The Complete Icehotel Winter Experience

Credit Ice Hotel

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!

Location Sweden

Duration 4 Nights

Available dates Dec - Mar

Price per person (excl. flights)

from £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

Credit Asaf Kliger

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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I found Aurora nights just through a google search. Alex, my Aurora expert was so helpful in helping us have the perfect trip to the Arctic. He had personal experience of the activities and places to visit there that would make our trip really special. This followed through to a particularly unforgettable and wonderful holiday. Everything was sent to us with care and attention before hand and we were supported by the team throughout our holiday. All of the recomendations were wonderful especially the Ice Hotel, dog sledding and of course the beautiful Northern Lights. The transportation arrived on time every time. I would highly recomend this company for their experience in the field and their due care and attention to you as a customer. It was faultless and we had the most awesome time.

Heatherbelle Bates

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

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

1. Gourmet Cabins was excellent and Johan was a friendly and knowledgeable host. The food, cabins, hot tub and sauna were brilliant.
2. Dog sledge was a fantastic experience and we were given the opportunity to drive our own sledge
3. Snow Mobile – really got off the beaten track and into the spectacular mountains
4. Saw the Northern Lights twice in two days. There is no description that can really do them justice

Nigel Longton

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

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 a wonderful time! The food at the lodge was amazing and there were some great vegetarian dishes. I had the best beetroot I’ve ever had (beetroot tartare).
Everyone was really friendly and all the guides were good fun and very knowledgeable.

A special thanks to William and Petri who were really friendly and really added a personal touch to our trip. The activities were really well planned and we especially enjoyed the trip with the huskies. The area we were in is stunning and the lodge was very nice. We would definitely recommend this to friends and family.

Fiona Green

Fantastic trip with great hosts & made even more special by seeing the Northern Lights twice!!

Wendy Naphine