Vík Northern Lights5-Day Northern Lights Hunt & Glacier Lagoon
Of everything sold under a Vík aurora heading, the Snæland Travel 5-Day Northern Lights Hunt is the one that puts you in the right place at the right hour. Two of its four nights are booked in the Vík area, which means you are on the south coast when the sky clears rather than 190 km west in Reykjavík. The price is $1,635.56 per person and covers four nights of hotels with breakfast, a guide and all the driving. Nine reviewers rate it 5.0.
About This Itinerary
5 days, 4 nights, starting and ending in Reykjavík
$1,635.56 per person, checked August 2026
5.0 from 9 reviews on GetYourGuide
Two nights based in the Vík area, two in Reykjavík
Hotels with private bathroom and breakfast, included
Small group in a spacious vehicle, no luggage restrictions
Listing at a Glance
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- Tour name From Reykjavík: 5-Day Northern Lights Hunt & Glacier Lagoon
- Operator Snæland Travel
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 833573
- Starting price $1,635.56 USD per person
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 5.0 out of 5
- Review count 9 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 5 days, 4 nights
- Nights in the Vík area 2, on the nights of day 2 and day 3
- Nights in Reykjavík 2, on arrival and on the night of day 4
- Where the aurora watching happens Wherever the sky is clear, including the Vík area
- Start point Your Reykjavík hotel, meeting the guide at reception between 08:45 and 09:00 on day 2
- Transport Small-group bus with free Wi-Fi and no luggage size limits
- Group size Small group
- Guide language English
- Accommodation Hotel rooms with private bathroom, 4 nights
- Breakfast Included at the hotels
- Other meals Not included
- Room allocation Solo travellers get a single room; two people share a double; three share a double with an extra bed or a triple
- Day 2 route Þingvellir, Geysir and Strokkur, Friðheimar greenhouses, Gullfoss, then the Vík area
- Day 3 route Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Diamond Beach and Vatnajökull National Park
- Day 4 route Reynisfjara, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss, then the Blue Lagoon area and Reykjavík
- Optional extras Blue Lagoon admission and a blue ice cave on Vatnajökull, both at extra cost
- Airport transfers Not included, arranged separately on request
- Hotel pickup Included, at your hotel or a nearby bus stop
- Cancellation deadline 24 hours before the start date for a full refund
- Reserve now, pay later Available
- Minimum age None stated
- Physical difficulty Easy, with short walks at each stop
- Wheelchair accessibility None stated on the listing
- Aurora guarantee None. The listing states the northern lights are weather dependent and cannot be guaranteed
- Alternative tour See the cheaper single-day option at /south-coast-northern-lights-tour/
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Quick answer
Five days from Reykjavík covering the Golden Circle, the south coast and Jökulsárlón, with four nights of hotels and breakfast included for $1,635.56. Two of those nights sit in the Vík area, which is the reason this listing appears on a Vík aurora page at all. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews.
Key takeaways
- Two nights based in the Vík area, so you are on the south coast when the sky clears. Where to stand for the northern lights in Vík
- A guide handles the winter driving, including the stretch nobody should drive at 2 a.m.
- Hotels with private bathroom and breakfast are inside the price; other meals are not
- Blue Lagoon and a Vatnajökull ice cave are optional paid extras
- Nine reviews only, so the 5.0 rests on a small sample
Day by Day
Days 1 and 2: arrival and the Golden Circle
You make your own way to a Reykjavík hotel on day 1, and the tour books that night for you. Airport transfers are arranged separately if you want them.
Day 2 starts at your hotel reception between 08:45 and 09:00. The route runs Þingvellir, the Geysir area where Strokkur erupts every few minutes, the geothermal greenhouses at Friðheimar where tomatoes grow through an Icelandic winter, and Gullfoss. The day finishes in the Vík area, and that first south coast night is the first real aurora chance of the trip.
Day 3: the glacier lagoon, and back to Vík
East to Jökulsárlón, where icebergs calve off Breiðamerkurjökull and drift out to sea, and across the road to Diamond Beach where they wash up on black sand. Seals are common in winter.
A blue ice cave tour on Vatnajökull is sold as an optional extra. Anyone skipping it visits Fjallsárlón instead, the quieter lagoon a few kilometres west. The return runs through Vatnajökull National Park and back to the Vík area for a second night, which is the night most likely to reward a look out of the window at midnight.
Days 4 and 5: the south coast and home
Day 4 works west along the coast: Reynisfjara, Skógafoss, Seljalandsfoss, then the Blue Lagoon if you booked the admission, and back to Reykjavík for the final night. Day 5 is departure, with an optional transfer to Keflavík.
That gives you two south coast nights and two capital nights across the trip. On the Vík nights you are already standing in the dark; on the Reykjavík nights the guide decides whether a hunt is worth running.
Is It Worth $1,635.56
What the price actually covers
Break it down before comparing it with a $170 day trip, because they are not the same product. The price includes four nights in hotels with private bathrooms and breakfast, all transport in a small-group bus, a professional guide for three full days, and the Friðheimar visit.
Priced separately in Icelandic winter, four hotel nights alone run a large share of that figure. What you are buying beyond the beds is somebody else driving the Ring Road in February and deciding when the sky is worth chasing.
The honest limits
Nine reviews is a thin sample, and a 5.0 built on nine ratings tells you less than a 4.4 built on a thousand. Read them individually rather than trusting the average.
Vijayendar from Australia booked in January 2026, hit poor weather, and saw the aurora on one night near Vík. His advice is the same as ours: watch the forecast and pick your dates for clear sky. Meals beyond breakfast are on you, and the two headline extras, the Blue Lagoon and the ice cave, cost more on top.
If your budget stops well short of this, the honest alternative is not a cheaper aurora tour. It is booking your own room in Vík for two nights and walking to the beach yourself.
Questions About This Itinerary
Does this tour stay overnight in Vík?
Yes. Two of the four nights are booked in the Vík area, on the nights of day 2 and day 3. That is what separates it from every other aurora listing on this coast, because you are on the south coast after dark rather than in Reykjavík.
Are the northern lights guaranteed?
No. The listing states plainly that the aurora is a natural phenomenon subject to weather and cannot be guaranteed. Four nights raises your odds well above a single-night attempt, and nothing raises them to certainty.
What is included in the price?
Four nights of hotel accommodation with private bathroom, breakfast at the hotels, hotel pickup and drop-off, small-group transport with free Wi-Fi, a professional guide, and the Friðheimar greenhouse visit. Meals other than breakfast, airport transfers, Blue Lagoon admission and the ice cave tour cost extra.
How does it compare with the one-day tour?
The 13-hour south coast day costs $169.91 and hunts the aurora from Reykjavík. This one costs $1,635.56 and sleeps you in the Vík area twice. Different products: one is an attempt, the other is four nights of attempts with the beds included.
Can solo travellers book it?
Yes. The listing states that a booking for one person is accommodated in a single room, two people in a double, and three in a double with an extra bed or a triple depending on availability.
What should you pack?
Windproof and waterproof outer layers, insulation, hat and gloves, and boots that handle ice. Bring swimwear if you add the Blue Lagoon. Standing outside at night on the south coast in winter is colder than the temperature reading suggests.
What Travellers Said
The trip was excellent with the blue lagoon, diamond beach and jokulsarlon being the highlights, not to mention the waterfalls too. The only bummer was the weather so we couldn't see the northern lights properly though we did see it on one day near Vik. The driver/guide was very professional and safe/cautious too. Just check the weather for cloudy skies and book this activity accordingly for best results.
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