Epic Travel → Europe → Iceland → West Iceland → Víðgelmir

Location: Hallmundarhraun lava field, Borgarfjörður district, West Iceland

Time Required: 2-5 hours

Red Tape/Notes: Departure times vary by season, but tours are available every day. The Cave Explorer tour is 6500 ISK (around $60 USD), and the Cave Master tour is 39,000 ISK (around $365 USD). Visit “The Cave” website for more details.

What’s Nearby?: Húsafell Geothermal Pools, Hallmundarhraun, Surtshellir, Stefánshellir, Hraunfossar, Barnafoss, Deildartunguhver, Snorralaug

Víðgelmir is Iceland’s largest cave, and they’ve invested in the infrastructure and marketing to allow it to be an accessible tourist destination for the masses. This diminishes the experience for us somewhat (I’d generally rather visit a mediocre wild cave than a great show cave) but it’s still a cool cave to visit. And luckily they offer an extended tour option that lets you go beyond the walkways, deeper into the cave, where the cave is still in its original condition. You’ll do the first part of the tour with the “cave explorer” group and then virtually all of them will turn around and go back and the handful of people who are interested in really seeing a cave will continue on with the “cave master” group.

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