Minibus & Jeep
36 departures by road out of the capital, from a 68 EUR coach seat to a private jeep
Every aurora tour leaving Reykjavík by road is selling the same sky. What separates them is the vehicle, how many people are in it, and how fast the driver can abandon the plan when the cloud moves. In Iceland the cloud moves constantly, and often it is clear half an hour inland while the capital is shut in.
That is not a sales line. The island sits where North Atlantic weather systems arrive one behind another, and a sky that is hopeless over Reykjavík at eight o'clock can be open near Þingvellir at ten. All 36 departures on this page exist to solve that problem. They solve it at wildly different prices.
The honest framing is that nobody here sells you the northern lights. They sell transport and one decision: where to drive tonight. The forecast is public. The Icelandic Meteorological Office publishes cloud cover and aurora activity at vedur.is, free, updated through the evening, and every guide on this page reads it. What you are paying for is someone who has read it a few hundred times, knows which side roads are passable in February, and is willing to drive another forty minutes when the first stop turns out to be under a cloud bank.
Reykjavík Northern Lights Coach Tour with Wi-Fi, Restroom and Hot Chocolate
A comfort coach with Wi-Fi and a restroom on board, which matters on a night that can run long and cold, and a route that is decided as it happens.
Reykjavík Northern Lights Minibus Hunt with Blankets, Cocoa and Free Photos
A small group, a minibus, and a drive out of Reykjavík until the city stops interfering with the sky.
Reykjavík Small Group Northern Lights Hunt with Local Hunters, Max 16
Sixteen guests is the ceiling. That keeps the minibus warm without being crowded, and keeps the guide talking to the group rather than announcing at it.
Small Group Northern Lights Jeep Tour with an Icelandic Guide and Photos
A jeep, a handful of other passengers and an Icelandic guide who talks for most of the drive.
Small Group Northern Lights Tour by Sprinter Minibus from Reykjavík
A Sprinter minibus instead of a coach changes two things: how many people are standing at your shoulder, and how fast the driver can change the plan when the…
Small Group Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavík, Max 19, with Photos
Nineteen guests at most, in a minibus, with guides who specialise in aurora forecasting and read live data every evening before deciding where to go.
Small Group Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavík, Maximum 19 People
Nineteen seats and no more. The Northern Lights team reads the weather and the aurora forecast before every departure and picks that night's location from the…
Small Group Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavík with Snowsuits and Photos
Eighteen guests at most, and a guide who is also a working photographer.
South Coast, Sólheimajökull Glacier Hike and Northern Lights from Reykjavík
One booking covers a full day on the South Coast, a guided glacier hike, and a northern lights hunt after dark. No car needed at any point.
South Iceland Highlights and Northern Lights Combo Full Day Tour
Two tours in one day, sold together at a discount on both, which is the only sensible way to fit the south coast and an aurora hunt into the same 24 hours.
Spirit of the Aurora: Reykjavík Group Tour with a Dedicated Photographer
One person on this tour does nothing except take photographs. That is the operator's argument and it holds up: the pictures are what most people keep from an…
Whale Watching by Day and Northern Lights by Sea from Reykjavík
Two sailings from the same harbour, sold as one. The daytime boat heads into Faxaflói bay after minke and humpback whales, dolphins, harbour porpoises and…
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