Flaajokull Glacier Kayaking Tour in Vatnajokull

Paddle across a secluded glacier lagoon and step onto Vatnajokull Glacier, Europe's largest glacier, on this small-group packrafting tour in Southeast Iceland.

Packrafts are lightweight inflatable kayaks of about 9 pounds (4 kilograms), small enough to strap to a backpack and carry to remote lakes. This short tour gives you a taste of packrafting at the lagoon below Flaajokull Glacier, an outlet glacier of Vatnajokull.

You meet your guide at Hotel Smyrlabjorg, on Route 1 about halfway between Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon and Hofn. After a short briefing on the weather and what to expect, you drive about 20 minutes in a 4x4 vehicle, mostly on a gravel road.

Then you get your gear ready and hike about 30 minutes along a green, mossy trail, past Bolstadafoss Waterfall, to the edge of the lake.

At the lake, you inflate the boats and put on drysuits. After paddling instruction and a safety briefing, you paddle across the lake, with mountains and ice all around you. No kayaking experience is needed, as you paddle on flat water in stable boats.

You then land the boats on a skerry that is still emerging from under the melting glacier and hike 10 to 15 minutes to a viewpoint across the lake, close to the glacier. Safety permitting, you briefly walk onto the ice and step onto Europe's largest glacier.

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