Southcoast Adventure · Brú base camp, road 249
From the same road 249 base camp as its Þórsmörk tours, Southcoast Adventure drives you up Eyjafjallajökull by super jeep and puts you on a snowmobile on the ice cap, with views to the Westman Islands on a clear day. It is the volcano you look at all day from Þórsmörk, and the shortest way onto it.
The tour leaves Brú base camp at 10:00 or 14:00, about 3 km from Seljalandsfoss on road 249, and lasts 3 hours. You suit up, ride a super jeep for about 30 minutes up the mountain to where the machines are parked, then spend about an hour on the snowmobile behind the guide, with photo stops. On a clear day you see the Westman Islands and the south coast.
Read the small print on sharing. The standard price covers two riders on one snowmobile; a solo machine is a single-ride fee paid on site. Drivers must be 17 or older with a full driving licence (no learner's permits), and passengers can be as young as 6. One guest who expected her own machine gave the tour one star for that alone.
Snow decides the rest. The season runs 1 November to 15 June, and when the snowline is too high the team switches guests to its buggy tour instead; two recent guests got buggies and loved them. The listing includes a helmet, an insulated overall and a balaclava, but not boots or gloves, so bring your own.
Road 249, about 3 km past Seljalandsfoss. Put "Southcoast Adventure" into Google Maps.
Overall, helmet and balaclava on, and a safety briefing.
Up the flank of Eyjafjallajökull to where the snowmobiles wait.
Ride behind the guide, two to a machine, with stops for photos and a walk on the snow.
The jeep takes you back to Brú, 3 hours after the start.
★★★★★After about a 30 min ride into the mountains and onto the Glacier, we were led further into the mountains on the snowmobiles. We had several stops along the journey to take pictures, ride around on the snowmobiles freely, and walk around on the fresh powder.
★★★★★Due to weather, they had to change the itinerary from snowmobiling to driving buggies along the tundra by the glacier. This turned out to be an amazing trip full of adventure and so many beautiful sights.
★★★★★We ended up not being able to snowmobile due to lack of snow in Iceland! The Southcoast adventure tour team lead was awesome and got us in another tour right away! [...] we ended up doing a 2.5 hour buggy tour and couldn’t recommend it more!
★★★★★You meet at Suncoast Adventures on the right about 5 minutes down the road from Gljufrabui waterfall. You get suited up and then they drive you up to the glacier where the snowmobiles are parked. It was a great time!
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Yes, by default two riders share one machine at the standard price. A machine to yourself costs a single-ride fee paid on site.
Southcoast Adventure moves guests to another tour; recent guests were switched to a 2.5-hour buggy ride and rated it highly. The snowmobile season runs 1 November to 15 June.
About an hour of a 3-hour tour. The rest is the super jeep ride up and down and suiting up.
No. It's on Eyjafjallajökull, the ice cap above Þórsmörk, run from the same base camp as the super jeep day with lunch. For the valley itself, see our Þórsmörk in winter guide.
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