Northern Lights Cruise & Snow Hotel
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Overview
Highlights
- Explore the Royal Castle in Oslo
- Enjoy Beautiful blue Arctic light in Tromso
- Enjoy a dog sledding trip!
- Experience the spectacular North Cape cliff!
- Northern Lights – one of nature’s wonders!
- Enjoy an adventurous Snowmobile safari!
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Trip includes
- 4* Hotels w. breakfast buffet Oslo Park Inn at Gardermoen airport or Hotel Bristol in the centre of Oslo Tromso Radisson Blu hotel Tromso or similar Snow Hotel Kirkenes: Transfer from the centre of Kirkenes, 3 course Arctic dinner, Overnight in warm sleeping bags, Sauna & breakfast in the morning. Transport Flight Oslo-Tromso Flight Kirkenes-Oslo Excursions/activities Northern Lights trip w. Dog sledding, light meal & transfers North Cape excursion Hurtigruten cruise 2 nights in standard outside cabin w. separate beds & private facilities All meals during the cruise; Buffet breakfast, buffet lunch & 3 course dinner. Food only All taxes & VAT
Itinerary
Individual arrival to Oslo. Check in at the Park Inn airport hotel at Gardermoen, conveniently located within walking distance of the airport. The centre of Oslo is located 20 mins from the airport by the frequent Airport Express train
Spend 1 night in Oslo
A 2 hour flight to Tromso. Individual arrival to a centrally located hotel, easily accessible by the Airport bus. Tromso is beautifully located, surrounded by spectacular Arctic islands & Alpine mountain peaks.
Northern Lights evening trip included
Spend 1 night in Tromso
You can add nights & exciting activities in Tromso
In the evening of day 2 you will be picked up in the centre of Tromso for a Northern Lights trip with Dog sledding and a warm, local meal in a lavvo (Sami tent).
Included: Transfers from the centre of Tromso & warm clothes
Tromso Norway, the pier. Photo by Shigeru Ohki, Nordnorsk reiseliv
Time to see Tromso before You board the Hurtigruten ship in the early evening for the Northern Lights cruise to the Arctic town of Kirkenes.
All meals will be included during the cruise
Spend 2 nights on board
Cruise along stunning Arctic scenery to the main port of Honningsvag, where you join the exotic North Cape excursion by coach across Mageroya island – Norway’s northernmost island, normally covered by snow during the winter months.
Then on to the North Cap cliff – an impressive, 307-metre (1,007 ft) high cliff with a large flat plateau on top
After breakfast you disembark in Arctic Kirkenes, located in the middle of the Northern Lights zone.
Kirkenes is located close to the Russian border, and has always had a close relationship with their Russian neighbors – the street names in Kirkenes are both in Norwegian & in Russian!
You will be picked up at the pier by a transfer bus for the adventurous Snow Mobile Safari on a frozen fjord. Remember to bring your driver’s licence if you want to drive the Snow mobile! The bus will stop at a hotel, where you will leave your luggage in the meantime....
You will be picked up at the hotel in Kirkenes for an Arctic dinner in the Snow hotel restaurant & an unforgettable overnight stay in the exotic Snow hotel – a beautiful piece of architecture with ice sculptures, located next to the warm & comfortable service ...
After breakfast in the Snow hotel you join the transfer bus back to the centre of Kirkenes, where you can take the scheduled airport bus or a taxi to the airport (appr 15 min).
Overnight in the centre of Oslo or at an airport hotel at your choice
Spend 1 night in Oslo
The trip finishes after breakfast on day 7
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.
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About Fjord Travel Norway
Fjord Travel Norway is a family owned, Norwegian company, founded by Rita de Lange in 2000.
Our aim is to show and share the beauty of Norway with people around the globe, based on our local know-how, offering our personal service
Our providers
Being locals, we pick out and cooperate with the very best local providers to make up the vacation packages.
About Norway – a brief introduction. Norway is mostly known for its natural beauty, fjords and mountains, the amazing Northern Lights and the Midnight Sun. The Kingdom of Norway is a constitutional monarchy located in Northern Europe, the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Geographically Norway is located about as far north in Europe as you can get, and hosts the northernmost point of Europe- the North cape cliff. It is part of the Scandinavian peninsula.
Norway has a population of about 5 million, and it is the second least densely populated country in Europe, with a majority living in Oslo and the eastern parts of the country. Norway has a very elongated shape, one of the longest and most rugged coastlines in the world, and some 50,000 islands off this extremely indented coastline.
A vast number of fjords are cutting their way from the coastline into the country, carved out by the ice. The fjords are quite unique and beautiful, but naturally they have also been a challenge for the road planners… thus a ferry crossing the fjord is a typical sight in Norway. In fact, the ferries are defined as part of the road systems.
The Arctic northern part of Norway is densely populated, with no railroad connections north of Bodo, and few roads, which are often closed during the winter due to heavy snowfall. One might expect the sea to be frozen during the winter months due to the northern latitude, but the sea is in fact always open thanks to the Golf current passing along the coast. Naturally the sea has been the “main road” for the population along the coast.
Fish has always played an important part in Norway’s economy, due to the vast coastline and mountains covering large areas of the country. Only the eastern parts of southern Norway has a topography suited for agriculture and larger farms. Along the coast people typically had a minor piece of soil for a cow and some potatoes, combined with fishing.
Thus for centuries Norway was the “poor little brother” of the Scandinavian countries, and was in fact first absorbed into a union with Denmark for centuries, and then into a union with Sweden. In 1814 Norway stood up against the union and adopted a new constitution, but had to wait until 1905 for a full independence. Being poor for centuries, Norway did not have the opportunity to build monumental buildings, like those you find in Sweden and Denmark.
However, in the 1970’ies a new era began when it was discovered that the North Sea was filled with basins of black gold – the oil, and these days Norway is one of the richest countries in the world, due to the oil industry, which nowadays is the most important part of Norway’s economy. The oil has contributed to a high level of general welfare, and Norway has set off on a new path towards monumental buildings, like the amazing Opera house in Oslo, opened in 2008. Oslo has in 2013 decided to build a new and modern home to the famous painter Edvard Munch’s paintings, located nest to the Opera house at the Bjorvika waterfront. The spectacular Astrup Fearnley Museum of contemporary art, designed by the famous Italian architect Renso Piano, was opened in Oslo in 2012.
The drawback is that the increasing wages in the oil industry has influenced the general level of wages, thus making Norway an expensive country for people from abroad.
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What's excluded
- International Flights
- Passport and Visa Charges
- Personal Expenses
All cancellations must be received in writing. The date of cancellation shall be the date when written notice is received by Fjord Travel Norway.
i) Tours as described on the web site; individual tours, customized tours (apart from tours including cruises on the Hurtigruten):
General cancellation charges: Equals the deposit paid.
Cancellations received after the final payments are due, i.e. less than 45 days prior to service start:
(All refunds are calculated less the deposit paid)
From 45-15 days prior to service start: 50% refund
From 14-0 days prior to service start: no refund.
ii) Tours including cruises on the Hurtigruten ships
General cancellation charges: Equals the deposit paid
Cancellations received after the final payments are due, i.e. less than 65 days prior to service start:
(All refunds are calculated less the deposit paid)
From 64-46 days prior to service start: 70% refund
From 45-32 days prior to service start: 40% refund
From 31-18 days prior to service start: 10% refund
From 17-0 days prior to service start: no refunds
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