Northern Lights Hunting Photography in Rovaniemi Finland: Chance to Discover Aurora Borealis
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Join our Northern Lights Hunting Photography tour in Rovaniemi, Finland for a chance to discover the mesmerizing Aurora Borealis. High-quality photos, professional guides, and convenient hotel pick-ups included!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Rovaniemi - Northern Lights Photography Hunting is your best chance to find the aurora borealis! Our professional hunters will drive you in the most promising locations, based on the weather forecast and solar wind data to optimize your chance. We will take high quality photos for you with a professional camera. Photos we will send you by email.

Our aurora hunting tour departs from Rovaniemi, Lapland. The tours are organized from the end of August until beginning of April on nights when seeing auroras is possible.

Where are we heading? It depends on the night, we are carefully following weather forecasts and how clouds are moving along. Based on this information we will choose the right direction and location to go out of city lights and light pollution.

What's Included
  • Photos of northern lights / aurora borealis included
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • All fees and/or taxes included
  • Complimentary transfer from/to Rovaniemi area accommodation
  • Bottled water provided
Additional Information
  • With Northern Lights Hunting, you’ll significantly increase your odds of spotting the aurora borealis as we select highly conducive locations based on weather predictions and solar wind information.
  • High-grade images included
  • Images are forwarded to you the following day
  • We include hotel pickups from locations outside the city centre within an 8 km radius
  • Expert Aurora guide
  • Superior quality transportation
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Bliss
Apr 9, 2024
Excellent tour with Aurora sighting - Johka is a great tour company. Our guide did a lot of research before we went out to be sure we were able to see the Auroras at a lovely, secluded spot. He was very knowledgeable and also had some really excellent photo equipment with him so he took lovely photos of us which we were sent a couple days later. I can highly recommend this company. Thank you for an amazing experience.
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Sandyg471
Apr 9, 2024
The Best Northern Lights Hunter - Joona Forsgren of Rovaniemi - What a truly amazing experience with the absolute BEST guide and northern lights hunter - Joona Forsgren. Joona, thank you for making this one of the best holidays ever and for going the extra extra mile for us all. We were out for almost 6 hours and Joona did not once complain. What a wonderful young man. I would do this trip again and again and always with him. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
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Joergs611
Apr 6, 2024
Absolutely Amazing Tour and Guide - We had the pleasure to go on a Northern Light tour with Joona and the Johka team last week. It was absolutely amazing from start to end. Joona and the team were super nice, professional and really knowledgeable. We were lucky and only had to drive for 30 min. Almost instantly we saw the most amazing northern lights which was due to Joona‘s perfect timing and spot selection. Also it‘s impressive and inspiring how passionate Joona and the team is about the northern lights even after so many tours they did. We can absolutely recommend this tour 1000% 👍
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921radhad
Mar 30, 2024
Jhoka - I 110% recommend this tour and going with Jhoka is quite a experience, a small and local agency but truly professional, specially with Joona if possible he is really the miracle guy, he drove for hours until we saw the best northern light show, his service was outstanding he explained about northern lights and served warm blue berries juice with some cookies and end the tour with beautiful pictures and outstanding memories. Best experience in Finland.
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Shakedh123123
Mar 19, 2024
Max your chances to see the aurora! - The instructor did everything so we'll be able to see the aurora. He explained about it, took a lot of pictures of us and made sure we will have the best experience
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Virginial620
Mar 13, 2024
Unless you are living in Finland for a year and can wait for the Northern lights to come to you, you need to go hunting! - I 100% recommend this experience and going with Jhoka, a small and local agency, specially with Joona if possible, whose service was outstanding. Best experience in Finland. I went with my family to Rovaniemi area for a couple of days to visit Santa, go to the Reindeer farms and Husky driving, and definitely in the hope of seeing Northern Lights. After waiting for a couple of days in the hope of seeing them ourselves, we decided to get a real tour for hunting, just as you would do in national parks to go find animals. You might think it's not as needed, but unless there is a real strong solar storm, which is very unlikely and only happen a couple of times a year, you really need to 1. go far enough from any light pollution (maybe even 2-3 hours drive) 2. Find a clear sky, which is really difficult in these areas in winter, as its usually very cloudy at night. 3. Fully understand weather forecast (because of clouds) and Solar activity forecast, which depends on many factors, and will help the guide know when there are chances of Auroras happening. Joona was an amazing guide, I believe we were the only ones finding Auroras that night, which wasn't the best for spotting lights. He also made sure we understood everything about Auroras, told us his ways and also made sure we saw other amazing things while waiting for the lights, such an amazing night sky with an awesome Milky way.
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Belinda
Mar 12, 2024
Best chances to see the lights! - We booked this tour because it was recommended to us by a friend. The lights were amazing and the photos came out super clear. And yes, you could see yourself as well, not just through a camera. My biggest thanks goes out to Joona, a true "aurora hunter" and passionate expert, who chased down the lights for hours. You can really feel the passion he has to find the best spots, explain how the lights form, how he can track them and how to take great photos with them. After the tour I even felt like a little aurora hunter myself and was able to understand and track down the lights a few days later in Kilpisjärvi. Thank you Joona!
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Matthiasr7347jz
Mar 12, 2024
Next-level Aurora hunting! - I can not recommend this tour enough! Before, I didn't know that the northern lights need to be "hunted". But in order to properly see them, they do! Our tour guide Joona, one of the few true aurora hunters in town, truly showed his expertise. He went to the greatest lengths to chase down the lights and passionately explained the phenomenon, together with all the stats and tools required to understand the aurora. The photos were amazing. If you want to see the northern lights, book this tour. Other tours might drive you 15 minutes out of Rovaniemi but this tour really makes sure you see the best lights of that night. Even if that means hours of driving!
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Mimudbrazil
Mar 9, 2024
Better than you would believe!! Thanks Joona!! - Fantastic outcome! Joona Forsgren is an excellent aurora guide and photographer!! When the geomagnetic activity combines with clear skies, magic happens - beautiful auroras of green and red tone were seen. His knowledge and speed with which he reacts make the necessary tools for chasing, and catching the Northern Lights!!! Solicit the services of Joona if you truly want to see the Northern Lights and learn why and how they form and why speed is of the essence at times. Johka Arctic Experience with Joona is the way to go if you want to “see the lights”!!!!
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770astridz
Mar 6, 2024
Great experience with a top guide! - It was an amazing experience with a great guide, very professional, attentive and concerned about giving us the best experience. Trying out different places for the best viewing conditions. I felt very comfortable. I can highly recommend the agency.
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