Snowmobile Safari: Night-Time Adventure in Search for Northern Lights

Discover the enchanting beauty of the Arctic wilderness at night, as you journey along trails far from the city lights, guided only by the glow of snowmobile headlights and the moonlight!

With good weather and a bit of luck, you might even have the chance to see this mesmerizing spectacle firsthand.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Wild Nordic Finland Safari Center - Our guide will meet you in our office to provide all necessary instructions and outfit for the tour. Then you will ride the snowmobiles chasing the activity of Aurora. During the stops, our guide will tell you stories about the northern lights while you can look to the skies to spot the natural phenomenon. After the break you will drive back to our office.
What's Included
  • Guidance in English, other languages on request
  • Thermal clothing provided (overall, boots, gloves, woolen socks, scarf, helmets)
  • Photo stops
  • Warm drink
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off from Rovaniemi City center hotels
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • It is the customer’s responsibility to know basic English in order to understand the instructions. If the customer does not understand any of the instructions, Wild Nordic shall reserve the right to refuse the customer ́s participation based on safety concerns and necessity to communicate in English during any emergency situation.
  • All the pick-up…
Location
Wild Nordic Finland Safari Center
Joulupukintie
Meeting time at the Wild Nordic Safari Center is 30 minutes prior to activity starting time. Meeting time for other pick up locations is within 80 minutes prior to the starting time. The time will be informed in the confirmation message, please contact us in case you haven't received one.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Je_me_ke
Feb 1, 2025
Great experience - This tour is so much fun! Our guide explained how to use the snowmobiles before hand of course and made sure that we understood. I did this with my sister and we got to take turns driving. We did not see the northern lights as it was cloudy and snowing but regardless of whether you see them or not, it is still a great experience. We stopped few times along the way to take pictures. We had warm juice and cookies and half way through. I would definitely recommend this tour while in Rovaniemi.
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Nik0layp
Aug 19, 2023
Amazing trip - Great service. Very professionally organized. The guide was very customer friendly. We had luck to see the northern lights. Everything was perfect.
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Gideon1337
Mar 11, 2023
Incredible experience! Highly recommended! - Personally, I flew to Finland with the goal of driving a snowmobile through nature and seeing the Northern Lights. And that was really an incredible experience! In fact, I even created this Tripadvisor account just to report on it! We were picked up at the agreed meeting point, received special clothing and an instruction on how to operate the snowmobile... And then it started straight away! The tour was absolutely awesome. The area is really a deserted but beautiful wasteland where you would have been completely disoriented without a guide. Since we didn’t see any Northern Lights at the first spot, the guide decided to drive another spot deeper to the north. Our guide has really done everything possible to provide us with a cool experience. On the second spot we were actually lucky. Here we could see the Northern Lights. Afterwards we were told myths and legends about the Northern Lights, as well as various interesting facts around the campfire. We were really incredibly lucky with our guide. Not only did he (Mr. Klavs, if I read the name on the map correctly) a really deep fascination and love for both nature, snowmobiling and the job as a guide, equally he has also completely managed to let this passion jump to us. The tour was probably one of the best experiences of my life. Really! A few small comments for those interested in booking a tour like this: We have to confess that we were really lucky. For one thing, Northern Lights are super rare. On the other hand, there were only two of us on the tour (three with the guide), which of course has its own flair. Usually there are more people in a tour. What is annoying, however, is that the pick-up service only extends to the center of Rovaniemi. We had our apartment just outside. However, since we wanted to go downtown that day anyway, that was no problem for us. On the way back another, also very nice guide made an exception and drove us home/to the AirB&B anyway. Really super nice people. We would all in all recommend this tour to anyone! In English: Personally, I flew to Finland with the goal of once riding a snowmobile through nature and seeing the Northern Lights. And that was really an incredible experience! Really, I created this Tripadvisor account just to be able to report about it! We were picked up at the agreed meeting point, given special clothing and a briefing on how to operate the snowmobile.... And then it started right away! The tour was absolutely brilliant. The area is really a deserted but beautiful wasteland in which you would have been completely disoriented without a guide. Since we unfortunately did not see any northern lights at the first spot, the guide decided to drive to another spot deeper in the north. Our guide really did everything he could to give us a cool experience. At the second spot we were really lucky. Here we could see the northern lights. Afterwards, we were told myths and legends about the northern lights, as well as various interesting facts around the campfire. We were really incredibly lucky with our guide. Not only does he (Mr. Klavs, if I read the name on the card correctly) have a really deep fascination and love for both nature, snowmobiling and the job as a guide. The tour was probably one of the most beautiful experiences of my life. Really! A few small notes for those who are interested in booking such a tour: We have to admit that we were really lucky. On the one hand, northern lights are super rare. But on the other hand, there were only two of us on the tour (three with the guide), which of course has its own flair. Usually there are more people in a tour. However, it is annoying that the pick-up Service only goes as far as the center of Rovaniemi. We had our apartment a bit outside. However, since we wanted to go downtown that day anyway, that wasn't a problem for us. On the way back, another guide, also very nice, made an exception and drove us home/to the AirB&B anyway. Really super nice people. All in all, we would recommend this tour to everyone!
