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The 'Best of Both' Aurora Chase
Break Available: December - March
Price Per Person: From £2,195 .
Based in 2 small ‘home away from home’ Lodges, this break is an action packed introduction to this picturesque corner of Swedish Lapland and has fabulous Northern Lights experiences included.
Magnificent Aurora hunting includes:
- An aurora Photo workshop in Abisko National Park
- Snowmobile northern lights hunt with views to the Abikso Alps
- Minivan aurora chase
Experience a daytime Husky sled dog adventure in pristine arctic wilderness as well as gain an insight into the life of the Sami people on an introduction day that includes a reindeer sled ride and lunch in a tepee.
Highlights
- 4 Nights in 2 small lodges offering ‘home away from home’ hospitality.
- Evening Northern Lights photo Experience in Abisko National park.
- Minivan Aurora chase to guides best viewing spots after a tepee dinner.
- Snowmobile northern lights hunt
- Drive your own Husky sled team in pristine river valley.
- Sami Introduction Day with Reindeer Sleds & Tepee Lunch
- Visit the Original Ice Hotel
Day 1
Fly to Kiruna. Northern Lights Snowmobile Chase.
Day 1
Fly to Kiruna. Northern Lights Snowmobile Chase.
Fly to Swedish Lapland where on arrival you will be transferred to the exclusive Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge, run by Andreas Mikko. This wonderful Lodge is situated with far-reaching views towards the Abisko Alps and with only 7 rooms it has a ‘home away from home’ feel with excellent activities right from the doorstep.
One of the team will subsequently run through your itinerary and kit you out with your complimentary arctic clothing.
You then have a couple of hours to either relax or try your hand at cross country skiing or snow shoe walking on the picturesque trails behind the Lodge.
Northern Lights Snowmobile Chase
After Dinner a guide will take you out on snowmobiles into the dark arctic night to a place where there is zero light pollution. You will be surrounded by mountains that are rising like mysterious shadows towards the night sky and drive the snowmobile through the snow-covered landscape with the stars above you. Make a few stops along the way for a hot drink and wait for the Northern Lights to show up and dance above you in the night sky. At the top of Mt.Ednavaara you have a 360-degree view over the mountain ranges around you.
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 2
Snowmobiling Trip and Northern Lights Hot Tub
Day 2
Snowmobiling Trip and Northern Lights Hot Tub
Enjoy a full day on unique and well-executed snowmobile safaris cruising around Lapland.
By snowmobile, we take us above the tree line up to the top of Lapland viewpoint,. We try out some traditional ice fishing during the time to make some coffee over the crackling fire and have some Swedish Fika. Back at the lodge, we serve a 2-course lunch from the local kitchen.
What would be a great way to enjoy one of nature’s most amazing wonders – the Northern Lights? Well, in a hot tub on a rooftop with a 360° view over the night sky!
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
A la Carte Optional Extras
- Extend Your Husky Sledding Experience
A la Carte Optional Extras
Extend Your Husky Sledding Experience
Many of our clients return from their holiday and feedback to us that they would like to have spent more time with Ylva and her dogs. So we have arranged for you to have this opportunity.
After your morning tour and lunch in the family home embark upon an afternoon husky sled adventure in this magical part of Swedish Lapland. This will also allow you to get to know the dogs better and build a rapport with these incredible animals. You will also be able to witness at closer quarters the special relationship Ylva has with the dogs. If you have been to a husky kennel before you will know just how calm and unique Husky Home is!
This certainly make the most of this day of your holiday and will leave you with a host of memories.
Cost £ 120 per person
Includes: Your own sled dog team for 2 people. Return transfer to your lodge /hotel
Day 3
Sami Culture Introduction Day . Transfer to Abisko. Visit Famed Aurora Sky Station
Day 3
Sami Culture Introduction Day . Transfer to Abisko. Visit Famed Aurora Sky Station
After breakfast at the lodge transfer to the Sámi village of Rávttas, 20 minutes west of the lodge to meet with Nils Håkan Enoksson. Nils Håkan can trace back his family roots several hundred years and has interesting insights into how life has changed in this period.
This experience will give you a glimpse of the traditional lifestyle of the Sámi people and affords the opportunity to get up close with Lapland’s most iconic creature – the reindeer.
