Arctic Resorts · Camp Tamok, Tamok valley
You leave Tromsø at 14:00, drive a husky team after dark, eat dinner by an open fire and, on a clear night, get your portrait taken under the northern lights. It's the one sled trip here built around the dark, for adults who want sledding and an aurora chance in a single evening.
Arctic Resorts, the company behind Destination Tromsø, sells this on Viator as a dog sledding and dinner experience. You meet at 13:45 inside the Prostneset terminal, the bus leaves at 14:00, and the trip runs about 10 hours. Its timings, age rules and inclusions match the operator's own Arctic All-in-One Night at Camp Tamok in the Tamok valley, which runs 14:00 to midnight.
You get a self-drive husky run in the dark, a "husky driving license" certificate, dinner from the open fire and professional northern lights portraits, shared within 48 hours. Groups are capped at 10. A guest from a previous season described "a nice long ride on a very cold night" followed by hot soup and bread. The aurora is possible on a clear night but never guaranteed.
Now the part to check. The Viator inclusions also list snowmobile traffic insurance, a helmet and a balaclava, and a rule that snowmobile drivers must be 18 with a driving licence. The operator's own version adds a northern lights hunt by snowmobile. Ask Arctic Resorts before you book whether your ticket includes the snowmobile part. With only 4 reviews, all from 2023, this is the least-tested trip on the site. For a well-reviewed alternative, sled by day on Kvaløya and book a northern lights chase for the night.
Inside the main entrance hall of the Prostneset terminal, Samuel Arnesens gate 5.
About 90 minutes to the camp in the Tamok valley, arriving as the light goes.
Winter suit, boots, mittens and hat, then how to drive the team.
Self-drive through the forest, with headlamps and, with luck, the aurora overhead.
A hot meal by the fire, portraits if the lights show, then the bus back, about 10 hours after you left.
★★★★★It was fun being exposed to a new skill. A nice long ride on a very cold night followed by a delicious meal of hot soup and bread. I underestimated just how much the dogs love to pull the sleds - they were great!
★★★★★Fantastic experience would recommend to all, must be physically fit. Once in a life time experience, one off the bucket list.
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Maybe. You're out in the dark season far from city lights, so the odds are good on a clear night, but the aurora is never guaranteed and clouds can sit over one valley all night. See dog sledding and the northern lights.
The Viator listing includes snowmobile insurance, a helmet and a balaclava, and the operator's own matching evening trip adds a snowmobile northern lights hunt. The listing title only mentions sledding and dinner, so ask Arctic Resorts before you book.
It runs about 10 hours from the 14:00 departure. The operator's matching itinerary has you back in Tromsø around midnight.
The Viator listing has 4 reviews, all from 2023, averaging 4.8. Destination Tromsø's daytime trips run by the same company have thousands of reviews, but this product on its own is lightly tested.
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Self-drive sledding after dark, dinner in a lavvo and a chance of the northern lights.
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