Northern Lights

Travel through Laplands' snow draped forests. Wonderful opportunities to see the Northern Lights during the dark polar nights, see the glittering snow, breathe pure air and a silence so intense you can almost hear it! Overnight in simple cabins and helping the guide. Days may be short but the huts will be cosy. 14th Dec to 22nd Feb. 8 days, up to 6 days with your dog team, from £1495 excluding flights.

Enjoy the spectacular scenery of the mountains and really become a part of the team as you collect water from the lakes, chop wood, heat up the sauna and of course help look after and feed your team of dogs. Overnights in public and private cabins. Tough but a rewarding experience. Stunning wilderness adventure. 29th Feb, 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th Mar 2012. 8 days, 6 with your huskies, £1750 plus flights.

A week long adventure based on day trips from a comfortable base, although an overnight in a wilderness cabin is possible. Tailored to the clients ability and wishes the programme is not meant to be arduous and is ideal for beginners. Possibility of visiting local shops and attractions. Departures: 7th Jan to 7th Apr, Sat to Sat, with the possibility of direct flights from LHR with SAS. £1550 per person plus flights.

Superb expedition through the stunning mountains on the Swedish / Norwegian border south of Sarak National Park. Fitness and a sense of adventure required. Comfortable but simple mountain cabins are used and you will be required to help look after your dog team as well as help with other group duties. Group size 2 to 5 persons. Departures upon request Mar & Apr. £1835, flights to Lulea not included.

Enjoy an exciting two day wilderness sledding adventure. Travel between different simple cabins or have days trips out from your base cabin with the huskies. Suitable for families. You choose your departure date - call and tell us when you want to go!! Mid November to April. Full board, 4 days & 3 nights, 2 days dogsledding, £795 per person plus flights (£875 during Christmas and New Year).

Not many insurers offer dog sledding holiday insurance - so to make life easier we have selected two here that do!!

The snowy winter landscape of Lapland is a romantic setting .... but on most safaris you have to share the accommodation and the trip with others. Not on this adventure. Your own guide will lead you for 2 days through this magical wonderland as you share your own sled together. Other travellers around but you will have your own rooms throughout. Departures upon request from Dec to Mar 2012. £995 per person.

Please read. No tour can guarantee you seeing the Northern Lights but these tours will give you a better chance than most! They take place in an region of mainland Europe where the chances of seeing the Northern Lights are higher than almost anywhere else.

They are all run in Lapland and obviously the further north you go the better is your view of the Northern Lights but more importantly they are run in an area renowned for clear skies - hence a space station and specialist northern lights viewing facilities are based here. The area is surrounded by Norwegian and Finnish mountains which tend to block out the lower clouds.

The safaris that run in the darker months of the year - November, December and January - will give you more hours in the morning and evening to get a clear viewing of the Aurora although February and March can be OK if you stay up late! You can see the Aurora during daylight hours but obviously the effect is not as good!

However if you go on a long and expensive holiday just to see the lights you could come back disappointed ...... so we recommend you select a husky sledding adventure you prefer and have an great holiday for you to experience and enjoy and then sightings of the Northern Lights will be an added bonus .... so you won't return disappointed!

On organized specialist Northern Lights tours you will be taken out at night as a group to look for the lights ...... on these adventures it will be up to you to keep a look out and pop out of the cabin whenever you feel like it to scan the skies.

Northern Lights Safaris

And finally ...... if you're willing and able ..... as the Magnetic North Pole is in Canada the Aurora in Canada is particularly good .... the trips are good value - just the airfares are a little higher than Scandinavia (which aren't that brilliant either unfortunately!)

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