During the visit you will have an opportunity to feed the reindeer and absorb the magical relationship between the Sámi and their most prized resource. Your visit includes a ride on a traditional ‘Reindeer powered sled’, the means by which the Sami people traversed the arctic for centuries.
To end the encounter Hakan will invite you into his traditional Sámi lavvu (teepee) where you will be served a fresh and delicious meal around an open fire.
This afternoon transfer to Abisko, around a 1 hour journey. Check into Abisko Mountain Lodge, owned by Mina and Dick Johansson, and be issued with your Arctic clothing for the rest of your Northern Lights holiday.
This evening enjoy the fantastic cuisine at Abisko Mountain Lodge as you partake in their traditional Lappish menu which includes Reindeer, Arctic Char and Cloudberries – 3 of the unique ingredients to the area (vegetarian options are available).
After dinner in the Lodge, transfer to the Aurora Sky Station, widely regarded as the best place in the world to see the Northern Lights. Take the chairlift up Mount Nuolja to the observatory which offers visitors a panoramic view over Lapporten, the Abisko Alps and Tornetrask.
During the winter nights when it is dark, depending on the correct weather conditions, it is possible to see the Northern Lights dancing in the sky around you from this fantastic vantage point. The Aurora Sky Station has an exhibition about the Aurora Borealis, created by IRF, the Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna. Here you will learn more about the phenomenon before going out on the viewing deck to begin your night sky gazing. Journey down at around midnight and overnight at the Lodge.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
A la Carte Optional Extras
- Upgrade to Northern Lights Dinner at Aurora Sky Station
A la Carte Optional Extras
Upgrade to Northern Lights Dinner at Aurora Sky Station
Northern Lights Dinner
Rather than having dinner at the Lodge experience the northern lights dinner at the iconic Aurora Sky Station, allowing you an extra 3 hours in the Sky Station.
Take the chairlift up Mount Nuolja to the observatory which offers visitors a panoramic view over Lapporten, the Abisko Alps and Tornetrask. Enjoy a delicious three course meal at the sky station prepared using the best local ingredients.
Your chances of seeing the aurora are good. Abisko is blessed with many long, dark nights. In addition, there is minimal artificial light. Abisko is situated 250km north of the Arctic Circle and has the most cloud-free sky in Sweden.
Price Per Person: £135 per person
Timing: 6pm – Midnight
Includes: Transfers, chairlift pass & 4 course dinner
Day 4
Train trip to Norway or Explore Abisko National Park. Evening Northern Lights Photo Experience
Day 4
Train trip to Norway or Explore Abisko National Park. Evening Northern Lights Photo Experience
Enjoy the lodge breakfast before taking the train that still runs on the amous iron ore railroad linking the largest underground iron ore mine in the world in Kiruna with the port at Narvik. The journey is filled with beautiful mountain vistas, frozen waterfalls and stunning Arctic valleys.
Once in Narvik you will have around 3 hours to explore town before the return trip. You have the opportunity to take coffee at the observation deck of the Scandic Hotel, visit the newly built Peace Museum (which chronicles life in these parts under Nazi Occupation) or take the cable car to the vantage point with views over the fjords.
This trip is weather dependent as the pass between Norway and Sweden can close in high snow/ wind conditions.
Plan B is the the team at Abisko Mountain Lodge will suggest a couple of walking programmes you can enjoy by yourselves in the National Park. Abisko is sandwiched between mountains and lakes and exploring on foot with a lunch stop at the tourist centre is a good way of discovering these beautiful arctic landscapes. The chairlift to the Sky Station is open from mid February onwards for day visits.
This evening enjoy the fine menu at Abisko Mountain Lodge prior to joining Chad Blakley or one of his team on their Northern Lights photo tour designed for The Adventure Tour Company’s guests staying at Abisko Mountain Lodge. This gives you fantastic opportunities to photograph the Aurora Borealis from the wilderness around Abisko National Park.
Walk right out the Lodge front door and transfer by snowmobile to the exclusive location with commanding views over the mountains and the lake, both of which provide wonderful backdrops for Aurora photos! You will have 2 guides, one to instruct you and the other to look after you and make drinks etc. We have a yurt set up with a fire so you can warm up if necessary.
