Private Northern Lights Tours & Aurora Experiences in Lapland
A private aurora night with your own guide, driven to wherever the sky is clearest. No coach, no crowd, and a night planned around the sky rather than a timetable. One team arranges the night, from the pickup to the drive home.
Private Aurora Hunting in Lapland
Your guide checks the cloud forecast that afternoon and picks the ground for the night. If the sky closes where you are, you move rather than wait.
What we promise is the effort: clear ground, a warm vehicle and a guide who keeps looking.
- Private guide and vehicle
- Route chosen from the night's forecast
- Thermal clothing arranged
- Photographs of the night, on request
- Hot drinks, and a fire when you stop
- Collected from and returned to your residence
Who Runs Your Aurora Night
Nights are run by a local aurora guide. The guide who takes you out is named before you confirm.
What Mr Charles adds
- The private slot, held for your group only
- Your transfer, timed to the pickup
- The night moved if the forecast changes
- One contact if anything changes
Which Aurora Night Suits You
Three ways to spend the night. All are private to your group.
Chase by Road
- You are
- In the car between stops
- Best when
- Cloud is patchy
- Pace
- Moving, several stops
Camp and Wait
- You are
- At one spot with a fire
- Best when
- The sky is clear and settled
- Pace
- Settled, one place
With a Photographer
- You are
- Being photographed as well
- Best when
- You want the pictures
- Pace
- Paced around the camera
An Aurora Night, Step by Step
Your guide decides where to go on the night.
- 01
Pickup From Your Residence
Collected in a heated vehicle, with the evening's forecast already checked.
- 02
Warm Kit On
Thermal outerwear on and checked before you leave, so nobody is cold later.
- 03
Safety Briefing
What to expect and how long you will be out.
- 04
Driving to Clear Sky
Away from town lights, changing ground if the cloud moves.
- 05
Fire, Drinks and Waiting
A fire lit and something hot while the sky is watched, with photographs of the group on request.
- 06
Back to the Door
Returned to your residence at the end of the night.
Provided, and What to Bring
Provided
- Thermal outerwear, arranged before the day
- Private guide and vehicle
- Hot drinks, and a fire when you stop
- Photographs of the night, on request
- Transfers from and to your residence
Please bring
- Warm base layers, wool rather than cotton
- Thick socks and a scarf
- Any medication needed that evening
- A charged phone, because cold drains batteries
- Your own camera and tripod, if you shoot
Gear sizes are confirmed before the night. Send heights and shoe sizes with the booking.
What Decides the Night
A good aurora night needs darkness and a clear sky, and the night is planned around both.
- Darkness: the lights can show from late August to early April, and our tours run from September to March
- Cloud: the forecast decides the ground, checked the same afternoon
- Cold: nights are spent standing still, often well below freezing
- Children: the night is long and mostly outdoors, so it suits older children best
Northern Lights by Base
Where you are staying changes how the night is run.
Rovaniemi Northern Lights
A short drive out of the city lights.
Levi Northern Lights
Combined with ski days and chalet stays.
Saariselkä & Ivalo Northern Lights
The darkest skies, and the least driving.
Questions About Aurora Nights
Anything not covered here, send it to us and a person replies within 30 minutes, 24 hours a day.
No. The aurora is a natural phenomenon. What we control is where you are taken and how the night is run.
The lights can show from late August to early April, and our tours run from September to March. Around midsummer the midnight sun makes it impossible.
A long evening: you are collected after dark and returned at the end of the night.
Yes. The night is long, late and mostly outdoors, so it suits older children best, and minimum ages apply.
No. Photographs of the group can be arranged, and a modern phone can capture a strong aurora. If you bring a camera, a tripod helps.
Your guide drives to wherever the cloud breaks. Booking the aurora early in your stay leaves room for a second night.