Lapland Northern Lights New Year Holiday Travel Plan

Fly from London Heathrow to Kiruna. On arrival you will be met by one of our guides and transferred to your hotel, The Arctic Eden. On arrival you will be kitted you out in your complimentary Arctic Clothing - so no need to go and buy expensive gear. The guide will also run through your itinerary with you.
Evening at Leisure

Enjoy a full hot and cold buffet breakfast in the hotel prior to your guide picking transferring you to the husky kennels for a 4 hour experience you are unlikely to forget.

After instruction drive your own Husky sled dog team through a spectacular valley near Kiruna. Spend the day exploring arctic wilderness from frozen rivers to Sami sacrifice areas with remarkable views before you. You will cover about 20 kilometres, which will include a stop for a wilderness lunch. The valley is home to wild moose and Reindeer so you may well doubt bump into a few on your travels.

Breakfast and morning at leisure. This afternoon venture out on a 3 hour snowmobile adventure into the Arctic wilderness. Return late afternoon.

Gather at 6pm, for an introductory briefing on the evening programme prior to transferring to Mattharraka Northern Lights Lodge a boutique Lodge with spectacular views over towards the Abisko Alps. Enjoy a delicious 3 course meal cooked by one of the best Sami Chefs in Kiurna.

After dinner a Snowmobile/Sledge ride will take you to one of Kiruna's surrounding mountains Ednavaare, where a Sami Lavvu (traditional Sami Tepee) with an open fire will be waiting for you. Warm up in the Lavvu with warm beverages and take part in Sami inspired events such as Lasso- tossing, cross country skiing and pulk race. Warm drinks will be served in the Lavvu.

As midnight approaches, you will be guided up the mountainside with torches in hand – fireworks will be fired off. There is a high chance that you will see the northern lights on this evening and 2 years ago we had a comet light up the sky!

Return by snowmobile/Sledge to the Hotel.

Have a leisurely start to the day prior to a noon visit to the Ice Hotel for a tour and lunch. Visit the Sami settlement run by a reindeer herder where you can learn about the Sami way of life. Stop for lunch in a Sami Tepee prior to moving on to the Ice Hotel where you will marvel at the sheer brilliance of the room design. Take the opportunity of having drinks in the Absolut Ice Bar or doing some souvenir shopping in the Ice Hotel store.

This evening journey to Abisko, the Northern Lights Capital of the World where you have a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights.

Enjoy a delicious dinner at Abisko Mountain Lodge before you take the chair lift up into the darkness and silence of Mount Nuolja to the observatory which offers visitors a panoramic view over Lapporten, the Abisko Alps and Tornetrask – hopefully with the Northern Lights dancing in the sky above. Click arrow on photo opposite to see video of Northern Lights above Abisko.
Return late to Kiruna.

After breakfast head out on the narrow and winding road towards Nikkaluokta, a small Sámi village 75 km west of Kiruna. The valley is home to many arctic animals that migrate here during winter.

The views are also breathtaking with the Kebnekaise mountains (the highest mountains in Sweden) and a system of frozen lakes and rapids that connect to the Kalix River.

After morning coffee head back to Kiruna in time for your flight home