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Northern Lights: Intimate Small Group Tour in Alta Fjord with Alta Adventure
4.6
96 Ratings
Alta
Join our intimate small group tour in Alta Fjord and experience the thrill of hunting for the Northern Lights. With a high chance of sightings, enjoy the beautiful landscapes, local stories, and delicious snacks while waiting for the green lady to appear.
Join our intimate small group tour in Alta Fjord and experience the thrill of hunting for the Northern Lights. With a high chance of sightings, enjoy the beautiful landscapes, local stories, and delicious snacks while waiting for the green lady to appear.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Alta - We will start the tour from Alta Center with the opportunity to pass by the cathedral of the Northern Lights and to enjoy the impressing view of the landscapes in the Alta Fjord. In our way through Alta we will give you a briefing about this natural phenomenon and the conditions of the day, that leads us to the best place to enjoy them in that night.
- Alta - We will start the tour from Alta Center with the opportunity to pass by the cathedral of the Northern Lights and to enjoy the impressing view of the landscapes in the Alta Fjord. In our way through Alta we will give you a briefing about this natural phenomenon and the conditions of the day, that leads us to the best place to enjoy them in that night.
What's Included
- Snacks
- Camera Instructions
- Best pictures by mail
- Local history
- Warm suits/boots
- Snacks
- Camera Instructions
- Best pictures by mail
- Local history
- Warm suits/boots
What's Not Included
- We have some tripods for rent (100 NOK extra)
- We have some tripods for rent (100 NOK extra)
Additional Information
Join our small group tour to experience the camaraderie and thrill of hunting for the Northern Lights amidst the stunning landscapes of the Altafjord. Since 2007, we have been organizing guided tours and possess the expertise to locate the Northern Lights when conditions are favorable. On our tours, there is typically an 80-90% chance of witnessing this…
Join our small group tour to experience the camaraderie and thrill of hunting for the Northern Lights amidst the stunning landscapes of the Altafjord. Since 2007, we have been organizing guided tours and possess the expertise to locate the Northern Lights when conditions are favorable. On our tours, there is typically an 80-90% chance of witnessing this breathtaking phenomenon. Each tour is unique, as we strive to find the best location with the highest likelihood of seeing the lights. This sometimes requires extensive driving, while other times the lights are found nearby. The driving distance determines whether we set up a campfire or serve hot chocolate and snacks during a brief stop. While enjoying the great outdoors, we will share local stories about Norwegian life, local history from the Stone Age, Sami culture, reindeer herding, World War II, and modern society in Alta. We usually return just after midnight.
- Minimum age of 12 years
- Choose Alta Havn (Alta Harbour) as your pick up place if you are coming to Alta by cruise ship. Our guide will be there looking for you at the parking place with a black minibus.
- If your ship has a different time schedule than our tour, please contact us and we try to adapt to you.
Location
Komsaveien 2
Komsaveien
If you are driving your own or rental car, we can meet at our office at 8:00 pm. Our office is located in Komsaveien 2, 9511 Alta. There we have free and safe parking place for your car. Wait for us patiently if any delay with pick up of other clients.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(96 Ratings)
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Freedom703222
Apr 24, 2025
Great experience! - Seeing the northern lights is always a game of luck. Booking the right night, having a clear enough sky, and the right kp. However, most important is knowing the spots to go with minimal light pollution and that's where a tour is vital. Steven took us to 4 spots; no lights at the first, the second was good (barely visible naked eye, ok photos), the third was amazing (picture), and by the fourth the snow clouds had rolled in. Just to give you a sense of the luck involved, and checking out different spots at different times.
