Published on Feb, 2025

Really great experience, the guide and driver were so knowledgeable and went out of their way to help our whole group get an amazing experience. We didn’t have a lot of hope of seeing anything since it was rainy and overcast, but we drove and drove till we got clear skies…then it’s up to God to start his show…we saw faint lights with our eyes but from the cameras we saw reds and greens and a rainbow of color. It was pretty spectacular. Our guide had a great camera and took photos of our whole group with the lights in the background. We were out till about 330am, started at 530pm. We had hot chocolate and soup and biscuits…it was really well done. Highly recommend.

Published on Feb, 2025

We could not have asked for better or kinder guides. Joaquin and Mathias could not have been better about making sure we were comfortable and were able to experience this unique phenomena. They set up an excellent viewing experience with snacks and hot drinks, then helped us photograph the lights. They saw that each of us had what we needed to enjoy the tour. Highly recommend this trip and guides.

Published on Feb, 2025

I highly recommend this tour. This was the first Northern light tour that I booked and it did not disappoint. I also booked another tour with another agent for the next day and that tour was also pretty good. For this tour, we had Joaquin as our guide and Lucas as our driver on the 28 Jan 2025. There were about 14 people on the tour. We were family of 4 ( 2 adult children). I booked the tour through Viator, and after booking, I received email from Northern Soul Adventure, asking for sizes of the overall suits and email addresses of participants, so that they can get ready the thermal suits and send the pictures to all participants later. On the day, we met Jaoquin and Lucas at the designated place. They were very friendly. Once everyone arrived, Jaochim told us what was the plan for the night. He told us it was cloudy in Tromso, so we would have to drive further out, about 2 hours away and told us about the toilet break. Jaochim spotted a faint light on the way to our destination and we stopped in a safe area to take pictures. The Northern light did became stronger, so they decided to set up campfire in the forest. We were given insole heatpack and option of thermal suits. None of the people in the group used the thermal suits as it was not that cold that night. We had to walk a bit, like 5 minutes into the forest into an open space. Headlamps were provided for us. Once there we witnessed amazing aurora. It was just non-stop as soon as we got there. Jaochim took lots of pictures for everyone, while Lucas set up the campfire. When the lights quiet down a little, we had hot drinks around the campfire, we roasted marshmallows and had very tasty tomato soup. The insoles heat pack did help to keep the feet warm. It was an unforgettable night. Someone in the group even proposed a marriage! I am sure it was extra special for that couple. Apparently, Joachim and Lucas were only told a few minutes before the guy was going to propose and they got the camera and video ready! I think that they are very experience guides, they know where to go to get the best chance of seeing Northern Lights. Jaochim was very enthusiastic, telling us where to look as the lights appeared. We then started to drive back to Tromso and made another safe brief stop on the roadside as another light was spotted. We were dropped off at our accommodation at around 2.30am. 4 of us really enjoyed this tour. It is expensive, especially when our currency is so weak, but it is worth it. Special thanks to Joachim and Lucas.

Published on Feb, 2025

This was easily the best excursion I did on my Norway vacation. Our small group (that's the first great thing about the trip was the group size, only 8 of us) went to some out of the way place near a frozen lake. It was remote, quiet, and best of all, DARK (the second great thing). We walked to the lake edge, and spent about 4 hours there (great thing number 3). The Northern Lights came out in all their glory and stayed out the entire time we were there (okay, I can't give Northern Soul credit for that, since they have no control over the aurora, but they got us in a perfect spot for viewing them). Our guides, Fede and Manuel (I think), were absolutely wonderful (great thing number 4). They helped us with our photos, took photos of us with their own equipment, and generally looked after us. After a couple of hours of oohing and aahing at the lights, the guides set up a Solo stove, where besides warming up, we ate soup, cookies, and later, roasted marshmallows (great thing number 5). We all had so much fun, most of us were downright giddy on the drive back (although Fede and Manuel did practically have to drag us away). Two nights later I did a different Northern Lights chase (different company). This one went out in a larger van - about 18 people. We drove along the side of a highway, and occasionally stopped on roadside parking areas to look for the lights. We had to put on reflector vests, which in and of themselves removed some of the dark. Then every few minutes a car would drive by in either direction, which would mess up our night vision. There was also some ambient light scattered around the horizon and elsewhere. And the Lights didn't make an appearance because of the weather, but I don't hold that against them, as they have no control over that. All in all, it was a major letdown from the Northern Soul experience (although the chocolate cake was delicious). And no campfire, although the description said there would be one. I don't know how, in a parking lot. Days later on a snowmobile excursion, we saw the lights and my guide asked if I had seen them before that on my trip. I described both Lights Chasing excursions to him, and said how wonderful the Northern Soul one was, and how disappointing the other was. He then said that most Lights chasing excursions are like the second one I took. So I am eternally grateful that I got to go on the Northern Soul excursion. I have no idea what the comparative cost is between Northern Soul and the others (my travel agent booked the excursions; I only know the price for Northern Soul), but it doesn't matter. It was worth every penny (or krone). I mean, you're spending all that money for the trip in the first place, it would be silly to cut corners on the major attraction. And I repeat, I can't say enough about our wonderful guides. I would ask for them again if I went again, but I am sure all their guides are wonderful. In summary, my recommendation is, don't ever take a Northern Lights Chase tour unless it is with Northern Soul. You won't regret it. Disclaimer again - these photos were taken by our guide, Fede, but each of us got them as part of our package.

Published on Feb, 2025

We had an amazing time with Lucas and Bogdan. We had a fair bit of driving, to be expected, before we found a spot. There are lots of other tour buses all searching for a spot too so we did wonder where we would end up. There were about 14 in our group. Bogdan and Lucas stopped at the side of the road dug a path in the snow to a semi open area where they set up camp for the evening around 8:30. We had got out previously to have a bathroom break, set up cameras and a couple of stops to take some impromptu Aurora shots. We then took some photos of the aurora about 20 mts from the camp fire and had some hot chocolate. The conditions were not great and after some soup, Bogdan suggested we look at another spot, however soon after the skies cleared dramatically and we had a full hour minutes of uninterrupted Aurora with spectacular dancing lights moving across the whole sky. Reds purples were picked up by cameras whilst greens were visible to the naked eye. Truly breathtaking, lots of photos and memories. We set off from the site at around 12:30am and Lucas navigated the snowy road back to Tromso fabulously, and back a our hotel just after 2am. Highly recommend - just remember this is nature so nothing is guaranteed!