Northern Lights in Norway: 15 Tours Worth Booking

Tromsø: Northern Lights Safari with Expert Guides and Photos

1.Northern Lights Safari with Expert Guides and Photos

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 6,654 reviews · 6 - 7 hours · from $61Our pick

Review of Tromsø’s Northern Lights Safari, with expert guides, Aurora photos, warm drinks, bus transport, costs, tips, and honest advice.

“We booked this tour because we didn’t want to rent a car and search for the Northern Lights ourselves, and it was a great decision. I highly recommend it! Our guides, Andrea and Laura, took us to a remote spot outside Tromsø. While we waited, they made a small campfire and shared fascinating stories about the myths and the science behind the lights. Keep in mind that the Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon, so sightings can’t be guaranteed. We saw them faintly that night, but the experience was still amazing and completely worth it. They also provide professional photos and help you set up your own camera, which was…”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Pioneer Tour with Photos Included

2.Northern Lights Pioneer Tour with Photos Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 6,048 reviews · 6 hours · from $165

Chase Tromsø’s Northern Lights by premium minibus with thermal suits, hot drinks, bonfire stops, and professional photos included.

“We went out with Mattia and August on a cloudy night. Mattia was really passionate about finding the Northern Lights - and this passion combined with experience and knowledge led to us seeing beautiful lights after a long drive and some waiting time. August was a great driver. The tour was fantastic and I will cherish these moments forever!”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Chase with Photos and Bodysuits

3.Northern Lights Chase with Photos and Bodysuits

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3,378 reviews · 7 hours · from $125

Chase Tromsø’s Northern Lights with expert guides, thermal suits, hot drinks, campfire treats, and professional Arctic photos.

“Great evening chasing the northern lights. Our guide Sara was brilliant and managed to find us lights on 2 occasions. This trip was a perfect for us to see the northern lights for the first time and would definitely recommend to all.”

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Tromsø: Reindeer Sled, Dinner, and Chance of Northern Lights

4.Reindeer Sled, Dinner, and Chance of Northern Lights

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 2,651 reviews · 4h 30m · from $219

Feed reindeer, ride a nighttime sled, share Sami food and stories, and look for the northern lights near Tromsø.

“This was a great introduction to Sami culture, and the reindeer were a lot of fun to feed and be around. Plenty of time to be very close to the reindeer, and the guides were very approachable and knowledgeable. We also loved the vegetarian food option. If it wasn't for the cloud cover we would have probably seen the northern lights as well.”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Chase in a Mercedes Benz with Photos

5.Northern Lights Chase in a Mercedes Benz with Photos

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 2,594 reviews · 6 hours · from $175

Chase the Northern Lights from Tromsø in a warm Mercedes minibus, with expert guides, thermal suits, hot drinks, and free photos.

“The tour guide was very enthusiastic, humorous, and incredibly patient. He successfully helped us chase and witness the Northern Lights — and they were even dancing! We watched the aurora while drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies, feeling absolutely blissful. The guide also took photos for each of us and even dropped everyone off at home afterward. It was truly an unforgettable experience.”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Tour with Local Stories & Photos

6.Northern Lights Tour with Local Stories & Photos

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 2,467 reviews · 7 hours · from $100

Chase the Northern Lights from Tromsø by warm, comfortable bus with local stories, photography help, portraits, hot drinks, and Wi-Fi.

“It was amazing, the staff were great and the northern lights were on display all night.”

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Tromso Aurora Hunt with Bonfire, Soup, Winter Gear & Transfers

7.Tromso Aurora Hunt with Bonfire, Soup, Winter Gear & Transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,290 reviews · 5 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $226Top rated

Review of Tromso’s Northern Lights hunt with bonfire, soup, thermal gear, photos, expert guides, and transfers to remote viewing spots.

“Great experience with great guides but be prepared to wait for hours for the lights to make an appearance as they are a natural phenomenon and notoriously unpredictable. We were very lucky and had a great show at a breathtaking spot. Thermal suits and boots are definitely recommended and soup was delicious 👍🤩”

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Tromsø: Chase Aurora in Minibus and Free Aurora Portrait

8.Chase Aurora in Minibus and Free Aurora Portrait

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,215 reviews · 7 hours · from $141

Chase the Northern Lights from Tromsø by minibus, with cross-border flexibility, campfire treats, warm suits, and a free aurora portrait.

