Our expertise in Swedish Lapland enables us to create holidays that combine the very best this magnificent region has to offer and give our clients access to stay in unique accommodation.
If you are looking to go to Swedish Lapland once in your life we have two themed Best of Lapland journeys. This one focuses on iconic destinations in winter whereas the other provides an Autumn programme visiting hidden gems!
These are the ‘Rolls Royce’ of Swedish Lapland Breaks. Quite simply they combine what we think are the best things to see and do with the best places that we know.
This break combines the Tree Hotel, the fabulous creation of Kent & Britta Lindvall with the original and best Icehotel. Enjoy a couple of nights at the fabulous Arctic Gourmet Cabins enjoying some fine cuisine before finally spending two nights in the Aurora Capital of Europe, Abisko, where the northern lights are witnessed more often than anywhere else in Sweden.
Location
Sweden
Duration
7 Nights
Available dates
Dec - Mar
Price per person (excl. flights)
from £4,200
Overview
Highlights
- 1 night at the original Icehotel in an individually designed Art Suite
- 2 nights in Sweden’s latest icon – the Tree Hotel
- 1 night at Arctic Gourmet Wilderness Cabins
- 2 nights in Abisko – widely regarded as the best place on earth for consistent sightings of the Northern Lights
- Daytime snowmobile adventure in the forest areas around the Tree Hotel
- Drive your own husky sledding team on safari
- Sampling some of the finest cuisine in Northern Sweden with your own private chef.
- Aurora Photo Adventure from Abisko
- Snowmobiling in Abisko National Park
What’s included
- 2 nights at the Tree Hotel on a half board basis
- 1 night at the Icehotel in an Art Suite on a breakfast basis
- 2 nights at Arctic Gourment Cabin in cabin on a full board basis
- 2 nights at Abisko Mountain Lodge in a Standard Room on a full board basis
- Snowmobile safari with lunch from the Tree Hotel
- Husky sledding with lunch from the Icehotel
- Train journey from Boden to Kiruna crossing the Arctic Circle
- The Ultimate Aurora Photo Adventure in Abisko
- Panoramic Snowmobile Adventure in Abisko National Park
- Transfers
- Arctic outer winter clothing
A note on flights
While flights are not included in the holiday price, our team will happily provide a quote and arrange them for you. Simply ask one of our Travel Experts for details of the available options.
Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1
Tree Hotel
Fly to Lulea in Swedish Lapland, where you will be met and transferred to the iconic Tree Hotel located in the small hamlet of Harads and conceived and run by our long time partners and friends Kent and Britta Lindvall.
The Tree Hotel comprises of eight uniquely themed Tree Rooms, created by six separate architects. Comprising of the Mirrorcube, Bird’s Nest, Cabin, Blue Cone, Dragonfly, 7th Room, UFO and The Biosphere. (Note: Family rooms like the Cabin, Dragonfly, Biosphere and 7th Room carry a cost supplement and can sleep groups or families of 4).
You have the rest of the afternoon at your leisure and then dinner is served in the nearby restaurant, a short walk from your accommodation in the forest.
Meals Included: Dinner
Day 2
Snowmobile Adventure
Breakfast at the Tree Hotel.
There are some beautiful forests surrounding the Tree Hotel and you can venture out to explore these with your guide. With two people per snowmobile (we can arrange single snowmobiles for a small supplement) this 2.5 hour adventure includes a Swedish fika stop overlooking some of the most breathtaking scenery.
Enjoy lunch at the TreeHotel where you can relax prior to your evening meal. There is a sauna nestled inbetween the tree hotel rooms, that can be booked privately and paid for locally. If you are celebrating a special occasion why not look to book the fabulous Dinner on Ice?
See optional extras below.
You also have the option of switching rooms. Popular combinations at the Cabin and Mirrorcube or the UFO or Birds Nest and the Blue Cone or The Biosphere!
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3
Arctic Circle Train to the Icehotel
After breakfast, transfer to the station to catch the train that will take you to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland. This 4-hour journey crosses the Arctic Circle and gives you a great chance to the vast expanse that is Sweden, with amazing views over winter landscapes.
On arrival you will be transfered to the Icehotel for checking into your Art Suite. The Icehotel has a fabulous ice bar, and you can see the individually designed rooms, that change each year.
Evening at leisure – we will make a restaurant reservation for you in one of the Icehotel’s two restaurants. These are both a la carte and are paid for locally.
