Northern Soul Adventures · Tromsø, coast or inland
Northern Soul Adventures runs a chase built around your camera: the guides set you up on a tripod, explain the settings and shoot the group too. Pick it if you want to go home with your own aurora photos, not only someone else's.
Most aurora tours include a photographer. This one teaches you to be one. The guides bring tripods and headlamps, help you set focus, shutter and ISO on your own camera or phone, and keep an eye on your shots through the night. Guests describe them as people who know the science and the photography, and who make the small group feel personal.
The night runs 6 to 9 hours depending on how far the clear sky is. At the stop there's a campfire, soup, cookies and hot drinks, plus thermal suits, hand warmers and heated insoles, which help when you're standing still beside a tripod. You also get free web-resolution photos of the night. Drop-off is in central Tromsø.
Read the small print. The terrain is rough and snowy, so the listing rules out guests with mobility problems, children under 8 and anyone under 135 cm. There's no refund if the aurora doesn't show. The listing makes a useful point about the moon: a new moon gives the darkest sky, while a full moon washes out a faint aurora but lights up the mountains for landscape shots. More on settings in our aurora photography guide.
Stand at the corner of Tourist Shop Tromsø Havn (the white house with blue writing), facing the city.
The guides pick a location from the forecast, on the coast or further inland.
Your camera goes on a tripod and the guide walks you through focus, exposure and ISO.
Soup, cookies and hot drinks while the sky does its thing.
Back to central Tromsø after 6 to 9 hours. Your free photos follow.
★★★★★Fantastic excursion. Small group and a great guide.
★★★★★The small group made it feel personal and we had a wonderful time.
★★★★★They were very knowledgeable and provided helpful photography tips as well as delicious soup and hot chocolate
★★★★★they know everything about the Northern Lights, photography, and they are so kind.
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No, but you get more out of it with one that has manual settings. The guides help with whatever you bring, and tripods are provided. You also get free web-resolution photos taken by the guides.
The listing describes a small group but doesn't give a maximum. Guests mention minibuses of around 8 and groups of 15.
From age 8 and a height of 135 cm, according to the listing. The terrain is rough and snowy.
Outside Tourist Shop Tromsø Havn, a white house with blue writing on the harbour. Stand on the corner facing the city. Drop-off at the end is in central Tromsø.
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A small-group hunt where the guide sets up your own camera and tripod, then shares the photos after.
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