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Northern Lights Escape

Reykjavik · South Coast
Duration
5 Days · 4 Nights
The route
Reykjavik · South Coast
Style
Reykjavik and the aurora coast
Best season
September – March · best
The route

4 nights, 2 stops — reykjavik and the aurora coast.

Reykjavik → South Coast.

Round trip · returns to Reykjavik

ReykjavikSouth Coast
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Humpback whale
On Faxaflói Bay.
White-beaked dolphin
Off the harbour.
Atlantic puffin
On summer boat trips.
Seal
On the river mouths and beaches.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Arrive Reykjavik

Arrive Reykjavik

The journey begins.

Arrive in Reykjavik, met and transferred to your accommodation. Few capitals offer the northern lights from their own streets on a clear winter night.

02Reykjavik

Reykjavik

A full day in the field.

Explore the capital, then a whale-watching trip from the harbour. Settle in, soak at the Blue Lagoon and watch for aurora after dark.

03Reykjavik → South Coast

To South Coast

On to the next.

Transfer to South Coast. Visit Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, the black beach at Reynisfjara, and hunt aurora after dark. Walk behind a waterfall and hike a glacier tongue, with aurora at night.

04South Coast

South Coast

A full day in the field.

Walk behind a waterfall and hike a glacier tongue, with aurora at night. The waterfalls and black sands of the coast, ending with an aurora watch.

05Depart South Coast

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in South Coast — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

September – March

Peak season

Aurora season — northern lights possible from the city and on evening tours.

June – August

Peak season

Midnight sun, whale-watching at its peak and long bright days.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Wildlife you may see
Birds Marine Mammals

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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