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Silfra Diving Between Continents Tour From Thingvellir National Park
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4 Hours
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Offered in: English
Overview
Experience the weightless of gliding through clear glacier water on this 4-hour diving tour from Thingvellir National Park. The slow current provides a perfect pace to explore this beautiful area with your certified dive instructor. The fresh water visibility found here is unrivaled--sometimes it is only limited by the density of the water itself. Depth varies, but dives are limited to 18 meters by park regulations. Rated a challenging dive, this small-group tour is limited to a maximum of 3 participants. Choose from one of three departure times when you book.
What's Included
- Small group experience
- Hot chocolate and cookies
- All specialized dive equipment, including a dry suit, mask, fins, thermal under-suit, tanks, weights, regulator and second stage, all specially designed for the cold water
- Guided dive tour in Silfra with a certified PADi® Divemaster
- Pick up service from Reykjavik
- Food and drinks
- Please note that the National park charges a small parking fee (Private Car - 500 ISK)
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
The meeting point is Silfra car park in Thingvellir National Park. To meet your guide: Walk 400m back along the road until you reach a smaller car park with all the snorkel and dive vans, and look for your guide. Please meet your guide 15 MINUTES before your tour is due to begin.
End Point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Dive into the clear water in Silfra fissure, one of the world's top rated diving locations. Diving between 2 continents is a very unique experience and on many bucket lists. You have to be a certified diver to participate in this activity and have a dry-suit experience (10 dives within the last 2 years, in a dry-suit, or dry-suit certified). Afterwards, you will have hot chocolate and biscuits to warm yourself up.
Additional Info
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness
- Minimum age: 18 years old
- Please note that the National park charges a small parking fee
- Winter departures: If the temperature falls below -0°C there is a possibility that the dive instructor will change the tour into just one dive due to safety reasons
- This is a challenging dive where you need to be capable of carrying heavy equipment up to 400m
- Since you are wearing a snorkeling/dive mask to see underwater, there can be nothing in the way of the seal to keep them from filling up with water. You cannot wear glasses underneath the mask. You will have to go without them, wear contact lenses, or bring your own goggles with prescription
- Please note that PADI open water license or compatible is required to be able to participate in this tour. As all dives are performed in a dry suit it is require to have a dry-suit certification or at least 10 logged drysuit dives to be able to join this tour. Divers must supply their size of suit upon booking. It is recommended that your most recent dive was within the last 2 years before diving Silfra, as this dive is rated as a challenging dive
- It is recommended to wear warm undergarments (fleece/wool), warm woolen socks
- It is recommended to bring a change of clothing. The change of clothing is a precaution since no dry suit can be 100% guaranteed to be dry unless it is made especially for you
- A maximum of 3 people per booking
Operated by Arctic Adventures
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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