The Pursuit for the Northern Lights Adventure

Embark on The Pursuit for the Northern Lights Adventure, a luxurious journey to witness the mesmerizing aurora borealis. Customize your tour for an unforgettable experience under Iceland’s starry skies.

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The Plan

The Pursuit for the
Northern Lights
Adventure

Great choice! You have traveled to one of the likeliest places on earth to get a glimpse of the northern lights! Now, let Adventure Patrol help you see this spectacular phenomenon in all of its glory! We’ll pick you up at your accommodation (near Reykjavik) and bring you away from the light pollution of the city to a place where the probability of a sighting increases even further.

We want you to see the Northern Lights as much you want to see them so visitors should be aware that although Adventure Patrol endeavors to show off the northern lights to as many of our guests as possible, seeing them is by no means guaranteed. (See their description below) The destination for each night varies depending on cloud cover and the forecast Kp Index. Should weather conditions be restrictive, we will reschedule the tour at a time of your convenience.

What are the northern lights?

The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth's atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres. They are known as 'Aurora borealis' in the north and 'Aurora australis' in the south..

Auroral displays appear in many colours although pale green and pink are the most common. Shades of red, yellow, green, blue, and violet have been reported. The lights appear in many forms from patches or scattered clouds of light to streamers, arcs, rippling curtains or shooting rays that light up the sky with an eerie glow.

The Northern Lights are actually the result of collisions between gaseous particles in the Earth's atmosphere with charged particles released from the sun's atmosphere. Variations in colour are due to the type of gas particles that are colliding. The most common auroral color, a pale yellowish-green, is produced by oxygen molecules located about 60 miles above the earth. Rare, all-red auroras are produced by high-altitude oxygen, at heights of up to 200 miles. Nitrogen produces blue or purplish-red aurora.

The lights of the Aurora generally extend from 80 kilometres (50 miles) to as high as 640 kilometres (400 miles) above the earth's surface.

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Details

Only private tours available
Prices for the Pursuit for the Northern Lights Adventure only are as follows:
- for 2 guests is Kr. 45.000 per person (approximately $360 per person)
- for 4 guests is Kr. 22.500 per person (approximately $180 per person)
- for 7 guests is Kr. 15.750 per person (approximately $125 per person)
Pick up time
- Pick up time at your accommodation (near Reykjavik): 8-9:30 pm, depending on the time of year
This tour is inclusive with the 3rd private day tour booked with Adventure Patrol
- Please see the day tours available here.

EVERYONE'S LOVING IT

About this tour

My wife and I spent three days in Reykjavik and seven days on a guided trip around the southern, eastern and northern coasts of Iceland. The weather was glorious for almost our whole stay. We arranged the trip with the patient help of Arnar Baldvinsson, who runs Adventure Patrol and took care of all the details…

Keith Stevenson

West Hartford, CT

My wife and I just returned from a spectacular trip planned by Adventure Patrol, and we cannot recommend the experience highly enough! The owner of Adventure Patrol, Arnar, was extraordinarily easy to work with as we discussed our hopes and expectations in the weeks before the trip…

Jim S

Massachusett

This was an amazing trip, and we fell in love with Iceland! From helping us plan the trip to the trip itself, Adventure Patrol did an excellent job of crafting a trip that exceeded our expectations and ensured that the trip details were on point. Our guide, Egill, was very knowledgeable, personable, and had a great sense of humor…

Glutes

Atlanta, GA

We were in Iceland in January 2024. We joined a trip that friends of our had organized with Adventure Patrol. They worked with our friends to develop an itinerary for the trip that turned out great. We stayed in both Reykjavik and Vik, and the accommodations they chose and the itinerary they planned were perfect…

paulwalczyk

Bel Air, MD

We took a 10 day trip to Iceland, arranged by Adventure Patrol. The owner, Arnar, was very attentive to our thoughts about what we would like to do and see, and patiently worked with us through several iterations of our itinerary. We greatly benefited from his local expertise and contacts in curating and arranging every aspect of our trip…