Tour Catalog

Head outside of Alta in search of the Northern Lights. Your guides will help pick the spot most likely to have good viewing conditions, help you with camera settings, and provide a cosy environment while you wait.

Ride out with your guide to the Sami village of Maze. Spend time with a reindeer-herding family – just you and them – and learn about their old traditions and modern life.

Journey to the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel. Marvel at the magical ice building (built entirely new every year). Be one of the lucky few to spend a night at the hotel… but don’t worry about the cold! Warm sleeping bags and reindeer hides will make your stay delightful!

Norway’s largest igloo hotel. An amazing building of ice and snow, with suites, individual rooms, chapel, bar and several lounges. The hotel is decorated with ice sculptures, which are exquisite works of art. The changing themes every year ensure a unique experience.

Travel outside of Alta to Sorrisniva. Take control of a snowmobile and head out into the wild Finnmarksvidda high plateau. After the ride, tour the elegant and magical Igloo Hotel, a 30-room hotel made entirely of snow and ice!

Sorrisniva has more than just an igloo hotel! Head out in the evening for a delicious two-course dinner at the Laksestua restaurant, prepared by one of the country’s award-winning chefs using local flavors and ingredients.

Treat yourself to a North Cape tour without large buses and transit schedules! Travel to North Cape by private car with an expert guide. Celebrate your arrival at the “beginning of the world” with sparkling wine and a certificate. Explore the fascinating exhibits at the visitor center, and then return to Alta over the wild Finnmarksvidda mountain plain.

Take a personal, private tour through Alta. See the Alta Museum and its fascinating, mysterious outdoor rock carvings. Step inside the remarkable Northern Lights Cathedral and adjacent BorealisAlta aurora exhibit. See other landmarks around Alta, with time for pictures. And all the while, your guide will give you insights into the places you visit, and life in Alta.

Join a kennel full of friendly husky dogs on the outskirts of Alta. Either drive or ride as a passenger through the beautiful farm and forest land along the Alta River. When you return, visit the dogs for lots of attention and pictures.

A personal, private tour with an active professional dog musher – you’ll have a fun dogsled tour AND help train a racing dog team all at the same time.

Come out to a husky farm for an extended array of activities. Dinner, sauna and jacuzzi will give you the perfect end to your day. The custom lavvo tents with comfortable beds, wood stove and floor-to-top windows are a cozy and exciting way to spend the night. Breakfast the next morning will get you ready to start your next adventure, which just happens to be dogsledding! Great food, fun activities – it’s life at the “speed of arctic”.

The emphasis here is on participation! Your hosts, expert and active professional dog mushers, provide the instruction and you do the work to prepare your team, and then head out into the wilderness for a delightful ride through the snowy forest and along the river.

Hike on snowshoes or take skis out into the arctic wilderness. Stride through the pine forest, look for animal tracks, and try your hand at ice fishing. Enjoy a delicious meal cooked over an open fire. It’s a classic Norwegian outdoor experience.

Alta Museum features exhibitions on rock art in Alta and other cultural history exhibitions on themes such as the Northern Lights, angling and Alta’s general history. Other temporary exhibitions and art exhibitions. Café with a panoramic view over the Alta Fjord. Souvenir shop with local products. Guided tours for groups by prior arrangement.

Sami Adventure in Maxe (with snacks)

Fatbikes are the latest outdoor adventure here in Alta: mountain bikes with extra-wide tires, perfect for trails and hillsides covered in snow! Your guides will assess your fitness level and cycling experience, and then you’ll head out to explore dogsled and snowmobile trails around Alta in a unique and exciting way.

Take on the winter landscape on a fatbike – a mountain bike with super-wide tires perfect for snow. Your guides will assess your fitness level and cycling experience, and then you’ll head out to explore dogsled and snowmobile trails around Alta. Powerful headlamps will light your way as you ride in the evening gloom or darkness.

Want to head out on your own into the snowy wilderness for a day trip? If you don’t need a guide, but you do need a fatbike, we can connect you to a local operator here in Alta that can rent you everything for your fatbike outing by the day.

Dogsledding isn’t just for grownups! Combine a fun dogsled ride to the best tobagganing hill around Alta. After some people-sledding excitement, take a break for a homemade lunch before taking the dogsleds back to your starting point.

Join Sorrisniva’s guide and minibus and head out to hunt for the aurora.  The local weather and aurora forecasts help identify the best spots to search  – Sorrisniva will take you there!

If you have a deep interest in dogsledding but don’t have so much time, sign up for a full-day dogsledding experience with us. We will take you out into the arctic wildernes for an extended tour; you’ll get extra time to experience this exciting sport without having to commit several days for the activity.

