Arctic Trucks Experience · Reykjavík
Arctic Trucks, the Icelandic company that builds the big-tyred trucks used on polar expeditions, sends a 38-inch jeep and a driver-guide to your Reykjavík hotel for a 10-hour private day to Seljalandsfoss, Stakkholtsgjá and the Eyjafjallajökull glacier tongue. Book it for the vehicle and the privacy: it is the most serious machine on any Þórsmörk listing.
Arctic Trucks Experience is the tour arm of Arctic Trucks, the Reykjavík workshop known for modifying 4x4s for glaciers and the Antarctic. This day is private: a 38-inch or bigger super jeep, an expert driver-guide and hotel pickup in Reykjavík, or you meet at their building at Klettháls 3 at 8:30. It lasts about 10 hours.
The listed stops are Seljalandsfoss for 30 minutes, an hour in Stakkholtsgjá, the 2 km canyon whose walls rise about 100 m and close in to a hidden waterfall, and an hour at Eyjafjallajökull, where Gígjökull spills off the ice cap. The driving between them is part of the show: gravel, fords and river beds on F249 that the bigger tyres take in their stride.
Three things to know. Lunch is not included, so bring snacks and food for the day as the listing asks. Booking is not instant: confirmation comes within 48 hours. And many of the 39 reviews on the listing come from Arctic Trucks' self-drive trips, where guests drive a truck themselves behind a guide; this one is guided, with their driver at the wheel.
From your hotel, or meet in the lobby at Klettháls 3.
Walk the path behind the waterfall in summer.
Off the tarmac and through the rivers in the 38-inch jeep.
A walk up the canyon floor to the waterfall hidden at the far end. Expect wet feet.
The Gígjökull glacier tongue and the story of the 2010 eruption, then the drive back to Reykjavík, about 10 hours after pickup.
★★★★★This is my fourth trip with arctic trucks and they keep on surprising us with their professionalism and friendly attitude. We experienced sites that not accessible to the average tourists. If you want to see the real Iceland than arctic trucks experience should be your choice.
★★★★★We highly recommend booking for tours. What could be better than exploring this awesome country in a powerful modified 4x4 with their brilliant guides. [...]
★★★★★EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL & ÞÓRSMÖRK (day trip). Driving this wonderful machine through rivers and up steep hills, which we were doubtful would be possible. We had a guide with us and he told us where it was safe to drive and answered every question.
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A 4x4 rebuilt by Arctic Trucks in Reykjavík with lifted suspension and 38-inch or bigger tyres that can run at low pressure. The listing guarantees a 38-inch modification or bigger.
No. Lunch is excluded. Bring a packed lunch and snacks.
Yes, hotel pickup and drop-off in Reykjavík are included. You can also meet at Klettháls 3 at 8:30.
It costs more than the Valahnúkur day ($1,831 against $1,165 per group) and walks less, but the jeep is bigger. Our tour prices guide lays them side by side.
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