Top 7 Saariselkä Northern Lights Tours

1.Aurora Hunting Photography Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 325 reviews · 3 hours · from $163Our pick

Travel from Saariselkä with guides such as Mikke, Eugene, Ivan, or Pavel, who read the forecast and move between clear-sky locations instead of waiting at one stop. Your 3-hour minivan hunt includes hotel pickup within 15 km, warm drinks, snacks, and professional aurora photography. The lights are never guaranteed, but the search itself is part of the adventure.

“Pavel was an excellent guide and actively tried to find the best spots for viewing the aurora.”

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2.Northern Lights Hunt Snowmobile Safari

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 195 reviews · 5 hours · from $199

Drive a snowmobile through Inari’s silent forest at night, then stop at a tepee or hut for sausages, snacks, hot drinks, and sky watching. Guides such as David, Marco, Sam, and Arvid have earned strong praise for safety and care. The Aurora is never guaranteed, but the dark setting gives you a serious chance to see it.

“It could have not been more perfect! I was hesitant to book at first because our Airbnb is at an inconvenient location, but when I booked the tour I asked if they could pick us up at our place they were able to do so. David was our wonderful guide! And he could not have been nicer and more accommodating to us and our group. On the way to pickup some more of our group, David stopped on the side of the road so we could see the lights. It was amazing and so unexpected! It was also fortunate because during our snowmobile trip we actually couldn’t see any lights…”

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3.Auroras Northern Lights in Saariselka

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 176 reviews · 5 hours · from $175

Spend five hours chasing the aurora around Saariselkä and Ivalo with an English-speaking guide such as Christina, Linda, Franzi, or Song. You’ll leave town lights behind, warm up in a hut or tepee beside a fire, eat barbecue snacks, learn local stories, and get help with night photography. Pickup, winter gear, and shared photos are included when available.

“knowledgeable guide. though wasn't expecting the short climb up the hill to the hut in the dark with only individual handheld torchlight, can be physically demanding if there are elderly in the group. cannot imagine for snowy conditions in the dark. Guide was able to capture great photos for us but only a handful were sent over though i remembered taking more than that.”

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4.Northern Lights & Reindeer Sledding Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 140 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $222

From Saariselkä, you’ll ride a reindeer sleigh through a quiet Lapland forest, stop to feed the animals, and warm up with a hot drink beside a campfire. Guides such as Eemeli, Visa, Nilla, and Ansee add local stories and humor. Aurora sightings are possible but never promised.

“This activity was amazing! Our guide, Eemeli, was really nice and fun! We had such a great time! We met at the tour operator's. Then we had to wear lots of layers of clothing (thanks God we did it, it was so cold in the woods). The minivan took us to the place where the reindeers were and we had a fantastic ride on the sleds! It was so magic: sledding in a dark wood. We stopped to start a fire, take pictures and drink a hot fruit juice. Our guide talk to us about life in Lapland and sang some songs. On the was back, we saw the Northern…”

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5.Aurora Photo Tour by Car with Transfer & Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 116 reviews · 3 hours · from $135Best value

You’ll leave your Saariselkä accommodation with an English-speaking guide for a three-hour aurora hunt by car. The route may change with cloud cover and solar activity. Warm clothes, hot drinks, gingerbread, hotel transfers, photography advice, and an online photo link are included, but the lights are never guaranteed.

“geen NL is overmacht, maar 1 uur in de auto naar russische grens en weer terug, zonder drankje en niets fotografisch, vind ik nog geen 1 € waard. chauffeur was alle spullen vergeten geloof ik. je zou verwachten iets compensatie. te krijgen, maar ook dat niet helaas.”

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6.Saariselkä,Kakslauttanen: Aurora Hunting & Photography Tour.

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 80 reviews · 3 hours · from $153

Search for the Northern Lights around Saariselkä, Kakslauttanen, and Kiilopää in a comfortable Mercedes minibus. Your English or Finnish-speaking guide checks for clearer skies, drives beyond the village lights, and stops for photos during this 3 to 4 hour evening tour. Konsta is one guide named in recent bookings.

“Our guide Konsta was great. He really wanted us to see the lights and though it was hard he managed to get us a sighting.”

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7.Aurora Photography Tour 3 HOURS

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 74 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $167Top rated

Set out from Saariselkä with an English-speaking guide such as Ivan, Walter, Karoliina, or Nico, following changing cloud and aurora forecasts to at least three dark-sky locations. Expect about three hours, hotel pickup within 15 km, hot berry drinks, photography advice, and a real hunt rather than a fixed roadside stop.

“Although we couldn’t see the aurora but It was good experience and we manage to see the sky full of stars. The driver are very helpful, friendly, kind and share lots of his experience about the auroras hunting.”

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