Reykjavík · Mid-May – late July

The sun doesn't set.
Why should your day?

One private evening tour: the Golden Circle from six until midnight, when the coaches are gone and the light turns gold — with your own guide, and your own photographer.

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Þingvellir at 9 pm, filmed on tour
≈ 6 hours · 18:00 – midnightevening departure
1 – 8 guestsprivate — your group only
Mid-May – late Julymidnight-sun season
Photos includededited gallery, days later

Why the evening

Everyone does the Golden Circle. Almost nobody does it in the best light.

Þingvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss see thousands of visitors a day — between ten and four. Then the buses leave, and for a few hours the most famous route in Iceland is nearly empty, lit by a sun that slides along the horizon instead of setting.

That's when we go. Same places. A different country.

Looking over Þingvellir in golden evening light

Hour by hour

An evening, not an itinerary

18:00

Reykjavík, going the wrong way

Your guide picks you up as the day-tour coaches are coming home. The road to Þingvellir is quiet, the light is already turning, and the whole evening belongs to your group — nobody else is on this booking.

19:00

Þingvellir in evening gold

The rift valley where two continents pull apart and Iceland's parliament met for nine hundred years — at the hour the low sun sets the lava fields glowing and the lake goes still. We walk the Almannagjá gorge and stop at the Hakið viewpoint while your guide shoots. This is the light in the video above; it lasts for hours.

Þingvellir in evening gold
21:00

Strokkur, steaming into the night sun

The Geysir field with room to breathe. Strokkur erupts every few minutes — you'll see it five times, not once from behind a crowd, and the low light turns every eruption gold. Hot-spring bread and a warm drink while we wait.

Strokkur, steaming into the night sun
22:00

Gullfoss at golden hour

Iceland's great waterfall with the spray backlit by a sun that refuses to set. Most people see Gullfoss at noon; almost nobody sees it like this. We stay as long as the light deserves.

Gullfoss at golden hour
23:30

The drive home under a bright sky

Back over the heath with the sun still on the horizon. You're at your hotel around midnight — and within a few days, a gallery of edited photos of your evening arrives by email.

Your guide shooting Þingvellir on a full-frame camera

Your photos

The souvenir is the light — and you, standing in it.

Your guide carries a full-frame camera and shoots your group throughout the evening — at the rift, in the geyser steam, in the gold at Gullfoss. A few days later an edited gallery lands in your inbox. No extra fee, no upsell at the end: it's simply part of the tour.

Every photo on this page was taken on this tour, at these hours.

Your guide

One guide. One vehicle. One booking a night.

Midnight Sun runs a single tour, once an evening, all summer. Your guide drives, tells the stories worth telling, knows where the light lands at each hour — and puts the camera down whenever you'd rather just stand and look.

Licensed & insured.
Licensed day tour provider · Ferðamálastofa licence 2026-097
Mangofit ehf. · kt. 7009250480 · Act on the Icelandic Tourist Board no. 96/2018
Your Midnight Sun guide at the Hakið viewpoint, Þingvellir

The price is the price

Per group. Not per person.

  • Private guide-driver, 1–8 guests, comfortable vehicle — the tour is yours alone
  • Evening departure timed for the best light of the Icelandic summer
  • Þingvellir national park, the Geysir hot-spring field and Gullfoss
  • Your guide is your photographer — an edited photo gallery of your evening, delivered within days
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off in Reykjavík
  • All entrances and parking · Prices in ISK, VAT included, per group — not per person
1 – 4 guests154,900 kr
5 – 8 guests184,900 kr

Per private group · ISK, VAT included · Free cancellation up to 24 h before

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Questions

Asked every evening

Does the sun really not set?

From mid-May to late July the sun in south Iceland dips toward the horizon around midnight and comes straight back up — it never gets dark. What you get instead is a golden hour that lasts from about nine in the evening past midnight. That light is the whole point of this tour.

What if the weather is grey?

Iceland decides the weather. Grey evenings at Þingvellir and Gullfoss have their own drama, and the crowds are still gone — but if the forecast is truly hopeless we'll offer you another evening or a full refund. We'd rather move you than take your money for a tour we're not proud of.

How many photos do we get?

Your guide shoots throughout the evening on a full-frame camera and delivers an edited gallery — typically 30 or more pictures — by email within a few days. Phones come out too; we'll happily shoot on yours as well.

Is this suitable for children?

Yes. The walking is easy — level paths and boardwalks, never more than half an hour at a stretch — and the late finish is the only thing to consider. Children count toward the group of eight.

Where do you pick up?

Any hotel, guesthouse or address in Reykjavík. Pickup outside the city (Keflavík, Selfoss, Hveragerði) is usually possible for a small extra — ask when you book.

The light is there every evening,
all summer. Come stand in it.

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