Welcome to our public Northern Lights tour

This is our most popular tour where anyone can sign up and the group may consist of people from all over the world. These are generally very enjoyable trips with a diverse group of up to eight guests and a guide/driver. Booking is easy. You can book your tour via the online booking system you will find on this page.

If your group is larger (e.g. family, friends or colleagues), we can accomplish this by using a larger bus and several guides. In such cases, please contact us directly and we can make the necessary adjustments.

About

After picking up our guests from their hotels, we head straight to GLØD headquarters for a briefing. We will also serve the Soup of the Evening. If you need some warmer clothes, we can arrange this too. By the way, all our guides speak English and one can even guide in German.

If you have booked the combined tour, dog sledding and the Northern Lights, your dog sledding guide will drive you down to us.

After the briefing, wet set off on our Northern Lights hunt!

To optimize our chances of experiencing the Northern Lights, we head to areas with little or no light pollution. We travel by minibus in search of an area with starry sky and good views.

If the weather conditions in Alta are poor, we head elsewhere. This may mean a drive of up to 200 km, either along the coast, fjords or in the inland of Finnmark. We make regular stops to check the conditions and, if conditions permit, take photos. We then gladly continue in search of new, exciting and nice locations, either to find new photo subjects or – if the conditions are challenging – clear weather.

We will serve snacks and hot chocolate during the tour.

The duration of the tour is 4.5 to 6 hours, depending how challenging the hunt is.

Northern Lights photos

The guides are photographers and also well acquainted with a variety of cameras and can often help you to adjust the settings on your own camera. Please note that some compact cameras are not suitable for taking good photos of the Northern Lights. However, the guide has good photographic equipment and will take photos along the way. These photos will be available to the tour guests free of charge. You will also receive a free photo of yourself beneath the Northern Lights (conditions permitting).

Tripod rental

There are two essential ingredients for taking good, sharp Northern Lights photos: a long shutter speed and keeping the camera steady. The best way of achieving the latter is by using a tripod. We rent out quality Manfrotto tripods. Remember to include this option when booking your tour.

Booking

You can book your tour via the online booking system on this page. Choose the “public tour”.

Pick up

Trasti&Trine and Sorrisniva at 18:40 (6:40 p.m.)

Cruise port at 18:45 (6:45 p.m.)

Scandic Alta at 19:00 (7 p.m.) (Thon Hotel Alta is located 50 m from Scandic Hotel)

Altafjord Gjestegaard & Spa at 19:10 (7:10 p.m.)

Holmen Husky Lodge is 300 m from us and we pick up there a little bit after 19:00 (7 p.m.).

(from 15 March, all pick up times are one hour later)

Duration: 4.5 – 6 hours

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