Landhotel (Hella)
South Iceland · 63.9738°N, 20.2553°W
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Light Pollution
Low light pollution — excellent dark-sky location
Getting There
A · Drive-up — park and you are there
Safety
Countryside hotel on Route 26, 10 minutes off Route 1 near Hella. Open year-round, with a free northern-lights wake-up call and viewing from the grounds.
Parking
Free parking and EV charging on site, signed off Route 26.
Nearby Viewing Spots
Guided Northern Lights Tours near Landhotel (Hella)
Landhotel (Hella) is about 84 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.
Stay at Landhotel
Landhotel (Hella) is somewhere you can book a room, not just somewhere to park. Staying here means you are already outside when the sky opens, with no drive either side of it.
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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.