Hunting Northern Lights by Snowmobiles
4.5
Hunting Northern Lights by Snowmobiles
By Lapland Welcome
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Ages 4-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 5h
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English
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- Transportation
- Guidance services
- Snacks and meals mentioned
- Organizer's liability insurance
- Safari desk support
- Snacks
- Coffee and/or Tea
What's not included- Private tours for additional charge - contact for more details
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
- Lapland Welcome, Kelotie 1, 99800 Saariselkä, FinlandLapland Welcome Saariselka Office (Kelotie 1 Siula-House, Saariselka 99800)
Pickup details- We will confirm the exact pick up time upon booking.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 57914P72- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at the time of booking if required
- Most travellers can participate
- Please contact us if you wish to have a guide in other language
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers
- All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 57914P72
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- karim k0 contributionsFantastic week!!We were fully accompanied by the crew of LaplandWelcome for the complete week of our stay in Lapland. We are a family of 5 and have been planning and preparing for this trip for a full year! We got our week planner. Full of activities. We were picked up from the Airport and brought back to the Airport. We did not have to worry about anything. Our activities were Santa Village Snowmobile excursion with a BBq in a teepee. Auroas Borealis watch with dinner. (The absolute gem of the trip can not find words to describe) Day hike along the frozen Waterfalls Visit to Reindeer and Husky farms Visit to the Arctic Snow Hotel Ice Karting Skiing in floodlights slopes A very warm and cozy Christmas Eve. It was perfect. We really thank the whole team. They were out and above to help us and make our week memorable. Super special thanks to Nana, she took us to Santa village, Reeta for the absolute incredible hike to the waterfalls and sharing with us life in Lapland. Alex that helped resolve all transportation problems that appeared. And Oli our driver for several of the trips. An absolute lifetime memory. Thank you! Karim, Gisele and the boys.Written 12 January 2025
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- 964ainhoag0 contributionsA ruined dreamFirst of all, I have to say that the drivers and guides were excellent and tried to do their best despite the chaotic boss, his bad manners, disorganization and lack of confidence in his workers ruined our experience, specially the last day, when due to the boss’ lack of organization and vindicative behavior made us nearly miss our fight. I will not recommend this company to anyoneWritten 6 January 2025
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- christopherkS9883SA0 contributionscancelled without notificationWe arrived at the scheduled time in front of the Siula building. After 15min of waiting, noone else showed up. We called the organizers and at first they appeared confused regarding what tours they offer. 5min waiting on the phone later, they told us that the trip had been cancelled. We did not receive any notifications regarding the cancellation beforehand. The tour was showing as "confirmed" in Tripadvisor at the time. Needless to say, this wasted a lot of time driving around. If we had gotten a notification, we would have been able to plan something else on the day. This way, pretty much everything else had either been sold out or we were too late. We received a full refund.Written 4 January 2025
- Hakim8000 contributionsOverall greatFirst off we had a great overall experience and it lasted longer than expected. Everything was great EXCEPT for one thing, the owner, an older man was extremely rude and disrespectful to everyone from the staff to the customers. He was belittling his own staff in front of us when we were being given our snow boots and snow suits saying they didn’t know what they were doing and giving the wrong sizes(they gave us correct sizes and were great). Then told one customer taker her suit off it’s too small because she’s too fat. Nobody could believe what we heard and everyone was left in shock and tried to comfort the lady when the owner walked away. After leaving the office to go to an hour away to where the snowmobiles were located everything was great. The driver was a young lady and she was the nicest person and told us all about Finland and the culture and landscape along the drive. During the snowmobile ride we were able to make multiple stops along the path for pictures and snowball fights. The guide was great and the snowmobile experience couldn’t have been better. It would of been a 5 star review if it weren’t for the extremely rude and disrespectful owner we experienced in the office.Written 25 December 2024
- Simon P0 contributionsAwesome experience with a few hiccups along the wayActivity itself was beyond amazing if you like experiencing driving yourself. It would have been nice to have made it more obvious, that we'll be traveling from kemi to Rovaniemi by car to and back, as we may have booked the same trip while staying in Rovaniemi a few days later.Written 23 December 2024
