Private Northern Lights Photography Tour in Rovaniemi: Capturing the Aurora Borealis

Join a private 4-5 hour Northern Lights photography tour in Rovaniemi. Capture the mesmerizing Aurora Borealis with a professional photographer as your guide. Book now!

Duration:
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Experience the magic of Lapland and photograph the amazing Northern Lights! Going Aurora hunting with our professional guides, you have the best possible chance to witness the Northern Lights. We are Lapland’s top tour company specialized in Aurora photography and will ensure that you get the photos of a lifetime.
Northern Lights are always unpredictable…

What's Included
  • Headlamps, backpack, and BBQ gear
  • Tripod for your camera / mount for a Smart phone
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Collection of edited photos after the tour
  • Transport by Private Minivan
  • Hot drinks and snacks
  • Professional wilderness/ photography guide
  • Warm clothing and winter boots
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This intimate 4-5 hour quest for the Northern Lights remains your top option to locate and capture the Northern Lights in Rovaniemi on camera. A seasoned Northern Lights photographer will lead this private journey, imparting you with the fundamental techniques of Northern Lights photography. The tour’s strategy provides you with the most favourable odds…

Location
Valtakatu 21
Valtakatu
Beyond Arctic office, 15 minutes before start of the tour
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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A2843dobrendanm
Feb 10, 2026
Outstanding safari chasing the Northern Lights - Absolutely outstanding! Words cannot describe how amazing this adventure was! The guide was exceptional and just such a nice young man with local knowledge. This has been one of the best experiences of our trip through Arctic Finland and Sweden!
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Jameslw7030wq
Feb 10, 2026
An amazing trip and experience - We were led by Juho-Matias who took us on an amazing trip. We went to two spots and got an amazing location to see the lights. Our guide was very helpful in giving guidance and help to people with their cameras and phones. He also took amazing photos of us in front of the lights. The four was well prepared and run, we we're all given tripods, seating matt's and flasks of hot drinks. We could not rate this trip and our guide more highly!
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Heatherlq2967bc
Dec 30, 2025
Best tour company for photographers. - We used 3 different tour operators while in Rovaniemi.  Beyond Arctic was by far our favorite (we took 2 different tours with them... hiking through Riisitunturi and a private aurora tour).  The pace was great and the guides did a great job with both the photos they took and with helping us take great photos.  We really appreciated our private aurora guide's (Ville) time and attention teaching us the appropriate camera settings for astrophotography. Strongly recommend.
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Beren7319
Dec 23, 2025
Great tour and tour guide! - We had a fantastic experience at this tour!! Mario was very nice and kind and went above and beyond to make us feel happy. Besides driving for hours, she also had the car loaded with berry juice, cookies, wood for a fire etc. She explained us the basics of the northern lights and took many great pictures of it. I'd highly recommend booking with Beyond Arctic again!
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Justengorski36
Dec 11, 2025
A magical experience with our little one! Highly recommend going private and with this company for their knowledge! - Highly highly recommend a private tour especially with little ones!!! Their knowledge of the lights is spectacular! The tour started, stopped and was based our us and our wishes. Leevy was our tour guide and his knowledge of the lights was unreal. Granted, the lights played in our favor , it is a natural phenomenon and you cannot hold it against them if they do not show! He was so kind, helpful and accommodating. Go private!
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205isadoraw
Nov 30, 2025
Amazing Tours - We booked two tours with Beyond Arctic. The first one is Husky Farm tour. We simply had the most wonderful time spent with the adorable huskies as we sat in the 5km sled ride on a snowing winter forest. Another one is the Northern Lights tour. We had an amazing time with Neva as our guide. She drove almost to borders of Sweden to find the clear sky, and in the end we were able to see the stunning aurora. She had good knowledge of photography and capture a great photos. Thank you Beyond Arctic for the most wonderful once in a life time experience.
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Vampire
Nov 13, 2025
Chasing the Northern Lights with Finn – Unforgettable! - Our guide Finn was exceptional in every way—deeply knowledgeable, passionate, and truly an expert in his field. Despite the cloudy and challenging night, he never stopped hunting for the aurora until we finally witnessed the dream of our lives. He also introduced us to the magical sound of a frozen lake “singing”—an indescribable experience we never knew existed. Thank you, Finn, for being such an inspiring guide. Keep doing the amazing work you’re doing!
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Damian
Dec 27, 2025
Awful - Awful. There was a snow storm and zero chance of seeing northern lights but they still insisted on us continuing with the tour because it was no refundable. I get non refundable, I signed that contract and will live by it . Hit insisting on seeing through a point less drive to see nothing is beyond crazy and perhaps reckless in the weather conditions. I would rather they would have been honest and acknowledged the conditions were terrible and recommend not going. The outcome was the same…ie they kept all the money I paid them. Good and honest business practices bring returns. Check out my other reviews, I mostly give good ratings where deserved, this was not one of those moments.
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James_c
Dec 25, 2025
Do NOT recommend booking in advance, book the day of only or go with another tour group. - There are no refunds, so I would not book this activity in advance. I would book it the day of the activity so you can check the weather. I ended up paying over $1100 and we did not see anything. Other tours offer some kind of guarantee this one does not. However, our tour guide did try very hard, we drove for over two hours into Sweden but to no avail.
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Susanaah2371lz
Nov 30, 2025
Flop bad experience - Very bad experience not because we don't see the aurora but because the lack of professionalism. A terrible car trip lasting 6h30m, completely uncoordinated, driving from one side to another. At first was said that we would go to Sweden with another group but the guide lost it and we ended around in circles behind another car about two hours until he realized he was following the wrong car! The group that went to Sweden photographed the northern lights.
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From $938 (Per Vehicle)
up to 15 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).