Christmas and New Year’s Northern Lights Holidays

Winter Aurora Borealis Holiday Package
Finnish Lapland & Northern Norway

Holiday special!

Our Winter Northern Lights & Northern Norway holiday takes you 450km (along the road. It is about 380km as the crow flies) North of the Arctic Circle to the northernmost part of Finnish Lapland where wild untouched Arctic landscapes meet dark, starry skies: the perfect setting to make your dream of seeing the Northern Lights come true. 

During this unforgettable adventure, our knowledgeable guides will chase the Northern Lights with you, amidst the world’s cleanest air deep within the wild nature of the north. In addition to the unmatched sights of your journey, you will also be treated to the tastes and smells of the Arctic in our brand-new restaurant and explore the Arctic Ocean coastline of Northern Norway.

With us you will begin to understand the lifestyle and culture of the north and experience some truly unforgettable activities.

Our Christmas Northern Lights holiday and New Year’s Northern Lights holidays are exactly like our Winter Northern Lights holiday package but with a few additional holiday twists.

Read a New Year’s holiday customer experience from our blog here.

Christmas and New Year's Northern Lights holidays in Finnish Lapland.

Price - Christmas and new Year's Northern Lights Holiday Packages Finland and Norway

2600 €  (*Children under 15 years of age join at half price)

What is included

Christmas holiday: on top of the regular winter package also includes a Christmas craft workshop, other Christmassy activities, possibility to attend Christmas service at the church with the locals. And a Christmas dinner & secret santa.

New Year’s holiday: on top of the regular winter package you’ll timetravel and celebrate the New Year twice on the New Year’s Eve at the border of Finland and Norway, between two time zones. And there’s a special New Year’s dinner & celebrations.

  • Five (5) nights *accommodation incl. private sauna, bed linen & towels
  • Up to 3 Guided nights of Northern Lights experiences incl. assistance with your photography
  • Bucket list day trip to Northern Norway
  • Village Tour of Utsjoki
  • Reindeer feeding experience
  • Transfer to & from the airport, to & from all activities (NOTE Airport transfer times are set and  applicable to Ivalo Airport as follows: Pick up on Tuesdays at 12:30PM, drop off on Sundays at 11:30AM, For the Christmas and New Years’s holidays you can also fly to Kirkenes Norway and we’ll pick you up at the airport buss stop from Varangerbothn)
  • Firewood for your outside fireplaces
  • Unlimited WIFI in all cottages
  • 24/7 Assistance by experienced guides
  • Full board (breakfast, lunch/snacks, dinner)
  • How to dress for Arctic winter guide provided after booking. (We do have some warm overalls and snowboots at the resort at your use).

*Traveling with a friend or family: You will share a cabin with them privately. Each cabin has two bedrooms and sleeps up to 5 people. Traveling solo: you will have your private room in a shared cabin with possibly another solo traveler.

*Our holidays are designed more for adult interests. Days can be long as well as the nights with Aurora Hunting. Children over the age of 10 are welcome to join, but we recommend taking the time to understand the itinerary and how it fits in with your family’s youngest needs

Full Board & Airport Transfers Included

Not included

  • Flights
  • Travel Insurance
  • Alcohol
  • Any other activities
  • Airport transfers to and from elsewhere than Ivalo. Airport transfers from Ivalo outside of the predetermined group transfer time.
 
 

All the gourmet quality meals included in the holiday prepared for most dietary needs.

Your Northern Lights holiday includes three qourmet quality meals a day prepared fresh at out river front restaurant each day.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner are typically made with using locally sourced ingredients like reindeer, fish, mushrooms and wild berries as staples.

Aurora Holidays takes great pride in serving safe, fresh and tasty food for most dietary needs. We are especially praised for our nutritious and yummy gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian dishes. And we take great care in catering to food allergies at our restaurant and at every step of your stay with us, so that you can enjoy a care free and totally tasty vacation.

Just let us know your dietary needs at booking, or email us at contact@auroraholidays.net with any concerns prior to booking. 

