We invite you to a night dedicated to searching for that frail beauty called Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights. With Vidar, our professional photographer and local guide, you'll get plenty of attention and tips on how to capture the best possible photos of the Aurora Borealis. During the tour he will share stories about Troll, and its legends and myths. Of course, you are welcome to join our tour with or without a camera. Our guide will also take photos of the aurora to share. We provide you with all the gear needed (winter suits and dry boots), and like this you can fully enjoy this tour, even if it is freezing cold outside. Later in the evening Vidar will take your portrait and send it to you via email. We will spend plenty of time under the open sky; we will not miss anything up there! Come with us on a truly amazing adventure.
If your dates (or hours) are not available in our calendar, just drop us a message, and we will do out best to arrange something for you!
Posted By : karenpU6300XG
We went on more than one aurora tour and this was more than just a tour, it was an experience! Starting with the place where they took us, a magical spot where we saw a northern lights show! Our guide Vidar made sure that we were informed about everything, took professional photos and even had a delicious dinner in front of a campfire. Vidar is an excellent person and was instrumental in making this experience unforgettable! Thanks for everything!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-11 09:10:23 
Posted By : Trek50247160224
It was an amazing experience! I could not imagine that I could see the aurora in person at my first trial! They are experienced a lot and know the right and perfect spot to observe the aurora. Thanks to them, I could see the aurora and fjord in the calm, peaceful, and even beautiful space. I enjoyed the time we had in front of the wonderful nature. Additionally, He knows a lot not only about the aurora but also traditions and history of Norway. I also enjoyed the story that he told. Thank you so much :)
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Posted On : 2024-04-09 17:18:13
Posted By : 755megl
Let me preface this by saying that I think our experience was particularly poor and that I doubt that Vidar and Sylvia had any bad intentions in making this such a terrible time. It ranks among the worst tours I've ever experienced in my life. However, I feel the need to post this because I want to set the expectation that this could happen to you. I did tours with 2 other companies and learned quite a bit about aurora hunting so knowing what I know now, I don't think my tour should have gone this way, but also, I am so upset by what happened that I feel very compelled to share my experience.
Our tour started at 5:30PM and we were back at our hotel at 4:25AM. That's almost 11 hours. First of all, the website states that the tour should end at 3:00AM. And you can imagine how tired we were at the end. Dumb idea on my part, considering we had a 10AM flight the next morning. We piled into the van and per the website we were to drive to their studio which took about 45 minutes (yes, we timed this). Since we weren't briefed on the plan for the evening, we asked where we were planning on going given that it was going to be cloudy pretty much everywhere within a 2 hour drive. Our driver told us we were likely going to end up driving to Finland.
Once we were at the studio, we spent about an hour taking a bathroom break and then introducing ourselves, getting cameras set up, and getting sized for thermal suits. This was odd to me because other companies didn't waste any time - they simply asked for our sizes, loaded them into the vehicle, and started chasing right away. This was in the itinerary so I wasn't surprised, but bear that there is a 1.5-2 hour period of time where you're not doing any chasing. In any case, because we were going to Finland for the night, we had already been with the group for almost 2 hours. We passed BACK into Tromsø -- near our starting point -- at 7:15 which put us back at square one.
As you can probably imagine, sitting in a cramped van with thermal suits on is not very comfortable, and definitely not for 3.5 hours into Finland. We literally drove to Saarikoski. I have the google map history for this. Saarikoski is 2.5 hours from Tromsø, but 3 hours from their studio. We did stop once for a bathroom break.
Meanwhile, we kept asking our driver for more details on the plan. At one point, we asked her how much more driving there would be, and she said about 30 minutes. It ended up being over an hour. By the time we got to the spot where we were going to wait and get the fire set up, it was 10:15PM Tromsø time. Anyway, it was much colder inland, but the skies did end up clearing up over the course of the evening. Too bad though, the Bz value stayed stubbornly high, so there was basically no auroral activity to be seen. We did have nice chicken curry to eat and cookies, but honestly, after so many hours of being cold and tired and frustrated, I was just not in the highest spirits. We left at 1:00AM -- Tromsø time.
Even when we got back to Tromsø, they dropped us off in the most bizarre order. We dropped off people in Tromsø, then went past downtown to drop off someone else, then back into downtown again to drop us off which added 20 minutes. We could've walked 5 minutes to our hotel instead, so this made absolutely no sense, given that their studio was already in the direction of the 3rd dropoff. To their credit, I'm sure they were tired too.
