Golden Circle & Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavik
Description
Our Golden Circle & Northern Lights Tour from Reykjavik allows you to fit two uniquely Icelandic experiences in one bumper tour. Start the day with our fantastic tour featuring the natural highlights of the Golden Circle, Iceland´s most famous tourist trail. Highlights include the winding path between the continental plates at Thingvellir National Park as well as the world renowned Geysir where Strokkur erupts every 5 to minutes. After a full day spent exploring those and other highlights of the Golden Circle, you return to the city for a few hours to rest and have dinner. Feeling re-energized, join our evening northern lights hunting tour. We search for clear skies. We wait patiently for nature´s great display and while we do so you can enjoy complimentary hot-chocolate.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Golden Circle is the ultimate day tour route from Reykjavik. It includes three Iceland's iconic destinations: Geysir geothermal area, Gullfoss waterfall and Thingvellir national park.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Thingvellir National Park holds great importance both as a natural wonder as well as an historical and cultural center.
Geysir is an iconic location that is a must-see for all visitors to our shores. Strokkur is the main attraction, the geyser which reliably erupts every 5-10 minutes with the water and steam reaching heights of 130ft.
Gullfoss falls, or the Golden waterfall, is one of our most powerful and stunning waterfalls. Fed by a glacial river to the north, the torrent rages over several drops before reaching the canyon bottom.
Kerið crater is the remnant of a massive volcanic eruption some 6500 years ago. At the bottom of the crater is a lake fed by groundwater. Take the steps to the water´s edge or walk along the top of the crater.
Short refreshment break
We return to Reykjavík for a few hours between the sightseeing tour of the southern coastline and pickup for your northern lights hunting tour. You have time to freshen up and grab dinner.
Our evening northern lights tours searches for the northern lights in the countryside within a 90 minute radius of Reykjavik. Our aurora guides study the Icelandic Met. offices aurora forecast as well as cloud cover charts to find clear skies and hopefully a spectacular and colorful aurora display.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pickup service can take up to 30 minutes so we ask for your patience while we collect all passengers from their various pickup points.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tour duration includes driving time
Reviews(109)
I loved the experience and the tour was very well organized. We saw beautiful places and our Driver Yusuf was wonderful. The guide was great to a certain extent when he shared the stories of Iceland and I thought he had a good sense of humor too and I complemented him.But then after some time all he spoke about was Himself. That he has acted in films and he has so many followers on Instagram and went on and on. At one point I completely switched off. And so many people in the bus had the same opinion. We came on the tour to know about Iceland and not the guides life. He is a good storyteller and did give us interesting insights as long as he was talking about Iceland
We had an amazing day seeing so many hi lights. The waterfall was our favorite. It’s hard to capture the magnificence. Kristi is a wonderful tour guide & gave us information about each site. Highly recommend!
Petra was wonderful. Really enjoyed the tour!
This tour was an amazing way to see some of the most beautiful sights of Iceland. I would recommend this tour to anyone and everyone! I felt like there was plenty of time at each spot to see what we were there to see.
The Golden Circle program was great. Every place was incredibly beautiful. The tour guid was very professional and friendly. I could say it was a perfect program! For the Northern Light, i understood that the week that i went was the last week of the aurora season but the tour guide did his best to chase the northern lights until we could see it. Incredible!! We were really impressed.
Great day, helped we had nice weather so be sure to check this before going, but well worth hitting all the spots and taking in the fantastic sights! Big thank you to our driver Gregor and Guide Kristi, she was very nice and funny and really helped the tour vibes!
The experience was great and we were very lucky to have a clear night and had a great show. Bring your patience.
Natural beauty at every turn! The Golden Circle tour with visit to the Secret Lagoon was a perfect one day tour to see Iceland on an extended IcelandAir layover.
An unforgettable experince for our first trip in Iceland. The Gulfoss falls was breathtaking. The Geysir was amazing. Wish we had some more time at each of the spots
This was for Golden Circle only (not lights or hot springs). It did include visit to tomato farm. It was perfect for having just one full day in Iceland ! Ottor the guide!! was