You will be supplied with cameras preset for Aurora photography and spend the evening in Abisko National Park. You have a base in a Sami Tepee where a fire and hot drinks are provided. Whether you are a Pro or never taken a picture in your life you have a great chance of going home after your Northern Lights holiday with some beautiful Aurora photographs and memories that will last a lifetime!
Meals Included: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch and Dinner
Day 5
Visit Original Ice Hotel and Fly Home
Day 5
Visit Original Ice Hotel and Fly Home
After breakfast relax at leisure until your visit to the world famous IceHotel. Visit both the ICEHOTEL 365 and the original IceHotel. Admire the spectacular individual Art Suites designed by leading artists from around the world, take a cocktail in the unique ice glasses at the sculptured Ice Bar and peep into the ice Chapel to see if a wedding ceremony is taking place! This is the original IceHotel and in our mind still the best!
Your driver will then take you to the airport for your flight home, or alternatively, why not extend your Northern Lights holiday and see Stockholm, the capital of Scandinavia, or spend a night at the world famous ICEHOTEL.
Meals Included: Breafast
A la Carte Optional Extras
- Night in World Famous Ice Hotel
- Extension to See Stockholm Scandinavia's Capital City
A la Carte Optional Extras
Night in World Famous Ice Hotel
Swedish Lapland is home to the original and most dramatic ICEHOTEL. Now in its 30th edition.
The hotel has two editions:
Permanent ICEHOTEL 365. (open all year)
This revolutionary design has allowed visitors from around the world to experience the ICEHOTEL all year round. Through a unique cooling system the designers have built all the features of the original icehotel into this amazing structure. Art suites and deluxe art suites are housed in 365
Temporary ICEHOTEL (open Mid December – End March)
This hotel is rebuilt from blocks of ice harvested from the Torne river. As the temperature in Jukkasjärvi drops below zero Ice Artists arrive from the world over to build this magnificent creation. They build the 4 levels of rooms, the ice chapel and ice bar. Their art is created with imagination and hard work, only to melt away under the unforgiving rays of the sun come spring.
We offer all categories of room from cabins to Art Suites and the new en suite deluxe art suites in ICEHOTEL 365.
We will make a reservation in the restaurant for you so you can experience some of the region’s best cuisine (a la carte menu paid for locally)
From £120 per person bed and breakfast (Kamoos room or cabin) to £480 per person (deluxe art suite) depending on room choice and season of travel. This includes arctic clothing in winter and transfers to the airport at the end of your stay.
Extension to See Stockholm Scandinavia's Capital City
Stockholm is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and always rates in the top 10 most desirable cities in the world to live in. It is also the perfect place to ‘top or tail’ your break to see the northern lights.
The old town in Stockholm is very picturesque and compact and can be done in a full day. Your time will be spent exploring some fascinating landmarks. The VASA museum is world class, the Nobel museum of local interest and for ABBA fans ABBA interactive museum.You will stay in the Rival Hotel owned by Benny Anderson of ABBA fame. The hotel is an excellent 4* hotel in a quiet square but within walking distance of the old town.
We make it easy by including private return airport transfers in the package!
Costs:
£255 per person for Standard room ( weekend rate) £50 (supplement for week days)
£298 per person for Superior room (weekend rate) £60 (supplement for week days)
£395 per person for Deluxe Room (weekend rate) £65 (supplement for week days)
Includes: 2 nights – bed and breakfast, private airport transfers to and from Arlanda airport
Where You'll Stay
Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge
Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge
We are proud to offer this small intimate lodge, run by one of our long standing partners, Andreas Mikko, for exclusive use by our clients.
This 7 room intimate lodge is situated in a super location on a slight elevation with magnificent views across the arctic tundra to the Abisko alps. The emphasis at the lodge is on two elements, Sami culture and ensuring you have the best chance of seeing the northern lights.
This small intimate lodge used to be a Sami handicraft centre until the owners had the idea to turn it into an exclusive retreat. With only 7 bedrooms and an open plan lounge and dining room, the emphasis is on relaxing in a cosy environment. The rooms have a downstairs en-suite room with a staircase leading to a loft sitting room.
