Arctic Resorts (Destination Tromsø) · Camp Tamok, inland valley
A bus takes up to 12 guests inland to Camp Tamok for a dog sled run, a two-course dinner, a short aurora talk and a snowmobile search for the lights, sharing a machine with a partner. Pick it if you want the most action in a single night and you're 16 or older.
Camp Tamok lies in the Tamok valley, about 1.5 hours inland by bus. You spend around 7 hours at camp. First comes the dog sledding, which the listing rates advanced and physically demanding: you drive the sled and help push on the climbs. Then a two-course dinner and a short lecture on the aurora.
The snowmobile part is the search. You share a machine with a partner and follow the guide out across the snow looking for a clear patch of sky, with helmet, balaclava and insurance included. The guides take northern lights portraits and share them within 48 hours. A driver's licence is typically needed to drive the snowmobile, so check the listing's terms; there's also an optional waiver supplement.
It's a long night: about 10 hours door to door, with 1.5 hours on the bus each way. The age limit is 16, and the listing also excludes pregnant guests, people with mobility impairments or animal allergies, and anyone over 120 kg or under 130 cm. If the weather cancels it, you're rescheduled, offered an alternative or refunded.
Find the Destination Tromsø meeting point inside the Prostneset terminal.
The drive to Camp Tamok in the Tamok valley.
Suit up, learn the sled and drive your team. Expect to push on uphill stretches.
A two-course dinner and a short talk on how the aurora works.
Helmet on, two to a machine, and out after the guide to look for the lights.
The bus returns to the city. About 10 hours in total.
★★★★★Magical experience. Very well organized.
★★★★★Great guide, very nice and happy-looking dogs
★★★★★This was the coolest, most fun, and exhilarating thing I've ever done in my life.
★★★★★Fantastic activity! Everything was perfect
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About 10 hours: roughly 1.5 hours on the bus each way and 7 hours at camp.
A driver's licence is typically required to drive the snowmobile. Check the listing for the current rule. You share the machine with a partner.
The listing calls it advanced and physically demanding. You drive the team and help push uphill. For an easier animal evening, see the reindeer camp.
16. The listing also excludes pregnant guests, people with mobility impairments or animal allergies, and anyone over 120 kg or under 130 cm.
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