Northern Lights Minibus Tour: Small-Group Aurora Borealis Experience from Reykjavik
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366 Ratings
Reykjavik

Take part in a shared tour lasting from 3 to 5 hours, with a small group, that might give you the chance to see the Northern Lights. These are a prime reason for journeying to Iceland in the winter months. The season’s clear, fresh air presents optimal conditions for stargazing and regular viewing of the Aurora Borealis.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Go To Joy Iceland - Hunt of the Northern Lights.

The Northern Lights Tour can take sometimes longer than 3 hours but no longer than 5 hours due to Northern Lights appearance.

What's Included
  • Only backpacks allowed; no luggage
  • Small-group tour in a minibus (max 19 passengers)
  • Includes pickup and drop-off in Reykjavik
  • Cruise Ship Port pickup in Reykjavik available
  • 3-5 hour Northern Lights tour with an English-speaking guide
  • Complimentary unlimited Wi-Fi on board
  • Guaranteed fun experience
What's Not Included
  • Refreshments not included
  • Tripod not included
  • Warm Clothes, shoes, gloves, and hat not included
Additional Information
  • If you are a Tour Agency please book with the email and mobile phone number of the traveler, so we can deliver addition information on time
  • If you have booked your tour for the same day of your arrival in Iceland, there is a chance that you may miss the tour due to flight delays or other circumstances. Our cancellation policy requires notice of at least 24 hours, and in such cases, you wouldn’t be entitled to a rebooking or a refund. To avoid this potential issue, we recommend booking your tour for the day after your arrival, so that you have the opportunity to reschedule or cancel if necessary.
  • To avoid any misunderstanding and negative reviews, we’d like to inform you that this tour is a very much weather depending and can be cancelled up to 1 hour before the departure time.
  • Seeing the Northern Lights is not guaranteed even though the tour is operated. The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon and as part of nature, unpredictable. We cannot guarantee how much you will see on the night you go.
  • We send reconfirmation email about pick up time and location 6 to 24 hours before the tour begins. Please kindly check your email when you are in Iceland
  • Please check your emails for any updates up to 1 hour before the tour start
  • Minimum age is 5 years, children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or no show
  • We are picking up more passengers, please be at your pickup location on time, the pickup can last up to 30 minutes
  • Tour can take sometimes longer then 3 hours due to Northern Lights appearance
  • Pickup is offered at all Reykjavik hotels, hostels and guesthouses, private homes but you might have to make your way to the nearest Tour Bus Stops. Your hotel reception will help you find it
  • Dress very warm for the weather, it is Iceland very cold nights
  • Tripod very necessary for phones and photo cameras if you have one bring it with you
  • Go to joy Iceland reserves the right to delay, alter or cancel any tour due to weather or any other unsafe conditions for the safety of our clients
  • Rebooking northern Lights tour due to bad weather cancellation to the 24-25-26-31 of December and first of January for additional cost difference due to Holidays prices
  • If we cancel your Northern Lights tour due to weather conditions or any other circumstances beyond our control you will always receive a full refund, this does not apply to customers that have joined the Northern lights tour before and we do not offer refunds, whether partial or full, for tours where a Northern Lights sighting was not possible after first trial or any trial.
Location
Go To Joy Iceland
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Carys93
Mar 14, 2024
Great company, Maggie is a credit! 100% recommend! - The second time I have used this company, Maggie (Magnus) was our driver/tour guide. I had him run my tour 6 years ago. He is a credit to the company! Friendly, knowledgeable & goes out of his way to help you find and take pictures of the northern lights. He even dropped us off closer to our apartment as we were the last people on the bus, which was an absolute life saver at 2am! Would 100% recommend this company and if you are lucky enough you will get Maggie and his 10 years of expertise! :)
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J2620nzsoniar
Mar 9, 2024
Truly amazing - Amazing views and pictures. More than we had hoped for and we probably drove for 15-20 minutes total, leaving plenty of time for pictures and the overall experience. Experienced driver and great photographer for good price.
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Roving12327587838
Feb 28, 2024
Great Experience - Very good customer care. Driver found us in a long line of people at the bus stop, who or was very clean and new. Driver name was Marcus/ Mike or very similar, very entertaining, and knowledgeable. We founds the lights at a few locations. Highly recommended
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Amybd6620uo
Feb 26, 2024
Amazing northern lights! - Easy pick up at the bus stop. Magi our guide even rang someone who was missing and went out of his way to collect them before we started our trip. He was knowledgeable and after 4 and a half hours, with no lights he started to drive us back, still looking out for them. Before we knew it there they were right in front of us. We all piled off the bus quickly and got some great shots. It really was a memorable experience. It was a brilliant tour.
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Richardmphobbs
Feb 23, 2024
Fantastic Northern Lights experience - We booked an additional Northern Lights tour through our hotel the Centrum as our first tour whilst very good hadt achieved the end result of seeing the Lights. Our guide Maggie was fantastic being very knowledgeable and clearly having a desire to make the experience memorable to us all. My wife has terminal cancer this was one of her bucket list things to do but she is limited in what she can and cannot do Maggie was superb in making her feel comfortable and part of the overall experience. He offered a photo service we didn't feel as if we had to have the photos even though we did. We highly recommend the tour through Go to joy Iceland. Thank you for making this a very special night.
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Erica_f
Feb 23, 2024
Great tour! Beautiful northern lights! - We had a great time with our tour guide Maggi! The bus was comfortable and we made it out of the city quickly. He brought us to a few spots searching for the elusive Aurora borealis. We eventually made it to a secluded spot and got a great show of lights. Excellent all around.
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Garry_p
Feb 13, 2024
Tour guide Maggi was very... - Tour guide Maggi was very knowledgeable, friendly and couldn’t be more helpful. Aurora wasn’t very strong but we managed to see it.
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Mg7994
Feb 7, 2024
Shout out to Maggi our awesome guide! - Our tour guide Maggi really tried hard to make sure we saw the lights and in the end we did. He went above and beyond driving for nearly 2 hours out of the city to see them in thick snow and -14 degree weather! He also came round to everyone’s phones to ensure we were able to capture them. Doesn’t matter which tour company you choose to see the northern lights it depends mostly on the weather and conditions. However if you go with these guys they will look after you and try their very best!
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Mark_c
Feb 6, 2024
Do this. - Cold, but well worth it. Our guide was great -- funny and personable. Highly recommended. A reminder: book for your first or second night. If the weather doesn't work, they'll take you the next night.
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Marlenem109
Mar 6, 2024
An Experience Into the Hills of Iceland - The tour operator was friendly and courteous. We started out at about 10pm. He tried many different spots but was unsuccessful. However, it was still a good experience. We got blankets, pastry and hot chocolate. Tour operator offered to take us another time if we wanted to try again.
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