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We believe that everyone should see the Northern Lights show at least once in their lives, and we’ll do our best to ensure it happens during your custom trip. Enjoy an intimate experience tailored just for you and your companions, with our professional guides carefully curating this exclusive journey to ensure a cozy atmosphere and memorable moments.
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Explore the stunning Icelandic countryside and witness the breathtaking Northern Lights with our expert guides. They will take you to the best viewing spots and share insights about this natural wonder.
Capture unforgettable moments with photos of the dancing Aurora, and enjoy a personalized experience by choosing additional activities before or after your hunt.
The tour includes hotel pickup, travel in comfortable Super Jeeps to prime Aurora locations, photography, and return to your accommodation.
Your unique adventure begins with an evening pickup from Reykjavik, marking the start of your thrilling Northern Lights hunt!
Our experienced guides will take you to a quiet, dark location, far from light pollution, where the weather forecast is most promising for the night. This spot is typically within a 1 to 1.5-hour radius of Reykjavik. The guides are trained to track down the lights, so your chances of spotting the Aurora are very high!
After some driving through the stunning Icelandic landscapes, the night sky may suddenly light up with shades of pink, purple, and green, creating an unforgettable scene - we’ve reached our destination! Words can't capture this spectacular sky show—you must see it with your own eyes.
During the trip, our friendly guides will share their knowledge of the science and folklore behind the Northern Lights.
After the experience, we’ll drive you back to your accommodation in Reykjavik.
Our private Nothern Lights tour is easily customizable to your preferences. You can add some extra activities to include in your adventure. Examples of activities we could provide are:
Your personal ideas that are not listed here are also welcome! Contact us to discuss the details.
After the expedition, we can drop you back at any location you choose. This could be a lovely restaurant, a cozy countryside location, or your hotel.
Note: The additional activities are not inherently private, but they can be arranged as such.
The Northern Lights are natural phenomena, and their appearance depends on atmospheric and weather conditions. While we can't guarantee you'll see them on our tours, our expertly trained guides will do everything possible to track and locate the lights, maximizing your chances of spotting the Aurora.
The Northern Lights are natural phenomena and we unfortunately cannot promise you will see them on our tours. Their appearance depends upon atmospheric and weather conditions, which are factors entirely out of our control.
For more information on the Northern Lights, please have a look at our Northern Lights information.
Unfortunately, there isn’t just one simple answer to this question.
Your camera doesn't have a single setting that will guarantee excellent pictures. But if you have manual controls, playing with different mixtures of ISO, aperture, and exposure settings is usually preferable. As a general rule, ISO settings of 800 to 3200, f/2.8 to f/5.6, and shutter speeds of 15 to 30 seconds have been found to be successful.
Keep in mind that ISO settings between 800 and 3200, f/2.8 and f/5.6, and shutter speeds between 15 and 30 seconds have produced excellent results.
Results from various combinations can vary greatly. You can take faster exposures with a higher ISO setting, but the photographs can turn up grainier as a result.
If the shutter speed is above 15 seconds it will result in a slight star movement.
In low-light situations, wider-angle lenses are typically more adaptable, while longer lenses provide you with more compositional alternatives. Make sure to take off any lens filters because they could cause image distortion. Most likely, using a manual setting for infinite focal length will get the greatest results.
For more tips, read our blog on photographing the Northern Lights.
Since the spectacle of the Northern Lights is very much weather-dependent, if no aurora is seen, you’ll have unlimited re-tries valid for up to 3 years. That’s right, you’ll be able to re-join the chase of Northern Lights until it’s a successful one!
What to do in this case? Our Customer Care is ready to help you and book your next re-try.
Please keep in mind that refunds are not issued when a tour takes place but no Northern Lights are seen. During a re-try, the tour is operated on a minibus.
When Northern Lights tours are cancelled it’s usually due to unfavourable weather conditions.
In that case, your options will be to:
1. Reschedule for another day.
2. Find another tour to embark on and use the deposit for it.
3. Get fully refunded.
Please contact our Customer Care team to re-book your tour.
Yes, the guide will take a photo of you with the Northern Lights behind you. These can be single or group photos and are free of charge.
The Northern Lights season is said to be from late August until mid-April. However, if you want to increase your chances of seeing them, it is best to wait until the colder winter months, from mid-September until March.
If luck and weather are on your side, then you will be able to see the aurora borealis above the inviting streets of Reykjavik. Whether you see the lights or not depends on two unique factors. The first is the weather: If the sky is clear, with no clouds, then you are halfway to seeing the astonishing spectacle that is the Northern Lights (although light pollution can sometimes be a problem). Increased solar activity is the second factor, so if these two are both favorable at the same time you may well be able to see the Northern Lights from Reykjavik.
The first step is to make sure your credit card provider allows you to make payments in Canadian Dollars (CAD) or American Dollars (USD) if you have selected these currencies.
In some cases, your credit card company would need to pre-authorize the transaction for you before you can process the transaction online.
If you are still having problems booking through the Arctic Adventures website (www.adventures.is) then please contact our Customer Care Team.
