Four Hours on Sólheimajökull, Gear Included, from the Tröll Trailer

Four hours at Sólheimajökull, in southern Iceland, in a small group. You bring hiking boots. Everything else needed to walk on a glacier is provided, which is what makes this workable for people who have never done it before. The approach has changed, and it is worth knowing before you book. The route in now runs 2.3 km each way, where it used to be 1 km. Most of it is even ground; the last stretch, where the glacier access begins, gets steeper and harder work. It crosses a part of the area that saw almost no visitors before, so the walk in has become part of the day itself. The guide's subject is the glacier itself: what it is, how something this size behaves, and what you are actually standing on. It is a full walk rather than a look from the edge, and the pace is set so that it stays comfortable. The meeting point is the trailer marked Tröll Expeditions. Be there 20 minutes before the departure time. On Google Maps it is listed as Tröll Expeditions Sólheimajökull.