Best Private Northern Lights Tours in Reykjavik — Our Top 15

Private 2-Day Glacier Lagoon, Ice Cave and Northern Lights

1.Private 2-Day Glacier Lagoon, Ice Cave and Northern Lights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 109 reviews · 2 days (approx.) Our pick

A practical review of Hidden Iceland’s private 2-day South Coast tour, with waterfalls, glacier ice caves, Diamond Beach, lodging, and Northern Lights tips.

“Incredible experience! Our guide was fantastic and we loved hearing all about the sites that we saw as well as Icelandic culture. He also made last minute stops for the group to take amazing photos, including a northern lights stop!”

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Private Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavik

2.Private Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavik

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 74 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $260

Review of Mercury Grail’s private Northern Lights tour from Reykjavik, with honest advice on guides, weather, value, timing, and what to expect.

“Haven't been to see the lights. Weather not right according to our guide. We have paid for a private guide- vehicle for three of us - obviously very expensive but as yet no tour. I will change my review if we get a chance to go. If we don't we are praying we get a refund. To be continued...”

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Reykjavik Private Northern Lights Tour with Pro Photographer

3.Reykjavik Private Northern Lights Tour with Pro Photographer

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 72 reviews · 3 to 4 hours (approx.)

Review of Reykjavik’s private Northern Lights tour with hotel pickup, off-road searching, hot drinks, camera help, and five pro photos.

“The experience and communication from start to finish was perfect. They emailed me a week before coordinating days we would be available as options to find the optimal night to see the Northern Lights. Isabella arrived promptly at our hotel, and was so courteous and professional. She took amazing photographs so we had family photos of the experience too! I highly recommend booking with Icelandic Roamers over the others for a more customized experience without having to worry about timing of getting back to the hotel at a certain time. Isabel made sure we were happy with our experience the entire time. Oh…and they provided us with THE BEST hot…”

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Private Aurora Hunt with Photos in Super Defender

4.Private Aurora Hunt with Photos in Super Defender

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · 4 to 5 hours (approx.)

Chase Iceland’s northern lights in a private Super Defender, with hotel pickup, local guidance, professional photos, and a retry promise.

“Anybody thinking of proposing under the Northern Lights shouldn't think twice about going with Danny. He was incredible from even the day before we booked him, communicative about the potential aurora activity and offering flexibility on which day I wanted to do it on.”

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Northern Lights Private Super Jeep Tour with Photos

5.Northern Lights Private Super Jeep Tour with Photos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 39 reviews · 3 to 5 hours (approx.)

Review of Reykjavik’s private Northern Lights Super Jeep tour, with guide-led aurora hunting, professional photos, hot chocolate, pricing, and tips.

“So, I never actually got to attend this tour. The night of the tour, we received an email saying it was cancelled due to "less than good conditions" to see the Aurora lights. We rescheduled at no charge for two days later. We then received the same email about "less than good conditions" and the tour being cancelled. We had run out of days and received a full refund instead of a free reschedule. We were bummed that we didn't get to go, however were very impressed by the company. They could have taken us out to the middle or nowhere and had us sit in the freezing cold looking…”

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Northern Lights Private Guided Tour With Professional Photos

6.Northern Lights Private Guided Tour With Professional Photos

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 35 reviews · 3 to 5 hours (approx.)

Review of a private Reykjavik Northern Lights tour with hotel pickup, hot chocolate, snacks, Wi-Fi, and professional photos.

“I booked a private Northern Lights tour with Iceland Paradise Tours. Sultan was our guide and he was very professional and knowledgeable. We learned alot about Iceland and the history of the Northern Lights. On our scheduled night, even though it was very cloudy, Sultan still took us out and was very determined to find the lights. Unfortunately we couldn’t find any but were able to reschedule to a later night. The second night we had more luck. We really appreciated his efforts to fulfill one of our trip goals. If we ever come back to visit Iceland again, we would definitely book another tour with Iceland Paradise Tours and…”

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Private Guided Superjeep Northern Lights Hunt

7.Private Guided Superjeep Northern Lights Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 21 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes to 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

Review of Reykjavik’s private Superjeep northern lights hunt, with pricing, timing, weather rules, photos, rebooking, and practical booking advice.

“Our driver and guide did as much as he could to hunt down the Northern lights but it was never going to happen. Our experience was cancelled the evening before. I felt thd cost of the excursion on reflection was far too expensive in light of the experience we had and no lights were seen. Disappointed obviously but the experience is far too expensive.”

