Rovaniemi: Northern Lights Tour
Rovaniemi, Finland
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
Overview
Hunting for the Northern Lights is a quintessential experience for winter visitors to Lapland. This express tour is ideal for those short on time, ensuring you maximize your chances of spotting the Aurora Borealis. Travel out of the city with a local guide that knows all the best viewpoints and follow the daily forecast to seek out the most likely spots. While you wait, warm up with a hot drink.
- Maximize your chances of seeing the Northern Lights in Lapland
- Visit various viewpoints depending on the daily Aurora forecast
- Hassle free pickup and drop off from Rovaniemi
- Comfortable transport by heated bus with hot drinks provided
What's Included
- Thermal Clothes
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Coffee and/or TeaHot Juice is included
- Winter Boots
- Hotel pick up / Drop off
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting points
Select a meeting point
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
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Rovaniemi
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Northern lights are a natural phenomenon, the visibility can't be guaranteed.
- Tour operator won't cancel the activity according to the weather conditions. Please check the weather forecast couple of days before the activity start.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 72 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
Ida_M
We had an absolutely amazing time with this company, especially the guides. They were all so amazing and the young man who was driving us was so knowledgeable (sorry if you are reading this, I forgot to ask your name). The tour was well organised and we had warm juice, marshmallows and a warming wood fire. I cannot wait to come back again ☺️
Reviews
4.1
based on 29 reviews
Naz_G, Mar 2025
The tour guys were very friendly and helpful. We went to two locations and took amazing pictures, later we went to a hut in the danta claus village and ate some marshmallows and chatted, looked at the reindeers too. It was an amazing experience, the tour guys even took out photos. It was very good and they also provided us with termal clothes boots and gloves and I actually never got cold.
Diane_S, Dec 2024
Northern Lights by bus. I’ve done approx 4 or 5 Northern Light trips and this was the worst. They said we would make 3 stops and we only stopped twice. When we did stop none of the 3 “guides” told us nothing about the lights and they just “hung out” talking to each other. On other trips the driver and guide have been looking in their phones trying to find a place that had activity and would make an effort to drive to other well known sighting places. This group did nothing to try and find a showing. We didn’t actually go very far out of the city. BTW I’ve never seen the lights so I’m not complaining about that. But other tour operators have made an effort to at least track them down. This was the worst experience ever! Don’t waste your money on this.
Manfred_M, Oct 2024
Our contact, Nick, from Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park, stopped responding on WhatsApp; very unprofessional. I sent him three text messages and called three separate times without a reply or call back. Very bad customer experience.
Natasha_V, Oct 2024
Walking in the woods over a bridge ...listening to roaring rapids. Finally, walking through the Forrest in a moonless night in search of the northern lights. The search was our favorite part of the journey because I have never seen so much beauty....and that fresh cold air.
Andy_K, Apr 2024
First thing to note is that viewing and capturing the Northern Lights cannot be controlled by the guides. It is a natural phenomenon that depends on your luck. On the tour itself, the guides brought us to three different locations during the two hour trip to try and capture the Northern Lights. The pacing was good. Additional activities include starting fires at two of the locations, walking into the lake (on ice), providing snacks (ginger bread cookies) and hot blueberry juice. The guides were also friendly and encouraged us to find out more about Finnish culture.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Dear Andy,
Thank you for your thoughtful review! We're glad to hear you enjoyed the tour and appreciated the extra activities and cultural insights. While the Northern Lights are indeed unpredictable, we're happy our guides could provide a memorable experience with visits to multiple locations, snacks, and friendly company. We hope to welcome you back for another adventure!
Kindly,
The SMP Team
Joris_V, Mar 2024
It was very cloudy tonight in Rovaniemi, but Raphael did everything he could to find us the NorthernLights by checking tha various apps. And his craftsmanship gave us the NorthernLights!!!! It was a bit later than planned but Raphael's efforts made our dream come true. He also helped to correctly setup my camera for perfect NorthernLights photos. What a beautiful day it was.
Renata_O, Dec 2023
Very nice and friendly atmosphere.Great guide and very nice tour participants. We had a nice time together despite the fact that we didn't really see the aurora. Thank you for a nice trip!
Nila_H, Nov 2023
We didn’t see aurora, but it’s a nice and pleasant experience with a very attentive and friendly tour guide. We gathered around the bonfire with some smores and hot lingon juice while we listened yo the stories from the tour guide. She shared her knowledge about Rovaniemi, about Finland, and things that might be a lead for the next time we go aurora hunting.
Ida_M, Oct 2023
We had an absolutely amazing time with this company, especially the guides. They were all so amazing and the young man who was driving us was so knowledgeable (sorry if you are reading this, I forgot to ask your name). The tour was well organised and we had warm juice, marshmallows and a warming wood fire. I cannot wait to come back again ☺️
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you for the lovely review Ida! We are glad to hear you enjoyed your tour and we hope to see you again!
Kindly,
The SMP Team
Bianca_V, Mar 2024
Super leuke tourbegeleiders die enorm hun best doen om het noorderlicht te laten zien. Helaas niet gelukt maar wel genoten.
isabelle_J, Jan 2022
Jolie dépaysés. Paysages magnifiques et reposants.
A conseiller plus
1ère fois dans le pays. Nous reviendrons
Marlne_v, Feb 2020
De gids probeerde er alles aan te doen om het ons zo comfortabel te maken en om een glimp van het noorderlicht op te kunnen vangen. Helaas is het niet gelukt om het noorderlicht te zien.
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