Grand tour of Norwegian Lapland

Day 1
Fly to Alta via Oslo with SAS. Transfer to Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel, formerly known as Alta Igloo Hotel. Dinner is served at Laksestua restaurant.

The indoor temperature in the igloo hotel varies between -4 c and -7 c degrees. You spend the night wrapped up comfortably in sleeping bags and reindeer skins.

Day 2
Warm up in the sauna and have breakfast at the Igloo hotel.

At 10:00 you’ll be transferred to Holmen Hundesenter for a dog sled safari.

Drive your own dog-sledge or relax and enjoy the scenery as a passenger. We take you through the pine forest following the banks of the Alta River or up through Altadalen valley to the Finnmarksvidda mountain plain. We serve coffee/tea and cakes in our lavvu or outdoors around an open fire. We explain how we train our huskies, and prepare both ourselves and the huskies for the Finnmarksløpet race, a true test of stamina and Europe’s longest dog race covering 1000 km.

After the safari, transfer to Rica Hotel Alta and check in.

Tonight you will hunt for the Northern Lights. We pick you up at your hotel at 19:00 and take you by car to the best viewpoints, far from the light pollution around the town. The guide can help with your camera settings to help you capture the best shots of this wonderful phenomenon.

Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Take an early morning bus from Alta to Honningsvåg and continue to North Cape where you will arrive around midday.

Arrive in North Cape. Enjoy the view!
The North Cape Hall offers a film presenting North Cape’s 4 seasons, a souvenir shop and the coffeehouse is open serving snacks and warm drinks. Champagne and North Cape certificate is included.

At 2 o’clock return from North Cape to Honningsvåg and board Hurtigruten ship. Hurtigruten departs Honningsvåg at 15:15.

Enjoy a dinner onboard and enjoy the scenery while the ship stops in remote fishing villages.

Day 4
Breakfast onboard. Hurtigruten arrives to Kirkenes at 10:00.

You will be picked from Kirkenes harbour for king crab safari. Travel by rubber boat and/or snowmobile to catch the king crab. The guide will tell you more about king crab fishing. Fresh king crab lunch is served after the safari.

Transfer to Rica Arctic Hotel and check in. Rest of the day is free for leisure.

Day 5
Breakfast at the hotel.

At 9 o’clock you’ll set of for a snowmobile safari to Norwegian-Russian border. We take the bus from the centre of Kirkenes to Sandnes (10 min.). Guided snowmobile safari along the Norwegian/Russian border on the Pasvik river. Visit an old Norwegian farm from the 1850s, bear’s lair and Øvre Pasvik National Park Centre. Light meal, coffee and dried reindeer meat served during trip. Driving distance approx. 80 kilometres. Return to the hotel around 3pm.

Overnight at Rica Arctic.

Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to Kirkenes airport. Fly home with SAS via Oslo.