Northern lights tour in Iceland

Northern Lights Mystery tour

English guide
Organized by Gray Line Iceland Excursions

Iceland is the warmest place to see auroras in the world.

Gray Line picked us up at the hotel.

 

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Northern Lights Mystery tour bus departed.

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We got off the bus.

We walked with the small flashlights in the dark place.

 

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Tour guide took us to the best place to see the auroras.

We turned off the lights.

We waited for the auroras.

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We couldn't see the auroras...

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Tour guide took us to the place where we could see a legend.

The statue of Icelandic legend.
(Normally we cannot see this statue because of darkness.)
 

 

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We went back to the hotel with disappointment.

Episode of Northern lights tour in Iceland

Tomo & Chouchou went to Iceland to see northern lights !
Watching norhtern lights is one of our big dreams! Iceland is the warmest place to see auroras in the world. So we thought Iceland is the best place to see northern lights!
We participated "Northern Lights Mystery" English guide tour organized Gray Line Iceland excursions. Gray Line knows where and when we can see Northern lights the most. So they can take us to the best place to see auroras. Gray Line decides to carry out the tour according to the weather.
When we participated the tour, the weather was not so good. The tour was carried out though. Unfortunately we couldn't see auroras... It was a big disappointment... We watched carefully many times. We looked for the slight green wave or light. We couldn't find anything... (T_T)
We heard that Gray Line proposed to participate the same tour for free if we couldn't see the nothern lights at all like us. Free participation will be valid for two years after the tour date. We were unlucky not to see auroras but we decided to keep our pleasure for northern lights later.

Instead of northern lights, tour guide showed us the place where we can see a legend. Normally we cannot see a statue with our eyes because of darkness. After taking a photo with flash, we could see it on the photo.

We couldn't succed to see northern lights in Iceland at that time. However we could think that seeing auroras is more precious. We haven't given up seeing auroras in our lives. Our dream still continues! We will travel again to see northern lights for sure!! 

Tomo & Chouchou's advice for Northern lights tour

(1) Normally, it should be very dark to see northern lights, so we cannot use any lights. However we walk in the darkness during the tour. It was difficult to walk without the lights. So we advise you to bring a head light or a flashlight ONLY for walking.

(2) Tomo & Chouchou recommend you to stay longer in Iceland if you want to see auroras. Because you can decide the date according to the weather. We advise you to book aurora tour in Iceland when there's no clouds.

Tomo & Chouchou wish you would be able to see northern lights in Iceland !


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