Northern Lights Bus Tour with Hot Cocoa — Our Review

€72 per person from Bus Stop 12 or Bus Stop 5 (Harpa), and €83 with pickup from selected locations (checked 6 Oct 2026). If you can walk to either bus stop, you save €11 each — €22 for a couple. Every option includes the coach, a professional guide, hot chocolate, photo stops and a free follow-up tour if you don’t see the lights. The same operator’s Small-Group Premium minibus costs €101.

The operator doesn’t state a maximum. It is a full-size coach, so expect to share each stop with a large group, and recent guests say finding the right bus at pickup can feel chaotic. For a stated limit, the same operator’s Small-Group Premium tour takes up to 19 people for €101 — €29 more — and its free retry runs on this big-bus tour.

You can join a free follow-up tour. You don’t get a refund when the tour runs without lights — the follow-up tour is what you get instead. Recent guests praise guides who chase clear skies and rebook free when the lights don’t show. Book your first night in Reykjavik so the follow-up tour still fits your stay, and check the bus number and meeting point in your confirmation again before you go.

6 years. That is lower than the same operator’s Small-Group Premium minibus, which takes children from 8, and higher than the EastWest minibus, which takes kids from 5. The tour lasts about 4 hours and gets you back after midnight, with stops spent standing outside, so dress children warmly — there are no overalls on the coach.

At Bus Stop 12 or Bus Stop 5 (Harpa) in Reykjavik, depending on the option you book, or with pickup from selected locations for €11 more (€83 instead of €72). Recent guests say finding the right bus can feel chaotic, so check the bus number and the exact meeting point in your confirmation before you go out. If your hotel is near Bus Stop 12 or Harpa, walking saves the pickup price.

About 4 hours, including the drive out of the city and the stops. The coach heads to where the cloud forecast is clearest and the guide picks the stops on the night, so you are back after midnight. That is about an hour longer than the 3-hour Gray Line tour at €70, and the same length as the operator’s Small-Group Premium minibus.

Yes — hot chocolate is part of the tour, along with a professional guide, photo stops and a free follow-up tour if you see nothing. You get it at the stops, and it is on the listing for every option, from the €72 bus-stop price up. That is one thing it has over the €70 Gray Line tour, whose listing doesn’t include hot drinks.

For the price, yes: it has the most reviews of any tour in Iceland (★4.3 · 15,106 reviews), costs €72 from a bus stop and includes a free follow-up tour. Guests rate the guide 4.6, transport 4.5 and value for money 4.2 out of 5. Pay more only if a smaller group or photos of you matter — the same operator’s minibus costs €29 more for a group of at most 19. See compare every format.