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Private Northern lights with photographs

8.Private Northern lights with photographs

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 4 hours (approx.)

Review of Reykjavik’s private Northern Lights hunt with Thor, private transfers, hot chocolate, chairs, and memorable aurora photos.

“This was a once in a lifetime experience, and I’m not sure it would’ve been without the help of Thor! He is extremely knowledgeable about the precise timing of when the lights will show, and it shows. He’s so knowledgeable and we’re very grateful we used him for this tour. Also, the pictures he took of us were jaw-dropping. It’s really worth the price to have both the memories and the photos forever. Thank you so much, Thor!”

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7-Day Self-Drive Private Tour Northern Lights Adventure – Iceland South & West

9.7-Day Self-Drive Private Tour Northern Lights Adventure – Iceland South & West

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 18 reviews · from $1,511

Review of CampEasy’s 7-day Iceland campervan tour, with waterfalls, ice caves, hot springs, northern lights tips, costs, and practical advice.

“Thanks a lot to CampEasy and especially to our host Natalia for helping us with everything we ask her. We drove a Ring road circle in 7 days and it was wonderfull.”

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From Reykjavík: Private Northern Lights Tour - Pickup from Reykjavík and the ride out

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10.Private Northern Lights Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 15 reviews · 3 hours

Review of Reykjavik’s private Northern Lights tour, with hotel pickup, flexible cloud hunting, hot chocolate, pricing, timing, and booking advice.

“Vishnu, our driver, was excellent. Even though the weather was poor, our driver still battled the elements to take us to the main attractions. He msg us and we used the same company for transfer to the blue lagoon and return trip to airport.”

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Reykjavik: Northern Lights Tour with Private Photographer

11.Northern Lights Tour with Private Photographer

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 10 reviews · 5 hours · from $229Best value

Review of Reykjavik’s small-group Northern Lights tour with photographer Heimir, warm suits, snacks, free photos, and repeat chances.

“We managed to see proper northern lights on the way back from the tour. the driver stopped for us on the way back. unfortunately I have to say we thought that the way it was organized didn't really work too well. they were late by 30 minutes apparently due to the broken van, which obviously can happen. we were provided the warm suits after nearly two hours after we have arrived at the place, we have been given snacks and warm drinks 10 minutes before we left, which was in the 4th hour of our trip.. I think all that should have been given to us much earlier... even the…”

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Private Super Jeep Northern lights hunt from Reykjavik

12.Private Super Jeep Northern lights hunt from Reykjavik

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 4 hours (approx.)

Review of a private Super Jeep Northern Lights hunt from Reykjavik, with local routes, hot chocolate, photos, Wi-Fi, and practical tips.

“Amazing tour! Our guide Simon picked us up directly at our hotel and took us about 30 minutes outside of Reykjavik to get outside of the light pollution. Along the way, he told us about why we have the Northern Lights and what needs to happen to see them. When we turned off the main road, I saw a bunch of vans and buses and I thought, "Wait a minute - this is a private tour and we're supposed to be avoiding the crowds!" But then we passed all of them right up and drove another 10 minutes or so into some public lands only accessible by super jeep. When…”

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4 Hours Northern Lights Private Luxury Tour

13.4 Hours Northern Lights Private Luxury Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 4 hours (approx.)

Private northern lights chase from Reykjavik with hotel pickup, a local guide, warm transport, crampons, and weather-flexible planning.

“Matti Lis was our guide. He is AMAZING. I cannot imagine taking this tour without him. He is kind, professional, helpful, knowledgeable, and fun. He even served us hot cocoa on the bus.”

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Private Northern Lights Adventure With Secret Lagoon and Dinner

14.Private Northern Lights Adventure With Secret Lagoon and Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $915

Soak in Iceland’s Secret Lagoon, enjoy dinner, and hunt the northern lights privately with hotel pickup and guide Thor.

“We booked a private tour after booking numerous group tours, only to have them cancel saying they were booked, even though their calendar showed openings. I am so thankful that I did not give up and kept searching for a tour. We only saw Read more”

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Private Northern Lights Tour

15.Private Northern Lights Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 5 reviews · from $1,300

Review of Reykjavik’s private Northern Lights tour, with small groups, hotel pickup, dark-sky stops, hot chocolate, and rebooking.

“'Private tour' is a bit of a misnomer. There were 3 busses from the company who went out that night so that was about 120 people. We didn't get to see the northern lights but that was nobody's fault. We did get an offer to go out again another night but as it happened that week there were no sightings of the aurora..”

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