DettifossWaterfall Tours

Contact

We publish research on Dettifoss and compare the guided departures that reach it. We are not the national park, not a tour operator and not a ticketing agent — and there is nothing to buy a ticket for at Dettifoss in any case.

Getting in touch

Write to hello@dettifosstours.com. Corrections go to the front of the queue.

Corrections

If a price, a road status, an opening season or a fact about the falls has moved, tell us and cite where you saw it. Every factual claim on this site traces to the national park, the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration or an operator’s own listing. A number that has moved gets fixed, not argued with.

Booking questions

We cannot amend, cancel or refund a booking — the operator you booked with does that, and their contact details are on your confirmation. If you have not booked yet and want to know which departure gives you longest at the falls, that is on Dettifoss guided tours.

Where the attraction itself is

Dettifoss

Jökulsárgljúfur, Vatnajökull National Park
671, Iceland

Address

Open in Google Maps · 65.8147°N, -16.3846°W

Hours

Open at all times. There is no gate, no ticket office and no admission charge, and parking is free. What varies is the road: Route 862 on the west bank has limited winter service between January and early April, and Route 864 on the east bank is closed from the first autumn snow until the end of May.

Check road conditions with the Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration before you drive.

Who writes this

The Dettifoss Tours team. Hours, prices and access on this site were last verified on the date shown in the byline at the top of every page, against Vatnajökull National Park, the road authority and each operator’s live listing.