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- kristQ9856MN0 contributionsDisorganized companyVery disorganized. Nasty personnel except for the guides were very sweet and kind but they didn't really have much energy or personality because they're so overworked and working in such a disorganized system. Communication was terrible before and during the three days I had reserved with them. There are many better companies.Written 5 December 2024
- 743rajatb0 contributionsDon't trust them. Definitely a NO!The owner hyped up the trip saying it has been voted as the 3rd best trip in the world. We canceled our booking with the other providers and decided to go with them. Not only were we not able to see the lights. The bbq food was bad. They took us to a place which was cloudier than Rovaniemi. Even with a good kp index they managed to miss the view to the lights. Definitely a NO!Written 14 November 2024
- scoobyscout0 contributionsAmazing tour.Amazing experience by your guide Aneeq. His knowledge of the aurora and even Finland was amazing. We felt safe with him. The tour was fantastic and the location of the base with access to toilets and fire pit and food was amazing and great fun. The tour started at 8pm and finished at 2am and although I had my 9yr old son with me he managed right up until the journey home. Highly recommend the experience.Written 8 November 2024
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Steve
Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar37 contributions
Overall, this was a great experience as we snowmobiled deeper into the wilderness at night and away from the city lights.
Our guide, David, was punctual at picking us up at our hotel. Had great conversations and felt very welcome. Although we didn’t get to see the Northern lights due to poor weather, we still had a great time.
The experience would’ve been better if the tour company had better communication. We sent messages to two different phone numbers but no reply. We sent an email as instructed by one of the auto-reply numbers but didn’t get a response. We could only confirm pickup point after getting help from our hotel reception calling the number directly.
Our guide, David, was punctual at picking us up at our hotel. Had great conversations and felt very welcome. Although we didn’t get to see the Northern lights due to poor weather, we still had a great time.
The experience would’ve been better if the tour company had better communication. We sent messages to two different phone numbers but no reply. We sent an email as instructed by one of the auto-reply numbers but didn’t get a response. We could only confirm pickup point after getting help from our hotel reception calling the number directly.
Written 5 February 2024
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Fred S
6 contributions
Dec 2022 • Friends
Greatest experience in Finnland. Super friendly guide. We were lucky to see Northern lights. It’s stunning.
Anyway we would again booking this tour as if you are not able to see the northern lights due to bad weather conditions you at least enjoy the snowmobile ride and BBQ in the Tipi.
Thanks so much for this trip Niko! We will never forget!
Anyway we would again booking this tour as if you are not able to see the northern lights due to bad weather conditions you at least enjoy the snowmobile ride and BBQ in the Tipi.
Thanks so much for this trip Niko! We will never forget!
Written 24 December 2022
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Thanks for the nice review!
Written 15 January 2023
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jamest8711
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt, France5 contributions
Feb 2024 • Couples
Good night in all.. guide had very good knowledge of living the Finnish lifestyle. Camp was nice touch, as we cooked our own food. Conditions difficult but dealt with well. Thanks to both team members
Written 14 February 2024
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760dietmarj
Kempten, Germany8 contributions
A great tour through a beautiful landscape, top guide, we were alone with him and we were even lucky and saw the Northern Lights. Super organized, top catering, all in all a great experience, we have been to Lapland 4 times now and this is one of the best tours we have done so far.
Thank you very much for that
Thank you very much for that

Written 12 January 2024
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Viv N
1 contribution
Dec 2019 • Friends
The Northern lights were present on the night
and the other tour group with this company saw them. However we did not see them and we were not told they were even there until AFTER the tour.
Be warned - this is a snowmobile tour, NOT a northern lights tour - don’t pay the extra 50 euros to think you’ll see the lights unless they’re super obvious. Our guide didn’t have a camera or know how to use our camera to see the lights, they did call the other tour group once who had not yet seen the lights and there was no correspondence between the two groups once the other group did see the lights.
