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Northern Lights Adventure Cruise
Oslo-Oslo 7 nights. Individual tour
Scenic train trip, 4 nights Northern Lights Cruise, Dog sledding & the North Cape.
The
Northern Lights Adventure Cruise is a combination package where you enjoy the scenic Dovre train line across the Dovrefjell Mountain Plateau from Oslo to Trondheim and
then board one of the Norwegian Coastal Voyage ships for an exotic 4 nights
cruise from Trondheim to Kirkenes,
crossing the Arctic Circle. By clear weather you will have the opportunity to
view the marvelous
Aurora/Northern Lights.
We have included an adventurous dog sledding trip in Tromso along with the
exciting shore excursion to the North Cape. Return to Oslo
by flight from Kirkenes.
Add an adventurous Snow
Mobile Safari & overnight in Snow Hotel:
In Kirkenes you can add a night and take an
adventurous Arctic Snowmobile Safari with a traditional Sami meal in a lavvo
(December 10 to March 24), or stay overnight in the exotic Snow
Hotel (read more)
Available as a Northern Lights Christmas cruise special - view details
Day 1 - Oslo
Individual arrival to Oslo. Check in at the centrally
located elegant Bristol hotel.
Take the SAS airport bus directly to the hotel from the
Oslo/Gardermoen airport
Services included: Hotel in Oslo, 1 night incl breakfast
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Per person |
NOK |
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Double/twin rooms/cabin for 2 |
17 495 |
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Single rooms/cabin for 1 person |
18 550 |
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3rd person in 3-bed rooms/cabin |
15 250 |
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Child (4-15) sharing parents rooms/cabin |
10 250 |
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Additional night in Kirkenes + Snow Mobile Safari |
2 075 |
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Overnight in Snow Hotel + Snow Mobile Safari |
3 300 |
Contact us
E-mail: post@fjordtravel.no
Tel.: +47 5513 1310
Fax: +47 5513 1311
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Day 2 - Oslo - Trondheim
Enjoy
a scenic train ride from Oslo across the
Dovrefjell Mountain Plateau & National Park to the historic city of Trondheim.
Check in at the centrally located 4* Radisson SAS Royal Garden hotel or
similar.
Services included: Train.
Hotel
in Trondheim, 1 night incl breakfast
Day 3- Trondheim
Cruise Departure*
Board the Norwegian Coastal Voyage ship before noon and enjoy the 4 nights
Northern Lights - Aurora cruise from Trondheim to Kirkenes.
View
Cruise information
Services included:
Outside standard cabin w/private facilities.
All meals onboard
Day 4 - Cruise,
crossing the Arctic Circle
Arrival to Bodo at noon, with time to visit the city. Then
crossing the Vest Fjord heading towards the magnificent, sheer Lofot
Wall and the Lofoten Islands.
Services included: Cabin & meals as above
The amazing Lofoten Islands
Day 5 - Cruise - Tromso
Arrival to
Tromso at 1430. You will then be picked up for the trip to the
Tromso Wilderness center, located in the beautiful Arctic area outside the city,
where you will be joining an exciting dog sledding trip
Services included: Cabin & meals as above. Dog
sledding
Day 6 - Cruise - North Cape
Main port Honningsvag, then cruise along Finnmark's barren coast, passing the Sværholdtklubben Bird Colony and
the unbelievable rock formation of Finnkjerkja.
Enjoy the exotic North Cape land excursion!
Services included: Cabin & meals as above. North
Cape
Day 7 - Kirkenes - Oslo
Around the north and east coast of the barren Finnmark coast
before the ship continues to the south-east into the Bokfjord and on
to Kirkenes. Disembark late morning, then flight to Oslo. The
Bristol hotel or an airport hotel at your choice. Services included: Flight, Hotel w. breakfast
Snow mobile Safari & 1 night in Kirkenes
Snow mobile Safari on a frozen fjord
surrounded by Arctic scenery. Coffee/tea and dried reindeer meat in a
well-heated lavvo, the Sami equivalent of a tipi. warm winter clothes and
instructions in snowmobiling safety. Hotel w. breakfast in Kirkenes.
Remember to bring your driver’s license if you want to drive. Available for
start date in Oslo from Dec. 9 to March 30
Snow mobile Safari & overnight in Snow Hotel
Snow mobile Safari as above, then dinner & overnight in the exotic
and unforgettable Snow hotel - a beautiful piece of architecture with ice
sculptures, surrounded by live reindeers, as the Snow hotel is situated in the
Reindeer Safari Park. You can also take part in the feeding of the reindeers.
Exotic transport on kick sledges from Kirkenes (alternative transport
available), 3 course dinner, overnight in warm sleeping bags, sauna in the
morning & breakfast. Alternative transport available.