“We had a wonderful Northern Lights tour with Aram. He was incredibly nice and cheerful, making the whole experience fun and relaxed. To give us the best possible chance of seeing strong aurora activity, he took us to two different locations”

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Tromsø: Expert Aurora Hunt – Thermal Gear, Food, Campfire

9.Expert Aurora Hunt – Thermal Gear, Food, Campfire

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,722 reviews · 7 hours · from $241

Review of Tromsø’s expert northern lights hunt, with thermal gear, campfire food, photography, small groups, and Finland trips.

“The pick‑up point was easy to find, and our guide Harry welcomed us onto the minibus. He was friendly, informative, incredibly skilled at astrophotography, and very passionate about the northern lights. We had a small group and a great driver, Peter. After a 50‑minute drive we reached a fjord beach with clear skies, and the aurora appeared almost immediately. We were given snow suits, and Harry took photos throughout the night. We were out for around 7–8 hours and happened to be there during the biggest solar storm in 20 years—an unforgettable sight that no tour can guarantee, only chase. When fog crept up the fjord before the storm peaked,…”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Husky Visit with Traditional Dinner

10.Northern Lights Husky Visit with Traditional Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,666 reviews · 4 hours · from $187

Meet 200 Alaskan huskies, enjoy bacalao by a campfire, and look for the Northern Lights at Tromsø Villmarkssenter.

“Very good if you feel like playing and learning things about the huskies.If the sky is clear and you are lucky, it is an excellent way to enjoy the aurora too.”

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Tromsø: Small-Group Northern Lights Tour by Minibus

11.Small-Group Northern Lights Tour by Minibus

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,655 reviews · 6 hours · from $251

Chase Tromsø’s northern lights by minibus with thermal suits, a bonfire, hot food, free photos, and an experienced local guide.

“Clear and easy pick up. Stopped in some great spots and were lucky enough to see some great activity on a relatively clear day. Snacks, bonfire and hotdogs were great afterwards”

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Tromsø: Northern Lights Bus Tour with Free Photography

12.Northern Lights Bus Tour with Free Photography

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,642 reviews · 6 hours · from $61

Tromsø Northern Lights bus tour review: guided aurora hunting, free photos, campfires, hot drinks, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“The tour is amazing! Even on a day with low aurora activity they took us to many different places and we got to see them very clearly and with different colours. Our guides Eneas and Julieta were super friendly, helpful and had the best energy to make this experience unforgettable!! Totally recommended experiece!! I would totally book again if I come back to Tromso”

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Northern Lights Big Bus Chase with Chasing Lights

13.Northern Lights Big Bus Chase with Chasing Lights

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,631 reviews · 5 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $151

Chase the Northern Lights from Tromsø by big bus, with expert guides, free photos, hot drinks, and a real all-night aurora hunt.

“I decided to book this group because I’m traveling with a young-ish child who I knew might struggle with staying awake long enough and liked having the bus as a sort of home base. I was a little concerned that being part of a big group might somehow take away from the evening, but Marius, Soraia, and Bjørn were fantastic guides and I’m thrilled with how our evening turned out. Right from the beginning, their excitement was infectious. We ended up getting incredibly lucky with the sun and sky, and the lights greeted us shortly after we left cloudy Tromsø. They took a break for the group to get out,…”

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Tromsø: Evening Aurora Cruise (dinner optional)

14.Evening Aurora Cruise (dinner optional)

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,570 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $100

Review of Tromsø’s 3.5-hour Aurora Cruise, with warm drinks, thermal suits, helpful guides, sea views, and practical booking advice.

“Itss a greatt trip, all crew was nice, espsecialy christina helping us to take a photo , we got to see northern light even have a little chance. Free flow drink hot chocolate, coffee, water and snack.”

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Northern Lights Adventure with Greenlander, 8 people max

15.Northern Lights Adventure with Greenlander, 8 people max

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,465 reviews · 6 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $353

Review of Greenlander’s small-group Tromsø aurora chase, with expert photography, remote viewing spots, campfire food, costs, and practical tips.

“Wow! What a chase! Hans was our absolutely stellar guide whose love of the Northern Lights is matched with a joy for photographing them and sharing it with others. He expertly navigated very poor cloudy, rainy weather using his array of apps, indicators, and some instincts as he often peered over the steering wheel into the sky looking for signs. He instinctually pulled over and bam, Northern Lights! So fun! Later he took us to a favorite valley surrounded by three majestic peaks blanketed in snow. He setup camp with a small fire, then we enjoyed hot soup, flatbread, and capped off the camp with cookies and hot chocolate. Hans…”

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