A missing woman from a tourist group visiting Iceland was found after discovering she was part of her search party, according to reports.

The group spent hours Saturday night looking for the missing woman near Iceland's Eldgja canyon, reports the Icelandic news organisation mbl.is.

One of the women on the bus left to freshen up and change her clothes, and when she came back, her busmates apparently didn't recognise her, and soon, there was word of a missing passenger.

The woman didn't recognise the description of herself, and joined in the search.

According to the Daily Star, even the coast guard was even readying a helicopter to help.

But the search was called off at about 3am, when it became clear the missing woman was, in fact, accounted for and searching for herself.