Northern Lights and Stargazing Small-Group Tour with Local Guide Northern Lights Hunt

Join our small group tour from Reykjavik for a thrilling Northern Lights hunt and stargazing experience. Our local guides will take you off the beaten path to enjoy the lights in serenity and explore the wonders of the night sky with a powerful telescope.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Perlan - Northern Lights exhibition center and look-out point. We may pass by there or stop briefly on the way out of the city for an extra look at how the clouds are moving.
What's Included
  • Unlimited re-try for Northern Lights if not sighted (valid for 2 years)
  • Stargazing with telescope assistance
  • Homemade hot chocolate and Icelandic pastries included
  • Personal photos under the Northern Lights
  • Small-group experience in a modified super jeep (max 14)
  • Duration of 3-5 hours depending on search conditions
  • Professional local guides…
Additional Information

Aurora Borealis Pursuit
We swoop in to retrieve you and sweep you away from the luminance of the urban setting to the spot we’ve forecasted to have the finest viewings based on the cloud predictions. The intimacy of our expedition allows us to stray from mainstream routes, distancing ourselves from the masses and truly relishing the spectacle of the…

Location
Perlan
Varmahlid 1, Oskjuhlid
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Stealthqueen
Apr 1, 2025
Wonderful experience - Wonderful tour, our guide was friendly and knowledgeable, pick up was right on time, I was very impressed how they used the various weather data to find the breaks in the cloud cover! We got a great view of the aurora around 12:30 am and the hot chocolate and snacks were the cherry on top of an unforgettable night.
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222lynnr
Mar 19, 2025
Book this tour! - Although the Lights did not cooperate on our tour night, we were entirely satisfied with our experience with Happy World Tours. You learn everything you need to know about an operation when things don't go your way (due to no fault of the company itself). Our guide, Ollie(sp?) was knowledgeable, friendly and worked hard getting us to the best dark & secluded spot for viewing...we drove past many big tour busses stopped in parking lots. Who wants to stand around with hundreds of other people next to tour busses running in a parking lot? Ollie shared plenty of history and info on the area, the Lights, and the starry sky, and he went out of his way to make sure we felt safe and comfortable. Although the Lights did not appear, the delicious hot chocolate and freshly baked cookies were a bonus. Perhaps most importantly, this tour company absolutely went to great lengths working with us to rebook another tour before we departed Iceland. This says a lot about the tour operator's quality and integrity. Ultimately, my sisters and I decided to wait and rebook on our next visit to Iceland. We will be back and can't wait to try again with the guys at Happy World Tours!
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Eduard_s
Feb 13, 2025
Best Aurora Experiece - We did the tour on Feb 11 in 2025 and the whole experience was great - the cars were comfy and on time, our guides (Vikingur and the Canadian guy) were super friendly and knowledgeable. Time was never wasted - we saw the aurora already on the way and after stopping at a really great location - the guide setup the equipment and took many amazing photos of us when the next aurora events happened. Between the aurora events - the guides told us a lot of interesting facts about aurora and the stars and Iceland, they also setup the telescope for us, served delicious cookies and hot chocolate, and answered all our questions. I couldn't ask for a better experience. Thank you, HappyWorld!
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806eduards
Feb 12, 2025
Best Aurora Experience - We did the tour on Feb 11 in 2025 and the whole experience was great - the cars were comfy and on time, our guides (Vikingur and the Canadian guy) were super friendly and knowledgeable. Time was never wasted - we saw the aurora already on the way and after stopping at a really great location - the guide setup the equipmemt and took many amazing photos of us when the next aurora events happened. Between the aurora events - the guides told us a lot of interesting facts about aurora and the stars and Iceland, they also setup the telescope for us, served delicious cookies and hot chocolate, and answered all our questions. I couldn't ask for a better experience. Thank you, HappyWorld!
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Jordan_k
Jan 29, 2025
Great guides! - The guides were very friendly and very well educated, not just about the northern lights, but also about the stars and other planets which we got a chance to look at with a telescope! Very much recommended if you want to see the northern lights!
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Rachel
Jan 29, 2025
Northern Lights tour - The tour was amazing. Dominik was a fantastic guide and the lights were incredible. Also saw Jupiter and Saturn! The hot chocolate was great, too!
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Kathy_r
Dec 31, 2024
Great Night Under the "Lights!" - A very memorabe night. The lights came out beautifully and, although as cold as can be, we stayed and took photogrpahs and ejoyed the beauty. Wonderful! Woiuld highly recommend this tour.
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G2240wdblakec
Dec 30, 2024
5/5 Don’t Book Any Other Tour THIS IS THE ONE! - My Wife and I had an incredible time on the tour! While we didn't get to see the Northern Lights as clearly as we had hoped, the experience was still fantastic. The tour guide was entertaining and provided a wealth of information. Even if you don’t see the lights—since it’s not guaranteed—you still get to enjoy the stars and learn about them. Overall, it was a memorable experience!
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367lyndsih
Dec 29, 2024
Stop weighing your options and BOOK THIS TOUR! - Tristan and Sarah were awesome guides. We had such a great time with the small group tour and saw the Northern Lights in all their glory. We were the only group in the area and felt safe and well taken care of the whole time. I am SO GLAD that we didn’t do a big bus trip. This was worth EVERY PENNY. If you’re on the fence, just book it and you won’t be sorry!
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Sheila_w
Jan 8, 2025
Exhausting, expensive and underwhelming - I realize they can't control the weather or what we might see, but this felt like a huge waste of money. The guide barely spoke English, so we didn't know what was happening most of the time. They drove us to an area that the app showed did not have northern lights (to be fair, the areas with northern lights were showing as cloudy, but I'd rather wait for a break in the clouds than hope the northern lights would suddenly appear much lower). Our night happened to be bitter cold. We ended up with the tiniest speck of northern lights (enough to take photos), really just visible through the photos. They never even offered a re-run another night (not that we would have taken it). I felt like they kept us out way longer than needed (back after 3 am) in an effort to avoid having to re-do it another night, even when it was obvious to all involved that there would be no success that night. If you have a rental car and the app, I would recommend being in control of your own fate instead of doing this tour. Having the pic is cool, but definitely not worth the expense! I felt bad for the guide, as it wasn't his fault, but it was pretty miserable. We were lucky later in our trip when we stayed down in Hvolsvollur and had great conditions right outside of our AirBnb, and saw tons of them on our own, on New Year's Eve! Sorry to say, I wouldn't even consider a tour like this unless you don't have a car.
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From $227
up to 14 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).