South Coast & Northern Lights Tour
Combine two of Iceland’s most popular tours into one memorable day. Start by journeying along the southern coastline, exploring waterfalls, black sand beaches and glaciers.
After returning to Reykjavík, continue with an evening aurora hunting bus tour, giving you the opportunity to experience Iceland’s landscapes by day and the Northern Lights by night.
This combo tour allows you to maximize your time while also benefiting from a discount on both tours.
What will you see on the South Coast tour?
Start your day at Skógafoss waterfall, where you can feel the mist or climb to the top for wide views of the surrounding landscape.
- Skógafoss waterfall
- Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach
- Sólheimajökull glacier
- Seljalandsfoss waterfall
Walk along the black sands of Reynisfjara Beach, known for its basalt columns and powerful waves, then visit Sólheimajökull Glacier to observe its ice formations up close.
End the day at Seljalandsfoss, where you can walk behind the waterfall for a different perspective.
How does the Northern Lights tour work?
As night falls, join the Northern Lights Bus Tour. Guides take you away from city lights to search for the best viewing conditions for the aurora.
Stay warm with a cup of homemade hot chocolate while watching the Northern Lights move across the sky.
If you’re looking for a different aurora experience, you can also explore our Northern Lights Super Jeep tour with free photos.
This tour combines South Coast sightseeing with an evening Northern Lights experience, creating a full-day journey through Iceland’s natural highlights.
Tour highlights & itinerary
- Two tours starting from Reykjavík
- Wi-fi on board
- Hot-chocolate drink on the Northern Lights tour
- Meals & drinks other than mentioned above
- 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
- Discounted entrance tickets for Aurora Reykjavík Museum (Fiskislóð 53, 101 Reykjavík) can be included for an additional fee
- 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
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Itinerary
Itinerary
Pick-upCentral ReykjavikOur 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.
1 Skógafoss waterfallYour 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.
2 Reynisfjara beachAfter 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.
3 Sólheimajökull glacierWe 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.
4 Seljalandafoss waterfallOur 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.
5 Northern Lights Bus TourNothing 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.
- Drop-offCentral Reykjavik
After a very long but full of unforgettable experiences day, we will head back to Reykjavik center.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After a very long but full of unforgettable experiences day, we will head back to Reykjavik center.