Get ready for the ultimate winter adventure in Iceland! From Reykjavik, dive into a full day of thrilling snowmobiling and ice caving, followed by an exclusive late-night Northern Lights hunt with expert guides. This is your chance to check off Iceland’s most iconic winter experiences—all in one epic trip.
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Spend the day snowmobiling across the Langjökull Glacier, exploring its stunning natural ice caves, and hunting the Northern Lights under the dark Icelandic skies. From glacier ice to the shimmering Aurora Borealis, this tour checks off Iceland’s most iconic experiences in one unforgettable trip.
We’ll start the day with a scenic two-hour drive to Langjökull, Iceland’s second-largest glacier. Once there, we’ll board Super Jeeps and head to the glacier’s base camp, where you’ll gear up for an adrenaline-pumping snowmobile ride. Glide across “The White Glacier” for an hour, passing unique ice formations and massive crevasses. We’ll also explore one of Langjökull’s incredible natural ice caves, known for their translucent beauty and volcanic ash stripes.
If you didn’t bring lunch, you can enjoy a meal at Skjól Bistro before returning to Reykjavik to meet your Aurora guide.
In the evening, we continue with the exciting night part of the adventure—searching for the mesmerizing Northern Lights. Our expert guides will take you into the Icelandic countryside, away from the Reykjavik city lights, tracking the conditions to find the perfect viewing spot. Then, you will relax with hot chocolate and blankets as the sky comes alive with the famous vibrant colors of the aurora!
Your guide will snap photos of you beneath the magical dancing lights, and you’ll receive a link to download pictures for free. After the hunt, we’ll return to Reykjavik to conclude the tour, leaving you with memories to cherish forever.
Pick-up starts at 7:30 a.m. You will be picked up at your selected location in Reykjavik. Please note that picking everyone up can take up to 30 minutes, so your patience is greatly appreciated. List of available pick-up points.
Yes, Iceland is a cold country so our glaciers are here all year around and we can go snowmobiling in every season.
You do not need a previous snowmobile driving experience. Your guide will provide you with operating instructions that you can easily follow.
However, you must have a valid driving license if you intend to drive the snowmobile.
Yes, we have toilet facilities at the base camp on Langjokull glacier, where the tour starts. However, bathroom breaks are not optional during the tour itself, therefore, we recommend you to use the bathroom before and/or after the tour.
We will provide you with an overall, a balaclava, goggles, gloves and a helmet.
First and foremost warm clothing.
Upper body: Thermal shirt and a fleece or a thick sweater over.
Lower body: Warm pants.
If you get easily cold, also thermals.
Shoes: It’s best to wear boots as it’s pretty cold on the glacier and they can get wet.
NOTE: You need to bring a lunch or some snacks. Lunch is not included in the tour.
Yes, if traveling solo you will need to purchase the single ride extra fee.
The age limit is 8 years old, of course in company with a guardian.
We do not recommend women who are pregnant to participate in our snowmobile tours. If you are traveling in a group, you are welcome to travel with them and stay at our basecamp while the group goes on the snowmobile part of the tour.
No, full drivers license is required to ride a snowmobile.
The Northern Lights are natural phenomena and we, unfortunately, cannot promise you will see them. Their appearance depends upon atmospheric and weather conditions.
For more information on the Northern Lights, please have a look at our Northern Lights tours.
We, unfortunately, do not have one simple answer to this question.
There isn’t just one single setting for your camera that ensures great photos. However, if you have manual options, you are probably best served with experimenting with various combinations of ISO, aperture, and exposure settings. As a rule of thumb, ISO setting between 800 and 3200, aperture between f/2 8 and f/5.6, and shutter speed at between 15 seconds and 30 seconds have proven effective.
A good thing to keep in mind, ISO setting between 800 and 3200, aperture between f/2.8 and f/5.6, and shutter speed between 15 seconds and 30 seconds have given great results.
Different combinations may give very different results. Higher ISO setting will allow you to capture faster exposures, but the downside to this might be for example grainier images.
If the shutter speed is above 15 seconds it will result in a slight star movement.
Wider angle lenses are usually more versatile in low light settings, but longer lenses give you different options for compositions. Make sure that you remove all lens filters, as they may distort images. You will probably get the best results with manual setting for infinite focal length.
Reimbursement is not given if the northern lights tour goes ahead and no lights are seen but we do offer you the change to join a Northern Lights Minibus tour free of charge.
Please contact our Customer Care to re-book your tour.
The northern lights are a pretty difficult thing to predict. We recommend you to check en.vedur.is to see the forecast and if the level is high and the skies are clear then it’s very likely that the tour is going ahead. We do update our website’s tour departure sheet with the information at 17:00 pm the latest. If your tour is canceled then you will receive an email from us.
If we think there is no chance at all of seeing the lights we will cancel the tour. We don’t want to bring you out and disappoint if there is no chance of the lights to be seen.
Yes, the guide on your tour will take a photo of you with the northern lights in the background.
These can be single or group photo’s and are free of charge.
The Northern Lights season is from late August until mid-April. However, if you want to increase your changes of seeing them, it is best to wait until the clear winter months of mid-September until March.
