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Local Guide is a small family owned company specialising in glacier guiding and they have been operating in southeastern Iceland since 1991. Sigðurður Bjarnason, founded the company in 1991, but since 2015, Aron and Helen María have continued Sigðurður's legacy.

Local Guide, like the name suggests, are proud to be 'local' and have implicit knowledge of their landscape, developing an excellent reputation for engaging with their clientele. They have an unchallenged knowledge of the glacial region and that is why they are among the best rated guides in Iceland.

In the summer, Local Guide offers glacier tours with half-day hikes, family tours and full-day advanced tours on the ice. During the winter months, from October to March, caving tours are offered.

As a small family operation, Local guide are flexible and like to cater to the desires/projects of their client, they are always open to the new possibilities and requests.

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Reviews about Local Guide

  • 5 / 5

Bonne prise en charge par Barbara qui a été attentionnée et nous a appris plein de choses sur les glaciers, une passionnée !

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Vraiment super!

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Sehr netter Guide, tolle Erklärungen zu dem Gletscher, hat viel Spaß gemacht!

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Parfait, notre guide Daniel était vraiment génial!

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Très bien organisé rien à redire

  • 5 / 5

friendly guide, good explanation, well arranged.

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Parfait

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Nice guy, had humor.

  • 5 / 5

Notre instructrice était vraiment super! Elle nous a donné plein d’anecdotes de d’infos sur le glacier. Et était très à l’écoute de nos questions et commentaires!