Northern Lights Hunt
Private Multi-Day Adventure
To maximize your chances of seeing the Northern Lights, a custom designed multi-day Super Jeep tour into the Icelandic countryside is your best bet. We can choose the part of Iceland that has the best weather forecast and thereby maximize your chances of seeing the Auroras (Northern Lights) in a short stay in Iceland.
If the weather forecast is best in the north, we go north – and if it’s better in the south, we go south.
The focus of this adventure is capture the auroras – but of course you will see so much more.
There is no fixed itinerary on this adventure
What decides where we go is the cloud cover and darkness; we need clear skies and as much darkness as possible.
We look at the weather forecast a couple of days before the tour start to see in which part of Iceland we have the best chances for a clear sky and therefore the best chance to capturethe Aurora Borealis.
The Northern Lights exist in the outmost layer of the atmosphere. They are created by electrically charged particles that make the thin air shine, not unlike a fluorescent light. They can be seen in auroral belts that forms 20-25 degrees around the geomagnetic poles, both the north and the south. The Northern Lights are also called Aurora Borealis. Named after the Roman Goddess of the dawn, Aurora, and the Greek name for the north wind, Boreas. They are one of the most spectacular shows on this earth and can frequently be seen in Iceland from September through March on clear and crisp nights. Away from the glow of the city, we hunt for the elusive Northern Lights
In the daytime we will use the daylight to enjoy the natural wonders of Iceland; glaciers, waterfalls, volcanoes, lava fields, geothermal hot springs and stunning landscapes. In the evening, we will go out and hunt for the auroras.
The main goal and highlight of this adventure is simple:
NORTHERN LIGHTS (Aurora Boralis)
We will use the daylight hours to explore the natural wonders of Iceland – so you will see so much more than ‘just’ the auroras
The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon, very dependent upon weather and sightings can never be guaranteed – but we have some tools to increase your chances…Here we can see the cloud cover and aurora forecast for Iceland a couple of days ahead:
http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/aurora/
Here we can see how the NOAA agency estimates the current aurora levels:
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/pmap/pmapN.html
Iceland is on center right, just above the red circle marked ‚60‘ and remember that Earth rotates.
This is the information we use to estimate where and when to go – but please note, both are predictions and estimates, not facts – and beyond our control, as the weather.
Price: Ask for quote
Depends on number of people, season, hotel room types etc
Duration: As you wish
Available: Sept 20 to March 20
Included:
Accommodation at 4* hotels
Breakfast at hotels
Private Super Jeep and driver guide
Not included: Meals other than breakfast
“In a nutshell, [our driver guide’s] expertise transformed what would have been impressive sights of rugged landscape, history, geology and even politics, into experiences never to be forgotten! Our photographs are disappointing because good as they are, they fail to convey the feelings stimulated by the things we saw and did and the discussions we so thoroughly enjoyed. So although we didn’t see the northern lights (too much cloud cover brought on by the rain gods) what we did experience far made up for that.
-Ruth and Harvey Maibor.
Tour details
Available: Sept 20 – March 20
Duration: As you wish
Photos from the
Northern Lights Tour
