Great Rail Journeys
Huskies & the Northern Lights
6 daysfrom $3,070
Wexas Travel · Tailor-made holiday
Tromso & the ICEHOTEL on Arctic Circle Explorer
Combine two Scandinavian greats - Tromso and ICEHOTEL - on one spectacular adventure.
Day by day
- Day 1overnight: Clarion Hotel The Edge (Superior)
Depart for Tromso
Included airport lounge access, then board your flight to Tromso, gateway to Norway's Arctic north. Take the shuttle to the city centre and check into the Clarion Hotel The Edge, on the harbour front. Spend the rest of the day at leisure, perhaps at the Polaria Museum.
- Day 2overnight: Clarion Hotel The Edge (Superior)
Tromso excursions
A full free day for optional excursions such as husky sledding, snowmobiling, harbour wildlife cruises or tastings at the world's northernmost distillery. In the evening, book onto an aurora hunt to chase the Northern Lights.
- Day 3overnight: Scandic Narvik
Bus to Narvik
A scenic bus journey to Narvik, past icy fjords and snow-clad mountain ranges. Check into the Scandic Narvik, with its 15th-floor Sky Bar, and perhaps take the cable car to the summit of Narvikfjellet.
- Day 4railovernight: ICEHOTEL, Jukkasjärvi (Superior)
Arctic Circle Train to ICEHOTEL
A winter train ride across the border into Swedish Lapland, skirting Abisko, winding to Kiruna, jumping-off point for ICEHOTEL. A short transfer (or optional husky sled upgrade) brings you to the hotel for a tour of its ice-carved beauty, then check into your Ice Room or themed Art Suite, with optional afternoon adventures including ice carving classes, Northern Lights snowmobiling tours and 12-course dining, before an ICEBAR drink and a night on ice.
- Day 5
Depart ICEHOTEL
Wake to a warm glass of lingonberry juice and a sauna before breakfast and your included transfer back to Kiruna in time for your flight home.
Included
- Included airport lounge access
- Included transfer back to Kiruna (Day 5)
