Northern Lights Riders Oy — Local services in Northern Lapland

I have had two bookings with northern lights riders.

First was a Private snowmobile Tour with Thomas, a really cool guy, really good guide and a very nice Person overall. Got picked up on a snowy road staying in a cabin 11 km away from Ivalo (3km to Main road). Thomas instructed me well in usage and functions and the Handsigns for communication during Tour. Hit the track and fun and joyment just kicked in. Some short breaks where Thomas gave me some good advices in a positive way to have just more fun. Running up the track through speeding parts, bumpy ones, narrow and curvy ones, we reached top of the Hill. Made a little break tooked some Photos and Videos (really fantastic view) then heading back the track to Office, Thomas even gave me the possibility to drive in high snow, really hard and different to a low snow track, but very fun. Back in Office just changed Boots and then got dropped off at my cabin. Really great fun and experience, fantastic Guide with very good knowledge. 5* STAR rating for this Tour and Thomas!

Second Tour Aurora hunting, started really unexpected I was told at 6.30 pm a Pick up could not be realized because of road conditions to my cabin, having a word in a positive and kind manner I was told i could be picked up on Main road and dropped off there 3 km walk for me. I declined walking for drop off, Pick up would be possible and i tried to show understanding the Business side, if Van would get stuck by picking me up Tour would be cancelled. So Janne arranged a Taxi which would wait for me at drop off Ivalo and bringing me to the cabin. I agreed because it was my Last night before departure next day. Waiting on picking up point i got a nice aurora and catched it twice on Camera. Marcus showed up and Tour started, after nice informations about aurora we reached first Spot. Unfortunalety Weather changed and clouds came across the sky. Hitting severeal spots with the same result too cloudy. Second Minibus joined us with Thomas in it, the Guides tried several spots and made a lot of calls it was on this evening more of a hunt, but they say it clear weather is nothing we can influence. So one Last Spot and BINGO a lot of clear sky and Stars, auroras came up unhappily very light for the naked eye but they were there. Took two really good Photos on that Last Spot and had seen them with the eye. Really appreciate the knowledge and will of the guides to get the customer some Auroras, the strenght or visibility is nothing Guides can influence its nature. At my cabin i had the luck to see really strong auroras, just booked this Tour in the hope they will find or know even better places than my cabin. Unfortunalety we just stayed about 20 minutes at last spot then Tour has ended. Taxi was waiting for me as promised in Ivalo.

5STARS for the guides Thomas and Marcus and their effort to make a visible aurora for everyone possible. But the problem with picking me up/drop off has a bitter taste, wouldnt be that bitter if I got informed earlier, thats why I used note function in booking process(wrote down my road and pick up is needed), had the worry that there will be trouble. Honest Feedback maybe you do state it clearly on Website or while booking that snow/ice roads may not be serviced with a Pick up/drop off or inform customer earlier (charging a fee is no problem). So for me Personal 4STAR rating on that aurora Tour.

Overall if I stay again near Ivalo i would choose northern lights riders again. Thank you to the Team especially to Thomas.

Wishing you all the best Farouk

*Private Pictures were taken with Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, using Expert RAW mode in Camera App, turned on Astrography with 10 minute shutter speed, tripod is required!The Photos with purple/green and red/green auroras are from my Smartphone ** Guides using a pro camera have a...

After reading rave reviews online, my husband and I booked a trip with Janne (he's a very friendly and great guy btw!). Due to snowy weather and clouds, our trip was moved to a day later with no additional charge. When we started hunting for the Northern Lights, I honestly didn't have much hope because the KP reading was rather low (2). It started snowing at some areas too. However, Janne knew what he was doing and he knew the rights places to view the lights. During our first two stops, Janne spotted some very weak lights that were visible in cameras but not really to the naked eyes. I was happy enough with that because we also saw lots of stars and the milky way at the same time since the weather was clear.

But Janne didn't give up. He wanted us to see better lights and drove even further up to the North. He requested that we extend the tour by another 45 minutes because he strongly believed that we would see something amazing and we did! The lights started dancing and got stronger as the time passed! It was just so stunning and surreal! I could barely feel my fingers and toes due to the cold weather but heck, it was worth it! Our trip lasted for almost 6 hours because we went all the way to the tundra region.

What I really love about Northern Lights Riders is that they genuinely want people to see the lights that they actually help out other guides from other companies. I would totally recommend them to others because they also offer other fun activities that you can do...

Me and my wife went to lapland for one in a life time experience , experience the white world and green sky(aurora). We reached saariselka on 28th late night and went for sigting the aurora on 29th itself. It was our bad luck that we could not experience the same. Then we checked the weather and booked a trip for 31st December with northern light hunters. I booked the tour online on 30th December and from the time of booking there was a feel good factor. I got the prompt mail regarding confirmation, got a call from the driver / guide about pickup at the appointed time. The best part of the whole trip was that we could feel the urge on behalf of the guide to spot the aurora and give us the best of experience. we booked 4 hour trip from 8 pm , we were picked up at 7,45 and we returned to sariselka at 1.30 am. the guide and the organisers were not bothered about the distance we were travelling( we would have traveled not less than 200 kms ) or the time we were taking. we had a beautiful sighting at two places. Marton- the guide cum photographer took some amazing photographs - though i have not got the photographs so far. I am sharing some photographs clicked on my go pro 8.What better way to usher in a new decade-2020. what i feel is that though aurora is a natural phenomenon depending on various factors on a given day if you book the trip with northern light riders your probability of sighting increases. i will give them 95/100. 5 marks i am deducting for not sending my...