Northern Lights In luxury off-road SUV with Photos and Treats

by Crystal Cave Tours · Northern lights · ATV & buggy · Highlands

5.0(9) · tour · TripAdvisor4.00(85) · operator on Google
Northern Lights In luxury off-road SUV with Photos and Treats — Crystal Cave Tours

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  • Duration

    4 hours

  • Difficulty

    Easy

  • Season

    Sep – Apr

  • Starts in

    Mosfellsbær

  • Meeting

    Hotel pickup available

  • Languages

    EN

  • Departs

    21:00

  • Cancellation

    Free until 24h before

About this experience

Go out and see the stars and (hopefully) the Northern Lights. We offer a off-road vehicle to get to the places we need to in order to hunt down the Northern Lights effectively. We only employ guides with many years of experience in both hunting the lights and capturing pictures.
The guide will capture your picture with the Northern Lights and they will be emailed to you the day after.
We offer hot chocolate and treats to keep you warm during the winter nights which can often involve waiting around for the magic to happen.
We can not guarantee that you will see the Aurora because of the unpredictable nature of the phenomenon.
The tour is operated out of Reykjavík and we will go up to 2 hours away from the capital depending on where the lights are expected to show themselves.

Description from the operator, Crystal Cave Tours. Prices and availability in the booking panel are live.

Where you go

  1. Visit the Aurora Basecamp
  2. The Hunt

Included

Hot Chocolote, Cookies and a Surprise.
Admission fee to the Aurora Basecamp
Transportation by luxury SUV (up to 6 people)
Expert, English-speaking guide
Complimentary professional photos
Pickup and drop-off at your hotel or chosen location in Reykjavik
Warm blankets for comfort

Not included

Gratuities for the guide

Good to know

Warm clothes and good snow boots. 

If you bring your camera the guide will help you set it at the optimal settings.

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants must not sit on laps

Cancellation for this tour

Free cancellation until 24 hours before departure; no refund after that. If the operator cancels for weather or safety, you get a full refund or a new date.

If the weather cancels this tour

Iceland's weather is real. What usually stops this one is a solid cloud forecast — most operators call it by late afternoon and let you rebook on a clearer night free of charge. Here is exactly what happens to your booking.

  1. 1Crystal Cave Tours decides, and tells us. Operators cancel when it is unsafe or pointless, and we back that call every time — we do not ask them to run anyway.
  2. 2We contact you by email, and by phone if your tour is the same or next day. You choose: another date if there is one you can make, or a full refund. There is no fee and nothing to argue.
  3. 3The refund goes back to the card you paid with, through Stripe, usually visible within a few working days. If this tour was one of several in your booking, the others are untouched.

What you do not get is the day back. If this is the only free day in your plan, put a spare day next to it — the planner leaves days free with the rest-day option. And if you want out because the forecast looks bad, that is your own cancellation: free until 1 day before departure, the operator's policy after that.

Questions on the day: [email protected] · +354 497 1373. How cancellations work in Iceland →

Sold out on your date?

Seats come back — a cancellation, or the operator adding a vehicle. Tell us the date and we will check once a day and email you if one opens. One email, then we delete the address; nothing else is ever sent to it.

Who this is not for

  • Not available in summer; the operator runs it roughly September to April.

Read off the operator's own conditions. If none of it applies to you, this is a good one.

Why we list it

Crystal Cave Tours is one of 154 operators we work with — chosen for reliability, honest descriptions and how they treat guests when weather changes plans. We don't list everything; we list what we'd book ourselves. The six checks every operator passes →

What travellers say about Crystal Cave Tours

Read all 85 reviews on Google →

Operator rating 4.0/5 from Google — these are reviews of the company, not this specific tour. Shown as Google returns them, unedited.

  • Xiao

    ★★★★★ · 5 months ago

    We had a wonderful time with Jessie. The blue cave was surprisingly beautiful and large. The whole trip was very windy but we all made it without any problem!

  • Katrina Busick

    ★★★★★ · 7 months ago

    We weren't sure if the weather would be good enough to make it in time so we didn't purchase tickets in advance. Thankfully they had room and let us join a tour. The guide was knowledgeable and humorous. The group wasn't too big. The equipment was all in working condition. Overall this was an amazing experience we won't soon forget.

  • Corinna Misch

    ★★★★★ · 10 months ago

    The tour with Crystal Cave Tours was wonderful. Our guide Bane had a fantastic sense of humor and planned the trip with great foresight. For example, he took us on an alternative route to the cave (actually a moulin) so that we could spend more time inside. This was possible because he cleverly assessed the group’s character and fitness level at the beginning and gathered information about the weather, which can change very quickly. Right after we left the cave, a snowstorm started. Bane guided us safely and efficiently through the snow and then drove the Jeep securely through the fog. We were his “Team Awesome.” During the hike, Bane shared lots of fascinating facts about glaciers and the surrounding nature with great humor and vivid explanations. Despite all the jokes, he always kept safety in mind and took excellent care of us. Bane knows everything, can do everything, and is almost perfect. 😁 Thank you! ❤️

  • りんき

    ★★★ · 9 months ago

    I booked the tour through Guide To Iceland. I believed I had signed up for a 4-hour glacier hike and an ice cave tour, but we were actually taken to a narrow crevice that I wouldn’t really call a glacier cave. It was quite different from the photos I had seen, so I was a bit disappointed. The scenery was very beautiful and I still enjoyed it, but if you go expecting a large cave, I think you’ll end up quite disappointed. I understand that this is due to natural terrain, but it seems that you can’t always visit the kind of places shown in the promotional photos. I came from a very distant country, so this might have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience for me. That’s why I was really disappointed that we couldn’t enter the ice cave. The guide, however, was very kind. He walked a bit fast — perhaps a little too fast for some of us — though I suppose His longer legs didn’t help:)

Reviews from Google · updated 13 Sept 2026

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Northern lights — questions people ask

When is the best time to see the northern lights in Iceland?

September to April, when the nights are dark enough. Within that, late September to March gives the longest dark hours, and the equinox months, September and March, often have active skies. There are no lights in June or July; the sky never gets dark. Anyone selling you a June lights tour is selling you a bus ride. Give yourself at least three nights, because clouds, not the aurora, are the usual reason people miss them.

Are the northern lights guaranteed on a tour?

No. Nobody can promise them, and we will not. Two things have to line up: a clear sky and solar activity. Guides check the cloud forecast at vedur.is and drive to gaps, which is the real value of a tour over standing outside your hotel. What most operators do promise is a free second attempt if the lights do not show. Check the exact retry policy on the tour page, because the number of retries and the validity period vary.

Is a northern lights bus tour or a boat tour better?

Bus, if you want the best odds. A minibus can drive an hour inland to find a clear patch; a boat stays in Faxaflói and sees whatever sky is over Reykjavík. Boats are shorter, about two hours, and pleasant with hot chocolate, and Reykjavik Sailors' cruise (/experience/6637/) includes a free retry. For a serious hunt, a small-group minibus like BusTravel's (/experience/150646/) or a 4x4 tour (/experience/1088067/) is the better bet.

Can I see the northern lights from Reykjavík itself?

Yes, on strong nights. The city is small and the sky over the sea to the north is fairly dark. Grótta lighthouse at the western tip and the Ægisíða shoreline are the usual spots, twenty minutes' walk from the centre. On average nights the street lights drown out a faint aurora, which is why tours drive out. If the forecast shows high activity and clear sky, walk to Grótta first and save the tour money.

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