Looking back, I should've noticed all the red flags. We were told that we should shoot at 8000 ISO, which in my experience and from advice elsewhere will yield an extremely noisy exposure. I don't want a dot matrix for a photo. Second, you cannot possibly focus your camera without something to focus on. I was asked to "prefocus" at the studio and then tape down my focus ring. That's not how you focus for night photos. Yes, you can't be 100% exact because even in the field there is focus drift and whatnot. Third, THE SKIES WERE CLEAR AT TROMSØ when we returned, AND we saw an aurora FROM THE CAR on the way back. WHY didn't we just stay close by? The worst part that this followed the ICON-EU cloud forecast for the evening. WHY weren't they checking that throughout the evening? MAYBE we could have simply started driving back earlier and stopping somewhere instead of wasting our entire evening.
We believe that both Vidar and Sylvia have good intentions and know what they’re doing, and while I’m sure that other outings from Creative Vacations have gone better, I can unfortunately only review the experience that I was given.
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Posted On : 2024-02-26 07:24:14
Posted By : 146laviniai
Thanks to our guides for this wonderful and unique experience. Very professional, friendly and well prepared. Our guides provided us with warm clothing and a hot meal and drinks, as well as tripods for our photo equipment. They chose the perfect spot to wait for the aurora and it wasn’t long until we got to see the beautiful colors in the night sky.
I totally recomment the aurora experience with them! It was perfect!
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Posted On : 2024-02-26 02:57:29
Posted By : Navigate600330
We were enchanted by the hunt for the Northern Lights. We were lucky to find some! Everything was well organized by Vidar and Élise who took great care of us. The photos taken by Vidar are magnificent, thank you very much, we spent a beautiful night around a small fire in the middle of the Norwegian forest contemplating the auroras. Great experience! We will do it again! We also had a wonderful day with the blue day. The landscapes are breathtaking and Silvia's explanations are fascinating. Thank you so much!
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Posted On : 2024-02-26 01:52:36
Posted By : Guide439872
Despite the absolutely rotten weather in Tromso, we were able to admire the superb Northern Lights, thanks to Vidar's experience, perfect knowledge of the region and skill. He didn't hesitate to drive to bring us into the middle of the forest, far from Tromso, in a wild place, he installed us in a clearing, and as soon as we sat down, the show started... I did quite well of aurora outings, but this one is without hesitation the best to date. In addition, Vidar speaks French perfectly, he is reliable, the group is very small, and the organization is great (in September, leaving early is a very good idea, it allows you to see the landscape during the day and leaves time to ride) . A very big thank you for this magnificent and memorable evening (09/18/2023)..
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Posted On : 2024-01-14 09:27:17
Posted By : richardbV1781FU
Vidar's kindness is matched only by his knowledge, his passion and his talent for finding us the most beautiful northern lights and telling us wonderful stories about the sky and the stars... I no longer believed in it because of Very unpredictable weather but he knew how to do everything possible to make my biggest dream come true! Seeing these dawns, sitting by the fire, in the middle of this frozen lake, I no longer knew whether I was laughing or crying with happiness... thank you is far too weak a word to express my gratitude and I wish to all those who set foot in Tromsø to have the same luck as I had to meet an exceptional guide like Vidar! If I come back to Tromsø I will definitely use Creative Vacations again, perhaps to see the Aurora again, but also to take advantage of all the other excursions that he and his wife offer!
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Posted On : 2024-01-11 02:46:47
Posted By : 329chenk
Amazing experience. The guide is very professional and he managed to help us find the aurora in very snowy day. He has lots of experiences of photography and he helped me to set up my camera for me to capture the aurora. He also prepared multiple high-quality tripods for us to use. The experience of having a picnic and setting up a campfire on a frozen river is unforgettable. Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2023-12-19 07:54:18
Posted By : D1091AJcarlosr
Incredible experience, we booked two three excursions with Silvia and Vidar, the Blue day tour and two days of auroras. We loved everything! You will see the dawn on both days of the excursion at some wonderful viewpoints, right on the beach with the sky completely clear and full of stars. I recommend you book with them if you want to live an unforgettable experience.
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Posted On : 2023-12-12 09:24:43
Posted By : smarianos
Great service and best VIDAR guide. Everything really went perfectly and we were able to see spectacular auroras. The clothes they give you are essential to be able to survive the cold and the tripod that helps you take good photos.
Thanks for everything! Recommendable!
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Posted On : 2023-11-27 04:34:09