Meals Included: Breakfast
Day 4
Dog Sledding Activity & Chef's Table
In the morning you can have a leisurely breakfast and explore a bit more of your surroundings, before taking part in a dog sledding activity which includes lunch plus the experience of getting to mush your own team of dogs. Then in the afternoon you will be transferred to the Arctic Gourmet wilderness cabins where you will be greeted by the owners, Johan and Marlin. Johan is a trained chef and his pride and joy is the ‘Chef’s table’ adjacent to the two cabins. This is the smallest restaurant in Sweden with just 2 tables with views over the river valley and a fitted kitchen where Johan will cook and serve your Gourmet evening meal!
You can sit outside afterwards around the campfire and soak up the silence of the Arctic night or jump in the outdoor hot tub and relax with the prospect of seeing the Northern Lights display.
Overnight in your private Cabin.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5
Arctic Gourmet Cabin
Today you can get to explore your surroundings at the Arctic Gourmet Cabin. You can kickstart your day with traditional Swedish sauna, and finish it with a sauna too! There are options of activities you can do from the property that the team will be happy to discuss with you. Enjoy a relaxing evening with a four-course dinner prepared just for you with your private chef – and maybe you’ll get to see the Northern Lights too!
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6
Abisko Mountain Lodge
Mid-afternoon you will journey to the Abisko Mountain Lodge (around 1 hour) on arrival you will be briefed and provided with your Arctic warm weather clothing.
Mina and Dick Johansson, your hosts at Mountain Lodge run a really warm and friendly lodge, with a restaurant serving excellent meals using locally sourced ingredients.
This evening enjoy the traditional Lappish Meal at the Lodge which includes Reindeer, Arctic Char and Cloudberries – three of the unique ingredients to the area. The only thing that can interrupt your evening is the Aurora call. Abisko Mountain Lodge is in a fantastic location for Northern Lights viewing so if they are out you may be tempted to step out the door and gaze skywards!
Day 7
Snowmobile Adventure
In the morning you will enjoy some time to explore some of your surroundings at Abisko Mountain Lodge, then after lunch you will head out on a panoramic snowmobile adventure to explore further afield. In the late afternoon have a sauna before an early dinner, then in the evening you will be provided with one final opportunity to see and photograph the Northern Lights in the wilderness of Abisko National Park. Abisko is situated in a low precipitation zone and has the lowest levels of rain and snow in Lapland. What this means is lots of perfect nights for Aurora watching! You will head out on The Ulimate Aurora Photo Adventure.
Day 8
Return Home
Transfer back to Kiruna Airport from Abisko as your epic aurora adventure comes to an end. It doesn’t have to completely finish here though – there are options to extend your stay with visits to the capital city or other countries – let our Aurora holiday experts know if you want to extend your stay.
Where You'll Stay
The Treehotel
Dreamt up on a fishing trip in Kamchatka, Russia, but part of a living Boreal forest in Swedish Lapland, this is a hotel with a difference!
The Treehotel comprises 7 unique themed Tree Rooms, created by 7 separate architects. These are the Mirrorcube, Bird’s Nest, Cabin, Blue Cone, dragon fly, UFO and 7th Room!
In addition there is a sauna and relaxation area and nearby is the Brittas Pensionat where meals are served.
The rooms are set between 4-6 meters from the ground in pine trees and rooms are accessed by either a ramp or sturdy stairs. They can house between 2 and 4 people and the larger rooms, The Dragonfly and the 7th Room, have separate bedrooms.
Every Tree Room has its own living and sleeping area and is equipped with a state of the art eco-friendly incineration toilet and water efficient hand basin, which means there is no artificial plumbing.
The emphasis is on running the hotel consistent with values of low impact on the surrounding forest and every aspect of the operation compliments this aim.
The Original ICEHOTEL - Swedish Lapland
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.
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.
Arctic Gourmet Wilderness Cabins
This is the inspiration of husband and wife team Johan and Malin who have developed a totally unique concept. They have 2 cosy wilderness cabins adjacent to the smallest restaurant in Sweden – where Johan acts as a private chef to our guests.
Arctic Gourmet Wilderness Cabins are new builds and combine wilderness with creature comforts not normally associated with a wilderness experience.
Situated in a picturesque valley they are perfectly placed for guests to combine both a northern lights and arctic adventure. For those of you that appreciate good food, meals prepared and served in the smallest restaurant in Sweden are a delight.
