6D/5N
Specific Tour
15 people
English
Guaranteed Northern Lights sighting, else join us for free in another Northern lights trip
What better way to experience the Aurora Borealis aka Northern lights than in the city of northern lights, Alta. In Norwegian, Eventyr means both ‘adventure’ and ‘fairy tale.’ This is the perfect word to describe Alta, as it is a perfect place for active adventures in the mountains, forests and fjords that are reminiscent of fairy tale landscapes. The cold and long winters provide excellent conditions for dog sledding, skiing, snowmobiling, and other adventure activities. A modern city in Northern Norway surrounded by the arctic tundra and mountains, Alta is the ideal combination of natural and urban elements.
The celestial dance of lights, known as Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, is a phenomena as old as Earth’s atmosphere. The first record of Aurora Borealis is believed to be in a 30,000-year-old cave painting in France. Since then, cultures around the world have marveled at its magic, giving rise to many fascinating legends and folklore.
In Norway alone, symbols linked to the northern lights are found on the Sámi shamanistic drum. They call it “Guovssahas,” i.e. “the light that can be heard.” During the Viking Age, the northern lights were said to be the armor of the Valkyrie warrior virgins that shed a strange flickering light. Today, locals respectfully refer to the lights as “the green lady.”
We will be meeting in Tromso airport and after spending a short amount of time in Tromso, we are off on our amazing roadtrip from Tromso to Alta.During the roadtrip we will also do our first night of Northern lights hunting as well.
Today we start our trip by exploring Alta and its surroundings and then also do other optional activities that you may have signed up for including whale watching possibly. Note: For those joining us for 4 nights only, you will be joining us from today.
Post breakfast, we head to Alta museum to see historic rock art inscribed over 2000 years back. Once we are done with the museum, we are on our roadtrip to the border town Karasjok(home to the Sami parliament) followed by a guided tour of the Sami parliament house. Post the guided tour, we would head to Finland for dinner. Post dinner we are off Northern lights hunting on the long drive back to our accommodation.
Post breakfast, we are off on a road trip to North cape. During the road trip we would be making a few stops along the way to see some of the cute fishing villages. At the north cape, we checkout the museum and the amazing views offered from the visitor centre. On the way back, we stop for dinner in a town along the way and then post dinner we are off Northern hunting on the way back to Alta.
Post breakfast, the participants that have signed up for optional activities get dropped at the respective places. After the optional activities are completed, we head back to our accommodation for a bit of a break before heading to dinner and then followed by our last night of Northern lights hunting.
Checkout of the accommodation and head to the airport and say our goodbyes before heading back to our respective homes. Note: If you have an earlier flight, we can drop you off before to the airport as well.
Free cancellation with 100% refund of trip (excluding any flights) up to 14 full days before the start of the trip. After that, cancel up to 5 days before the trip to get a 50% refund of the trip (excluding any flights).
If the event is cancelled by Urbanature Travel (UNT), you will get a full refund (excluding any airfares), unless you have purchased a flight inclusive package directly with Urbanature Travel (UNT) in which case you will get a refund including the flights.
Urbanature Travel (UNT) needs a minimum of 5 participants for this trip to take place, else we may cancel this trip.
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