Start date in Oslo Dec 14 to March 30
Important instructions for the Snow
Hotel overnight
The prices include
transport as described and hotels with breakfast.
No transfers are included.
Meals onboard served in the dining room
4 x buffet breakfast
4 x buffet lunch
4 x 3 course dinner
Drinks are not included
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE OVERNIGHT STAY IN THE
SNOW HOTEL:
Meeting point & departure:
Meet the Snow Hotel guide at 17:45 in the lobby/reception of the RICA
KIRKENES HOTEL (please note that there are 2 Rica hotels in Kirkenes; Rica
Hotel Kirkenes and Rica Arctic Hotel). Normally the departure time is at 18 00
hs. You will recognize the guide, as he/she will have the KIRKENES SNOW HOTEL
sign.
This distance between the hotel and the Snow Hotel (1 km) will be done by Kick
sleigh ( Arctic Taxi ) or by Snowmobile Taxi ( sleigh pulled by snowmobile ).
Luggage:
Your main luggage will be stored at the Rica Kirkenes hotel. It is no need
to take the big luggage with you to the Snow Hotel, as it will be frozen after a
night inside the snow.
Bring only a small night bag with you, where your important belongings
are kept during the Snow Suite night.
Clothing:
You need to bring with you: long thermal underwear, pullover. Or
jogging dress, breathable. You are in the Arctic Climate: take extra layers to
keep yourself warm.
Warm outdoor clothing: thermal overalls, hat, mittens, winter boots
and socks are included in the price of overnight in the Snow Hotel.
You will also get a sleeping bag , sheet, woolen socks and a woolen night hat
for the night in the Snow Hotel.
Health condition:
It is needed to have a normal health condition and a good humor to enjoy the
overnight in the Snow Hotel!
Overnight & facilities at the Snow Hotel:
In the Snow Suite there are real beds with real mattresses to keep your back
warm during the night. Beds are surrounded by ice blocks. You will be sleeping
inside the sleeping bag. Guide of the Snow Hotel will explain how to sleep
inside the sleeping bag.
Your outdoor clothing is good to set as a roll and inside to the sleeping back
or between the mattress and sleeping bag. More comfortable in the morning to
have them on again!
There are curtains as a door in every Snow Suite.
Temperature is between -4 Celsius degrees and -6 Celsius degrees.
Restaurant & meals:
Next to the Snow Hotel there is a warm Lavvo restaurant, where breakfast and
dinner is served.
There is a Snow Bar to warm you up before sleeping in the Snow Hotel,
but it is not advisable to drink too much before going to sleep.
In the Lavvo restaurant there is one room with few beds, just in case a person
does not feel comfortable to sleep inside the snow. In the Lavvo restaurant
there is staff also during night time to secure safe overnight in the Snow Suite
Shower, sauna & toilet facilities:
The Snow Hotel is located in the suburban wilderness. Toilets (electric- and
bio toilets), which are heated, are outside of the Snow Suite. You need to walk
appr 50 meters to get there. There is no running water, but you can wash your hands in the rest room facilities.
It is important to make a visit to the toilet before going to sleep in the sleeping
bag.
Sauna and shower facilities are in the Rica Kirkenes Hotel, 1 km from Kirkenes
Snow hotel. There are towels in the changing room for the overnighters
use.
The sauna is normally ready for the overnighters use at 09 00 am depending on
the schedule of overnighters.
Rules:
There are also few strict rules to remember when inside the Snow Hotel and
Snow Suite: it is not allowed to smoke or make fire inside the any facility of
Kirkenes Snow hotel. This is so strictly forbidden, that there are alarms in
this case. We do not want to have rain in the Snow Hotel!
CHILDREN: The staff at the Snow Hotel will assess each child's
suitability to the cold environment inside the Snow Hotel following an hour or
so spent there. Any child not comfortable in the Snow Hotel will be looked after
by our Snow Hotel staff inside the warm Lavvo next door to the Snow Hotel.
Parents are however fully responsible for the welfare and comfort of their
children.
Fjord Travel Norway is fully insured and a member of
the Norwegian Tour Guarantee Fund (RGF). Travel agencies and wholesalers
in Norway are required to be a member of this fund. In the unlikely
event of insolvency the RGF will refund any advance payments you have
made to our company for a holiday in Norway.
RGF
web site
Tel +47 51 85 99 40
Aurora Borealis - the amazing Northern Lights
The Northern Lights; nature's own light show, are solar winds that meet the atmosphere in a zone around the magnetic North Pole, forming arches, waves and curls of light moving across the sky, with sudden rays of light shooting down from space.
The Northern Lights activity takes place all year in all types of weather. However, to actually see the lights, the weather has to be dark and clear (no guarantee!). In Tromso it is dark between August and April, with the main Northern Lights season from November to April. The Northern Lights are visible from the afternoon until the middle of the night. Read more about the Northern Lights
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