Magical Auroras - Northern Lights Tour | IS-AA26 / AA-NLE

I was recently in Reykjavik with my wife and we were told the weather condition were perfect for northern lights spotting. We immediately decided to give it a go and we were lucky enough to choose Arctic adventures to take us out of the city chasing this marvel in the sky, over the many other tour operators. For our night out we were assigned a super incredible tour guide whose name is Gummy Bear! He was so professional and funny that made our tour incredibly enjoyable. Besides, he clearly knows very well the surroundings of the city and after a bus ride of around 30 mins he decided to stop the bus in a special place and after a little the greatest miracle unfolded in the sky. Beautiful strong Northern lights appeared and we could enjoy the show for a couple of hours before heading back to the city. Gummy Bear was so friendly and nice, he told us a lot of stories and jokes, and he volunteered to take amazing pictures to everyone in the group (where can we find this pictures?)
I believe his professionalism and the fact he could actually spot the lights very well, made our tour unforgettable. Thanks very much Gummy Bear, next time in Iceland we will definitely book with Arctic Adventures thanks to you.
Cheers!
Manu&Ilona from The Netherlands

Regarded by some tour guides as a "dirty tour" because your fee does not guarantee what you have paid to see. You have to approach it with a low degree of expectation and regard it as a bonus if you see something. It is highly dependent on a number of factors coming together at the same time that includes dark skies, clear skies, high geo-magnetic activity, higher intensity of solar flares and to a certain degree your night vision. Luck has to be on your side.
I arrived the Thursday and it was too much of a rush with other trips; turns out the NL trips were cancelled this night anyway. I booked on for the Friday but Arctic Adventures cancelled this due to the forecast and Sat/Sun were not looking good either due to approaching storms so I rearranged for the Monday night. Fred was my guide (name translates as Peace Thief but resigns himself to Fred as very difficult to pronounce) and it appears Fred may have upset the Elves. We headed south-west out of the city and Fred spent a short while looking for the Lights. Two snow flurries later he decided to call it a night as things didn't look promising. I spoke to other people the following day who had seen them later on. Despite Fred's earlier enthusiasm the bonus of him throwing the towel in early was we got back at a reasonable time and had the option to rebook for free the only downside being I had to contact the office and was due on another trip at 8am.
I called office at 7am and was booked on for the Tuesday night which was my 6th and final night so I was in the last chance saloon. My guide was Frimann and the start was not good as his colleague had called in sick so was having to operate a larger group plus we had a slight mishap with the bus and an agitated tour guide from another group. We headed north-east, found clear skies and just when you felt like everything was about to be lost it all started to happen. Even an experienced guide like Frimann described the event as magical and he has not seen better. What started off as a band of white cloud slowly had a hint of green gradually turning to bright green and yellow. The intensity grew then faded. It changed shape to a sine curve then broke up to dance. It returned with pinks added. I think our smiles were brighter than the full moon as we knew how lucky we had been. I regard myself as difficult to impress but the experience left me buzzing.
I must have been one of the few that couldn't get my phone camera to work on night mode but thankfully Frimann was taking photos so that I have an everlasting memory of what was the best possible end to a fantastic holiday. Wonderful that these photos are included in the tour. Please be mindful that you need to stand still and only move when told to when the photo is being taken due to the shutter speed as any movement will blur the photo.
Big thank you to Frimann!!!

On our recent holiday to Iceland we used Arctic Adventure for 4 day trips. One was cancelled due to poor weather but we were notified in good time and offered alternatives. All the trip more that met out expectations and this was largely down to the guides all of whom were engaging, professional and very knowledgeable. I would recommend Arctic Adventures to anyone as an option, they look after you

Our great guide Hafi was soo informative and fun to go out Northern lights hunting! He made sure to manage our expectations so we were realistic about finding them at all let alone seeing any kind of a show. He closely monitored reports as we drove into the countryside and as soon as he got word, off we went down a side road to a field where we all scrambled off the bus! We thought they'd last a few minutes but we had a solid hour of a show, with the aurora dipping and swirling and forming pillars and curtains. Stepping into the darkness a bit and looking overhead, shooting stars and dozens of galaxies. We took loads of pictures and had such a great time. It was a magical night we'll never forget, and many thanks to Hafi and Arctic Adventures for such fun!