We make sure there is a warm, safe and delicious dish infront of you every day during your stay that’ll excite your taste buds and leave lasting memories of the northernmost Finnish Lapland and Northern Norway to your heart.

Read more about the activities included in this package​

FULL BOARD - 2600 EUR per adult

Airport Transfers Included

Half price for children under 15 years old

Why choose Aurora Holidays?

Small Groups

We think that everyone should have enough space to enjoy their holidays. Our groups are usually about 10 to 14 people per week.

Cozy Accommodation

You will stay in one of our cozy wooden typical Finnish cottage. All our cottages include a private sauna that you can use as much as you want.

Transportation

We take care of you from the moment you land in the North until the moment you leave. We will wait for you at the Ivalo airport on Tuesdays at 13:30pm and drop you back at the terminal at the end of your holiday on Sundays by 11:30AM. (estimated pick up and drop off times, dependant on airline flight times)

Knowledgeable Guides

Our guides will take care of you during the entire holiday from start to finish. They are super friendly and know everything about the region. You will be in perfect and safe hands during your holiday.

Northern Lights Chases

Your holidays in Utsjoki includes up to 3 northern lights experiences. We will do our very best to show you the northern lights. 100% of our guests saw the northern lights in the past few seasons.

Optional Activities

Your holiday package already includes all meals, aurora chases, Norway advendure and much more. You can book additional optional activities such as snowmobiling or hiking/snowshoeing in the nature.

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More about our Guided Northern Lights Experience

All of our holiday guests have seen the Auroras with us in the past 9+ years

Our guides are Northern Lights  professionals actively monitoring the Northern Lights and solar activity throughout your trip, ensuring that they are always ready to guide you to the spectacular aurora borealis.

During max three evenings (which we will select) of your holiday, our guides will be searching the night skies and seeking for the best possible place from where you will be most likely to see the Northern Lights. Sometimes, the journey isn’t that far at all, as the Northern Lights are often visible as soon as you step out of your cottage! Through careful analysis and planning, our guides always choose the best nights, places, and times for your Northern Lights experiences.

What would a holiday be, if you didn’t have stunning photos to remember it by? That’s why you will also receive photography guidance and direction from us. Our guides are passionate about photography and will help you take the best shots with your camera, if your camera is suitable for photographing the Northern Lights, as night photography requires certain settings and features that your camera and lenses be capable of. If you have any questions about the Northern Lights prior to your trip, please feel free to contact us. If you are fortunate enough to see the Northern Lights, our guides will gladly take pictures for and of you with the Northern Lights; so that you will get a memory of the Northern Lights even if you don’t have your own camera.

