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hintertuxer gletscher tuxer riese

Nature’s Ice Palace

Nature’s Ice Palace at the Hintertux Glacier is an ice cave which is accessible all year round

The mighty Hintertux Glacier offers not only the highest located show cave of Europe, the Spannagel Cave, but also an accessible crevasse. The Glacier Bus 3, a cable car, takes you from the village of Tux to the mountain station at 3,250 m a.s.l. Just a few minutes away there's Nature's Ice Palace (Natur Eis Palast) with its glacial lake and the frozen waterfalls.

The ice cave is open all year round, and features a constant temperature of 0 degrees C, making it accessible with ski boots in winter as well as with warm clothing and sturdy shoes in summer. Several tours are on offer: the base tour with boat trip, an exclusive photo tour, stand up paddling on the glacial lake and ice swimming, a kayaking session and ice climbing.

New in the Nature's Ice Palace is the Excursion Deep Horizon to see the glacier from below, and the Scientific Tour with the discoverer of Nature's Ice Palace, Roman Erler. Have fun!

Contact info

Opening times

  • Fri 01 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sat 02 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sun 03 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Mon 04 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Tue 05 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Wed 06 Dec 10:30 - 14:30
  • Thu 07 Dec 10:30 - 14:30

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Full timetables
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Base tours - autumn 2023 (01/10/2023 - 03/12/2023)

  • Mon 10:30 - 14:30
  • Tue 10:30 - 14:30
  • Wed 10:30 - 14:30
  • Thu 10:30 - 14:30
  • Fri 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sat 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sun 10:30 - 14:30

Austrian National Day 2023 (26/10/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

All Saints 2023 (01/11/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

Base tours - winter 2023/24 (04/12/2023 - 24/03/2024)

  • Mon 10:30 - 14:30
  • Tue 10:30 - 14:30
  • Wed 10:30 - 14:30
  • Thu 10:30 - 14:30
  • Fri 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sat 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sun 10:30 - 14:30

Immaculate Conception 2023 (08/12/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

Christmas' Eve 2023 (24/12/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

Christmas 2023 (25/12/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

Boxing Day 2023 (26/12/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

New Year's Eve 2023 (31/12/2023) 10:30 - 14:30

New Year 2024 (01/01/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Epiphany 2024 (06/01/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Base tours - spring 2024 (25/03/2024 - 02/06/2024)

  • Mon 10:30 - 14:30
  • Tue 10:30 - 14:30
  • Wed 10:30 - 14:30
  • Thu 10:30 - 14:30
  • Fri 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sat 10:30 - 14:30
  • Sun 10:30 - 14:30

Easter 2024 (31/03/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Easter Monday 2024 (01/04/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Labor Day 2024 (01/05/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Ascension Day 2024 (09/05/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Whit Monday 2024 (20/05/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Corpus Christi 2024 (30/05/2024) 10:30 - 14:30

Admission

base tour without boat trip (every hour from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm):
€ 29.00 adults
€ 29.00 young people (15-18 years)
€ 15.00 children (up to 14 years)

extended base tour with boat trip (every hour from 10.30 am to 2.30 pm):
€ 39.00 adults
€ 39.00 young people (15-18 years)
€ 15.00 children (up to 14 years)

no reservation needed, from 6 years on

"Fascination Ice" panorama ticket - Glacier Cable Cars:
€ 48.00 adults
€ 48.00 young people (16-18 years)
€ 29.00 children and young people (10-15 years)

free for children under 10 years

More information

Sturdy shoes and adequate clothing needed. Dogs are not allowed.

Special tours and challenges (Standup paddleboarding, scientific tour, photo session, Couple Adventure Tour, ice-swimming) on reservation, fees on request.

The Ice Palace stays open all year round, the Glacier Cable Cars operate daily from 8 am on.

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