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Private Tour with Sami, Reindeer & Lady Aurora

Start your arctic adventure with an interesting introduction to northern lights in Alta’s most iconic building, the Northern Lights Cathedral. Together with your guide, you will travel back in time to understand the importance that the Aurora Borealis played in and around Alta for centuries. Peek behind the mesmerizing, colorful curtains and immerse yourself in the fascinating physics behind one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. Discover why Alta is still one of the best places in the world to observe the dancing lights.

With this background information about one of Alta’s treasures in mind, you leave the city behind you. Your tour guide will take you on a fascinating journey to one of the most important centers of the Sami people. 70 km south of Alta, the village of Maze awaits you, one of the most significant places for the Sami community. You will be welcomed by a Sami family in a traditional Lavvo (Sami tent). Listen to the ancient but still vivid stories of the first settlers, taste traditional Sami food, and listen to Europe’s oldest still-practiced music – the Joik. As a rounding off highlight, take a seat in a reindeer sleigh. Experience the traditional mode of transport of the Sami people as you travel through the idyllic winter landscape.

With so many new impressions of life here in the Arctic North, we set off once again into the polar night. Together with your experienced guide, you will hunt for the indigenous spirits that dance across the sky on many nights. Far away from distracting artificial light sources, we keep an eye out for Lady Aurora, who has been inspiring awe and wonder in people for thousands of years, while we let the clear, cold polar air flow through our lungs.