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Jokulsarlon or Fjallsárlón glacier lagoon boat ride

Hello,

I've read that Jokulsarlon and Fjallsárlón are both spectacular. While Jokulsarlon is Iceland's most famous lagoon, I've read that Fjallsárlón actually offers better views of the glacier snout because it's 5x smaller and we can get much closer to the ice cap.

My brother and I want to do just one glacier lagoon boat ride. At this time, we are planning to go see Jokulsarlon but thinking about doing the glacier lagoon boat ride at Fjallsárlón.

Would appreciate any feedback from your experiences as to, if you could do just one glacier lagoon boat ride, which would you choose and for what reasons?

Thanks very much!

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I have done the zodiac boat ride at Jokulsarlon a few times. On one trip , we did go to the other lagoon and wandered around, and from what we saw we were glad we did the one we did. You do get very close to the glacier on Jokulsarlon.

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Jokulsarlon is larger, has more floating ice and a bigger glacier. You can walk to Diamond Beach from the parking lot. We stopped by Fjallsarlon and were glad we took the boat at Jokulsarlon. enjoy!