Reykjavik

Northern Lights Midnight Adventure from Reykjavík

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Midnight Adventure
  • 3 to 5 hours
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

The winter months in Reykjavik are the perfect time to spot the Northern Lights. During this midnight adventure, taking place between September and April, journey to the perfect place to see the Aurora Borealis, and learn about this beautiful phenomenon from your guide. Your guide also captures the colorful night sky so you don't have to fuss around with your own camera or a professional photographer. Note: sightings cannot be guaranteed and operated tours are not refundable.
  • Search for the northern lights from September to April with a professional
  • Stay comfortable during your drive in a climate-controlled vehicle
  • Learn about the science behind the solar phenomenon from your guide
  • This Reykjavik midnight adventure includes hotel pickup and drop-off

What's Included

  • National Park fees
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • Coffee and/or Tea

    Meeting and Pickup

    Pickup points

    Select a pickup point

    Start time

    09:00 PM

    Pickup details

    We pick-up at all Bus-stops down town Reykjavík as well as all hotels and guesthouses in the Capital area of Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Kópavogur and ZipCode 270 Mosefellsbær. General pick-up time is between 8:30pm and 9:00pm. At approximately 6pm on the evening of the tour we will email you to confirm your pick-up place and time. Your pick-up place will depend on the location of your accommodation: 1. If you are staying within the Reykjavik City Restricted Area, we will pick you up at one of the designated bus stops. When you notify us of your accommodation, we will let you know which bus stop is the closest one to you. 2. If you are staying outside of the restricted area, we will pick you up at your accommodation. In the email we will also give you a more accurate pick-up time (+/- 5 minutes) so that you won’t have to stay out in the cold for too long while waiting for the tour bus.

    What To Expect

    Reykjavik

    5 hours • Admission Ticket Free

    Additional Info

    • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
    • Not wheelchair accessible
    • Northern Lights tour is weather depended
    • Most travelers can participate
    • Operated tours are not refundable
    • If it’s canceled due to unfavorable weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
    • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 36 travelers

    Cancellation Policy

    You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

    • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
    • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
    • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
    • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
    • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
    • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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    Michael_A
    What a great experience!! Our tour guide was very passionate about his work. He drove from site to site trying to find us the perfect location to see the lights. I highly recommend this tour as they will do whatever they can to help you see the northern lights.

