Hunting Northern Lights by Snowmobiles

Overview

Available languages

English

5 hours

Mobile ticket

Experience a nice and memorable trip in the dark wilderness by driving a snowmobile. Now you can combine these experiences driving a snowmobile and hunting the Northern Lights. The safari is arranged on the best possible tracks in purpose of seeing Northern Lights.

In November or early December the snow level might be too low for this activity. In that case we offer similar tour by ATV. If you want to cancel in advance you can do it for free.

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Vegetarian option is available, please advise at the time of booking if required

Please contact us if you wish to have a guide in other language

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

What‘s Included

Snacks and meals mentioned

Organizer's liability insurance

Snacks

Safari desk support

Guidance services

Coffee and/or Tea

Transportation

Private tours for additional charge - contact for more details

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Ivalo River Camping

Kerttuojantie 1, Ivalo Finland

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort

Kiilopaantie 9 Saariselka Finland

Santa's Hotel Tunturi

Lutontie 16 Saariselka Finland

Saariselka Inn

Saariselantie 10, Saariselka Finland

Holiday Club Saariselka

Saariselantie 7, Saariselka Finland

Lapland Hotel Riekonlinna

Saariselaentie 13, Saariselka Finland

Hotel Kultahippu

Petsamontie 1, Ivalo Finland

Hotelli Ivalo

Ivalontie 34, Ivalo Finland

Aurora Village Ivalo

Aurorakuja 38 Ivalo Finland

What To Expect

On this tour we learn to drive snowmobiles and drive in the dark wilderness finally reaching a tepee / hut. We make a fire and enjoy warm beverages and barbeque snacks while watching the sky. The guide explains all about Northern Lights and the old mythology. The appearance of the lights is not guaranteed but they are visible in about 90 % of the clear sky evenings. Also the arctic starry sky is very beautiful. Spot the Big Bear and Polar Star, Northern Lights often appear just under the Polar Star. Listen to the stories about local life and nature by living fire. Our Northern Lights trip has got excellent feedbacks already for years. This is because our Northern Lights spotting place is the best possible place where are no other lights at all, northern sky is fully open and thanks of the local micro climate the weather is often clear even if it is cloudy or foggy elsewhere. By our long experience the right hours to be out there is 11-12 PM. Anyway you need some luck to see the lights and it is unpredictable even during the trip! Great surprises happen! Why to book our organized trip? During this tour the northern horizon is all visible and absolutely dark that is very important in Aurora hunting. This trip offers a great chance for taking pictures of Northern lights in the middle of beautiful arctic nature. Please also check the tour reviews on our TripAdvisor pages and join us – the Aurora experts!

Options

Winter 2024-2025

Pickup included

With Solo Driving Supplement

Pickup included

Reviews

4.38

21 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Our guide made the experience. His dry sense of humour and straightforward explanations were excellent
clivep357,
Feb 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Our guide was determined for us to see the lights and we stayed out over our expected time . He made a good experience great
Incroyable!
414l onieb,
Feb 8, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
This is a great activity to do! An awesome guide and great sensations while driving to the search for aurora!! I highly recommend!
India
jamest8711,
Feb 14, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Good night in all.. guide had very good knowledge of living the Finnish lifestyle. Camp was nice touch, as we cooked our own food. Conditions difficult but dealt with well. Thanks to both team members
Snowmobile into the Lapland wilderness
zteevoaung,
Feb 5, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00
Overall, this was a great experience as we snowmobiled deeper into the wilderness at night and away from the city lights. Our guide, David, was punctual at picking us up at our hotel. Had great conversations and felt very welcome. Although we didn’t get to see the Northern lights due to poor weather, we still had a great time. The experience would’ve been better if the tour company had better communication. We sent messages to two different phone numbers but no reply. We sent an email as instructed by one of the auto-reply numbers but didn’t get a response. We could only confirm pickup point after getting help from our hotel reception calling the number directly.
Chasing the northern lights
Jennie F,
Jan 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
We got to see the northern lights and wild reindeer!! Our tour guide was awesome! We also got to have snacks and hot chocolate by a fire. The snowmobiles were a lot of fun
Magical night on an unforgettable tour
760dietmarj,
Jan 12, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A great tour through a beautiful landscape, top guide, we were alone with him and we were even lucky and saw the Northern Lights. Super organized, top catering, all in all a great experience, we have been to Lapland 4 times now and this is one of the best tours we have done so far. Thank you very much for that
Great family activity with teens
Susanna L,
Dec 30, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00
We had a very nice time even though we didn’t see any northern lights. Everything was well organised (equipment, food etc) and our guide was very pro.
We did the tour with a...
Moritz B,
Dec 9, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00
We did the tour with a group of 4 friends. We really enjoyed the tour from start to finish. Unfortunately we didn't see any auroras but we still had an incredible experience. We really enjoyed the snowmobiling with the connected fire and the snacks and drinks on offer. We would also like to thank our guide Paul once again. He did a really good job and fulfilled our every wish. We also got on really well on a personal level, which made the trip even better. We would highly recommend this trip to anyone who is in the mood for adventure.
decidedly turlupinati
Barbara A,
Feb 23, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
Paid a higher price for you have a longer tour to a much better place, at some point in the tour we realized that the place was not what we had booked and paid for. The guide, cordially, explained that our tour was somewhere else and that it would be much more beautiful and fun. We wanted to make our representations to the owner but the next day he magically got denied (we could see him from the reception, he was inside the office). Unfortunately we also witnessed an unpleasant scene in which another patron wanted a refund of a tour magically cancelled by the agency. In short, we soon realized that this gentleman has the habit of turbulinating tourists. We didn't think we'd have this bad experience in Finland
Brilliant activity!
Liam H,
Jan 18, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00
Wow what an experience! Absolutely loved going through the forest and over fells to chase the northern lights. We got really lucky and was able to see them! Our guide was brilliant and really informative! Definitely recommend this activity and company.