NORTHERN LIGHTS & Top Safaris

The northern lights have had a number of names through history. The scientific name for the phenomena is Aurora Borealis, which is Latin and translates into the red dawn of the north. Aurora borealis,in Finnish  called "revontulet", which means "fox fires" a name derived from an ancient fable of the arctic fox starting fires fire or spraying up snow with its brush-like tail.

Northern lights originate from our sun. During large explosions and flares, huge quantities of solar particles are thrown out of the sun and into deep space. These plasma clouds travel through space with speeds varying from 300 to 1000 kilometers per second. When they are closing in on Earth, they are captured by Earth's magnetic field (the magnetosphere) and guided towards Earth's two magnetic poles; the geomagnetic south pole and the geomagnetic north pole.On their way down towards the geomagnetic poles, the solar particles are stopped by Earth's atmosphere.When the solar particles are stopped by the atmosphere, they collide with the atmospheric gases present, and the collision energy between the solar particle and the gas molecule is emitted as a photon - a light particle. And when you have many such collisions, you have an aurora - lights that may seem to move across the sky.

NORTHERN LIGHT TOURS

Would you like to experience the exotic light show on the sky, Aurora Borealis?  Our Northern Light Tour takes you far away from the lights in the village on a sleigh ride to the fells.

If the weather is fine, prognosis for weather and aurora are promising we’ll meet at the safari club at 9.00 p.m. and head with our guide over the fells. We can’t quarantee that you’ll see aurora but also only the sleigh ride behind the snowmobile under the bright stars of Lappish sky is an unforgettable experice. And we don’t start if the forecast is not good enough.

If you want to learn to take fotos of the northern lights our experienced guides are pleased to give you some tips and facts. But you can also just relax and enjoy the heavenly show in the sky.

Duration of the trip approx. 1,5 hours. Price 60 € per person. Min. 4 participants.

Bookings on the same day at the latest at 16.00. This tour can´t be pre-booked, we'll have to wait for the aurora forecast before every tour. Closer information at our Top Safari safari club in Tunturihotel main building.

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NORTHERN LIGHT TOURS  in the evening

-       on snow shoes, approx. 1,5 h, incl. hot berry juice. 55 € per person, min. 4 persons

-       on snowmobiles, approx. 3 h, incl. hot berry juice. 115 € per person (driving 2 persons/snowmobile)e or 150 € p.p. (driving singe/snowmobile) , min. 4 persons