Northern Lights tour with Alta Adventure
Overview
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4 hours
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We offer a tour for a small group to enjoy togetherness and excitement while hunting for Northern Lights in the beautiful landscapes of the Altafjord. We arrange organized guided tours since 2007 and have the knowledge about how to find the Northern Lights if the conditions are there. On our tours you normally will have 80-90 % chance of seeing this spectacular view. Each tour is different, as we focus on finding the optimal place with the greatest chance of seeing the lights. We therefore sometimes have to drive quite far to find them, while sometimes we find them in the surrounding area. Necessary driving distance decide whether we establish a camp with a fire, or whether we serve hot chocolate and snacks at one of our short stops. While enjoying the great outdoors, we will share with you local stories about Norwegian way of living, local history from the Stone Age, Sami culture, reindeer-herding, 2nd World War and the modern society in Alta. We are normally back just over midnight.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Best pictures of the tour, local history, warm suits/boots
We will offer a warm chocolate and light snacks/sandwich during the tour. Let us know if you have any allergy or any diet limitation (vegan/vegetarian)
We have some tripods for rent (100 NOK extra)
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
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.
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Northern Lights tour with Alta Adventure
Pickup included
Reviews
97 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
As good as it cld be on a cloudy night.
MrsdbleU,
Nov 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Our guide , Roger was excellent and worked hard to find a spot to find the lights on a cloudy night. Excellent local knowledge too. Would heartily recommend.
Great experience!
Freedom703222,
Apr 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Seeing 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!
Disappointing
GREG B,
Mar 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Just 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.
Extraordinary and Really Knowledgeable Guide!
Alodia F,
Mar 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Our 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
Northern Lights
Richard B,
Mar 26, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00An 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.
Tour should never have started….weather was awful. Should have been cancelled.
Stephanie,
Mar 16, 2025
- Review from Viator
2.00The 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.
Beware - you cannot cancel in the event of adverse weather … despite the booking conditions not explaining this clearly.
DEJohnson,
Mar 13, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
1.00I 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.
Awesome tour. Hunt for the Northern Lights
brailchuko,
Mar 6, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The 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.
Unforgettable and dream cons true
U9359TQsilvioc,
Feb 24, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Good 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.
Fun times searching for the lights
Anna d,
Feb 20, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We 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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