If you are a group of 8 or more friends or family traveling together and wish to have the lodge privately please let us know. This is a great way of celebrating a big birthday or wedding anniversary
The lodge has a fabulous sauna and a very unusual northern lights hot tub on the roof where you can star gaze or hunt for the Aurora. (This carries an extra charge).
Other benefits of a stay here mean that you can snowmobile straight from your doorstep into the Arctic wilderness.
Evenings are focused on good food, relaxation and the Northern Lights so if you are looking for a 'home away from home' experience then look no further.
Abisko Mountain Lodge
Abisko Mountain Lodge
Right in the small hamlet of Abisko, world renowned for the Northern Lights, lies a small welcoming Lodge run by our good friends Mina and Dick Johansson. Dick is one of the most qualified mountain guides in Sweden and looks after all the adventure whilst Mina can be described as a Skier, Creative CEO and ray of sunshine who lights up the Lodge.
Abisko Mountain Lodge offers genuine accommodation in an old-fashioned mountain hotel setting. The service is personal and the cuisine is centred on raw ingredients. It is accredited by the Sapmi Slow Food movement, an award which took 4 years to achieve. Chefs are dedicated slow-food addicts and produce wonderful nightly meals!
The 16 standard rooms in the low red 'Swedish style house' are all en-suite. Although basic they are warm and cosy. There are no televisions in the rooms as time is spent meeting guests around the bar or in the wonderful lounge area.
Additionally there are 4 new superior rooms added in early 2015. These four rooms are in a separate annexe and are used exclusively by Aurora nights.
Order a coffee or a glass of wine at the bar, read a magazine or spin a yarn about your arctic adventures and the magnificent aurora displays you have seen.
For those wanting to soothe the muscles there is a sauna.
Hotel Rival Stockholm
Hotel Rival Stockholm
For those clients wishing to stay in Stockholm overnight we recommend the Rival Hotel. The Rival has its own cinema built 1937 where film previews, concerts and other events are held.
Located at the Mariatorget park on the South Island within short walking distance from the Old Town and 3 stops on the subway from the Central Railway Station.
When opening a decade ago the Rival was widely hailed as Stockholm’s first boutique hotel. Some things have changed since but Rival continues to exude charm and often takes the top spot on Tripadvisor.
The hotel has 7 floors of comfortable rooms. Birch panelling keeps decoration light although in contrast to many other Scandinavian boutique hotels the Rival uses colours and heavy fabrics in a stylish Art Deco-way. The furniture consists mostly of design classics from well-known names such as Claesson and Erik Gunnar Asplund. Portraits of movie stars adorn the comfortable guestrooms. All rooms have 32-inch plasma TV, DVD, iPod dock and Wi-Fi. The front desk has a large collection of DVDs available free to guests.
Little touches are evident throughout the decor and with its cafe and restaurant we think its the best hotel to offer our guests!
The Original ICEHOTEL - Art Suites
The Original ICEHOTEL - Art Suites
The Original ICEHOTEL is situated in Jukassjarvi Swedish Lapland and is a feat of engineering and artistic creation. We recommend staying in an Art Suite to appreciate the full ICEHOTEL experience and our itineraries feature these rooms as standard. They cost a little more but add hugely to your appreciation of this Once in a Lifetime experience.
The ICEHOTEL consists of 2 structures - the temporary hotel is rebuilt each year from blocks of ice harvested from the Torne river which runs adjacent to the IceHotel. These blocks are stored for the summer in a huge warehouse and as the late Autumn temperature in Jukkasjärvi drops below zero ice artists arrive from all over the world to build this magnificent creation. They build the 4 levels of rooms, the ice chapel and the ice bar. Their art is created with imagination and hard work, only to melt away under the unforgiving rays of the spring sun.
The new ICEHOTEL 365 is a permanent ICEHOTEL and a feat of engineering which offers visitors the chance of staying the whole year round. It houses both Art suites and the Deluxe Art Suites (which we offer as an upgrade) with their luxury en suite bathrooms. It is also home to the celebrated ICEBAR.
You have your own private locker room where you can change and leave your bags whilst having access to the adjacent service block where there are saunas, toilets and showers.
Wake up to a hot Lingonberry juice served in your room prior to the very substantial ICEHOTEL breakfast served in the main restaurant.
For Dinner the ICEHOTEL has 2 restaurants, one serving gourmet food, whilst the more informal Homestead restaurant serves hearty traditional food.