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    Magda_L, Apr 2024
    Did this trip back in February - my original booking was canceled b/c of weather, but I was able to rebook for the following day. The tour guide was lovely and was in communication with other tour guides hunting down the northern lights. If you're doing this in the winter, remember to dress warmly as there's some waiting periods.
    Best tour!
    Michael_A, Apr 2024
    What a great experience!! Our tour guide was very passionate about his work. He drove from site to site trying to find us the perfect location to see the lights. I highly recommend this tour as they will do whatever they can to help you see the northern lights.
    Tour Guide Made the Difference
    docsuz1, Apr 2024
    The tour guide was knowledgeable, funny, an excellent photographer, excellent driver. He must have antifreeze in his veins as no hat, no gloves, over an hour at a time outside with 13 F wind chill. We got lucky with him and the night as great views aurora borealis.
    Marvelous night
    Nouhad_I, Apr 2024
    That night was very cloudy, but we were so luck to have an amazing guide named Thomas who really did more than his best so that we can get to see a glimpse of this phenomenon without leaving disappointed. Also the pictures he took for as were marvelous and so magical you can barely believe its true.
    Great trip lead by a passionate northern lights guide!
    Brenda_J, Apr 2024
    Most memorable part of the trip was the owner/guides passion about the northern lights and ensuring we got to see the colors and moments available on the night we went. It takes patience to do this and it takes the experience and knowlege to see them before the color shows up to play. We got back at about 2 pm. On the way back he was still looking for movement and he found it! Last intuitional stop was the best lights! By the end of the trip I could tell the difference between clouds and northern light and learned how to take phots of them with my iphone.
    Once in a lifetime…
    Hazel_B, Apr 2024
    Saw the most beautiful northern lights of the season. Friendly and safe driver who was super passionate about the lights and photographing them and us!
    Amazing tour!
    Alexandra_G, Apr 2024
    Had an amazing time! The northern lights were amazing and so was Siggi who took us out to the national park. Siggi is very knowledgeable and took photos for the group on his camera sho that we had a pro taking them.
    Amazing tour
    Anna_S, Apr 2024
    I can see why this is the only tour to have 5 stars! Tomas was amazing and informative. He used his camera to take pictures for us which were professional and stunning. Although it is slightly more expensive than big bus tours, I would say spend the extra money to go for this! I rarely write reviews but this was too good not too. The hot chocolate provided was a nice touch. Highly recommend! Thank you for the amazing night :)
    Bucket List: Northern Lights…CHECK!
    Regina_R, Apr 2024
    This was an amazing experience! We took this tour on the evening of March 30, 2024 and the northern lights were absolutely EPIC! Siggi kept checking all of his reports and told us that we had to be patient because the conditions were coming together perfectly. It was definitely worth the wait because between 12:40am until after 1:00am the sky just lit up magically all around us. It was truly breathtaking! He took pictures with his professional camera which captured the lights with even greater vibrancy than our iPhone cameras could. He took the time to photograph each guest with the lights behind them. He later shared all of the photos with everyone. Just be advised that it is definitely a late night tour. We didn’t get back to the hotel until after 2:00am. Be prepared to wait patiently. Dress in very warm layers because it is very cold and windy. Bring snacks and water along. The stars were magnificent and the Milky Way was also visible with the naked eye. We had the bonus of seeing three shooting stars and a satellite as we waited for the lights to appear. Overall it was an amazing experience and we cannot recommend Siggi and his company enough. The hot chocolate was a nice touch too. If you decide to book a northern lights tour, this is the only one to book.
    Magical experience - Once in a lifetime!
    Jasmindcarter, Apr 2024
    Wow, what a trip this was! My partner and I went on Wednesday the 7th of Feb, and even though the sky was clear, the lights weren't looking good. We had a brilliant tour guide who stopped at nothing to make sure we saw them. The photos were out of this world! We also saw the milky way which was so beautiful. The lights were pretty, not as strong as we liked, but we got to see them. Bucket list trip! Would book through this company again.
    Grea tour
    AJ_W, Apr 2024
    Thomas was a great tour guide. Can you please send my photos ? I really want to see them and Thomas's did a great job
    Good balance between price and experience/locations visited
    Carlos_L, Apr 2024
    Small bus (around 12 people). The guide was really good and knowledgeable and we had a clear night, but very little activity unfortunately. We stopped in 3 locations and unfortunately, the 1st location was terrible because it had way too much light pollution around (city lights, various roads/cars) and it was during that stop that we had the most activity, which was unfortunate. This stop should be skipped and they should go straight into the more remote ones. Had we been in those 2 other locations earlier on, we would have seen the little activity we had much better due to the darker conditions in those 2 locations. Some hot chocolate to warm up a bit in between which was nice. Still I'd recommend this company over others I saw or read about. I'll use them again when I return and if I decide to chase lady aurora again.
