Small Group Premium Northern Lights Tour — Our Review

At most 19 people. That is the largest group size an operator states for an evening minibus tour in our comparison. The same operator’s Hot Cocoa bus tour uses a full coach and states no limit, so here you share each stop with a much smaller group. A small group gets off the minibus quickly and stays close to the guide, and guests rate the guide 4.7 out of 5 — the strongest part of the tour.

€101 per person on GetYourGuide (6 Oct 2026), with one option and one price: hotel pickup from 23 locations in Reykjavik, with start times of 20:30 and 21:30 on the date we checked. Two adults pay €202, and children pay the same as adults; the minimum age is 8. That is €29 more than the same operator’s €72 big-bus tour, for a group of at most 19 and a guide rated 4.7 out of 5.

You get a free retry, not a refund: an open ticket valid for 3 years. The catch is that the retry runs on the operator’s big-bus northern lights tour, not on the minibus, so your second try is on a full coach — recent reviews say this isn’t always clear when rebooking. There is no refund when the tour runs. Book your first night in Reykjavik so the retry still fits your stay.

You get a full refund if the weather cancels the tour for every night of your stay — that is the condition on the listing. It is different from a night that runs without lights: then there is no refund, and you get the 3-year open ticket for a retry on the operator’s big-bus tour instead. Booking your first night in Reykjavik leaves the most evenings for the tour to run.

8 years. Children pay the same €101 per person as adults. For younger children, the EastWest minibus takes kids from 5, with up to 19 people and photos included for €144, and the same operator’s Hot Cocoa bus tour takes children from 6 for €72. The tour lasts about 4 hours and night lows are around −2 °C in winter, so dress children for standing still.

Yes — hotel pickup is included in the €101 price, from 23 pickup locations in Reykjavik. There is only one option, so there is no cheaper bus-stop version. Start times on the date we checked were 20:30 and 21:30, and the operator warns that pickups can take up to 30 minutes, so be outside on time and dressed for the cold. You are back after about 4 hours.

No, photos of you are not on the listing. The tour includes an aurora hunting guide, hot chocolate and refreshments, and recent reviews say guides often help with phone settings — but there is no photographer. If you want pictures of yourself under the lights, the EastWest minibus (€144, up to 19 people) includes photos, and the Aurora Viking photo tour at €147.02 adds a photographer-guide.

Yes, if a smaller group and a well-rated guide matter to you: it costs €29 more than the operator’s €72 Hot Cocoa bus tour and caps the group at 19. Guests rate the guide 4.7 and value for money 4.3 out of 5 (★4.4 · 3,182 reviews overall). If you only care about price, the big bus is enough — the retry puts you on that same bus anyway. See all small-group tours.