The Complete Icehotel Winter Experience

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Our 4-night Complete Icehotel Winter Experience combines staying 2 nights at the original Icehotel and 2 nights at Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge.

This action-packed 4-night holiday makes sure that you enjoy all aspects of the Icehotel and complement this with a host of the best winter activities.

Try your hand at dog sledding in a remote river valley with not a soul in sight, experience snowmobiling in this winter wilderness, and ice fishing at a secret lake. Of course there will be plenty of aurora chasing, and time to relax in an ‘aurora hot tub’ with 360-degree views of the night sky!

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Location Sweden

Duration 4 Nights

Available dates Dec - Mar

Price per person (excl. flights)

£2,650*

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Overview

Highlights

2 night stay at the original Icehotel with one in an individually designed Art Suite
Daytime dog sledding adventure in the picturesque river valley
Northern Lights snowmobile activity
2 nights at the boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge
Northern Lights Chase and an Aurora Hot Tub
Snowmobile safari including ice fishing for Arctic Char in a secret lake

What’s included

4 nights accommodation as detailed
Drive your own husky sledding team through the river valley
Northern Lights evening snowmobile and dinner
Daytime Snowmobile Safari on private trails with ice fishing
4 breakfasts, 2 dinners and 3 lunches
Transfers and guides
Arctic clothing loan

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

Arrive in Kiruna and Transfer to the ICEHOTEL. Overnight in an Art Suite.

Fly to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland where, on arrival, you will be transferred to the Icehotel. Here you will be provided with the use of protective arctic outdoor clothing: thermal jacket, trousers, snowboots, hat & gloves.

Spend the afternoon exploring the Icehotel before having dinner and then checking into your Art Suite for the evening.

This evening we will book you a table at the Icehotel restaurant.

Meals included: None

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Day 2

Dog Sledding and Snowmobiling Adventures

After breakfast you will have some time to explore the Icehotel and its surroundings before then meeting with your guide for a day trip learning to mush with your own team of dogs in this exciting fast paced dog sledding adventure. You will head out into the wilderness to experience the way of a musher’s life before then stopping for lunch and then being transferred back from the kennels to the Icehotel.

You can then check-in to your warm accommodation and have a bit of time to relax before preparing for your next adventure!

In the evening you will head out on another adventure, this time by snowmobile, to see if you can find the Northern Lights. Along the way, you will stop off at a cabin for dinner before then heading back under the night sky and getting a good sleep in your warm accommodation.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3

Transfer to Boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge and Northern Lights excursion

After Lunch, check out from the Icehotel and be collected by your guide, Andreas Mikko, who will transfer you to your base for the next two nights, the seven-bedroom boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge.

This wonderful Lodge situated with far reaching views towards the Abisko Alps is the perfect complement to the Icehotel and with only seven guest rooms it has a real ‘home away from home’ atmosphere.

After check-in you will meet and greet the team then get kitted out with your arctic winter outer clothing.

You can relax or explore your new surroundings before enjoying a magical evening at the lodge with dinner in the tipi located outside the beautiful Lodge Máttaráhkka. When the time is right you will drive a snowmobile to the top of Mt. Ednavaara which offers great views over the mountain range away from the light pollution.

The guide will bring a camera and takes pictures throughout the entire evening for your memories and hunting for the Northern Lights.

Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 4

Snowmobile Adventure followed by night relaxing

After breakfast, get ready and geared up for a full day of snowmobiling on a unique and well-executed snowmobile safari which will take you cruising around Lapland.

Heading out on a snowmobile you will be taken above the tree line and up to the top of Lapland to discover a perfect viewpoint. Along the way you will get to try out some traditional ice fishing and make some coffee over a crackling fire to experience an outdoor Swedish fika.

Back at the lodge, you will be served a two-course lunch from the local kitchen.

This evening is all about relaxing and enjoying the local cuisine. You’ll be served a three-course dinner during the evening and when the night is over we can guarantee that you will feel both relaxed and get a good night’s sleep.

Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5

Return Home

After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.

Alternatively, why not consider extending your Northern Lights Holiday by adding in an extension to visit and stay at Abisko or another option is to take time out and see Scandinavia’s capital city, Stockholm.

Meals Included: Breakfast

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Where You'll Stay

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.

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We had five fantastic days in beautiful Iceland, as we had never been before Aurora Nights helped with everything and made the holiday so easy and stress free. We stayed at Hotel Ranga which was amazing, we very much enjoyed the tours and the guides were brilliant, very knowledgable and friendly. We will certainly be returning to Iceland and wouldn’t hesitate to book through Aurora Nights again, special thanks to Abigail as her experience and reccommendations made the trip even better.

Lauren Mitten

A fantastic short break which fulfilled all expectations. Well organised with a polished delivery, we could not have asked for more. The accommodation was perfect for us and the guides knowledgeable and helpful. Every day was packed with adventure, each lasting longer than scheduled but we were never rushed; the guides took pride in showing and explaining their beautiful country. We would certainly use Weekend a la carte again and recommend them to others.

Carol Mumford

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

This was a bucket list trip. The company are specialists and I’ve valued their advice. Everything from the when to go for the best opportunity to see the lights and equipment needed and provided.Our activities included, the Ice Hotel, night photo shoot, snowmobiling, guided walk and the sky station meal. All excellent and well run by knowledgeable experts and guides. The Abisko Lodge is warm comfortable and relaxing the food is excellent and the staff welcoming, friendly and very helpful. I would highly recommend if you’re looking for a different and exciting experience.

Jean Lavender

Hotel Ranga was perfect, with amazing food. It is in the middle of nowhere, very quiet and with the weather being bad there wasn’t the possibility of leaving the hotel in the evening so mightn’t suit all for that reason. Super Jeep tour we thoroughly enjoyed with 2 lovely guides.

Hotel Borg was in the perfect location. For us, one night in Reykjavik would be ample.

Blue Lagoon was a wonderful experience only heightened by the appearance of the northern lights on our walk home from dinner. All in all we had the best holiday and we plan to return to Iceland hopefully sooner rather than later.

Lisa McAleer

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

Brilliant short break. Hotel Ranga was lovely, excellent food. Managed to see the Northern Lights as well! Iceland on the whole was quite expensive but a lovely place to visit, the people were very friendly.

Linda Palmer

An excellent holiday which was enjoyed by all. The super jeep ride on the second day to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano was memorable and thanks to our driver Margaret who proved to be a really good guide. We thoroughly enjoyed the facilities in the hotel Ranga. The staff were very helpful and we managed to see the Northern Lights. The Hotel Reykjavik Centrum was very nice with amazingly helpful staff. All in all, the whole holiday was brilliant.

Brian Coombs