Reykjavik: Northern Lights & Stargazing with Local Guide
The Green Glow Over Iceland: Northern Lights Hunt from Reykjavik
You head out of Reykjavik to clear skies for an aurora hunt with a local guide who reads Icelandic weather for a living. While waiting, you use a telescope to explore planets and deep space, sip hot chocolate, and get free photos if the lights appear. If they don't, you can rebook free within two years.
Step-by-step itinerary
Northern Lights and Stargazing Tour
- Pick up from city
- Pass Northern Lights exhibition center
- Drive away from city lights
- Watch Northern Lights
- Use telescope for stargazing
- Take photos under the lights
What’s included
Your night includes door-to-door pickup and drop-off from your central Reykjavik accommodation, a ride in a modified super jeep with up to 13 other travelers, access to a professional stargazing telescope with guidance, homemade hot chocolate and Icelandic pastries, free photographs of you under the Northern Lights if they appear, and a local guide who specializes in reading Icelandic weather patterns. If you don't see the lights, you can rebook the tour free within two years.
Times
- Every day 21:30
Before you book
Operated by Happyworld Iceland
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The experience
The sky cracks open with green. That's what you're waiting for on this Northern Lights hunt from Reykjavik: the moment when the aurora borealis moves across the dark, and your guide points and says nothing because there's nothing to say. You climb into a modified super jeep and head out past the city lights to wherever the cloud forecast says the night is clearest. The guides here spend their winters chasing aurora weather and their summers chasing paragliding weather, so they know how to read the sky.
While the lights decide whether to show, you're not just sitting in the cold. There's a powerful stargazing telescope, and your guide walks you through what you're actually looking at: the planets of our solar system and objects in deep space lightyears away. It sounds like filler time, but it's not. The telescope keeps your mind occupied while you wait out in the cold. You get homemade hot chocolate and Icelandic pastries, and if the lights do appear, the guides photograph everyone under them for free.
Here's the thing that matters: if you don't see the Northern Lights, you can rebook the tour free of charge within two years. That's not a marketing promise. It's built into how they operate. You might stop briefly at Perlan, the exhibition center and lookout point, as you leave the city, just to check how the clouds are moving. The tour is small enough that you feel like part of the team, not like you're in a crowd watching the same sky as fifty other groups. Dress in thick, warm, windproof layers. You'll spend most of the night outside, though you can duck back into the jeep to warm up whenever you need to.
Is this one for you?Book this if you want to hunt the Northern Lights without arranging transport or worrying about cloud forecasts: the guides read the weather and drive you to the clearest skies, and the free rebook guarantee means you're not gambling on a single night.
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Top questions
What happens if it rains?
It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.
What if I don't see the Northern Lights?
You can rebook the tour free of charge within two years, subject to availability.
What's included in the price?
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off, stargazing telescope use, homemade hot chocolate and Icelandic pastries, free photos under the lights if they appear, and a professional local guide.
What should I wear?
Wear thick, warm, windproof layers. You'll spend most of the night outside in cold Icelandic conditions, though you can return to the vehicle to warm up as needed.
Is this suitable for all fitness levels?
Yes, the tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels. Most of the time is spent in or near the vehicle.
Do you stop at any attractions?
You may pass by or stop briefly at Perlan, the Northern Lights exhibition center and lookout point, as you leave the city to check cloud conditions.
Reykjavik: Northern Lights & Stargazing with Local Guide
3h–5h · EN · at your hotel
from US$ 216 per person
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