Is it worth it?
Short answer
Worth it, with conditions
Worth it if you have no car and several nights left, because the retry policy turns one ticket into several attempts; close to pointless if you are here for two nights or if you can drive twenty minutes out of town yourself.
You are buying a driver, a cloud forecast and a dark car park. The cheap coach and the expensive minibus go to the same places under the same sky; the difference is seat count, hot chocolate and whether someone takes your picture.
Across our own contracted catalogue, northern lights day tours run to a median of €161 a person, with the cheapest we hold at €57, from 40 operators. Private and per-vehicle products are excluded, because mixing them into a per-person figure makes it meaningless.
Walk to Grótta lighthouse or take the bus to Heiðmörk, check tonight’s Kp and cloud on our own aurora page, and keep the money. On a strong clear night that works as well as any tour.
What we actually hold, with live prices and departures. Nothing here is a placeholder listing — if it is on this page, it can be booked.
BusTravel Iceland
27% below the €161 typical
from age 8 · pickup included · evening
4 h · from Reykjavík
Specialized Photography tour helps you capture the Northern Lights
BusTravel Iceland
36% below the €161 typical
from age 8 · pickup included · evening
4 h · from Reykjavík
Chase the Aurora on our small group tour including the Aurora Center
Gravel Travel
about the usual price
Anyone who wants a photograph of themselves under the…
4 h · from Reykjavík
Come with us to get that epic photo of you with the Northern lights.
Iceland Premium Tours
pickup included · works in rain
8 h · from Reykjavík
Live and experience the best of Iceland with this private luxury jeep tour during which you will bathe in the geothermal waters of the Secret Lagoon, try Icelandic cuisine and chase Northern Lights.
Iceland Premium Tours
pickup included · evening
3 h · from Reykjavík
Best chance to see the Northern Lights in Iceland. Comfort and luxury of 4x4 jeep.
EastWest
about the usual price
pickup included · evening
4 h · from Reykjavík
Join us to experience the magical Aurora Borealis. We offer a trip with no more than 19 participants and experienced guides hunting the magnificent wonder of nature. Authentic Icelandic wool blankets, hot chocolate and Icelandic pastries are included.
Worth it if you have no car and several nights left, because the retry policy turns one ticket into several attempts; close to pointless if you are here for two nights or if you can drive twenty minutes out of town yourself.
Almost every operator gives you a free second attempt, usually valid for the rest of your stay and sometimes longer. If the tour is cancelled before departure for cloud, that is a refund or a new date instead.
The boat, more often than people expect: Faxaflói has no streetlights at all and the skipper can move to a gap in the cloud. The bus wins when the whole coast is overcast and the clear sky is two hours inland.
September to April, with the practical sweet spots in late September to October and February to March — long enough nights, and less of the deep-winter cloud. Nobody can promise a sighting on any given night.
One checkout, any number of operators
Rankings are not for sale
206 operators vetted, and not all of them accepted
If it falls short, we fix it
Worth it, with conditions.
Worth it, with conditions.
Worth it.
Worth it.
Worth it, with conditions.
Worth it.
Worth it.
Worth it, with conditions.
Last updated · prices and departures checked 24 Oct 2026
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