The Northern Lights
are a magical but elusive experience. Outside of the town limits, and away form most light pollution, there are often great chances to see the northern lights if they are active and if the skies are partially clear. We have selected several northern lights tour where we think the experience will be enjoyable regardless of the lights and where the guides have the experience to help you find and perhaps capture the the northern lights and preserve and amazing memory.
Northern Lights Tour Starting in Luleå
A nature experience with a local professional aurora guide who will help you find the best places to see the Northern Lights around Luleå. We will head to 2 or 3 great locations where we know there are great chances of northern lights viewing, and if you have your camera with you, the taking of really interesting northern lights images. There is, of course, no guarantee that we will find the northern lights but we will aim to have a fun tour in any case.
Min 2, Max 8 people
2-3 hours
Departures at 20:00 from your hotel in Luleå
Rebooking / cancellation:
Possibility to cancel / rebook: Select 1 under “Cancel insurance” for the entire booking. Then the group has the opportunity to move their booking to the day before or after the booked day or cancel completely due to too cloudy weather. Explore Luleå decides whether the conditions are probably good for the northern lights. The entire cost of the booking is refunded except SEK 500 for canceled activity.
Northern Lights Nature Tour on a Snowmobile drawn Sled at Brändön
A two-hour search for the northern lights where your nature guide will teach you about the fantastic natural phenomenon and the science behind it. In this activity you sit in a snowmobile drawn sled filled with reindeer pelts and warm blankets. Our guides drive the snowmobiles that are pulling the sleds as we search for the Northern Lights. We head out across the frozen sea and move from island to island. On the way we will stop regularly and the guides will inform you about the local nature (including sea, forest and wildlife) as well as their arctic lifestyle. We will also stop and learn to make a fire in the snow to boil tea, coffee or chocolate and nourished by a warm cake and wait for the Aurora.
Min 2, Max 8 people
2 hours
Transfer departures between Luleå and Brändön are an optional extra when booking.
Northern Lights Snowshoe walk with dinner
We will head out through the Luleå forest onto frozen sea to learn about our amazing nature and, if possible, find the Northern Lights. Walk with snowshoes in the forests with an experienced guide that will tell you about the environment and if conditions are right the northern lights may be spotted. We will discuss the science behind the aurora including the different possible colors, its frequency and give you tips on how to photograph it. We will pause and you will learn how to light a fire in the snow, how to recognise the stars and even wildlife tracks. When our fire is lit, coffee and tea will be prepared, and we will enjoy a local cake. On the longer 3 hour adventure, dinner will be prepared outdoors by the guide and enjoyed sitting on reindeer furs under the dark sky. This is as close to nature as you can get.
