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Monday 09:00 - 18:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 18:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00 Thursday 09:00 - 18:00 Friday 09:00 - 18:00 Saturday 09:00 - 18:00 Sunday 09:00 - 18:00

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Melrakki Adventures

Small local tour operator in Skaftafell, Iceland. We offer top quality, extra small group glacier tours on the outlet glaciers of Vatnajökull.
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14/07/2024

Exploring the majestic glaciers of Iceland with our expert guides! Ready for an unforgettable adventure?
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You can book the tour on our website www.melrakki.com

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05/06/2024

We always try to find some special place for you to see!
This is a photo from last weeks 7 hour private tour where we explored the glacier, did some ice climbing and had a lots of fun!
Thank you guys for coming.

05/05/2024

It is getting warmer here in Iceland, the glacier got its white summer crust and blue water pools are popping up on the glacier. Summer is comming ☀️

13/04/2024

There are some things that you can usually only experience in the winter in Iceland. Walking on the bottom of a blue crevasse is one of them 💙.

07/04/2024

One week ago we have operated our last ice cave tour of this winter season!
From now on we will only be operating our glacier hikes in Skaftafell, so if you are planning to do a glacier hike this summer go check out our website www.melrakki.com

23/03/2023

We have about two more weeks of ice cave season in front of us. If you haven't been to an ice cave yet, this will be your last chance this winter!

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08/12/2021

Did you know the oldest ice is found at the edge of the glacier?

The new ice is created on the ice cap and with the new layers of snow each year the oldest ice is being pushed away. So closer you go to the center of Vatnajökull the younger the ice is.

The oldest ice found on Vatnajökull so far was 1200 years old.

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06/12/2021

Last week has been pretty cold meaning the river that created the Sapphire ice cave is a lot smaller then in the begging of the season and now mostly frozen.
Because of that can explore more places that were flooded during the warmer days and get deeper into the cave.

This photo is from yesterday's tour 😊

You can book the tour on our website www.melrakki.com

20/11/2021

Ice and ash. This is what you will usually see on the glaciers and inside of ice caves on Vatnajökull.

The ash comes from the volcanoes and gets compressed into the ice with the snow after an eruption.

There are 5 active volcanoes under the ice cap of Vatnajökull. None of them is erupting right now, but they are waiting.
Some scientists believe the ice cap works like a giant cork on a bottle, and the pressure of the ice is making the volcanoes more "sleepy". When the ice cap melts we could see a lot more activity from these volcanoes.

But noone really knows. It is impossible to say what a volcano is going to do in 1 hour, let alone in 100 years. What we can do now is to enjoy the glaciers as much as we can and try to keep them around as long as possible.

17/11/2021

Why do we love winter? Because of the most beautiful light you get during the sunrise and sunset!
And that beauty doubles on the glacier when the light reflects from the little curves and waves on the suface of the ice.

We can never get enough of this 🖤

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03/11/2021

Epic glacier sunsets are back! ☀️

Days are getting shorter and we have switched to our winter shedule to adjust to the less daylight.
If you book the afternoon departure and you are lucky enough to come on a day with clear sky on just a few clouds you will get this amazing view of sun setting over the black sand glacier riverbeds.

This week we have so far been very lucky and we are hoping for more days like this!

30/10/2021

Ice cave season started early this year!

26/10/2021

Ice is nice.
From very up close too!

We love the winter. Ice gets blue and clear and you are suddenly able to see a whole new world frozen deep in the glacier 💙

25/10/2021

Winter is coming and there are cool places with blue ice accessible on the glacier!

If you want to explore the most beautiful spots on Falljökull chceck out our Adventure tour on www.melrakki.com

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22/10/2021

Vincenzo has managed to snap some photos of Franzy, so we can finally introduce her to you here as well!
Since this summer we have been 4 guiding you on the glacier and if you were lucky you had Franzy as your guide on the tour.
Franzy is from Austria, she is an excellent guide, full of interesting facts about the glacier and knows Iceland very well if you want some tips on places to visit after the tour.
We are very hapy to have her in our team 🖤

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19/10/2021

Hey guys! It has been on our website for a few weeks now but we haven't shown you here.

Since there are no ice caves this year in Skaftafell we have decided to do tours to the Sapphire ice cave from Jökulsárlón this year again! The cave is absolutely beautiful.
We feel like this is by far the most beautiful we have seen this cave in the last 3 years.
There are deep blue ice parts as well as "windows" in the roof where bright daylight enters the cave.

It is hard to describe with words, so we will be uploading more photos here in next days, so you can get an idea of how different the cave is from last year.

Photos from our guide and favourite photographer

06/09/2021

Sometimes we get emails about how hard is our Adventure tour. 4,5 hour tour, from which you spend 3-3,5 hours on the glacier can sound intimidating to some, but if you are used to hiking you can easily make it.
By the time you get to the ice fall, where the terrain gets little bit more difficult, you will get used to the crampons. And if you are still nervous, we are happy to help you and give you a hand coming up or down the more challenging spots 💪
And you will see, the views are wort it!

03/09/2021

Seracs- huge pillars of ice formed where crevasses are intersecting. At Falljökulls' ice fall their size can range between 10-20 meters for the tallest ones.

Address

Flugvallarvegur 5
Skaftafell

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 18:00
Thursday	09:00 - 18:00
Friday	09:00 - 18:00
Saturday	09:00 - 18:00
Sunday	09:00 - 18:00

Website

http://www.melrakki.com/

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Videos

Extreme golfing got out of hands. Quite literally 😄. But we found the ice axe! Laying about meter away from a deep crevasse. Note for the future: no golfing with wet gloves on. Turn on the sound so you can enjoy hilarious laughter of Henry's mom 😂