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South Coast & Northern Lights Tour

Sightseeing and Aurora Hunting Tour

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Our super-jeep gets to hard to reach spots for best great aurora displays

Skogafoss waterfall in summer

People watching the Northern Lights standing near the bus

People on a viewing platform at Solheimajokull glacier

Vik church in summer

A woman standing bihind Seljalandsfoss waterfall

BusTravel Iceland offers you the chance to combine two of our most popular tours into one whole and memorable day. Start by journeying along Iceland´s untouched southern coastline and see waterfalls, black sand beaches, and glaciers. After this excursion, you return to the city where you can freshen up and enjoy dinner on your own before venturing out of the city once more with our evening aurora hunting bus tour.

Starting point

Reykjavik

Duration

14 hours

Accomodation

Not included

Difficulty

Easy

Live tour guide

English

Minimum age

8 years

Availability

Aug - Apr

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Qualified, energetic and fun guides for the best adventure!

We take immense pride in our exceptional team of local guides who are professionals, experts, and friendly. Their goal is to make your tour unforgettable.

From

19990 kr.

Tour highlights & itinerary

This is what awaits you

Skogafoss waterfall in summer

Skógafoss waterfall

Reynisfjara black sand beach and Reynisdrangar sea stacks

Reynisfjara beach

People on a viewing platform at Solheimajokull glacier

Sólheimajökull glacier

Seljalandafoss waterfall

People watching the Northern Lights standing near the bus

Northern Lights Bus Tour

What's included & excluded

Two tours starting from Reykjavík
Wi-fi on board
Hot-chocolate drink on the Northern Lights tour
Meals & drinks other than mentioned above

What do I need to bring

Warm, water- and windproof clothing are always useful in Iceland
All tickets are e-tickets so there is no need to print them out
Comfortable shoes
Water & snacks

Important information

There is no food included on this tour so we recommend you bring a packed dinner/snacks and water. We will make a lunch stop.
You will return to Reykjavík between tours and will have time to have dinner in the city.
If you don´t see the Northern Lights on your tour, you can go again for free. This offer is valid for 36 months. Just contact our customer service team to reschedule.
Cancellation policy: Cancellation fee of 100% if cancelled 48 hours or less before departure

Got more questions or need help? No problem. Read FAQ or contact us on live chat or info@bustravel.is

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by Ryan

This tour was absolutely amazing and unforgettable. Everything we saw was beyond anything we could imagine. Geri taught us so much about everything we saw which was great! We learned so much about not... Read more

by Caitlin Short

Starting from the prompt pick up, to the witty commentary, and overall fantastic experience, I would recommend this tour to anyone. Geri, our guide, was extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining d... Read more

by Jakab Gyongyi Aniko

Our tour guide Denis what pretty damn amazing. He was very funny, cracking jokes almost every 10 minutes. We were very lucky, the weather was amzing, sunny with just a bit or wind. We visited Skogafos... Read more

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by Caitlin Short

Starting from the prompt pick up, to the witty commentary, and overall fantastic experience, I would recommend this tour to anyone. Geri, our guide, was extremely knowledgeable and very entertaining during the bus rides between stops. He explained each stop and let us explore (within reason of course) as long as we all came back to the bus at the correct time. He answered all the questions we had and was extremely passionate about his job. I love seeing people enjoy what they do and Geri absolutely is an asset to your company. Our driver, Lukas, was efficient and safe throughout the day. Not once did I feel unsafe on the bus. They provided not only a memorable experience but a safe and fun environment for us. I feel as if we lucked out with having them for our day tour guides. The second half of the tour was the northern lights, guided by Mia and driven by Artur was amazing. She explained very thoroughly what to expect with the Aurora and explained in detailed scientific terms, yet still simple enough to understand. It was awesome to learn about how the northern lights happen and why they happen and then to be able to see themâ€” that was truly a gift that I'll remember for the rest of my life. Mia made sure we all saw them with our own two eyes and then made sure to send everyone pictures that she took, so we could enjoy the natural beauty of the lights. She went above and beyond to give everyone an amazing experience on a tour that was a shot in the dark to see if we could even see anything. Artur was a fantastic driver and like earlier in the day, I did not feel unsafe at all while on the bus. This tour was beyond amazing and I wish I could go back and do it all again tomorrow. Your guides are knowledgeable, kind and also very funny and personable! Many thanks to them for an amazing day I won't soon forget. Read more

