Northern Lights Chase: An Exciting Hunt for the Aurora in Tromsø

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Join our thrilling Northern Lights Chase in Tromsø to maximize your chances of witnessing the world’s most awe-inspiring light show. Capture stunning photos and create lasting memories on this unforgettable adventure!

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Arctic Guide Service AS - Conclude your day with an unforgettable pursuit of the northern lights, the most breathtaking display by nature.
Our team is dedicated to a singular goal: to escort you to the optimal location for witnessing the splendid Aurora at that exact time!
For comprehensive updates on tonight’s meteorological forecast or the Aurora…

What's Included

Reflective vests
English speaking guide
Tea and coffee
Snacks
Photos from the tour
Transportation (either a big bus or a minibus)

What's Not Included

Tripod
Thermal suit
Tripods and thermal suites are available for rent at our office in Storgata 77, Tromsø

Additional Information

Join this Northern Lights adventure to enhance your chances of witnessing the world’s most breathtaking light display. Aboard the bus, there will be a professional driver and an experienced Northern Lights guide. They are dedicated to selecting the optimal location based on the weather forecast, maximizing the likelihood of seeing the aurora. The guide will offer insights on camera settings and useful tips, ensuring you can capture the perfect Northern Lights photo when they appear. Additionally, the guide will take photos during the trip, providing you with a memorable keepsake to take home.

Please note that the Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon, and sightings cannot be guaranteed.

The meeting point for the English, German, and Spanish tours is inside the Prostneset building (at the main entrance downstairs, near the bus terminal).

If you are travelling with children, please provide the age of the children so we can try to provide the correct child seat in the bus. The driver can refuse you to go onboard if you have not informed about it.
Arctic Guide Service has full copyrights of any photo taken by the guide during the tour.
Photos of the night will be uploaded in a third party web platform. If you do not want any photo of you to be published nor taken, please inform the guide, and do not stand in front of the guide when is taking photos.
It can be slippery on the places where we stop during the night.
If the group size is smaller than 15 people, the tour may be carried in a minibus without toilet onboard
You are supposed to have your own Travel Insurance, to cover any incident should occur during the tour.
At the beginning and at the end of the season the departure time will be different. Check the voucher to know the exact meeting time. This is due to the increase in the number of hours of the daylight
No refund will be applied in case the Northern Lights are not visible as it is a natural phenomena.
The activity is not recommended for children under 3 years old.
Not recommended for people with reduced mobility

Location

Tromsø Havn Prostneset

Samuel Arnesens gate

English Northern Lights chase: Meet inside the bus terminal Prostneset (groundfloor). From the 5/9/2025 until the 6/10/2025, the meeting time is 19.15. From the 7/10/2025 until the 19/03/2026, the meeting time is at 18.15. Spanish & German Northern Lights chase: Meet at 6:00 PM.

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Sandro_h

Sep 8, 2025

great excursion - A super exciting night tour with guide Manuel. Very dedicated to capturing nightlife. Very good additional Service with making macro pictures of the participants. Thank you very much for the very nice shots and online provision. Top.

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Sharah_c

Sep 7, 2025

Northern Lights Chase Tromso! - The guide gave us a tour of the different spots around Kvaløya and it was absolutely unforgettable. We visited stunning viewpoints and beautiful natural landscapes that we would never have found on our own. The guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and made the whole experience feel personal and relaxed. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Tromsø! Thanks Pedro & Muhamad!

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Walkinwobin

Mar 31, 2025

Terrific Experience - The guide found the Northern Lights for us! He found the little bit of clear sky in an area that was pretty cloudy! He also explained everything we could want to know about N lights and how to set your camera for the best photos.. Cookies and hot chocolate were available and a bathroom on board the bus.

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Emma_m

Mar 6, 2025

Had a great time, good... - Had a great time, good experience of the northern lights. Guides were very helpful in setting up the camera to get some great photos.

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Sarahlu7515fi

Mar 4, 2025

Amazing Northern lights - We had an amazing tour and saw so many Northern lights. The tour guides were friendly and knowledgeable and helped you with taking the best photos possible with your own camera/phone. You also get a professional photo included in the price. We went to 2 different locations and although we had trouble with our coach getting stuck in the second location, the extra time waiting for recovery meant we had so much more of a chance to see some spectacular lights that we may not have seen if we were not delayed so much! The problem was dealt with well and we were provided taxis home so although a very long tour it was worth it for the lights. We were also given compensation for the inconvenience which we were grateful for. Would highly recommend this tour provider.

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Kaih728

Mar 20, 2025

Very nice tour team, but unfortunately few auroras. - Unfortunately, the weather was not ideal and we had to drive far to find clear skies. Then, however, we could see aurora borealis, which were also quite impressive for a short period (about 5 to 10 minutes). After that, they were only faintly visible to the naked eye and not sharply defined even for cameras with long exposure. Of course, this is not a mistake of the tour team, which was very likeable.

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Anirban_b

Mar 14, 2025

Great guides who try their best and we saw the strongest of lights - These guides coordinate with one another and take to far away places from Tromso where skies are clearer. We did the get the lights and it was visible by naked eye with full colours.

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Sabri242

Mar 5, 2025

Exciting - On the evening of our tour we left Tromso snowing. Our guide Boris took us to a couple of hours by bus and after a wait of about 40 minutes the sky opened and we could admire a beautiful aurora! Boris explained many things about the aurora and advised us on how to photograph it. The photos he took of us were available online the next day. For us it was a wonderful experience!

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Stefania_c

Oct 19, 2025

The organisation was not... - The organisation was not perfect, we were given two different meeting points, distancing about 300 mts and the bus arrived at the very last minute. At the end we found them and we left to chase the northern lights.

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Mayankj_27

Mar 14, 2025

Northern lights with not so friendly crew and a bus stuck in snow - The big bus arctic guide service chasing lights tour was very average. To begin with there were 2 guides on the bus namely Yago and Boris, out of which Yago was friendly and nice whereas Boris was extremely rude. Though we understand that the guides had to take care of lots of people on the bus, but the attention level to the needs of guests was minimal. Specially Boris was extremely rude when clicking pictures of guests and always seemed to be in a rush. Our bus also met with a minor snow incident that got all people stranded for 4-5 hours. Arctic guide services head office compensated 50% refund for the problem caused that was quite nice of them; however the decision making in crisis management time with 40-50 people stranded in middle of nowhere was very slow. The guides kept on mentioning that bus company would organize something without understanding that guests had booked with arctic guide services and not the bus company. How the matter needed to be financially settled between arctic guide services and bus company was non of our concerns. Solution and rescue shall have been speedy by Arctic guide team. The only reason I gave this experience a 3 star review is because the team was successful enough to show us a good display of lights despite of the problems.

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From $129

up to 10 guests

1 - Adult