Ice Guardians Iceland

Google reviews of Ice Guardians Iceland as a company — not of one specific tour.

• ★★★★★★★★★★5.0

  Our day exploring the glacier and ice climbing was exceptional. I’ve had some glacier and climbing experience, but it was my friend’s first time on a glacier. Our guide, Kish, did an amazing job with making a day that both made my friend comfortable with glacial travel and ice climbing, and gave me pointers to be a more effective climber. We were fortunate to have amazing weather and took advantage of it. The views were brilliant! Kish did a great job as a guide, adapting the day based on our skill level, scaling up the difficulty as the day progressed based on how we were performing. Kish was a great guy to hang out with for the day, teaching us about the glacier, was a great climbing instructor, and gave us some good suggestions for our next day since we were staying in the area. I would whole-heartedly recommend Ice Guardians to anyone that wants to have a day in Iceland to remember. The program we did (Vatnajökull Hiking and Ice Climbing Tour) was well worth the price. The smaller group size and longer time spent on the glacier meant we were able to escape the crowds and really feel like we were exploring the glacier instead of just following the well-trodden paths of the large groups.

  Kevin Lew

• ★★★★★★★★★★5.0

  My husband and I did a full day glacier hike/ice climb followed by a half day canyon the next day. Both tours were absolutely incredible! We were able to provide input with our routes and how our tours progressed. We felt perfectly safe, yet wonderfully challenged each day. We learned so much while having an absolute blast! I couldn’t recommend Ice Guardians enough and would happily use their services again in a heartbeat!

  Samantha Hokky

• ★★★★★★★★★★5.0

  Kish is an exceptional tour guide. He is an extremely knowledgeable and experienced outdoorsman and glacier hiker. “It’s like my backyard” as he jokes. He took us on a beautiful six hour tour on the Vatnajokull glacier. He knows all the best spots, and we avoided the tourist crowds. We even found an ice cave and got to name it! Kish’s tour far exceeded our expectations. It was easily the highlight of our Iceland vacation.

  Brian Molley

• ★★★★★★★★★★5.0

  I cannot recommend touring with Ice Guardians enough and am so deeply grateful to have gone on a private tour with Kish!!!! The access and expertise we had was truly unmatched. Throughout the trip, I felt a great deal of sympathy for the other tour groups, whose numbers were in the dozens and whose treks were hardly off the road. It was incredible to get so far off the beaten path, truly immersed in untouched parts of nature, and to be guided by such a fun, knowledgeable, exemplary tour guide. I felt safe, empowered, supported, and happy the entire time. I am so grateful to Kish and Ice Guardians for this once-in-a-lifetime experience and cannot stress enough how big of a difference it made to go with mountaineering expertise, to receive geologist subject matter expertise, and to overall have a lovely day with a certified mountain chiller. No amount of money could be worth it, and no amount of words could describe, how beautiful the increasingly receding glaciers were and how exciting it was to ice climb throughout this otherworldly landscape. I gained even more appreciation for nature after receiving such wonderful education during my tour and having all of my questions answered by a geological expert. I hope to go back to Iceland someday and book additional tours solely because of how incredible this experience was. Thank you so much to Kish and Ice Guardians!!!! Best time ever.

  Taryn