Day tour · Private or group
Northern Lights Tour
An evening under Iceland's sky, away from the city lights.
The sky decides when.
- Duration
- Approx. 4 hours
- Sample day
- 20:00 to 23:45
- Season
- September to April
- Start
- Pick-up in Reykjavík
- Private or group
- Private, or 9 to 50 guests
Is it a good evening for it?
The forecast and the clouds decide. Here is what the sky is doing right now.
- Northern lights, next 24 hours
- Checking the forecast
- In Reykjavík now
- ··:··Checking the light
- Sunset today
- ··:··
Aurora activity from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (Kp forecast). Sun times calculated for Reykjavík. The lights are never guaranteed.
An evening, stop by stop.
A sample of how the evening can run. Where we go depends on the forecast and the clouds.
20:00
Start
Pick-up from your location, agreed when you book.
20:45
Away from the city lights
Out of Reykjavík to a dark place your guide picks from the forecast and the clouds.
21:30
Under the sky
Lights off, eyes up. Your guide watches the sky and the forecast with you.
22:30
A second place
If the clouds close in, we move to where the sky is clearer.
23:45
The end of the tour
About four hours after the start, back in Reykjavík.
Clear skies are a moving target.
The northern lights need two things: activity in the sky and a gap in the clouds. A guide who reads the forecast can drive to the clearest sky within reach, and knows when to wait and when to move.
On clear, dark evenings between September and April, the sky can fill with green. Some evenings it stays quiet. The lights are never guaranteed.
Included
- A guide and your own vehicle
- A route chosen from the forecast and the clouds
- Not includedMeals and entry tickets.
Good to know
- Approx. 4 hoursTimes are approximate and agreed when you book.
- If the lights do not appearYou can join a second evening free of charge, or we offer a partial refund.
- SeasonSeptember to April. Between May and August the sky does not get dark enough.
- Warm clothesMuch of the evening is spent outside, standing still in the cold.