They forgot to charge us, we were honest and reminded them. It was our second tour with them which states it should be a 30 euro discount - they gave us 9 euros off.
SUMMARY:
- lights were there, we didn’t know or see them despite having a good camera (weren’t told to look/take a photo)
- didn’t get the private transfer we paid for on the way back
- very poor correspondence, no detail about the tour before despite 2x calls and 3x emails
Do not do this tour - choose any other company! All we wanted was to see the lights and were super disappointed that we didn’t while they were right there!
and the other tour group with this company saw them. However we did not see them and we were not told they were even there until AFTER the tour.
Be warned - this is a snowmobile tour, NOT a northern lights tour - don’t pay the extra 50 euros to think you’ll see the lights unless they’re super obvious. Our guide didn’t have a camera or know how to use our camera to see the lights, they did call the other tour group once who had not yet seen the lights and there was no correspondence between the two groups once the other group did see the lights.
They forgot to charge us, we were honest and reminded them. It was our second tour with them which states it should be a 30 euro discount - they gave us 9 euros off.
SUMMARY:
- lights were there, we didn’t know or see them despite having a good camera (weren’t told to look/take a photo)
- didn’t get the private transfer we paid for on the way back
- very poor correspondence, no detail about the tour before despite 2x calls and 3x emails
Do not do this tour - choose any other company! All we wanted was to see the lights and were super disappointed that we didn’t while they were right there!
Written 21 January 2020
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Thank you for your story. Actually nobody saw Northern Lights that evening by naked eye. Some people got nice pictures as camera can catch the lights 100 times better than human eye. The best tour for photographing is our legendary Auroras - Northern Lights Trip by Car and on Foot. There we concentrate on lights and photographing. On snowmobile safari it is harder to make pictures but sometimes it is possible. Risk for braking expensive camera is higher on this tour.
This tour was not a private tour it was regular Northern Lights Snowmobile safari and a very good chance to see Northern Lights. We don't have camera on snowmobile safari but we share pictures from our regular tour from the same evening once requested afterwards. I see that you joined also our regular Auroras tour earlier.
If anything is missing on these tours or any other tours we are happy to refund but I don't think this is the case. The lights are unpredictable but this is the best chance to see them. We recommend joining as soon as possible and repeating if needed for seeing the lights. The second and following tours are cheaper than the first one.
Written 1 February 2020
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Katie C
2 contributions
Dec 2021 • Friends
This was a great experience and I can't praise the guide, Yuka aka Yuki aka Snow Courage enough! The tour was great, he cared about safety, and it was like hanging out with a friend. When there aren't lights, they have activities and you enjoy local food cooked over fire. I highly recommend this experience and Yuka and hope to be back soon. Kittos, Yuka!
Written 12 December 2021
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Rohit S
Chevy Chase Village, MD3 contributions
Dec 2022 • Family
Excellent experience and our guide was fantastic! Just couldn’t get to see northern lights due to snow and clouds.
Written 1 January 2023
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julianicolaidxb
Dubai, United Arab Emirates22 contributions
Amazing experience with snowmobile and the auroras! We got lucky to see them!
Our guide was super friendly and made us feel very comfortable. He knows what is talking about. We highly recommend this tour! Thank you again!
Our guide was super friendly and made us feel very comfortable. He knows what is talking about. We highly recommend this tour! Thank you again!
Written 4 December 2021
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Tina
1 contribution
Mar 2019 • Solo
I did the Tours with the Snowmobile,twice also to see the Auroras. Guide Giacomo is so friendly, knows his way around, he looks very at your safety and its fun. He also can teach you a lot, if you want. A good Guy to get to know the natural origin of the area. You don't realize it's his job as he brings fun.
Written 18 March 2019
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Léonie B
1 contribution
Feb 2025 • Solo
This is a great activity to do! An awesome guide and great sensations while driving to the search for aurora!! I highly recommend!
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Written 8 February 2025
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Thanks for the honest review!
Written 9 February 2025
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Are we able to bring a tripod and camera onto the snow mobiles?
Written 22 August 2022
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