Northern Lights Classic Tour from Akureyri: Countryside Journey with Local Guide

Embark on a countryside journey with a local guide on the Northern Lights Classic Tour from Akureyri. Hunt for the mesmerizing Northern Lights away from city lights and enjoy Icelandic tales along the way.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Akureyrarkirkja - We pass the Landmark of Akureyri on our way out of town to hunt the Northern Lights
What's Included
  • Pick up and drop off
  • Guided Tour
  • Free retry the next evening (If no Northern Lights are seen)
What's Not Included
  • Professionals photos of your night
Additional Information

This wonderful tour takes you hunting for Northern lights with an expert top rated local Northern Lights guide. Our hunt takes you from Akureyri town to the countryside away from the bright city lights so that the Northern Lights can be seen in all their beauty and colours. The local guide will share Icelandic tales during the journey and there is a…

Location
Akureyrarkirkja
Eyrarlandsvegur
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(49 Ratings)
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Getaway32995813627
Oct 27, 2024
Best Northern Lights Tour! - I’ve been on a lot of northern lights tours and this has been my favorite one! Jon was our guide and he was fantastic. He’s born and raised in this area so he told us a lot about northern Iceland and his process for finding the northern lights. We were lucky and saw the lights immediately but it was cloudy so we had to move around to a few places. I brought my own mirrorless camera and he helped me with the settings to get amazing pictures and he helped the other tourists in the group get great iPhone pictures as well. We stayed out for hours until the lights faded. I booked this tour from a different company so I didn’t get to see the other tours they offered but I wish I knew about them! Highly recommend this company!
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Cesar_a
Oct 24, 2024
Fantastic knowledge filled tour - Pick up was quick and easy your guide called me to make sure we didn’t miss the pick up. Very knowledgeable tour guide with a rich life story. Great intuition when it comes to chasing the northern lights and fantastic food recommendation! Will be recommending to friend and family.
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97danicad
Oct 16, 2024
I rate the tour with five because of the honesty of the leader - Both days when we should go were cloudy so we were offered compensation ie to get the money back, which we accepted on the second day. It was a shame that we didn't get to see Norden light. We were unlucky. I rate the tour with five because of the honesty of the leader. He might as well drive us around just to take our payment. Danica
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Marianneenelise
Mar 7, 2024
Highly recommendable - Armann our guide during this trip was awesome! He is a real expert in getting the best pictures of the Northern Light. The knowledge that he shared with us was really interesting and it was fascinating listening to him. He made a fantastic picture with his camera which captured the Nothern Light better than our cameras and sent us the pictures afterwards as a memory of a fabulous trip! Highly recommendable!
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Kathryn
Jan 30, 2024
Excellent trip with great guide - We booked a Northern Lights tour with the geo thermal spa through Imagine Iceland Travel. We were picked up from the apartments by Armann who was a very attentive and professional guide. My husband and I were very fortunate as we were the only clients for the trip so we had the luxury of travelling in Armann’s new vehicle. The geo thermal spa was excellent with a view over the sea. During the tour we stopped several times to monitor the lights and we had the pleasure of seeing the beautiful display in remote dark area. Local knowledge is a wonderful thing! We would recommend this trip with Imagine Iceland Travel.
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Johnbelfast123
Jan 19, 2024
Nature’s spectacular show - What a great adventure! No joy the first night, but the second night was free and it was not a let down. Beautiful green lights with the added bonus of light columns. I will be back for another trip.
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Margarethp9538dz
Oct 8, 2024
Disappointed with evening - We were somewhat disappointed, as we were driven around for 3 hours, while there was clearly no hope of seeing Northern lights within the first hour.
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Florenciapw2677zj
Mar 28, 2024
Normal experience - It is a tour for very few people, in my case it was me and a couple more as the guide. We went in a private car. It did not include hot chocolate, I recommend bringing something hot to drink since it is very cold. We saw auroras but of very low intensity. The very friendly guide
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Dave_h
Sep 24, 2024
Overcast and no Northern Lights - It was forecasted to be clear but it turned out to be very cloudy. The tour guide tried for 2 and 1/2 hours to find a clear spot, but he couldn't find any. So we didn't see anything. And the next few nights are predicted to be overcast, so we can't even do a retry. Very disappointed. Also, this was our third try with Viator to see the Northern Lights and because of bad weather the first two were canceled and refunded. We will not book another Northern Lights tour. Instead, we'll just try going out on our own when the skies are clear. Don't want to throw away more money. We hope Viator will refund this trip for everybody that was on the tour.
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Nayana_p
Sep 29, 2024
Just waste of money - Even cloudy atmosphere,& even you know possiblity of northern light nothing, you should not take payment from client. Our payment just wasted
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From $132
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).