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Hi Carlos and thank you for your review. We are happy to know that you like our tour and service in general. However, we like to explain our tour, as you have complained about some things. Earlier that day was all cloudy and cleared up during the evening. When we started the tour, it was still all cloudy in the national park, where we ended up later the evening, when it had cleared up there. That´s why we didn´t go there right at the beginning. If we had, then you would not have seen any of the lights at the beginning due to the clouds. The spot we choose to go to at the beginning was not the ideal spot as you mention, but it had no clouds and therefore we went there to begin with. Still, it is a half an hour drive out of the city, and away from main road. The light pollution from the city is not disturbing us at that location but the sky was still half bright after the sunset so early in the evening, therefore the northern lights were not so visible. The traffic there was mostly another tour busses from other companies, that made the same decision to start there due to clouds in the national park. The lights later that night when we got to the national park were very beautiful and bright, and according to photos we sent to you not any less than at the beginning. Best regards Siggi
    Excellent Northern Light tour in Rekjavik!
    Andri_S, Apr 2024
    Seeing the Northern Lights, Ronnie our guide was very knowledgeable scientifically, very friendly, made us very comfortable and drove safely. Really enjoyed and highly recommended this tour.
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. Ronnie is one of the best and we are happy to have him on our team. Best regards Siggi
    Amazing experience
    Caterina_N, Mar 2024
    Thanks Ronnie, he was an amazing guide, very knowledgeable and explained all about the northern lights. He took great pictures which were sent in a day. I saw the northern lights and it was spectacular. Hot chocolate at the end, even better. Just book it.
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. Ronnie is one of the best and we are happy to have him on our team. Best regards Siggi
    Spectacular experience!
    JenniferL_B, Mar 2024
    What an amazing experience! Sigi (sorry not sure of his spelling) was amazing and very very knowledgeable! When all the other tours left our area, we stayed because he thought the conditions were right and boy did we have a spectacular show! The minibus was super Nice and he took photos of everyone e with the lights.
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. I got a team of excellent guides that work with me, so don´t worry if you get some other guides than me on your tour. Best regards Siggi
    Once in a lifetime
    Michael_J, Mar 2024
    Ronnie was amazing, he was incredibly knowledgeable about the northern lights and we were lucky enough to get an amazing view of the lights
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. Ronnie is one of the best and we are happy to have him on our team. Best regards Siggi
    Awesome Auroras!
    Christina_M, Mar 2024
    Loved the tour and we had an awesome experienced guide in Ronnie! He took us down to a frozen lake far away plus another place with very little light pollution and we caught awesome auroras, shooting stars as well as a moonrise!! We were served hot chocolate too which was great in the cold weather. The only advise I would give is wear alot to keep sufficiently warm...it does take time for the auroras to show. And try not to wear black if you can...bright colours do make your aurora photos outstanding! Highly recommend this small group tour!
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. Ronnie is one of the best and we are happy to have him on our team. Best regards Siggi
    Good tour to try and see the northern lights!
    NicoleSantarelli, Mar 2024
    This was a great tour. Picked up right on time. It was evident that the tour guide had loads of information on the auroras. We did see the northern lights, they were a little more faint than we would’ve liked but these are natural phenomena’s and has no reflection on the tour at all! We were still amazed to see them for the very first time. The tour guide had a professional camera and caught great photos for us that we wouldn’t have been able to capture as well on our own phones. Would recommend!
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. We got a team of excellent guides that work for us. Best regards Siggi
    Well worth it!
    Jessica_M, Mar 2024
    What an incredible experience! We started off closer to town initially, but as soon as the guides saw the lights dimming, they drove us about an hour north to get the full experience. It truly was chasing the lights to find the best spot but once we did, oh boy! I think timing is everything and we just happened to get the right night for the lights to dance. The tour guides were filled with knowledge of the land as we went as well! The pictures taken of the group were amazing to receive at the end
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. We got a team of excellent guides that work for us. Best regards Siggi
    Breathtaking!!!
    Tonya_M, Mar 2024
    Siggy was great! We saw northern lights within 30 min of starting the tour! He also took us to a lake to see more and the view was breathtaking! The previous night we did not get to see any lights but Siggy was still very informative and tried his best to find them. Would recommend Siggy and this tour 100%
    Response from Host, Apr 2024
    Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your tour with us. We try to do our best for all our customers. Unfortunately, the northern lights don´t always show up on our tours. therefore we offer free tour to try again. I got a team of excellent guides that work with me, so don´t worry if you get some other guides than me on your tour. Best regards Siggi
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