If there is
anything I have always wanted to do, it is going glacier hiking in Iceland.
Apart from the immense love I have for glacier hiking, I so much love going on
tours, and Iceland is one of the countries I would trade my precious cell phone
for, just to visit. I had heard stories, great ones, from people who had
previously gone glacier hiking in Iceland, especially when taken on guided
hiking tours by professionals.
After much
thinking and deliberations, I decided to make a move towards getting my own
awesome adventure in Iceland, too (who doesn’t like having great experiences to
tell stories about?). I asked everyone I could find and searched every corner
of the internet; behold every positive answer I got triangulated to a company,
Local Guide, which is located inVatnajokull, Iceland.
I finally took a
leap of faith, visited
Local Guide’s official
website to get more information about their services. I was encouraged to
pay for their guided glacier hiking tour program because I was able to verify
the authenticity of their services by the numerous testimonies I saw on their
website (Did I tell you they offer one of the
most affordable Iceland guided
hiking tour? Yes, they do!).
Let’s quickly
skip to the interesting part. So, the journey to Vatnajokull, Iceland, started.
I must commend, Local Guide is really good at what it does; the company is an
embodiment of experienced guided glacier guides who pampered me like a baby
(LOL) throughout the adventurous glacier tour.
There was never
a dull moment, as we moved from an interesting event to another. When we
arrived at Local Guide’s base, we didn’t waste much time before we began with
the whole fun-filled glacier adventure, starting with a short drive to
Falljokull, a neighbouring glacier tongue which descended from the vast
Vatnajokull ice cap. I must confess, going glacier hiking with professional
guides like Local Guide, will make you get the maximum hiking experience for
the little amount you pay.
Okay, back to the adventure.
Our hiking
adventure began. We had a half-a-day hiking through glacier moraines and
glacier landscape to the tip of the glacier where we were asked to put on our
respective crampons and also got ourselves equipped with our axes. If there is
anything you could describe as awesome, it is ice climbing. I had this
top-of-the-world kind of feelings when we started climbing giant mountains of
ice. Finally, we got to the top!
As if that wasn’t
enough, we took glacier walks and boom! We reached an ice cave (yes, an ice
cave). I had seen some many caves on the TV but I never imagined myself being
in one, let alone an ICE CAVE.
After much fun
that never seemed like it would end, we retired to Local guide’s base. I could
write an encyclopedia of great experiences I got from going on a guided glacier
tour with Local Guide, but how will the great story ever continue if you don’t
tell yours?
The Local Guide crew
is simply the best people you should allow take you on a glacier hiking tour to
the Iceland because with them, you get the whole amazing experiences of glacier
hiking.
