Northern lights tours in Iceland

Travel and vacation package that include special adventure tours to see the northern lights. You can spot the auroras in the period from September to March.

Self drive tours in Iceland

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The best time of the year for viewing the Aurora Borealis is the period from September to March. Northern lights is undoubtly one of the most spectacular, beautiful and enchanting of nature’s phenomena. To look skywards on a crisp, clear night and see these giant curtains of coloured light weaving and swaying, gliding and flowing gracefully across the northerly heavens is pure magic. In ancient Norse mythology, auroral rays were perceived as the reflections of the shields of the Valkyries as they rode across the sky bearing the warriors slain in the battle to their heroic resting place in Valhalla.

The magic of the aurora borealis

Valid from 01.09.-15.12. and 15.01.-30.04.      

Day 1   Arrival in Iceland. Bathe in the geothermal waters of the Blue Lagoon (entrance fee not included). Overnight at Fosshotel Lind*** in the center of Reykjavik. Enjoy a dinner at the hotel restaurant ConFusion.

Day 2   Visit the Icelandic settlement and saga history center in Borgarnes (entrance not included) and visit the waterfalls of Hraunfossar and Barnafoss. Don´t forget to explore the hot springs of Deildartunguhver. Check-in for two nights at Fosshotel Reykholt***, where the Eddas were written. Enjoy the historical surroundings of the hotel, read one of the sagas in our library. We also have a wellness center where you can enjoy massage chairs, daylight room and a lavender room. Enjoy dinner at our hotel restaurant Ásgarður than after dinner we recommend a walk in Reykholt to search for the northern lights or simply enjoy the outdoor geothermal hot pots.

Day 3   After breakfast help preparing baking your own geothermal steam baked bread. Then visit Snorrastofa, an exhibit of Icelandic literature and medieval studies (entrance fee not included). In the afternoon travel to Bifröst and climb Grábrók volcano crater offering a stunning view over a 3000 year old lava field, forest, mountain and lake landscape. Explore Glanni waterfall and the paradise hollow. After dinner travel to Hraunfossar waterfalls in the search of more Northern lights and exploring the falls with torches.

Day 4   Travel around the scenic whale fjord south to the National park and ancient Viking parliament of Þingvellir. Around noon explore the hot springs of Geysir and the majestic Gullfoss waterfall. Then visit the elves, trolls and Northern lights museum in Stokkseyri (seasonably open and entrance fee not included). Enter the world of hidden people, elves and trolls and get a glimpse of their life. A true winter world can be found with giant ice rocks and snow together with a presentation of Northern light in all their glory. We recommend an optional Lobster feast at the local seashore restaurant prior to returning to Reykjavik, where you stay for one night in the most northern capital of the world.

Day 5   Drive to the airport

Prices for 4 nights range from

Optional
Internet access for 4 days; 29 EUR
Half Board option (3 course dinner); 40 EUR per person per dinner.
Children under 12 years of age have 25% discount on this rate of the Half board
 

Included: Accommodation, breakfast.

Not Included: Lunch, dinner, rental car, road maps and guide books.

If you´d like to have some changes in the itinerary or want to stay a longer or a shorter period, feel free to contact ontheroad@fosshotel.is to get an offer for your special tour.

Fosshótel reserves the right to confirm a reversed itinerary and the right to change accommodation at short notice, depending on availability.

Please see our Travel Guide for more information.

Northern Light Hunt West and South Iceland 8 days / 7 nights

Valid from October to April

Day 1    Arrival in Iceland. Overnight in Reykjavík in one of our 2 Fosshótels.

Day 2    Go west – explore the saga valley Borgarfjörður with its waterfalls, hot springs and historic sites. Stay at Fosshótel Reykholt. Enjoy a 3 course dinner at Fosshótel Reykholt before you go hunting the Northern lights.

Day 3    Explore Snæfellsnes peninsula with its snow-capped volcano, stunning coastline, lava fields. It is possible to take a Snowmobil drive on the Snæfellsnes volcano. Stay at Fosshótel Reykholt, where a 3 course dinner is served. After dinner there might be the next chance to see Northern Lights.