This tour was fantastic with affable Steven! He was willing to come out just for a couple with late notice, and has a true passion for chasing the lights. Transport was a minivan; not a high volume minibus. It was nice and intimate and less commercial than other tours we've done; also not a ton of time on the road to get to the spots like we had in Tromso. Extra cold weather gear and boots are provided (take the boots! some of the snow was very deep). We got lucky, but some girls from the night before did not. However, we ran into them because Steven mapped the spots to check out on their own on other nights. We went to Alta to see the lights, but almost didn't try on our last night before flying out early AM because the predicted kp wasn't the best and there were some clouds. But as the evening evolved things improved, I convinced my wife, and they told me there was a decent chance. Really glad we pushed through, did this tour, and that Steven was willing to accommodate on what would otherwise have been a night off! I was able to get some half-decent shots with just an iPhone and a cheap travel phone tripod (with remote). Steven took some pictures for/of us as well. Worth every penny!
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Alodia_f
Mar 28, 2025
Extraordinary and Really Knowledgeable Guide! -
Our guide, Sebastian went above and beyond in terms of chasing the northern lights. Although the weather was quite a bit challenging (cloudy everywhere) but we managed to have a sneak peek of this green lady. We really appreciate our guide’s effort in finding clear sky amidst cloudy forecast everywhere
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Richard_b
Mar 26, 2025
Northern Lights - An excellent search for the Northern Lights in a minibus led by Steve. He was on time for the pick up, and friendly and engaging throughout. He knew exactly where to go for the dark sky searching for gaps in the clouds. Not only did we see them, we had hot chocolate and pastries as well!!
Thanks Steve.
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Brailchuko
Mar 6, 2025
Awesome tour. Hunt for the Northern Lights - The tour is amazing. Exceeded all our expectations.
We saw the dancing sky.
Thank you very much to Steven, Diamela and everyone involved in organizing this tour.
The atmosphere is magical.
By the fire with a cup of hot chocolate, a small husky on his hands, and Aurora over his head. It's unforgettable. I recommend this tour.
WILD.
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U9359tqsilvioc
Feb 24, 2025
Unforgettable and dream cons true - Good morning, I would love to congratulate for the excellent service that Steven gave to us, it was a great person, very friendly, good driver, and it was a nice and unforgettable night. Me and my sister really loved the tour. Steven, we would really like to thank u so much for the tour. I really recommend for everyone to do.
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Anna_d
Feb 20, 2025
Fun times searching for the lights - We had a really fun and personal experience going on the tour with Steve. Even though the weather was challenging, he had a good plan and we were able to find the lights and learn about the area!
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Rachel_g
Feb 12, 2025
Unfortunately the weather... - Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate on the night of our tour so we didn’t see any northern lights. Steven was very kind and positive throughout the evening though.
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Stephanie
Mar 16, 2025
Tour should never have started….weather was awful. Should have been cancelled. - The tour was in Search of northern Lights. Before we left it was snowing and total cloud cover. It never really got better. Yet the tour operator took us out probably knowing full well we would see no lights. This should have been cancelled and our money returned.
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Greg_b
Mar 29, 2025
Disappointing - Just got back to the ship feeling ripped off. In the lead up to our tour Alta experienced overcast conditions with some snow; conditions we were told not favourable to viewing the northern lights. To our surprise following a couple of hours driving around and stopping at locations with stars in the sky and receiving confidence building comments from our tour guide (oh and a waste of time photo stop at the Alta cathedral) no lights were seen. It was also announced by the driver (not the tour guide) that “this will be our last stop, we’ll be heading back to the ship as the driver had to start work at 05.00 and was heard stating this to the tour guide. A very disappointing experience which left us feeling that we had been conned.
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Dejohnson
Mar 13, 2025
Beware - you cannot cancel in the event of adverse weather … despite the booking conditions not explaining this clearly. - I booked through Get Your Guide where the booking conditions stated “may be cancelled in the event of dangerous driving conditions or severe weather”. It did not specify who made the decision about these - the operator or the customer. Having had 4 hours of continuous snow today on top of compacted ice and overnight temps of minus 17, I wrote to the operator to explain that I felt the driving conditions were dangerous. My hotel is 30 minutes away from Alta and none of the local roads have been cleared. They refused any kind of refund and said that they thought the conditions were fine. I expect they know there will be no northern lights tonight due to the snow but want to keep my £320 anyway. Buyers beware! The booking conditions are deliberately ambiguous.
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