Experience the beauty of the arctic along with the power and speed of a snowmobile. This is an extended tour out into the Finnmarksvidda plateau that will give you more than just a taste of snowmobile excitement.

Come out to Sorrisniva and take a peaceful and enjoyable reindeer sled ride through the forest with your Sami guide.

Come out to Sorrisniva and meet reindeer and a Sami family.  Learn about the old days and old ways of their culture, take a fun reindeer ride, and maybe… the Northern Lights!

Drive onto the remote Finnmarksvidda mountain plateau, one of Europe’s last wilderness areas. You will create memories to last a lifetime!

Take a day trip out into the Finnmarksvidda plateau by snowmobile. The extended tour will give you plenty of time to explore and just experience the wild arctic frontier.

Journey outside of Alta to Storekorsnes, a little coastal town, and take a delightful snowmobile tour into the wilderness. Day and evening tours provide different experiences.

Journey outside of Alta to Storekornes and take a snowshoe hike out into the wilderness. Look for wildlife on the daytime tour, and keep an eye out for the northern lights in the evening.

Any kind of fishing is fun. Fishing amid spectacular arctic scenery? Exciting memories that will stay with you for a long time. Convenient departure direct from Alta’s main harbor.

Take a half day and tour the Alta Fjord aboard a local boat. Explore both the history and current beauty of this far north waterway. Departs right from Alta’s main harbor.

Feel the thrill driving through varied landscape in the forest, over the wide white expanse and over frozen lakes up to the mountain lodge. The view is magnificent and the thrill of driving such a fun vehicle is exhilarating!

It may be winter but the fish are still out there.  Your host will take you on a quest to find them at one of the many excellent ice-fishing spots in the area around Alta.

Travel to a comfortable Northern Lights center outside of Alta and spend a cozy, low-key evening waiting for and (when they appear) enjoying or photographing the northern lights. A perfect choice for those who don’t want the faster pace of an active “chase” style tour.

Spend a little warm time in the middle of your winter arctic holiday. Take a break from winter and go play in Alta’s biggest (and only) swim center.

Trek through the Alta River valley on snowshoes in the company of your guide and Alaskan Husky companion. Learn about the area and the history of the Alta River along the way, and keep an eye open for animal tracks and maybe even the creatures that made them!

Stengelsengården is a fishing lodge with an elegant and peaceful atmosphere, and may be the perfect base for your Finnmark adventure. Relax by the fire after a long day out in the snow, take a timeout in the sauna, or take a quiet walk along the river.

This is your chance to try out a variety of different activities, all in one delightful place. A driving tour along a beautiful coastline, snowshoes, snowmobiles, even some downhill sledding. Add a delicious lunch and it’s a perfect day in the arctic!

Ski and snowboard down the slopes under the arctic sky. If you want to challenge yourself we have lots of trails. When it’s time for a break, recharge with refreshments in our café at the base of the hill or at the Bjørnehiet cabin at the top.

Never tried Nordic classic skiing before? (Also called “cross-country” in some places). Come give it a try with us!

Take a small boat out from the tiny fishing community of Storekorsnes, head out into Alta Fjord with your guide, and go search for whales!

Hop onto your boat right in downtown Alta – it’s a small, personal tour that will take you out onto the fjord to search for whales.

A sleigh pulled by a sturdy Norwegian draft horse, a winter wonderland around you… whether a romantic tour or just fun with friends, enjoy the arctic outdoors in style!

Take a ride under the night sky in a sleigh pulled by a strong and friendly farm horse. Dinner is waiting by the fire, and you might even see the northern lights overhead!

Gain insight into the Sami culture, and at the same time experience the mighty Finnmarksvidda mountain plateau in fall and winter, with a visit to the small town of Kautokeino.

This Northern Lights tour takes you out of Alta city centre, far from the city lights to observe this fascinating natural phenomenon. We search for the Northern Lights by heading to secluded areas only accessible by car and local knowledge. Groups are small and private.

Go out hunting for the aurora with local experts. This is the ideal tour if you want to chase the Northern Lights in a small group with personal service!

Enjoy a traditional reindeer sled ride along the beautiful Alta River, and learn more about the old life of the Sami people here in the north.

Never tried ice fishing? Come discover the special combination of fun and tranquility in the nearby arctic wilderness.

Ride out from the edge of Alta right into the arctic wilderness. Beginners and experts alike are welcome – hop on your scooter and take off on an adventure to the middle of… well, nowhere!

Ride out from the edge of Alta right into the arctic wilderness on an extended day trip. You’ll be doing what half of Alta is wishing they could be doing while they sit at work!

Snow biking on a fatbike has become very popular in Norway. If you haven’t tried yet, you get the chance in the Northern Lights town of Alta.