Top Experiences in Abisko National Park

We go with minibus out into the polar night, all the way to the world-famous Abisko National Park and we makes stops during the way on the best places to see the northern light. Hopefully we will find aurora borealis in the dark night sky on our way there.

We will help you to capture pictures of the magical nature phenomen.
The minibus is always heated and we serve coffee, tea or warm lingonberry juice and sweet snacks on the tour.

We can not guarantee that the northern light is visible because its a weather phenomenon beyond or control.
But we can guarantee that we will do our best for you to have a wonderful experience anyway

The northern lights use to be visible from September-middle of April

Start up your Aurora Borealis night tour at the famous Stejk Street Foods food truck & Tipi in Kiruna. Your ticket includes local street food dinner in the Tipi. Meanwhile the guide will make the latest weather and Aurora Borealis prognosis which give you the best chance to see the Aurora during the night. Driving through the night in a van gives us the best opportunity to see many different locations in a big area. This will increase the chance for Aurora.

Start up your Aurora Borealis night tour at the famous Stejk Street Foods food truck & Tipi in Kiruna. Your ticket includes local street food dinner in the Tipi. Meanwhile the guide will make the latest weather and Aurora Borealis prognosis which give you the best chance to see the Aurora during the night. Driving through the night in a van gives us the best opportunity to see many different locations in a big area. This will increase the chance for Aurora.
Incase of bad weahter forecast in Abisko the tour will take another direction for safety and best chance of spotting Aurora.

We visit the famous Abisko National Park. We have a short hike close to the Abisko canyon with the clear and fresh water coming from the mountains. If the chair lift is open and the weather is nice we take a ride with it to the top of the Nuolja Mountain. There we have an incomparable views over the lake Torneträsk and the beautiful mountains in the area.

Would you like to enjoy a morning hike in the Arctic wilderness with one of the best outfitters in Abisko? Let one of Lights Over Lapland’s professional guides take you for a short, 4-5 km guided hike in Abisko National Park!

During this spectacular adventure, your guide will lead you down one of the beautiful local trails. A good example is the trail which meanders along the scenic Abisko river canyon. You will wander through an ancient mountain birch forest, enjoy stunning open views of the Abisko river delta, marvel at soaring mountain peaks, take in all the beautiful scenery around the incredible Lake Torneträsk and much more. All of our guides are highly trained and will share their deep pool of knowledge about tracks left behind by our local wildlife, local indigenous people of the region and what it is like to live in the Arctic.

While other operators may give you one method of chasing the lights on foot or in a minivan, we are proud to be the only outfitter to invest so much time and customer research into a brand new adventure that gives you not one, but THREE methods to see and photograph the northern lights and the absolute best chances of a successful aurora chase in Abisko National Park. We are proud of the fact that we are fully insured and have all the necessary permits to operate our tours in Abisko National Park, which many of our competitors have simply chosen not to do. All of our evening adventures have a maximum guest to guide ratio of 8:1. This makes the experience much more genuine, and helps us maintain proper social distancing at our locations. Since your adventure includes all transportation, there is not a set time that we have to return back to the hotel, which gives us more flexibility and the ability to stay out later than any other outfitter in Abisko.

Enjoy a magical evening at the beautiful Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge which is located beautifully outside the city lights with large open views towards the mountains.

With the local guide, your evening begins in the tipi next to the lodge where we will have a big tipi dinner around the fire.

After enjoying a good BBQ meal we hit the road with a warm and comfortable minivan driving you around calm roads around Lapland to the very best viewing points to experience the majestic Northern Lights. Our route is between Kiruna and Abisko National Park.

Welcome to our home!

The tour includes:
Transfer from and to your hotel in Kiruna C
Arctic clothes loan. Down jacket, pants, and winter boots
BBQ meal in the tipi
Photographs of the evening

Imagine a clear starry sky evening in Abisko National park far from the city lights, in one of the world's best places to see the Northern Lights. Abisko National Park, in Swedish Lapland, offers some of the best conditions in the world for northern lights watching. The unique climate of the area keep the skies almost clear, and the light pollution is next to nothing. Abisko is located in the heart of Lapland, far north of the Arctic Circle. It a true Northern light adventure which will make your smile shine in the winter darkness.
We don’t limit ourselves by distance, so we can drive wherever is needed to find clear sky.
Go to Lapland Guides ar professional and specializes in Northern lights and finding clear sky.

The tour is perfect for those who love the nature. We can adjust the level of hiking/walking to guests' preference. It is enjoyable from children to elderly people.

Join us on the hunt for the northern lights and explore Kiruna to Abisko. Our guides use the weather & northern lights (aurora borealis) forecast to predict the best locations to have the highest probability to see northern lights. Northern lights is a natural phenomenon and changes constantly the same as the wild nature. Our guides do everything in their power to guide you to northern lights but sometimes it´s not possible due to weather conditions.

If you are a photographer you are in good hands as we always try to find good spots for photography. Tripod is needed to photograph Northern lights as you need long shuttertime.

We make a short introduction of the tour and how it works. Then buckle up and the hunt for the Northern lights has began for the night.

Always small groups of maximum 7 people invites to a genuine experience to remember for a long time.

Join our famous tours in the hunt for Northern lights trough the breathtaking abisko national park. This winter, northern lights will show it self more often as we enter the solar cycle's peak. The microclimate that creates the blue hole of abisko gives you the best chance in Europe even in cloudy forecasts to experience the Northern Lights.
Incase of bad weahter forecast in Abisko the tour will take another direction for safety and best chance of spotting Aurora.