Rovaniemi Northern Light Hunt with Campfire and BBQ with Transfer
Description
Hunting Northern Lights with Lappish Barbecue The Northern Lights are an amazing, natural spectacle, and for a lot of people the main reason they come to Lapland. Of course, you want to view the Northern Lights from the best possible location. *Departure time may vary. Please check the email the local provider sends for the exact pick-up time.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Hunt for the Northern Lights in the middle of the untouched nature, escaping from the light pollution of the town. Taste a traditional Lappish barbecue and warm yourself by the fire while waiting for the magical lights. **Departure time may vary. Please check the email the local provider sends for the exact pick-up time.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-up and drop-off to our office or selected hotels from Rovaniemi city center. Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time. Departure time may vary. Please check the email the local provider sends for the exact pick-up time.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Northern Lights sightings cannot be guaranteed due to they are subject to weather conditions and the solar activity
- The tour will start any time between 18:00 and 22:00. Departure time may vary depending on the seasons and availability, please double-check with the local partner
- At least 2 people are required for this tour to take place on weekdays and Saturdays
- At least 4 people are required for this tour to take place on Sundays and public holidays
- Children under 12 year old must be accompanied by adults paying the full price
- Please be ready and wait in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Please note that this tour might depart with buses during high season
Reviews(275)
This tour was fantastic from start to finish! We always wanted to go to Finland, and the Northern lights have been a bucket list experience for me, so I was desperate to go on this trip. Our hotel was in the city centre so we just had a 5 minute walk to Nordic Unique Travels, and once there we were given full body suits and winter boots, before the guides were ready to go. There was a large group going, so some people were on a coach, and some in vans, and the drive was around 45 minutes. The guides were very friendly, and they spoke multiple languages for people who didn’t speak English, so everyone was accommodated for. There were tents with fires to keep us warm, and the bbq was delicious, the reindeer sausage tasted great, and we also roasted marshmallows. It was a 10 out of 10 experience, and we felt on top of the world to get this experience! Thank you so much for this, it was amazing!
I am very displeased with this experience, I would go as far as to call it a scam. The customer is not informed anywhere nor at any point that the lights would not be visible to the naked eye and that they would only be visible in a photograph taken on a camera provided by staff, the sky was pitch black with absolutely nothing to see. This has vexed me heavily, upon complaining to the staff and cusomer service, I was informed that i needed to purchase said photographs to be able to see the lights. I feel mislead and scammed, this is a predatory business practice used to drain money from unaware people for an experience which is at best nothing. I do not recommend in the slightest unless you enjoy looking at a pitch black sky.
Dear Customer, Thank you for your time with the review. Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon and their visibility always depends on weather conditions, cloud cover, solar activity, and how strong the aurora is at that particular moment. For this reason, no operator can guarantee that the lights will always be clearly visible to the naked eye. In some cases, when the aurora is weak, a camera is able to capture the light and colors more clearly than the human eye can. We understand that this can be frustrating, especially when expectations are high, and we are sorry that this was not clear enough during your experience. However, the Northern Lights themselves are never something that can be guaranteed or controlled. Thank you again for your feedback. We will take your comments seriously and review how we explain aurora visibility to our guests more clearly in the future. Warm regards, Nordic Unique Travels Team
Where other tour operators cancel the tour if the weather conditions do not succeed in a sighting of the aurora borealis, Nordic unique travels unfortunately goes through with the trip. Unfortunately, there is also no money back guarantee if you don't see aurora borealis, as with other providers. So we sat in a Tippi for 1 hour and ate a reindeer sausage. The guide was very friendly and endeavoured. You could have eaten another sausage and drunk blueberry juice. In addition, the guide took pictures of us in front of the tipi. He tried to get the best out of the tour. Because it is already the end of the season we were only 8 people. We booked the next tour for the hunt for Northern Lights through another provider.
Vielen Dank, dass Sie sich die Zeit genommen haben, Ihre Erfahrung mit uns zu teilen. Es freut uns sehr zu hören, dass Sie Ihren Guide als freundlich und engagiert erlebt haben und dass er sich bemüht hat, trotz der herausfordernden Wetterbedingungen das Beste aus der Tour zu machen. Gerade wenn die Natur nicht vollständig mitspielt, ist es uns besonders wichtig, unseren Gästen dennoch eine angenehme Atmosphäre zu bieten. Gerne möchten wir zudem klarstellen, dass wir verschiedene Arten von Nordlichter-Touren anbieten. Eine davon ist unsere „Guaranteed Northern Lights Tour“, bei der wir eine Geld-zurück-Garantie anbieten, falls keine Polarlichter gesichtet werden. Die von Ihnen gebuchte Tour ist hingegen ein Nordlichter-Barbecue-Erlebnis. Aufgrund gesetzlicher Vorschriften und Sicherheitsbestimmungen dürfen Barbecues nur an ausgewiesenen Orten durchgeführt werden. Dadurch ist die Bewegungsfreiheit dieser Tour eingeschränkt und es ist nicht möglich, flexibel weite Strecken zurückzulegen, um aktiv nach klareren Himmelsbedingungen zu suchen – im Gegensatz zu unseren speziellen „Jagd“- oder garantierten Touren. Wir danken Ihnen herzlich für Ihr Feedback, da es uns hilft, diese Unterschiede für zukünftige Gäste noch transparenter zu kommunizieren. Wir hoffen dennoch, dass Sie einige schöne Eindrücke von dem Abend mitnehmen konnten, und wünschen Ihnen viel Erfolg bei Ihrer nächsten Nordlichter-Sichtung.
It was a wonderful experience. Great guides that have a great knowledge and made it fun even though the Northern Lights did not come out for us- too cloudy.
We did the aurora hunter tour. It was magical. They took us to the middle of the forest to wait in some tents where we made a campfire and ate sausage, soup and marshmallow an experience. And after two hours they started showing up. The super cute guides explained how to take the pictures and even froze their hands to take us out themselves. It's inexplicable what you see in the sky. I recommend them.
We made 4 excursions already booked in Italy. Organized very well, Massimiliano , our organizer, advised us and accommodated in everything. The guides Hernan who accompanied us for 3 excursions and Gigi on the last day, two wonderful people. Always very customer conscious. We will advise the agency. Beautiful places.
Lovely and wonderful evening that will remain etched in our memory and in Vincent's photo-memory, accompanied by Irene, an Italian guide, who led us to an ideal place to witness the splendid spectacle of the Northern Lights. In addition to the beauty of this phenomenon, it undoubtedly contributed to making the perfect evening, the scientific explanation and the historical-cultural account of the prepared and engaging guide, who together with Hernan, also literally filled our bodies with succulent sausages, marshmallows and a sweet cranberry juice. Unforgettable experience! Highly recommended excursion and guide!!
Yesterday 04/02 I attended the barbeque under the Northern Lights .. particular and fun experience, despite we did not spot anything because of the overcast sky, thanks to the guides David and the girl (I do not remember the name ..!). Both very nice and helpful. Recommended tour!
It should have been 5 but there was no appearance of northern light during this trip. However Ricardo and Michal are excellent guides that made the trip worthwhile. Thanks.
It was an indescribable experience! The tour was just great. The guides Rayan, Paul and Juan were great. Everyone was in a great mood. And afterwards we roasted sausages, corn and mashmellows over the fire. I can only recommend anyone to book this tour!!!! It's just amazing.