Steve T
Wonderful week in a Beautil location with stunning skies! We spent a wonderful week with Tiina and her team at Aurora Holidays. Our primary guides, Maria and Emilia, couldn't have done any more to make our stay truly memorable. Even if the weather locally doesn't look great, the team will drive you almost anywhere to give you the best chance of seeing the Northern Lights. In our case we had a cloudy start to the week, but persistence was rewarded with some beautiful skies later on, mostly right by the river outside our cottage. Utsjoki being so far North makes all the difference to your chances of a good display, with lights visible even when the Solar activity isn't very high. Our cottage was very comfortable, warm (important given where it is and the time of year!) and well appointed. The food was lovely - all prepared freshly using local produce. As far as trips are concerned, we highly recommend the Husky Sledging and Snowmobiling but remember you may be up late at night Aurora chasing so make sure you grab some rest in your cottage Sauna while you can!
Kristine M
Absolutely amazing! The cottages were so cute and perfect and the food in the restaurant was always excellent!!! Loved every moment of my trip!❤️
Cynthia A
A spectacular experience in Lapland! I had a wonderful week at Aurora Holidays. The host, Tiina, is terrific. The food was delicious and was tailored to my needs as a vegetarian. Daytime activities were as promised. I went dog sledding, visited a reindeer herd, went on a snowmobile trip in the wilderness, and went to Norway to see the Arctic Ocean. The cabins are very comfortable—the sauna was a perfect way to warm up after a night of watching the northern lights. And the northern lights were spectacular—a true bucket list experience. I can’t say enough about the place and the people.
Emma Y
Happy New Year in Utsjoki. We loved everything about our New Year holiday with Aurora Holidays. Truly genuine hospitality, very comfortable accommodation, lovely food, incredible scenery, wonderful activities, super kind guides and absolutely mind blowing northern lights displays! The team at Aurora really go the extra mile to make sure everyone enjoys themselves and think of all the little extras that really make you feel cared for and cosy - despite temperatures dropping to -30 degrees celsius on our trip! 100% recommend.
Christian H
Best place to see the northern lights in amazing wilderness! In late October I decided that I wanted to see the Northern Lights again, after checking with friends it became clear quickly that my best chances would be somewhere in Northern Lapland. Looking closer I found Tiina's family business with full board catering and of course the best chances to see the Lights. Tiina made sure to meet all my travel requirements and even got an extra driver to pick me up at Ivalo Airport as my flights got delayed. After driving 2 h through the arctic landscape we arrived at the shores of the Teno River and had some time to rest in my Finn Hut with its own sauna and all you need to feel right at home. The food was amazing and local stuff dominates the menu, with reindeer, arctic cod and fish from local lakes. But Tiina and the chef will make sure that you feel right at home there with vegan and vegetarian options provided. The first night we didn't see the aurora due to clouds. Next morning the skies started to clear and we did a snow shoe hike up to a hut on the fell where we had a fire and sausages. After resting and another amazing dinner the skies cleared and the Northern Lights began to shine faintly at first before filling the whole sky and dancing wonderfully above our heads. The happened the next two nights. As a photographer I was keen on exploring the area a bit an one day the Jonna took me on tour for three hours and the other day Tiina took us to Nuorgam up on a fell were we witness the beautiful arctic twilight. Also feeding the domestic reindeers was a cool experience and I learned a lot about the Sami culture.
Nuala M
Amazing!!! All of it, being somewhere with no light pollution meant we saw the northern lights four nights out of five. The accomodation, food and staff were perfect. It really couldn't have been better
Wei G
Wonderful vacation with Aurora Holidays. The host and her team are the best in class! Utsjoki is a hidden gem for Aurora Chasing. Importantly, when the sky is clear, aurora chase is effortless by sitting around wood wire in a hut and monitoring the live stream for the first sign of green light and then walking several steps to river bank. The cabins are spotless and filled with the host's thoughtfulness. What you need are all in there. Food is wonderfully prepared, healthy, and artistically presented. Tiina, Rayann, and Lisa are wonderful souls.
Mor F
Amazing moment with amazing people. We booked an aurora tour on the last minute while still on the road, Tina answered so quickly it was perfect, we were very well welcomed, we met our second guide rayann ( bonus he was french) who was awesome too, they were a great duo and the trip who was supposed to be around 3h i think endend in a 6h trip accros norway, they were so motivated and never gave up to finally see 2 auroras after an epic chase. Lot of teaching everything was perfect.
J Follick
Aurora Holdays experience. We looked for a fall getaway to see the Northern Lights. We found sites that cost less but offered less. Some had you make your own meals, some had no daytime activities, some were not in the best location for viewing. Aurora Holidays had it all for a fair price: location (dark nights with unobstructed views, being far enough north the lights were overhead as well as on the horizon); three full meals plus snacks (gourmet quality food, presentation, and service); full service bar; clean new cabins; and the most warm and welcoming hostess and staff. We felt like and became a part of the family. We experienced so much more than great views of the lights; we had guided hikes, tutoring in photography, learned about reindeer and herding, and enjoyed a peaceful and quiet place to rest and relax. It was a perfect getaway holiday, and during these covid concerns we felt safe and secure the whole time. Tiina, thanks again from your Florida family.

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