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Northern Lights Chase: Experience Norwegian Culture and Natural Phenomena in Tromsø
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96 Ratings
Tromsø
Embark on a thrilling Northern Lights chase in Tromsø, Norway. Immerse yourself in Norwegian culture, witness the awe-inspiring natural phenomenon, and enjoy a campfire, hot beverages, and local cuisine under the Polar sky.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Northern Norway Travel - Join us on our Northern Light Chase and let us show you an unforgettable experience!
While meeting in the city centre you will meet our guide and driver before heading out on a chase. As soon as we found a good spot, we will make a campfire, serve a local light meal and hot drinks.
We take pictures of you and provide you a selection of the best pictures from the night.
Eco-friendly tour
With reusable mugs, wooden stirring sticks, plastic free food packaging and a fire pit! *
Included: hotel drop-off, transport in a Mercedes Sprinter, experienced driver and knowledgeable English-speaking guide, thermal suits and campfire, hot beverages, a tasty light meal with local ingredients, a sweet treat, complimentary tips to take the best pictures, digital photos including aurora/winter portraits.
What's Included
- Hotel drop-off
- Aurora / winter portrait
- Norwegian campfire with reindeer furs and firepit
- Snacks
- Thermal suits
- Professional photographer guide
- Professional driver and expert guide
- Beverages (hot chocolate, tea and coffee)
- Transport in warm minivan
What's Not Included
- Winter boots
Additional Information
Join us to see the breath-taking Northern Lights from the best destination in the world, Tromsø. Experience much more than just a chase with your driver and guide hosts for an authentic Norwegian experience. Learn about science, history and culture, enjoy a campfire (weather permitting), hot beverages, a light meal and snacks under the Polar sky as you wait for the lights to appear. Your guide will capture the moment on camera and you will get the photos inlcuding an aurora or winter portrait.
We are proud owners of the eco-light house certificate and provide nature-friendly tours. We also work in collaboration with local businesses and serve only locally-sourced, fresh food.
We strive for high-quality service and to make the best Arctic Memories for our guests.
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements or allergies at time of booking (vegetarian and vegan food available)
- Please specify thermal suit size at time of booking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We hold the right to slightly modify/ adapt the tour if needed
- ** Minimum numbers apply: Min 4. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
- The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon and we cannot guarantee you see them
- We do not offer a discount on a second tour if you do not see the Aurora
- We only cancel if the weather conditions are dangerous
- Children under 8 years old are not allowed
Location
Northern Norway Travel
Samuel Arnesens gate
Northern Norway Travel Shop (Tromso Havn Prostneset, Samuel arnesens gate 5, ground floor)
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(96 Ratings)
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Philipd597
Jul 13, 2024
Great guide and yes we found the northern lights!!!! - This was a bucket list dream for me and the family enjoyed it as well. The weather and strength was poor the week we went but the guide was amazing, friendly and helpful. They had all the gear to chase and find clear skies and had access to a network to where the aurora was likely to show. We set down in the first spot and had camp fire, food and hot drink - which was great. We had our ski gear on which was fine - we didn’t need the extra body suits on offer. It was -20 so you needed glovers, boots and hat etc. snow was 1 metre deep off the paths as I looked for photo spots. The guide helped with settings on my DSLR (don’t forget tripod). We also got great family photos provided by the guide as well. Over all we stopped in 3 spots and yes we saw the Northen lights 😁 there were lots of options and we were pleased we chose these.
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Nicolegx6745kp
Mar 31, 2024
Great tour. Highly recommandable. A Hightlight in the arctic winter - We had a fantastic trip. Our Tour-Guide Viktor gave many explanations about polar-lights und took nice pictures. He and the driver Jose chose a beautiful place to wait for the polarlights and we were lucky to see them late in the evening. We were sitting around a bon-fire, had a light meal with typical food from Norway . The pictures we took ourselves and his pictures are beautiful. This tour was our personal hightlight in Tromsö
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244ulrikeg
Mar 27, 2024
Magical moments - We embarked on this great tour as a group of 6. First of all, a big compliment to our friendly and helpful driver José and of course to our guide Viktor - a charismatic professional with entertainment value. The chosen spot where we set up our "camp" and lit our campfire was far outside of Tromsø on a lake, nestled between mountains in a beautiful winter landscape. The sunset and the clear starry sky that followed were fantastic and when the northern lights appeared, first fantastically and then increasingly stronger, it became magical. Thank you for this wonderful evening.
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Sharonhardy
Mar 24, 2024
No lights but great fun. - Unfortunately no lights but a great group and Lucia was a fantastic guide. Nice forest picnic and a long drive with no open sky. Still a fun experience.
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Ch_oliveira_steffen
Mar 14, 2024
Once in a lifetime - An incredible trip! A lot of effort and value was put into finding the best place for this exact moment. Sam was a great host. He told us a lot, explained things and took us to a place away from the large tourist crowds. It was one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments!
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Cheri_b
Mar 24, 2024
Guide got everyone in... - Guide got everyone in circle around fire drinking hot coco and talking while waiting for lights which was nice. Nice area by water with mountain as background.
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H119rvelle
Mar 30, 2024
Poor communication and engagement. Disappointing experience - Only tried for the lights 2 places (even though it was initially shared that we’d try more), no fire was ever made for us to sit around. One star for the excellent driver and another for the decent snack pack. But this tour is way overpriced for poor engagement and communication during the chase. I sadly had seen reviews proclaiming their awesomeness and thought even if we didn’t catch the lights it would still be a great time. I was wrong. Choose a different company.
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Crosslandl
Mar 14, 2024
Guide concerned with the wrong things and seemed inexperienced - This was a disappointing trip although we did see the lights. The guide was more concerned with reaching a spot 1.5 hours out of town even though the lights came out early and a friend on another bus only traveled 25 mins out of town and so got an entire additional hour of fabulous photos. By the time we stopped the best of the lights had faded.
Additionally, we stopped at a tiny spot with three buses and bc I couldn’t get away from people, all my photos are littered with other people’s lights and cell phones. Just not a good experience.
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Eyvonnec390
Mar 21, 2024
Definitely not worth money with unprofessional tour guide - The guide was definitely not a good one. Don’t feel like she’s experienced about what she’s doing. Went out for chasing since 7pm keep on driving until a forest and set up a fire camp but then I felt like we just wasted our time there… then continue our journey but already almost 10pm… all these while the tour guide- Lucia did not explain where are we heading to just driving to nowhere and make us felt so disappointed…. The whole journey last for 7 hours but then the time we stand outside actually waiting for lights less than 30mins… we only changed 2 spots… the last one just asked us to get down look at cloudy sky and told us they already done their best in chasing… I don’t see their professionalism and passions about trying to max the chance of spotting lights, given that many ppl actually able to see it on the same day.
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James_h
Mar 21, 2024
Very poor customer service - We had booked this tour several months in advance. We our whole week in Tromso planned. We showed up over 20 minutes early to found out our specific bus had been overbooked and had left 15 minutes before we had arrived! There were no spots so we were not able to go. They offered to put us on a tour a few days later but that meant entirely changing our plans for that day. The company blamed Viator but I suspect the overbook regularly and expect to get away with. Very disappointed with our experience.
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