Northern Lights trip

 Jan 25, 2024 thru Feb. 1, 2024

Itinerary:

DAY 1 : MUMBAI – HELSINKI

DAY 2: HELSINKI – ROVANIEMI 

 Rovaniemi – the Capital of Lapland. Rovaniemi is an urban oasis amidst the Arctic wilderness, where culture, wild activities and fairy tales come together; Rovaniemi is also the official hometown of the Santa Claus. Visit the Santa Village where you can take a photo with the real Santa, visit his Post office and Santa Village situated exactly on the line of the Arctic Circle.  Hunt Northern Lights on foot on the river front of Kemijoki. 

DAY 3: ROVANIEMI SIGHTSEEING
Visit Ranua Wildlife Park where you will see the Polar bear and almost 50 other Arctic animal species in the wilderness of the northern forest. Enjoy a tour of Ranua for 1 hour, enjoy a local lunch at Ranua and return to Rovaniemi. In the afternoon visit the Artikum – a museum and Science centre. 

DAY 4 : ROVANIEMI – KIRUNA (350 kms, 6 hours) – ABISKO
Rovaniemi to across the border into Sweden on our way to Abisko. The road is beautifully covered in snow and the twilight adds to the beauty of the surroundings. Visit the Ice hotel in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi on the back of Torne River which is completely made by Snice – a mixture of Snow on Ice, where the walls, floors and ceilings of the hotel are the canvases of designers from all creative disciplines. The artists and art work vary from year to year and room to room. Later in the evening, proceed to Abisko which is considered one of the best places in the world to view the Northern Lights because it has conditions that line up and make the Northern Lights appear on average 159 nights (of the approximately 212 nights that are dark enough for Auroras to be seen) each year, according to experts. 

DAY 5 : KIRUNA – TROMSO – TROMSO CITY TOUR (400 kms - 6 hours)

After breakfast, we depart for Tromso. Which is another top place to experience the world’s greatest phenomenon “The Northern Lights”. On arrival in Tromso,

enjoy orientation tour of Tromso including a visit to Polaria Arctic Museum where we see the feeding of the bearded seals and watch a film on the melting of the ice in the Arctic’s. Check in to the hotel. Night, we visit the Fjellheisen by the aerial Tramway or cable car. The top of Fjellheisen offers amazing night views of the Tromso city and surrounding villages. It is also an Idyllic spot to watch the Northern Lights.

No one is quite sure when or whether this natural phenomenon will appear, but when it does it will simply take your breath away. The colours and shapes change and move, like an ever changing work of art in an otherwise dark sky. They dance across the sky, charging forward, winding, unfolding, flaring up, and suddenly fading away - all in a wash of greens, blues, reds and purples. It’s spectacular!! Night stay at TROMSO (NORWAY)

DAY 6 : REINDEER SLEDDING

After breakfast proceed to the Sami Camp where you will meet guides who come from Sami reindeer herding families who will explain about Sami Culture, Feeding of Reindeers, Lasso throwing, display of cultural artifacts and conclude with a traditional Sami song. Later you will enjoy reindeer sledding. After local Sami lunch return to the hotel and have some rest or roam around the Tromso town. Later that evening, we will take a Northern Lights cruise (4 hours), which will take you away from city lights

and deep in the sea where you can get another experience to watch out for the spectacular northern lights. Night stay at TROMSO. (NORWAY)

DAY 7 : TROMSO – OSLO (by Air)

After a leisurely breakfast departure to the Tromso Airport for your flight to Oslo. On arrival transfer to hotel and enjoy an orientation tour of Oslo City. Night stay at OSLO. (NORWAY)

DAY 8 : OSLO – MUMBAI (by Air)