Swimming in the Secret Lagoon and enjoying the Northern Lights is a transcendental experience long enjoyed by few.
Now it’s your turn to watch lights dance across the sky and purify your skin in the waters of the Secret Lagoon. With round trip transportation, tour guides and a deluxe dinner included, this is one staple of Icelandic life no tourist will want to miss.
People from all over the world travel to Iceland to soak in the therapeutic, rejuvenating geothermal baths. If you’re traveling to Iceland and want to take a dip, this six-hour tour is all you will need to completely immerse yourself in one of the most outstanding and unforgettable examples of all the beauty Iceland’s nature has to offer.
Simply pack your swimsuit and towel, and our guides will pick you up right from your hotel. We will then whisk you away to nature and the rugged terrain of Iceland, arriving at the famous Secret Lagoon—an open-air geothermal bath that has the power to warm your soul and rejuvenate your body. Relaxation in these natural, 30-40-degree Celsius hot springs right outside the village of Flúðir is incomparable.
After you swim, what could be better than a light buffet featuring Icelandic cuisine? This tour features an authentic selection of local foods and dishes. Once you dine, it will be time to return to Reykjavik to see the Northern Lights.
For those lucky enough to see the auroras, it’s a sight that inspires such wonder and grandeur unlike anything else in the world. Book your tour, today!
Still got questions about the tour? Hopefully you will find the answer here.
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 Northen Lights, please have a look at our Northern Lights information.
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 go to customer portal to re-book your tour.
When Northern Lights tours are canceled it’s usually due to unfavorable weather conditions.
In that case, your options will be to:
Please go to customer portal to re-book your tour or contact us by phone +354 562 7000
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.
The northern lights depend on luck and weather if that is in your favor than you will be able to see the Aurora Borealis above the inviting streets of Reykjavík. Whether you see the lights or not they depend on two different factors. The first being the weather. If the sky is clear, no clouds, then you are halfway there to seeing the astonishing spectacle that is the Northern Lights (although light pollution can sometimes be a problem). Increased solar activity is the second half so, if these two merge together you may well be able to see the Northern Lights from Reykjavik.
