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Itinerary

Arrive Alta – the City of the Northern Lights!

Meet with your private transfer in the arrival hall for transfer to Sorrisniva

Alta is a great choice for visitors seeking to experience the magic of the

Northern Lights. Since the year 2000 Alta has been named the city of the Northern Lights. The stable climate with many days of clear sky and the very good weather conditions are reasons why several international scientific expeditions were carried out in Alta.

Sorrisniva is in itself a premium destination offering guests premium accommodation, excellent cuisine, and time to relax or to enjoy our wide range of nature experiences. Check in for dinner, overnight and breakfast at Artic Wilderness Lodge

– River Suit

The lodge creates a unique wilderness experience for discerning guests wishing to experience the traditional Sorrisniva seasonal offerings including the ice hotel. The River Suites are located on the first floor these 36 square meter suites offer an elevated panoramic view over the river and skyline through the expansive

glass frontage and ceiling. Your suite has a private balcony and bath for you to relax after enjoying an outdoor experience.

5-course Dinner in MAKU restaurant (drinks not included)

Enjoy a Private Hunting the Northern Lights

Depending on the weather the Northern lights guide will choose the best route to hunt the Aurora. Sometimes we follow the coastline and sometimes we go up to the Finnmark Plateau. The guide has knowledge about the Northern lights, and basic photo knowledge, and can also tell you about the culture and history

of Sorrisniva and Alta, and how it has been to grow up with the Aurora Borealis. During the experience, you will have time to enjoy the silence and the winter darkness on your way to find the Northern lights. Our guide will ensure that you are having a great time, answer all your questions and help you with your photography.

Enjoy breakfast in the iconic Lavvu restaurant, which represents the Sami tent design, and has a special ambiance creating a memorable dining experience. Serves breakfast based upon local produce including smoked salmon, dried meats, cheeses, yogurts, berries, a variety of bread, and the traditional Norwegian waffles. After breakfast check out, and store your luggage in the luggage room. Tonight you are going to sleep in the Igloo hotel. Get ready for your private 1,5 hours Sami reindeer sled experience Your Sami guide will collect you from Sorrisniva and introduce you to your reindeer who will pull your sled through the local wilderness. The sled is designed for two persons to sit side by side and you will be provided with Arctic clothing as appropriate and sit on reindeer skins. You will stop at the Sami’s lavvu (tepeelike tent) where you sit on reindeer skins around the fire and hear stories about the Sami culture before continuing the sledding back to Sorrisniva. The combination of the reindeer sledding and sitting in a Lavvu around the fire hearing tales about the Sami culture provides a fascinating insight into this special semi-nomadic culture.

After reindeer sledding, it’s time for a 2-course lunch meal ( drinks not included)

3-course dinner in MAKU restaurant (drinks not included)

Time for 3 hrs Private Snowmobile experience under the Northern Lights This is the perfect snowmobile experience for those who want to learn and drive their own snowmobile combined with the opportunity of experiencing the Northern Lights. Before the snowmobile experience, a brief guided tour of the Igloo hotel is organized. The snowmobile experience starts directly outside the Igloo Hotel at Sorrisniva. The snowmobile guide oversees the experience and will organize the required clothing as well as safety equipment. The experience

follows a prepared snowmobile track in the area. In this experience, you will get a feeling of what it is like, to drive a snowmobile, and at the same time enjoy nature to its best. Halfway through a stop is made where the guests can share their experiences as well as enjoy the Northern Lights if they are visible. The experience ends with a refreshing ice drink when back at Sorrisniva.

Overnight in Igloo hotel – Themed Suite

Explore the contrast between staying in the cold and the cozy sleeping bag that keeps you nice and warm during the whole night! Feel the silence and serenity surrounding you. All our ice and snow artists are local as are the ice hotel builders. All experience, knowledge, and development during these years is retained at Sorrisniva. The entire hotel is built every winter with natural snow and ice in a truly sustainable manner. It then melts in springtime when the

temperatures rise. The Igloo suites are designed and crafted by our ice sculptors with a special artistic theme developed each winter. They are fully crafted from ice blocks with an extra-large ice bed covered with an insulated mattress and reindeer hides with ice furniture.

Included:

❖ Extreme sleeping bag (designed for -25 Celsius) and pillow.

❖ Shower – changing rooms with towels.

❖ Morning sauna incl. towels: 7-10 am.

❖ Gourmet breakfast buffet with local ingredients and homemade bread:

8-10 am.

❖ Coffee, tea, and natural Arctic water.

❖ Wi-Fi.

❖ Public bathroom/wardrobe/changing room - Sauna

❖ Luggage room - Small lockers

Enjoy breakfast in the iconic Lavvu restaurant, which represents the Sami tent design, and has a special ambiance creating a memorable dining experience. Serves breakfast based upon local produce including smoked salmon, dried meats, cheeses, yogurts, berries, a variety of bread, and the traditional Norwegian waffles. After breakfast check out, and store your luggage in the luggage room. Tonight, you are going to sleep in the Arctic Wilderness Lodge again.

Ready for a full day (5-7 hrs) of private Dog sledding?

At this family-owned kennel with 25 huskies, you will be clothed with Arcticwinter clothing from head to toe. After a short introduction & safety briefing to husky sledding, you will get your own dog team ready for an unforgettable experience in Europe’s last remaining wilderness.

The sledding experience goes through typical Finnmark terrain, through both snowy kinds of wood and the open Vidda (Finnmark plateau). You will have lunch in an old earthen cottage or in the open. Weather permitting, we can see the Alta canyon from the sled, or nature will offer us wild animals while you slide silently through the wilderness. 8-course dinner at MAKU restaurant (drinks not included)

Overnight and breakfast at Arctic Wilderness Lodge – River Suit

Enjoy a nice breakfast at your hotel. Your private transfer will meet you in the reception for transfer to the airport for your flight to your next destination!