Best Winter Activities — Our Top 3

1.From Reykjavik: 3-Day South Coast Winter Tour with Ice Cave

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 171 reviews · 3 days · from $977Our pick

Travel from Reykjavik with an English-speaking guide such as Hakon, David, or Guli, visiting the Golden Circle, South Coast waterfalls, Reynisfjara, Jökulsárlón, and a seasonal Vatnajökull ice cave. You’ll stay two nights in countryside hotels, enjoy breakfast, and avoid winter driving.

“Everything went just perfect. Accommodation five stars, vehicles five star, guide seven stars!”

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2.Snowshoe Hike to Castner Glacier Ice Cave

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $275Top rated

From Fairbanks, you ride south with a small group to Castner Glacier, then hike roughly 1 to 1.5 miles each way across snow and ice. Guides such as Owen, Matthew, Kody, and Colter provide gear, photos, and local insight before you spend about 30 minutes inside the ice cave.

“This tour was absolutely incredible. The tour guide, Colter, is extremely friendly and knowledgeable. During the drive, we made stops to take photos, look at the scenery, and we even spotted some caribou. The views were absolutely breathtaking. As for the hike, it was equally beautiful. It spanned just over a mile and was a very easy and flat walk. Colter provided the ice cleats that we needed to easily walk through the glacier cave. He also brought flashlights for us to use so we could travel deep in the cave. It was overall a perfect experience and my family all agreed that it was the highlight of our Alaskan…”

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3.Fairbanks: Guided Snowshoe Hike to Castner Glacier Ice Cave

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 31 reviews · 9 hours · from $265Best value

Travel from Fairbanks to Castner Glacier with a small group of up to 10. Your English-speaking guide leads an easy 1.5-mile hike by snowshoe or cleat into a huge ice cave, with caribou, tundra, pipeline views, snacks, and mountain scenery along the way.

“Great trip, Matthew was an awesome guide. He took his time to take photos for people, made sure everyone was safe hiking and was a careful and good driver. Very good tour for the money, well worth it as the ice cave is very cool.”

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