacier man-made ice tunnel tours on Langjokull, river rafting on the Hvita and the glacial Austurdala river, ATV and buggy tours, snowmobiling on Langjokull and Myrdalsjokull, lava tube caving in Raufarhellir, whale watching, kayaking, multi-day highland treks, and complete self-drive holiday packages. Equipment for every activity is included — from drysuits for Silfra to crampons for glaciers — and tours depart daily year-round with Reykjavik hotel pickup.
What makes Arctic Adventures the benchmark operator is their sheer scale combined with consistently high service quality. With hundreds of certified guides across every discipline, they can accommodate last-minute bookings even in peak season. Their combination and multi-day packages are particularly well designed, allowing visitors to string together glacier hiking, snorkelling, and caving into seamless itineraries. For travellers who want to book all their Icelandic adventures through a single trusted operator, Arctic Adventures is the clear choice.
