Vatnajökull National Park: landscape and origins
Vatnajökull National Park charges no entrance fee. At Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón you pay a regional fee when you park – once a day, the second area at half price.
The regional fee is charged on entry to fee-charging service areas and is valid until midnight. Cameras record the number plate; you pay via Parka, the park's online service provider, or at the machine in the car park.
If you have already paid in full in another area on the same day, you pay half. Holders of a parking card for people with reduced mobility can have their plate exempted in advance by email.
The rates are laid down in Regulation No. 266/2026 of 6 March 2026. In June 2026 the Alþing revised the fee rules for Náttúruverndarstofnun; fees must be set out in a tariff confirmed by the minister.
Vatnajökull National Park: Pricelist – regional fee at Skaftafell and Jökulsárlón, camping, huts ↗
The park in numbers
- Car up to 5 seats, per day
- ISK 1,110
- Car 6–9 seats
- ISK 1,440
- Motorcycle
- ISK 450
- Bus 10–21 / 22–32 / 33+ seats
- ISK 2,770 / 5,200 / 9,400
- Second area on the same day
- 50% off
- Camping Skaftafell, adults
- ISK 2,800
- Camping, seniors
- ISK 2,300
- Electricity at the campsite, 24 h
- ISK 1,500
- Children up to 16
- camping free