Day 4    Go for a supertruck tour on the Langjökull glacier, where you can experience as well a ride on a snowmobile. Stay at Fosshótel Reykholt. After a 3 course dinner you might relax in the hotels hot pots and look out for Northern lights at the winter sky.

Day 5    Drive today via Thingvellir National Park, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to Gullfoss waterfall and Geysir hot springs before you head to the south to the town of Selfoss. Stay for two nights in Fosshotel Mosfell.

Day 6    Take a horseback riding tour with an Icelandic horse through the snowy surroundings of Selfoss or go for a glacier walk on Sólheimajökull.

Day 7    Explore Iceland’s capital and overnight in Reykjavík at one of our 2 Fosshótels.

Day 8    Depart for home.

If you´d like to have some changes in the itinerary or want to stay a longer or a shorter period, feel free to contact ontheroad@fosshotel.is to get an offer for your special tour.

Fosshótel reserves the right to confirm a reversed itinerary and the right to change accommodation at short notice, depending on availability.

Please see our Travel Guide for more information.

Rack Rate

Including 3 course dinner at Fosshótel Reykholt 2nd, 3rd and 4th night

Optional
Internet access for 7 days; 32 EUR
 

Northern Light Rally Around Iceland 11 days / 10 nights

Valid from October to April

Day 1    Arrival in Iceland. Overnight in Reykjavík at one of our 2 Fosshótels.

Day 2    Explore the scenic Whale fjord and the saga valley Borgarfjörður. Stay 2 nights at Fosshótel Reykholt. Enjoy a 3 course dinner at Fosshótel Reykholt before you go hunting the Northern lights.

Day 3    Go for a supertruck tour on the Langjökull glacier, where you can experience as well a ride on a snowmobile. After a 3 course dinner you might relax in the hotels hot pots and look out for Northern lights at the winter sky

Day 4    Drive to Skagafjörður, the valley of the horses and home of Glaumbær turf farm. Overnight at a hotel in Akureryri area.

Day 5    Take a iceclimbing excurse in the morning in Dalvík area before you head to Akureyri, the capital of North Iceland, and Goðafoss, the waterfall of the gods. Overnight in Fosshótel Húsavík. A delicous 3 course dinner will be served in the evening at the hotels restaurant.

Day 6    Take a tour guided Super Truck tour to the icy Dettifoss and proceed afterwards further to the east. Overnight in Egilsstaðir, the capital of East Iceland.

Day 7    Drive along the scenic fjords of East Iceland. Enjoy the small town of Höfn with its glacier exhibition. Before going further to the hótel relax a moment in the natural outdoor hot pots from Hoffell. Stay for two nights at Fosshótel Skaftafell. In the evening a 3 course dinner will be served.

Day 8    Take a daytour for a glacier walk on Europes biggest glacier, or go with a Supertruck on the glacier to the restaurant Jöklasel, from where Skidoo tours are starting. In the evening a 3 course dinner will be served. Go for a Northern Lights walk in the evening.

Day 9    On your tour along the south coast stop at Sólheimajökull for a glacier walk or ice climbing. Stay in Fosshotel Mosfell.

Day 10   Explore more of the south on the Reykjanes Peninsula, stop at the Blue Lagoon. Overnight in Reykjavík at one of our 2 Fosshótels.

Day 11   Depart for home.

If you´d like to have some changes in the itinerary or want to stay a longer or a shorter period, feel free to contact ontheroad@fosshotel.is to get an offer for your special tour.

Fosshótel reserves the right to confirm a reversed itinerary and the right to change accommodation at short notice, depending on availability.

Please see our Travel Guide for more information.

Rates

Including 3 course dinner 2nd and 3rd night at Fosshótel Reykholt, 5th night at Fosshótel Húsavík, 7th and 8th night at Fosshótel Skaftafell

Optional
Internet access for 10 days; 34 EUR

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