A 7 nights dedicated northern lights holiday in Utsjoki, Finland. On this holiday, we give a northern lights guarantee or you get a free holiday! We have been running our tours here in Utsjoki since 2014. That is over a decade we have been out every single night in winter, seeing how the weather and the northern lights behave. It’s safe to say, we know what we are doing. As such, we have so much faith that you will see northern lights on your 7 day holiday, we will put money on it. If you don’t see northern lights, you get a free holiday! There are quite a few direct flights to Ivalo now, this holiday starting on a Friday ties in well with a few of those flights. Or you can just fly to Ivalo via Helsinki like most of our customers do. We can pick you up from most flight times, except the real early morning morning ones. If in doubt, shoot us a message.
We have over 850 amazing reviews on tripadvisor. Over the years we have been able to expand the site with new cottages. So now it consists of 10 cottages, which is split into two sites, 5 cottages in each. Site A is our awesome original 5 cottages which have served us excellently over the years and site B is 5 newer cottages.
This page applies to our 7 night northern lights holiday. A lot of our guests fall in love with the place and say they wish they could have stayed here longer than the usual 4 night holiday, so we recently made this 7 night holiday. Although some customers used to book the 4 night and the 3 night back to back, it worked out quite expensive that way, so this 7 night holiday works out cheaper.
Asgard A | Our original five Asgard cottages | €1799 pp
Asgard B | Our five newer cottages | €1999 pp
Our tours in Utsjoki being at almost 70° North and surrounded by official wilderness areas means we have absolutely pristine clear skies with zero light pollution. Once you get this far north combined with being in these wilderness areas, your chances of seeing Northern Lights sky rocket compared to the big towns and cities in Lapland. This is statistically the best place in Finland (and the best place in the EU!) for Northern Lights.
At the time of writing, we have 100% record for the current aurora season. Meaning every week since our tours started, we have seen northern lights. Yes some weeks it has been touch and go whether we would keep that record, it hasn’t all been plain sailing, but with a slice of luck (and sometimes you need that) we have got an aurora show even right up to the last night. Some weeks we have epic northern lights every night of the week!
It is a 2 hour drive to the nearest airport (which is Ivalo airport), but ask any of our thousands of guests over the years was the drive worth it and I am sure you will get a resounding YES. In fact, many of our guests come back year after year. Some of them have been coming every year since our inception in 2014! The beauty of being this far out is that it’s not touristy. You will see real Lapland as it lives and breaths. There are no gimmicks, no mass tourism and no false advertising. You’ll likely see Reindeer beside the road on the drive up here and even the occasional Moose. You get what we advertise, a lovely cozy cottage, set in beautiful scenery on the periphery of civilisation. True peace and quiet.
Our tours in Utsjoki have won a certificate of excellence for almost 10 years straight on Tripadvisor. Indeed, we have been ranked #1 out of 250 tour companies in Lapland on Tripadvisor for almost a decade. If this is a once in a lifetime trip for you, why choose anyone else than the best?
Here is a video from one of our aurora tours, this was filmed on 3 nights of the same tour:
We can’t promise weeks are always that good 😉 but when the Earth weather and Space weather play ball, that really is what you can expect here.
Incredible northern lights show directly over one of our original cottages 🙂
Our motto “it’s all about the lights” has never been truer, because we hand picked every single thing about this northern lights holiday ourselves entirely from an aurora chasers perspective. It is 100% dedicated to Northern Lights and about maximising the chances of seeing them. We go chasing the lights to some of the most northern locations in Finland such as Utsjoki and Nuorgam. But we don’t stop there, we also cross the border into the Finnmark region of Norway and sometimes chase the northern lights even to the Barents Sea itself! We tap into our knowledge from running the aurora information service, and use all the tools we use for that (and many others we have at our disposal) to help get you under the Northern Lights.
