Northern Lights Photo Tour from Reykjavík

A small-group Northern Lights photo tour from Reykjavík. Your guide follows the forecasts to find clear skies, helps you set up your camera, and takes photos of you under the aurora that you get for free after the tour.

• Small-group Northern Lights hunt away from city lights
• Free photos of you under the aurora, taken by your guide
• Help with camera and phone settings for night photos
• Icelandic hot chocolate and refreshments
• Free retry if you do not see the lights

Your day, stop by stop

2Drive out of the cityYour guide heads for the area with the clearest sky that night.

The location changes every night, depending on the cloud cover and the aurora forecast, so the guide may drive in any direction from Reykjavík and heads for the area with the clearest sky. There is Wi-Fi on board.

Wi-Fi · on board

3Aurora hunt and photo sessionCamera tips from your guide and photos of you under the lights.

Once you are away from city lights, the guide helps you set up your camera or phone for long exposures and takes photos of the group with the aurora behind you, free of charge. Bring a tripod if you have one, and a spare battery. Icelandic hot chocolate is served.

Photos · included for freeTip · bring a tripod if you have one, and a spare batteryRefreshments · Icelandic hot chocolate

About the Northern Lights photo tour

Seeing the Northern Lights is one thing; getting a good photo of them is another. On this small-group tour the guide chooses where to go based on the cloud cover and aurora forecasts, then helps you with your camera or phone settings once you are out of the city. They also take photos of the group under the lights, which you get for free after the tour.

The tour lasts about 4 hours, but it can run longer or shorter depending on the weather and where the clear skies are. Most of the time is spent outside in the dark and cold, waiting and watching, so dress much warmer than you think you need. Hot chocolate and refreshments help.

The aurora is a natural event and nobody can promise it. If you do not see the lights, you can join a retry tour for free (the retry runs as a larger coach tour). The season runs from late August to April, when the nights are dark enough; clear skies are the hardest part in Iceland.

• Entry to the Aurora Reykjavík Northern Lights centre

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