We took all our tours of Iceland with Arctic Adventures and couldn’t be happier! Even the guide on the northern lights tour made it an absolute blast despite the weather not cooperating and us not finding the aurora! I can’t wait to come back and book more tours with Arctic Adventures! Truly a wonderful experience of a lifetime!

Guide - Good knowledge of the aurora phenomenon, right explanation. Found good spots where to stop, according to the cloud forecast as well. Not in a rush. If anything would have liked more help / expertise from the guide on how to set up your camera to capture the northern lights at their best.

On a windy winter night with an aurora forecast of 2/9, but with fairly clear skies, we went out with Fred (it was actually an Icelandic name I don't want to try to spell) out of the city looking for the northern lights. On the way he have tips on the best settings for our cameras or phones and explained the phenomenon of the northern lights plus some more info of life in Iceland and Reykjavik. After about an hour and a half to two hours he said he noticed something he suspected and confirmed the lights were there with his camera. We were able to see some amazing displays for about an hour which included some curious Icelandic horses approaching our group! He asked if we were all satisfied and ready to head back, and played the harmonica amazingly just before heading back as it was his good luck trick. Overall it was an amazing experience and our tour guide was energetic, friendly and very enjoyable company. Would definitely recommend to anyone interested in the northern lights.

We highly recommended going with a guide. Some folks in our Iceland group choose to go on their own. Huge, Huge mistake. Those folks never saw them (the lights). Our guide not only found them but had his tripod and camera and took a picture for everyone in the group with the lights. (That’s a picture we will for ever) There is a lot to see in just a few days but everyone back at home ask. “Did You See them”? Without our Arctic guide we wouldn’t. Highly recommended tour.

The Northern Lights were slow to appear, but when they did...AMAZING! Our tour guide, Spiro, was awesome! The best part about our experience was that while many tour buses came and went prior to the Northern Lights appearing, Spiro held out, luckily!! He also took the time to take everyone's photo twice. We have never experienced anything like it...Bucket List Item...check!

We spent an amazing night chasing the northern lights with Kobey, our Arctic Adventure guide.
He took wonderful pictures of us and the auroras. Everything was perfect !
Thanks again !

MY first time in Iceland and the first night seeing the northern lights in Iceland!!! Our guide Juraj is very kind and friendly. We all were glad and happy to see the northern lights. The atmosphere during the tour was full of fun and joy!The guide helped and guided us how to set to be able to take photos on phone and took the great pictures of us with the aurora.

Our first attempt on 25th Sep didn't work out, but it was an easy process to re-schedule a session on 27th Sep. Little did we know that was the weekends when the lights went 'crazy' as shared by another tour guide. We had an amazing time, and extremely thankful to have the photoshoot sessions done by the driver guide! None of our phones or gadgets was able to capture the amazing dancing colourful aurora.

And yes, there's still many like us who are mesmerised by the amazing northern lights! Keep chasing the lights!

My wife and I were on the fence about which aurora tour to book the Minibus or Super Jeep... we went with the Minibus because the Aurora forecast wasn’t great for the day we had budgeted for that experience on our vacation. The problem with the Super Jeep tour is if the elusive aurora was a no show you can rebook for another day but it’s limited to the minibus tour only, you don’t get two shots at it in the comfy Super Jeep, only the one! However, the cheaper Minibus tour allowed for the same rebooking for another day if there’s a no show on the same minibus... so, our suggestion is if you want a more private experience and the aurora forecast is good then go for the Super Jeep, and it its bad go for the Minibus.

The overall experience was great, our tour guide was knowledgeable, funny and quite the DJ. He filled us in on the science of the Aurora and entertained with great stories. This gets a big thumbs up from these uncharted wanderers.

Our driver knew where to go to see them he was looking at the sky while driving,hunting for aurora. And we found it...amazing.

Took this tour once we know that the aurora is on. Booked in the lobby of our hotel and They picked us up at our hotel and took us to the spot where we can see aurora. The ride took around 30-35 minutes from reykjavik. Our driver/tour guide named sven (sorry if i miss-spelled), is really an entertaining guy. And then we got to see the amazing aurora borealis!!!! The spot is extreme cos i think we were in a mountain full of snow!!! Glad that we took this tour!!