The Ultimate Aurora Photo Adventure

Vi hade turen att få se fantastiskt och ovanligt norrsken. Vi hade även en underbar guide. Jag har haft lyckan att kunna resa mycket under mitt liv och därmed träffat många guider Vår guide Sara var kunnig och inlyssnande med ett varmt hjärta. Magnus & Katarina

We had an amazing time, and our guide Miquel was excellent. We did the 4 night Private Aurora Escape. We saw spectacular Aurora several nights even when the weather was less than ideal. There is also more to see than the Aurora. Miquel took us on hikes through beautiful Arctic landscapes, to frozen waterfalls, wildlife watching and more. I would highly recommend Lights Over Lapland and Miquel.

After they picked us up from our accommodation they drove us to a warm building to give us all the info needed about using the cameras to photograph the northern lights, the ones needing overalls got those and the ones needing to go to the bathroom had time to do so. Everything was well organized. We got one of the Swedish guides for the tour itself, Zach, but Gavin fetched us from Björkliden and both of them were really nice and funny. We didn't have to go far by bus to get to our location, we stayed in Abisko for the evening. We spread out and set up our tripods and Zach walked over to every one of us, making sure we had all the info needed and were ready to photograph some auroras. He also helped the ones bringing their own cameras, getting the settings right. We had a good start, then a pause where the lights were dimmer and we went inside a kåta to warm up by the fire, getting some hot lingonberry drinks and gingerbread cookies. Zach had also brought chocolate for my boyfriend who can't eat gluten. After a while the aurora had come back, bigger and better, and we went out again to take some more photos. My group of three friends had never seen auroras before, and we were treated to a spectacular show with auroras all around us, moving around for us. When we asked Zach about it, he said that this aurora was above average, and a great show. So great in fact that we stayed out for longer than planned, because "you just don't leave when the sky looks like this". The only thing I regret is not experimenting more with shutter times and other settings. I'm not a photographer and didn't dare to change around the settings too much, even though Zach would have helped me get the settings back to aurora mode if I would have screwed up. Would absolutely book this same tour again!