Northern lights tour

[carmel40]

Hi there,

 

We are going on a northern lights cruise on 17/03/2015, wondering if anyone has any idea if there are any private tour company's to view the lights in Alta, Norway.

 

Thanks in advance

[majortom10]

Hi there,

 

We are going on a northern lights cruise on 17/03/2015, wondering if anyone has any idea if there are any private tour company's to view the lights in Alta, Norway.

 

Thanks in advance

 

We went last year and booked with P&O excursion "In search of Northern Lights" was expensive but really well organised and fantastic experience we were lucky to see Northern Lights but those on second night were not so lucky and didnt see much if anything at all. We never saw anyone at Alta selling independent excursions on the 2 days we were there so I would say no its ether P&O or hope to see them from the ship for free. There is never any guarantees but the company P&O use monitor weather conditions and were the best place to take you to have a chance of seeing them because the darker it is away from light pollution the better the chance.

[silver surfer 2010]

Couldn't agree more - P & O have it all sewn up but although expensive well worth the money. Not much difference between their price and a private excursion.

You must go to the pre excursion talks on board - very informative

[carmel40]

Thank you both for your reply's. I think we will just go for the P&O tour. I had searched online and couldn't find any independent tour operators, so thought I would ask on here. Do either of you have you any tips for day time tours.

 

Thanks once again

[silver surfer 2010]

We only did the tour from Alta - In Search of the Northern Lights - Bergen, Tromso and Stavanger are all walkable into the towns and in Alta there was a shuttle during the day.

Edited January 29, 2015 by silver surfer 2010

[majortom10]

If my memory serves me right there was a shuttle bus into the town in Tromso because we berthed a long way from the town.

[Huddy Newby]

Check the Alta Tourist Board website. We used the Tromso tourist office website in 2013 and had 2 good independent tours.

 

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Edited January 31, 2015 by Huddy Newby

[silver surfer 2010]

If my memory serves me right there was a shuttle bus into the town in Tromso because we berthed a long way from the town.

 

Sorry my mistake - you are quite correct - underground road from port into town - unbelieveable

[silver surfer 2010]

An interesting site

 

http://www.visitalta.no/en/

 

This gives access to all sorts of things

 

David E

[silver surfer 2010]

It's minus 10.8 just now and looks as though they have had another fall of snow in Alta

 

http://www.portalta.borealiswebcam360.com