Aurora borealis holidays?

The_Magnificent_Spoon

Hey all,


I'm thinking of planning a holiday to see the Northern lights in the next year. There will just be a couple of us, relatively fit 30 year old lads. Were both on decent wages so no need to do it on the ultra cheap.


Has anybody done one of these holidays? And if so any tips/recommendations on anything?


Cheers!

LisaLou1982

Hiya

We went to Iceland last February for 4 nights - flying from Manchester to Rekjavik. I think it was a Sunday til Thursday. Price wise, we did manage to get it mega cheap as the route had just opened with easyjet, but im pretty sure we paid about £450 for 2 with flights and hotel in town.

HTH

oops edited to say, we didnt actually get to see the northern lights as there was low activity over iceland for the 4 days we were there. S0ds law that activity came quite high once we left! So we will be back! But there really is plenty to do - we had an amazing time.

poe.tuesday

there are no assurances that you will see the lights so dont plan a trip around those lights - personally I would go into lapland with a ski company like inghams or crystalski to somewhere like levi, saariselka or ruka and make a week of it, husky and reindeer safaris, ice fishing , snowmobiles and (if you want to) skiiing or snowboarding and if the lights come out then its an added bonus

also, they are sort of a winter experience

joaniemerc

We also did an Iceland trip for 4 days but didn't see the lights. We still had a fab time in wind and rain -there's lots to see without the lights - we hired a car - but it would have been great if they'd been out!

We are now thinking of going up to the Arctic Circle - northern Norway, Tromso way - to maximise chances of a sighting.

Archergirl

We went to Iceland in March also didn't see the lights but had a good time. Iceland is mega expensive to eat and drink.
(They had a really good showing of the lights in Scotland.....)

vanilla8

I went to Northern Finland last year, saw the lights twice. finnair flights were £250 each, changing at Helsinki for Ivalo

laineybird2000

Check this out, truly amazing travelling...

http://www.kakslauttanen.fi/en/resort/igloo-village

Glass igloos under the northern lights in the middle of the Forrest. Hell yeah...

Gavin83

Go as far north as possible, I'd recommend Norway. I'd skip Iceland. It's an amazing country in its own right but its not easy to spot the lights from, as backed up by others in this thread. I also didn't see the lights there.