BusTravel Iceland, Reykjavik

The best tour company in Iceland by a mile. Staff are really friendly and give you lots of information about the tour, always answering any questions you may have. We went on the Premium Northern Lights tour and the Golden Circle tour with Bus Travel which was brilliant. We didn’t get to see the Northern Lights unfortunately but was offered a valid ticket for the next 3 years for when we return. 100% recommend this company to all, the best prices and the best tour guides. Thanks so much.

I recently took 2 tours with Bustravel Iceland. I'd give 1 star for the Northern Lights tour, and 5 stars for the Golden Circle tour - so I'm giving them a 3 overall. I booked the Premium Northern Lights tour for the evening of 30 January 2019. We drove out to the national park, and after looking at an unimpressive grey glow along the horizon (not terribly different from the light pollution coming from Reykjavik), our guide decided that though it was technically the northern lights, it was not good enough to be considered "legal" lights, and so we could re-book. We stopped on our way back at our initial stop, and the light was marginally better - we briefly saw a flattened "U" on the horizon. We stopped once more on our way back to town, but no luck there. Because of the slightly better lights on our third stop, our guide decided that we had now technically seen enough northern lights activity that we were no longer eligible to re-book. I agree with the other folks on the bus whose first words on our departure were "unlucky". I understand that we were out to see a natural phenomenon, and so can't count on anything, but more so felt unlucky that the bar was set so low that we weren't able to try again. I would try with another tour operator for the Northern Lights. On the other hand, I did the Golden Circle Tour with guide "Snow" yesterday, and he was excellent. I would highly recommend that trip, and cross your fingers that your guide is Snow!