Private Super Jeep Northern lights hunt from Reykjavik

We were collected from our lodgings by Agust, our guide for the night, in a monster Ford F350 - I mention this as it's a huge truck and attracts a lot of [positive] attention wherever it is, it feels proper. As we headed out of Reykjavik Agust explained what where we were going and what we would needed to look out for - so we got to join in on the Norther Lights finding experience - navigating to a cloud free spot, where we could see the stars. The jeep came into its own when we arrived at a clear spot, heading down an old, snow covered road, that would have been missed or impassible for those that don't know the area or aren't in the right hardware. We set up in an off the track spot and pointed North. Advice here is wrap up warm! You can wait in the car for the Norther Lights to appear, but it somehow felt more authentic standing in the snow, talking nonsense and drinking the hot chocolate that was provided for us. As Agust told us, optimism and patience wins out, and shortly after midnight our group, in the middle of nowhere, caught its first glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, a show which lasted over an hour - the photo below is one of many that was sent by Activity Iceland, if you want to take your own, a camera with ISO and shutter speed control is needed, and probably a tripod too. The Activity Iceland Northern Light with Agust was a great experience, a superb end to our Iceland trip, and something I'd highly recommend - just remember the optimism and patience. And warm clothes. * We were originally booked on the snowmobile Northern Lights Tour, but were swapped when the conditions were too dangerous for snowmobiling.

On an evening when virtually all tour groups cancelled their Northern Lights trips due to weather, Harpa and Gisli at Activity Iceland analyzed the weather patterns and potential routes and knowing we had limited time to hunt the lights (with weather forecast for subsequent two days clearly being even worse!) decided to give it a try. Gisli was determined as guide to find them for us. After a couple of attempts we settled into a spot that he felt would eventually open up to view the lights. Sure enough, we eventually had clear views of the stars and the lights appeared! He took many wonderful pictures of us with the lights and it was the highlight of our trip to Iceland!