Our responsibility for you seeing northern lights is not just when we are driving round in the evening trying to find them. Our responsibility of helping you see Northern Lights begins when you step off the plane, until when you step back on it! So even if we are not with you at the time, we want to maximise your chances of seeing the lights! For this reason, we have chosen not to put you in a hotel, instead we have personally selected some cottages that you will be staying in that hugely maximise your chances of seeing the lights, even if we aren’t with you. If we aren’t with you when the aurora kicks off (eg it’s 2am!), no worries, we send a whatsapp alert! You can also use the Whatsapp group to contact your guide if you have a problem or need anything.
Spiral Aurora over one of our new cottages 🙂
So you will have 7 nights accommodation in your own cottage situated a stones throw from the banks of the famous river Tenojoki in Utsjoki. You can watch the Northern Lights all night from your cottage, from the kota (wooden teepee with fire inside – super warm!) or from our Massive Watch Tower! Both our Asgard sites have access to the watchtower (it’s in between both sites), so you can wander up there as much as you like. We’ve had some amazing nights on that tower over the years!
Our epic (not to mention MASSIVE) Northern Lights watch tower. Situated right in the middle of both sites, walk up it whenever you like!
The usually number of people we take PER WEEK is usually around 15. This means even if we are fully booked, it’s just you and a few other aurora chasers for the entire week. It’s far more peaceful than the main Lapland hotspots where it is ridiculously busy and noisy. Here you can find true peace. You have your own cottage with your own kitchen and own sauna, so it is a really comfortable system, you can wake up when you like, eat when you like, and have a sauna when you like all in the comfort of your own cottage with your own privacy!
As with all our tours, we generally require a minimum of two people. However we often have odd numbers of people or large groups in one or two cottages, so we usually accommodate individual travelers throughout the winter, so please do contact us if you are an individual and would like to visit! We’ll try and make it happen.
Itinerary
The 7 night aurora holiday is Friday to Friday. On the Friday when you arrive, we’ll pick you up from Ivalo airport (all the details on which airport to fly to, which flights to get and lots of other useful information is here). Depending on the road conditions, it is about a two hour drive back to your cottage through beautiful snow capped pine forests and past frozen lakes.
Before we get to your cottage, we’ll stop at the supermarket so you can get some groceries etc for the week (remember your cottage is self catering). The supermarket is pretty big and it has everything you need for breakfast, lunch and dinner all week. There is a nice restaurant just a small walk from your cabin, should you choose not to cook so much. Your cottage is only 2km from the main village of Utsjoki which has a small store, so you are always within reasonable distance should you need anything.
Once at your cottage you’ll be shown around, instructed how to use the sauna etc. The cottages are nestled in a small pine wooded area which helps shelter you from the arctic wind. There are 2 kota’s (fire huts) in the grounds of our cottages where you and the other aurora service guests can warm up on cold nights and you can stay out watching northern lights for as long as you like. Your cottage also has a terrace you can sit on and watch the lights from, or you can even sit inside the cottage and watch the auroras from the window. It’s entirely up to you.
It will be around 5.00 pm or later by the time we get you to the cottage and you will have been travelling non-stop all day, so we’ll leave you to settle into your cottage and have an evening relaxing after a hard day’s travelling. We’ll just show you the kota, where you can watch the Northern Lights from on your first night. The aurora chasing begins on Saturday evening. It’s important you relax the first night so you are fresh for the rest of the week, because we will be out chasing the light for many nights, and depending on the the aurora show, we could be out quite late each night.
You have the daytime to yourself. Whether you want to go for walks, take up some of the activities we offer or just relax at your cottage reading a book. You can do anything you like, at your own pace. It’s especially good if you’re a photographer you can use the daytime to work on your previous nights aurora footage 🙂
If the skies aren’t clear at our site, we’ll hit the road in order to get under aurora.
On Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8pm each evening (purposefully just after dinner time so your not chasing the lights on an empty stomach!), our aurora chasing tours begin. We will come and collect you from your cottage and go out chasing the lights for about 4 hours or more (depends how good the show is) each night. When we get back to the cottage, you can put some wood in the kota/fireplace and carry on watching the northern lights into the early hours at your own leisure, with a beer or a glass of wine in your hand.
Not your average drive to the airport…
On the Friday morning we’ll come and collect you at about 9.15 am and take you back on the beautiful 2 hour drive to Ivalo airport.
Some of our optional daytime activities you can add on to your trip if you want. Do also check out our www.utsjokitours.fi website, you will find tons of different activities you can book if you wish.
There is no better feeling than being pulled silently through nature by huskies!
Our snowmobiling adventure is a nice gentle drive down frozen rivers and across frozen lakes, which often produces a few Reindeer sightings. It’s a great way to get off the beaten track and sample the Lapland wilderness.
If you want to do some of our optional winter activities in the day time, you can add-on to your holiday. Click here for more details.
The Price
Asgard A Cottage – 7 nights €1799 per person
Asgard B Cottage – 7 nights €1999 per person
Kids under 11 are half price!
-You only pay €199 (person) now to secure your place. The remainder is payable 1 month before arrival.
What you get:
- 7 nights accommodation in your own cottage with your own sauna.
- 4 nights aurora chasing 4-5 hours.
- Free collection to and from Ivalo airport.
- Free hot drinks and snacks while out aurora chasing.
- Free snow suits and snow boots, if needed.
- Free help and advice with your own camera.
- Free aurora pics our guides take.
- Free firewood for both your cottage fire and the fireplace outside.
What isn’t included:
- Flights are not included (we get people from every corner of the world, so it is impossible for us to arrange flights). Just get yourself to Ivalo airport in Lapland and we’ll do the rest.
- Meals are not included. Your cottage has a fully equipped kitchen so you can eat what you want, when you want (we visit a supermarket on the way up from airport). Being self catering means you save a ton of money compared to full board holiday packages and we can keep our prices low. There is a nice restaurant walking distance from the cottages, if you want to eat out some days and sample local cuisine.
Our 7 night Tour Dates 2026-2027 Aurora Season
Tour 1 | 7 nights Friday 30th Oct – Friday 6th Nov 2026
Tour 2 | 7 nights Friday 6th Nov – Friday 13th Nov 2026
Tour 3 | 7 nights Friday 13th Nov – Friday 20th Nov 2026
Tour 4 | 7 nights Friday 20th Nov – Friday 27th Nov 2026
Tour 5 | 7 nights Friday 27th Nov – Friday 4th Dec 2026
Tour 6 | 7 nights Friday 4th Dec – Friday 11th Dec 2026
Tour 7 | 7 nights Friday 11th Dec – Friday 18th Dec 2026
Christmas Break
Tour 8 | 7 nights Friday 1st Jan 2027 – Friday 8th Jan 2027
Tour 9 | 7 nights Friday 8th Jan – Friday 15th Jan 2027
Tour 10 | 7 nights Friday 15th Jan – Friday 22nd Jan 2027
Tour 11 | 7 nights Friday 22nd Jan – Friday 29th Jan 2027
Tour 12 | 7 nights Friday 29th Jan – Friday 5th Feb 2027
Tour 13 | 7 nights Friday 5th Feb – Friday 12th Feb 2027
Tour 14 | 7 nights Friday 12th Feb – Friday 19th Feb 2027
Tour 15 | 7 nights Friday 19th Feb – Friday 26th Feb 2027
Tour 16 | 7 nights Friday 26th Feb – Friday 5th March 2027
Tour 17 | 7 nights Friday 5th March – Friday 12th March 2027
Tour 18 | 7 nights Friday 12th March – Friday 19th March 2027
Tour 19 | 7 nights Friday 19th March – Friday 26th March 2027
For dates beyond this, if you are planning very far in advance, just click book now below and scroll forward through the booking calendar.
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The dedicated northern lights holiday in Finland was conceived by us. We are the original!