by Jakab Gyongyi Aniko

Our tour guide Denis what pretty damn amazing. He was very funny, cracking jokes almost every 10 minutes. We were very lucky, the weather was amzing, sunny with just a bit or wind. We visited Skogafoss, SolhelmajÃ¶kull, Vik village, Vik black beach, Rejnisfjara black beach, Seljalandfoss. My personal favourites where the Vik black beach and Seljalandfoss, where we climbed up the stairs and also saw it from above. We also had smaller stops in a small town to check the mark where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet, a tiny old viking house and the church above Vik. The problems started at night. We booked this double trip, because we knew that at night we will see Northern Lights, it was high activity with clear sky (really good combo). After waiting in the bus stop for more then an hour, someone finally told us that the system had an issue, and we were not on the list for that night. We rescheduled the day after and saw nothing. So, learning from our experience maybe call them the day before just to check if everything is fine. For me this day was still a pretty damn good experience, so all in all 4/5. Read more

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Reykjavik downtown pickup and drop off stops

Pick-up

Central Reykjavik

Our South Coast Bus Tour From Reykjavík starts with our fast and efficient pickup service. We can collect you from one of multiple city center locations. Once this is down, we join the famous Route 1 highway and journey east of the city along the idyllic southern coastline.

Our guides will enlighten and entertain you along the way.

Skogafoss waterfall in summer

1

Skógafoss waterfall

Your first stop of the day is to Skógafoss waterfall, an immense and powerful waterfall fed by the river Skógá River. If you are feeling energetic you can climb the 370 steps to the top to get a bird’s eye view and another perspective. It is just as impressive from the ground and you can feel the mist and spray from the waterfall from a distance.

Reynisfjara black sand beach and Reynisdrangar sea stacks

2

Reynisfjara beach

After a short stop in the little town of Vík, our next stop is to Reynisfjara beach, the wild north Atlantic waves crashing on the black beach and shadowed by the majestic basalt cliff columns. According to local folklore, these basalt columns are the remains of trolls who ventured out one night too close to the dawn and were frozen by the rays of the rising sun.

This beach is the most famous of its kind in Iceland and perhaps the world. It derives its black hue from ancient volcanic eruptions when molten lava from Katla collided with sea water. The lava cooled and broke into sand instantaneously.

People on a viewing platform at Solheimajokull glacier

3

Sólheimajökull glacier

We continue on to Sólheimajökull, a glacier tongue of the larger Mýdalsjökull. We will take a short walk to the glacier where you can see the effects that global warming has had on the ice here. The glacier has retreated hundreds of meters in the past decade leaving behind a glacier lagoon in its wake. If conditions allow, your guide will get you up close and personal with the glacier and you will be able to touch this impressive but retreating glacier.

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in summer-4774

4

Seljalandafoss waterfall

Our final stop of the day will be at the renowned Seljalandafoss waterfall. This is the perfect photo opportunity especially if you take the trail that leads behind the waterfall. Just beware that this can be a wet experience so we recommend that you wear moisture wicking or resistant clothing.

People watching the Northern Lights standing near the bus

5

Northern Lights Bus Tour

Nothing can prepare you for the majesty of a full pelt performance for the dancing aurora, more commonly known as the of the Northern Lights. Visitors come from all over the world in the hope of witnessing this interaction between the cosmos and our atmosphere.

Our guide on our Northern Lights Bus Tour from Reykjavík will take you to where the action is. Every day our operations and guide teams meet and study the KP-index which measures the strength of atmospheric aurora activity along with cloud coverage projections from the Icelandic Met Office. Only when we are satisfied that the likelihood is for successful tours, do we decide to venture out.

On this tour, we will take you far beyond the light-polluted city to give you the best chance to catch the show. We usually stop at a few locations along the way though these stops differ from night to night depending on where we predict clear skies. We will do our very best to find the aurora for you.

As an added bonus, you will enjoy homemade hot chocolate to help keep the cold at bay.

Reykjavik downtown pickup and drop off stops

Drop-off

Central Reykjavik

After a very long but full of unforgettable experiences day, we will head back to Reykjavik center.