There are two cosy double bedded cabins with large glass windows facing north towards the northern lights horizon. Modern styling includes satellite TV!
There is an adjacent toilet and shower block and an outdoor hot tub which guests are invited to use.
After dinner sit around the outdoor fire, gaze at the stars and hopefully the aurora, enjoy a hot drink or a whisky and appreciate how special it is to own a piece of Lapland for moment in time!
Being away from it all in your own private space with the auroras roaring overhead is simply breath-taking and the perfect special occasion retreat!
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Reviews
See what our clients say
Thoroughly enjoyed the trip. The Abisko Mountain Lodge was fantastic, every member of staff was friendly welcoming and charming. Accommodation, upgraded room was excellent. The food in the lodge definitely deserves the high reviews. Good breakfast, great hime made lunch soups and extremely tasty evening dinners.
The included trips were great. The only let down was the camera night, couldn’t see the lights no one fault, but we were walked through thigh high snow to be left on a frozen lake for the duration of the trip. There was no warning of the difficult walk and we had a 91 year old with us and I have hip problems! That said the guide was great, as were the ones on the skimobile and husky rides. We went up to the sky station in a snow storm with high winds, added to the experience!
Would go back in a heart beat.
We had little communication with Weekend a la carte, no need as all communications were clear and contained all the information we needed. Very informative emails
Would use again if going back
June Day
My wife and I had an awesome and memorable trip to Iceland thanks to Alex at Aurora Nights. Alex tailored the itinerary to exactly what we wanted to see and chose excellent hotels to stay at. We totally enjoyed the city of Reykjavik and the many beautiful waterfalls. He went above and beyond to not only recommend sights to see around the Golden Circle and Ring Road, but also mapped it out so we were prepared to drive through the country during unpredictable weather and road conditions. And we were especially pleased to see the Northern Lights on our visit. Alex was very flexible to make changes to our plans and choosing the wonderful Sky Lagoon to replace our tickets for the Blue Lagoon due to the closure from the volcanic activity. We highly recommend Alex and Aurora Nights.
Lisa Kovens-Harris
Cannot thank this company enough. Our break to Iceland was the second time we’ve let them organise everything for us and once again they didn’t disappoint. Everything ran seamlessly and the organised tours were wonderful. This company knows what they are doing. If you want to experience the geysers, the volcano, the northern lights and all the other exciting things that Iceland has to offer then this is the company to use.
Carol Wrack
My daughter and I had an amazing time on our trip, we didn’t want it to end! Everything went according to plan, each excursion was well organized and everyone involved with each activity, as well as everyone at the lodge was kind, friendly, positive and happy, which makes such a difference to your whole experience. The food at The Abisko Mountain Lodge was also incredibly good. Our room was large, comfortable and well-furnished. The bathroom too was also spacious and well-equipped. The outdoor clothing provided was of very good quality which kept us warm, and the staff members are happy to change items if they are not quite the right size for you. This is my second trip with Weekend a la carte and I’m sure there will be more as I have complete trust in them. I highly recommend Aurora Nights, it was fabulous.
Jane Ashworth
We enjoyed both the hotels that were arranged by weekend a la Carte Aurora nights. The Porsmork trip was very enjoyable, both guides were fantastic and informative.
The Northern Light hunt trip out of Reykjavik with Superjeep was an adventure and we got to see the lights, worth braving the cold at -6.
David Rogers
Superb holiday to Iceland, well organised, advice regarding trips informative and far exceeded our expectations (Glaciers and ice Cave) run by South Coast. Hotel Ranga is a lovely hotel, perfect to see Northern Lights (which we did see on our 3rd night), very comfortable, food excellent, staff helpful and informative. SouthCoast Adventure tour company were excellent, guides knowledgeable, and clearly very experienced.
Helen Middleton
We had the most fabulous time and everything worked like clockwork. The guides were extremely knowledgeable and extremely competent. The food was excellent and the experiences, especially Husky Homes, were brilliant. We saw the aurora lights at the mountain top in Abisko where the photography tour will be an enduring memory of a wonderful time. I would very much recommend Weekend a la Carte as a proficient tour operator.
Mark Nicholson
We booked with Aurora for a short winter break to celebrate an event. We wanted something special and that’s what we got. Clear information was backed up with straightforward booking detail, and we had a super, holiday with no complications.
The holiday exceeded my expectations and I will use Aurora in the future. Thank you!
David Foley