Guðrúnarlaug Hot Spring

Light Pollution

Low light pollution — excellent dark-sky location

Getting There

A · Drive-up — park and you are there

Safety

Small stone-built hot pool at Laugar in Sælingsdalur, just off Route 60. Free, unsupervised and open around the clock — the water sits around 38–40 °C, the flagstones ice over, and there is no attendant. It holds about six people.

Parking

Gravel lay-by beside Route 60 a few metres from the pool, with a turf-roofed changing hut alongside. The dale walls block the southern sky, so look north up the valley.

Nearby Viewing Spots

Guided Northern Lights Tours near Guðrúnarlaug Hot Spring

Guðrúnarlaug Hot Spring is about 122 km from Reykjavík, which is the outer edge of what a single evening allows. The longer tours reach this far; the standard three-hour departures do not. Tours never commit to a named destination in any case — the guide chooses it on the night from where the cloud actually is.

All 28 northern lights tours from Reykjavík — compared on group size, hotel pickup and what happens if the aurora does not show.

Small-group tours — A minibus can re-route to a break in the cloud that a full-size coach cannot reach — the difference that matters most on a marginal night.

Where to Stay Near Guðrúnarlaug Hot Spring

Staying within a short drive means you can wait out the cloud and step outside when the forecast turns, rather than committing to a two-hour drive on a maybe.

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Plan Your Visit

Check current conditions on our Tonight page before heading out. Cloud cover and geomagnetic activity can change rapidly — the app updates scores every 5 minutes so you always have the latest data.

Learn more about the best time to see the northern lights and how to read aurora forecasts.