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Northern Lights Tour: Aurora Viewing in Iceland
4.1
1,363 Ratings
Reykjavík
The Aurora Borealis bus excursion takes you away from the city life of Reykjavik to witness the radiant performance of the northern lights. The Aurora Borealis is among the most breathtaking spectacles in Iceland, often visible during the colder seasons.
The Aurora Borealis bus excursion takes you away from the city life of Reykjavik to witness the radiant performance of the northern lights. The Aurora Borealis is among the most breathtaking spectacles in Iceland, often visible during the colder seasons.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Thingvellir National Park - Our tour takes you to the countryside away from the city lights. Clear, cloud-free skies are an essential componant of any succesful aurora tour. We may need to try a few different locations before finding success. While you await the aurora, our guide will entertain you with tales of old Iceland and the folklore and tall tales used at the time to explain this once mysterious phenomenon.
- Thingvellir National Park - Our tour takes you to the countryside away from the city lights. Clear, cloud-free skies are an essential componant of any succesful aurora tour. We may need to try a few different locations before finding success. While you await the aurora, our guide will entertain you with tales of old Iceland and the folklore and tall tales used at the time to explain this once mysterious phenomenon.

What's Included
- On-board WiFi
- On-board WiFi
What's Not Included
- Dinner
- Dinner
Additional Information
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Dress in warm, wind and waterproof clothing and footwear.
- If you don´t see the northern lights during the tour, you can join again for free on one other night.
- Minimum age is 6 years old
- Dress in warm, wind and waterproof clothing and footwear.
- If you don´t see the northern lights during the tour, you can join again for free on one other night.
Location
Bus stop #5 Harpa
Sculpture & Shore Walk
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(1363 Ratings)
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Tatianacm359xt
May 22, 2025
Fantastic - It’s was fantastic very beautiful all amazing and service was perfect I hope to come back more times and always make my reservations with you because everything was perfect
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Johnsjokers07
Apr 30, 2025
Amazing night chasing the lights - Booked the northern lights coach tour and on the day of the tour received a text and an email from the company to say they had upgraded us to small party tour with free photos and hot chocolate thought it couldn't get any better but it did .Micheal the guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable couldn't do enough for everyone on the mini bus .and took fabulous photos of everyone
Well done and thank you
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Steven_l
Apr 26, 2025
The Reason We Went - Mission Accomplished!!!! - The Northern Lights are never guaranteed both in appearance and weather. This was our third attempt. We were fortunate enough to catch them!
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David_d
Apr 25, 2025
Great Experience. - Great experience as the tour guide took us to a spot where we were able to see the Northern Lights on fully display. Had plenty of time to enjoy the show to include the stopping place which included hot chocolate.
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Lucy_r
Apr 23, 2025
Harold was a fantastic... - Harold was a fantastic guide. He shared so much knowledge about the aurora & iceland on the route to the spot. we had no luck to begin with but we drove to a new spot and saw a fantastic display. We had the most amazing experience.
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Jacky_m
Apr 21, 2025
Absolutely recommend - We went at the very end of the season to see the northern lights. Our tour guide Sanna was wonderful! She made certain we knew that every attempt would be made to see lights. And we did! Absolutely incredible! Sanna is an Icelandic local and gives such a wonderful tour!!!
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Michele_l
Apr 21, 2025
Northern Lights!! - Was awesome! Our tour guides were the best from helping us with camera set up to assisting us finding the BEST photo. We had planned a different tour; however on a prior tour heard people talking about this one. So happy we did it!
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Haijun_l
May 26, 2025
Not very useful! - Seeing the Northern Lights always requires a bit of luck, as auroras are unpredictable and difficult to forecast with precision. While staying in Reykjavík for several days, we rented a 4x4 SUV to search for the lights on our own, even venturing out to a remote lighthouse near Keflavík; unfortunately, with no success. Hoping for better luck, we joined this organized tour that promised access to more promising locations. After several attempts, we finally saw a faint aurora around 3 a.m. deep in the mountains. In our experience, the tour didn’t offer a significant advantage over self-driving to areas with good forecasts and waiting patiently. Perhaps our expectations were higher than average, as we’re from Seattle, Washington, and have witnessed strong auroras multiple times before.
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Olena
Jun 6, 2025
Stay away - I would rate this 0 out of 5 if I could.
My partner and I booked this experience with confidence because the trip description indicated that we could rebook if we did not see the Northern Lights. We ended up not seeing them, and we were told that we would get an email the following morning with rebooking information. The morning came and went - no email, no contact with the vendor. I then messaged them myself expressing my desire to rebook right away. Needless to say I never was contacted back.
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7vjgcng2jt
Apr 22, 2025
Please do NOT waste your money. - They only take you to one place, they didn’t drive around anywhere. Starting the tour at 9:30pm is ridiculous when the sunset is around that time. We waited at the one spot they took us to for about two hours for the sky to get dark. Total waste of time. They only drove above 30 minutes outside Reykjavík. Why not leave later? We drove back at 12:30am, even though aurora forecast showed 3am having a better chance. Guide said ‘you can see it with your naked eye now’ - we go outside and all we see is a greyish cloud, no greens nothing. Can only be seen through the phone. It’s a money making scam, having a tour when you know fully well you won’t be able to see the actually lights. Shameful company.
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