The Iconic Icehotel & Abisko Aurora Chase

Fly to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland where you will be transferred to the original Icehotel and provided with the use of arctic outdoor clothing: arctic jacket, trousers, snowboots, hat and gloves.

The Famous Icehotel has been wowing guests for 30 years and while many destinations have copied the concept none offer the scale and beauty of the original. Check in for your two-night stay, one in an individually designed Art Suite created by an international Ice Artist and the other in a cabin or Kaamos Room (warm room). Take the residents tour which will give you an overview of how to make the most of your night in this amazing structure.

Now you have completed a night in the famous Icehotel, it is time to take part in some great activities – but before then it is important to enjoy a big breakfast! Then at 11am you will meet with your guide for the first exhilarating experience of the day – dog sledding.

Here you will be trained on the art of mushing, each taking your own sled out into the Swedish wilderness. You will stop back at the kennels for lunch and get the opportunity to meet some of the dogs there too, and maybe some puppies! – back at the Icehotel you will be able to check-in into your warm accommodation where you can enjoy a hot shower and little rest before your evening’s activities – Northern Lights Snowmobiling – here you will head out into the wilderness again, this time at night and by snowmobile, in search of the Northern Lights on this fast paced adventure through the forests an over frozen lakes, stopping for a dinner prepared by one of your guides.

Have a leisurely morning after all the previous days activities before meeting your transfer in the afternoon who will drive you up to your next accommodation at Abisko Mountain Lodge. Then after dinner head out on trip up to the Aurora Sky Station to hunt again for the Northern Lights.

After breakfast you will get the opportunity to explore your new surronding on a guided mountain hike around Abisko. Abisko National Park is sandwiched between picturesque mountains and Lake Tornetrask one of Sweden’s largest and which freezes during winter. Your guide will meet you at the lodge and give you an easy walking tour of the lower part of the park. Be sure to take your camera to photograph some of the spectacular Vistas! Then in the evening you will head out for your final Northern Lights focused trip – this will be take you out to not only try and view the lights but also teach you how to take photographs of them and how to spot them. You will be with the experts who will talk to you about the Aurora and help you take some spectacular photos to show your friends and family back home.

After breakfast you will meet you transfer and then get taken to the airport for your flight home at the end of your Northern Lights holiday.

Alternatively, why not break your stay in Stockholm and see the capital of Scandinavia or consider extending your trip by adding in our Aurora Addicts Extension into Norway. This journey takes you down to Narvik and then overland to Tromso, the Paris of the North.

Take a look at our other breaks that include Abisko.

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• What are the Northern Lights?
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