Extend Your Husky Sledding Experience
Many of our clients return from their holiday and feedback to us that they would like to have spent more time with Ylva and her dogs. So we have arranged for you to have this opportunity.
After your morning tour and lunch in the family home embark upon an afternoon husky sled adventure in this magical part of Swedish Lapland. This will also allow you to get to know the dogs better and build a rapport with these incredible animals. You will also be able to witness at closer quarters the special relationship Ylva has with the dogs. If you have been to a husky kennel before you will know just how calm and unique Husky Home is!
This certainly make the most of this day of your holiday and will leave you with a host of memories.
Cost £ 120 per person
Includes: Your own sled dog team for 2 people. Return transfer to your lodge /hotel
Upgrade to Northern Lights Dinner at Aurora Sky Station
Northern Lights Dinner
Rather than having dinner at the Lodge experience the northern lights dinner at the iconic Aurora Sky Station, allowing you an extra 3 hours in the Sky Station.
Take the chairlift up Mount Nuolja to the observatory which offers visitors a panoramic view over Lapporten, the Abisko Alps and Tornetrask. Enjoy a delicious three course meal at the sky station prepared using the best local ingredients.
Your chances of seeing the aurora are good. Abisko is blessed with many long, dark nights. In addition, there is minimal artificial light. Abisko is situated 250km north of the Arctic Circle and has the most cloud-free sky in Sweden.
Price Per Person: £135 per person
Timing: 6pm – Midnight
Includes: Transfers, chairlift pass & 4 course dinner
Night in World Famous Ice Hotel
Swedish Lapland is home to the original and most dramatic ICEHOTEL. Now in its 30th edition.
The hotel has two editions:
Permanent ICEHOTEL 365. (open all year)
This revolutionary design has allowed visitors from around the world to experience the ICEHOTEL all year round. Through a unique cooling system the designers have built all the features of the original icehotel into this amazing structure. Art suites and deluxe art suites are housed in 365
Temporary ICEHOTEL (open Mid December – End March)
This hotel is rebuilt from blocks of ice harvested from the Torne river. As the temperature in Jukkasjärvi drops below zero Ice Artists arrive from the world over to build this magnificent creation. They build the 4 levels of rooms, the ice chapel and ice bar. Their art is created with imagination and hard work, only to melt away under the unforgiving rays of the sun come spring.
We offer all categories of room from cabins to Art Suites and the new en suite deluxe art suites in ICEHOTEL 365.
We will make a reservation in the restaurant for you so you can experience some of the region’s best cuisine (a la carte menu paid for locally)
From £120 per person bed and breakfast (Kamoos room or cabin) to £480 per person (deluxe art suite) depending on room choice and season of travel. This includes arctic clothing in winter and transfers to the airport at the end of your stay.
Extension to See Stockholm Scandinavia's Capital City
Stockholm is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and always rates in the top 10 most desirable cities in the world to live in. It is also the perfect place to ‘top or tail’ your break to see the northern lights.
The old town in Stockholm is very picturesque and compact and can be done in a full day. Your time will be spent exploring some fascinating landmarks. The VASA museum is world class, the Nobel museum of local interest and for ABBA fans ABBA interactive museum.You will stay in the Rival Hotel owned by Benny Anderson of ABBA fame. The hotel is an excellent 4* hotel in a quiet square but within walking distance of the old town.
We make it easy by including private return airport transfers in the package!
Costs:
£255 per person for Standard room ( weekend rate) £50 (supplement for week days)
£298 per person for Superior room (weekend rate) £60 (supplement for week days)
£395 per person for Deluxe Room (weekend rate) £65 (supplement for week days)
Includes: 2 nights – bed and breakfast, private airport transfers to and from Arlanda airport
Testimonials
What's Included?
- 4 nights in cosy Lodge accommodation
- Northern Lights Aurora Photo Workshop in Abisko
- Drive your own Husky sled adventure
- Sami Introduction Day with lunch in Tepee and Short Reindeer sled ride
- Northern Lights Snowmobile chase
- Tepee dinner and aurora minivan chase
- Evening at the Aurora Sky Station in Abisko
- Transfers and guides
- All meals (some on activities)
- Arctic Clothing loan.