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Mariobe139ul
Mar 1, 2023
See the lights with Lisa - Our guide Lisa was just amazing. She brought us to an amazing open sapce to spot the Northern lights. I higly recommend the guide and the the complete team at the Wild Nordic center for all your excursions.
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Lindaallanmaxs
Feb 10, 2023
Northern lights trip - Brilliant guide Lisa looked after us superbly, excellent knowledge and best of all we got to see the Northern lights.
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Ruud1611
Feb 6, 2023
Nice trip, definitely worth it - Nice trip, unfortunately no northern lights seen but definitely worth it. Benoir as a guide has plenty to say and guides everyone super good for the trip
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Susvegara
Feb 24, 2024
Fun Fun Fun - Absolutely fun! It was very long and at times scary because there would be people that drive really slowly and we would lose sight of the guide and would be trying to keep up constantly. Easy access to the place, bear in mind you have to cross the road) its right next to the gas station. Friendly staff, easy instructions, snowmobiles are fun and easy to drive. Stopped in the middle of nowhere for chocolate and sausages, quite an experience. Didnt see the lights but had loads of fun. They provide the equipment, so dont worry too much. Only thing, I would drive all customers to their hotels, not just the ones in Rovaniemi. We were located up Santas Village and had to walk to it in the dark and on the road. Also kids and people who desire not too rides the bikes go in the front with the guide all nicely covered with a blanket.
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882emmad
Dec 9, 2023
See the lights - An awesome experience whilst in Rovenimi, definitely jump on a snow mobile time if you can. Wild Nordic from start to finish were very easy to deal with, from resending the booking confirmation for me to the pick up, tour and drop off process. Everything was seamless and easy to follow. We had awesome guides (Bruno and Roy), who were great with both their interactions but also the knowledge they shared. We didn't see the lights, but that's okay as there was plenty more to experience. I would say, if you don't want to sit behind slower people pick the snowmobile behind the guides, we got stuck behind some slower drivers and it did make it slightly less enjoyable.
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Rpask72
Dec 27, 2023
Tourist trap excursion! 32 people 16 snow bikes. No one warns you. Everyone in line at 30km/h. - Tourist trap excursion! 32 people and 16 snowmobiles. No charm, everyone in line at 30km/h. No sensation. It is nowhere indicated that there are so many people. 50 min motorbike ride. Sausage picnic for 5 euros. Being 32 in a cabin is not charming. No explanation about the Northern Lights. No breaks to take photos. Too expensive for the service.
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Tina_c
Feb 10, 2023
Disappointed - This tour is not in Helsinki. We booked this under the impression it was. I was asked 5 days before we travelled to update our Hotel pick up. I emailed my response with our address in Helsinki. At no point we’re we told that this tour is 700 kilometres (approx) from where we were staying. This is not the only tour offered in Helsinki that is NOT actually anywhere near Helsinki.
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