Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

Treat yourself to an Arctic adventure! Come over to the 69th parallel 5 days full of winter adventures and Aurora Borealis!
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

includes 4 hour city excursion MURMANSK! View on MURMANSK World's biggest city above Arctic circle
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

includes excursion on MV "LENIN" World's first Atomic Icebreaker
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

This tour is for Aurora Borealis Lovers! We forecast Aurora and weather by satelites Chance for catching Aurora Borealis is 90% With English speaking guide Guaranteed start on [../../kolatravel.dates/ktab05-dates.htm] Reserve in time, places are limited!
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

All you need is ..... Snow Visit Snow Village!
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

Dream away in Snow Village a world of snow and ice sculptures
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

includes a 4 hour snowmobile safari in Khibiny mountains the highest mountains of Lapland.
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

Watch nature's own theatre! 4 nights chance to see it.
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

includes trip to Husky Farm meet the friendly husky dogs
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

try to drive a sledge pulled by huskies
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

includes a trip to a Saami Settlement full excursion, feeding reindeers including traditional Saami meal.
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

Meet the Saami of Russian Lapland Take a ride on a reindeer sledge make selfies with reindeers!
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

A moment with the Saami Saami games snow banana rides.
Aurora Borealis in Murmansk region on Kola Peninsula. Watch Northern lights in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English speaking guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera.

Aurora Borealis

- A Window to Space

This adventure is reserved for you Check out the guaranteed dates Book in time; places are limited! Contact us for more information

Aurora Borealis - A Window to Space - holiday

Watch Aurora Borelis in Northwest Russia during the Polar Night. Your English guide will teach you how to catch Aurora Borealis with your photo camera. December behind the Arctic Circle doesn’t have any sunshine. The Sun starts to be visible in the second half of January. At the night sky Aurora Borealis appears above snow fluffy blankets covering the Northern Land. The cities are illuminated by thousand lights as if it is constant celebration.

For more detailed info about, how we forecast Aurora Borealis and how it works, we refer to our Aurora Borealis page.

During the day of this Aurora Borealis Active Winter holiday you participate on different and unique winter activities on Kola Peninsula, like:

  • Murmansk city bus excursion (4 hours) to the main points of interests including an excursion on Worlds First Nuclear Icebreaker named "Lenin".
  • A Snowmobile safari in Khibiny Mountains (4 hours).
  • Possibilty to visit Snow Village.
  • Visit a husky farm including a 3,5 hour excursion, a husky sledge ride and lunch.
  • Visit a Saami Settlement including a 3,5 hour excursion, feeding reindeers, a reindeer sledge ride, a snowmobile banana ride and also a meal

For this program we reserved the places on beforehand, to guarantee you that you can visit these unique places because they are limited in amount of participants. Due to participation in a group you don't have to use expensive individual transfers, but a group transfer in a comfortable (mini)bus, which reduces the costs of the program.

Treat yourself on a special Winter holiday, full of activities and Aurora Borealis.
Do not miss this unique opportunity!
Reserve in time, places are limited.

  • Kola Peninsula: Aurora Borealis
  • Murmansk: Worlds Biggest city above the Arctic Circle
  • Murmansk: First Nuclear Icebreaker LENIN
  • Murmansk: The Regional Historical Museum
  • Murmansk: Northern Navy Museum
  • Murmansk: Oceanarium
  • Kirovsk: Complex of Snow Village and snow fun
  • Kirovsk: Snowmobile tour
  • Lovozero area: Siberian Husky farm
  • Lovozero area: Saami Settlement: reindeers, animals, traditional dwellings

Aurora Borealis - A Window to Space - holiday

Day 1: Welcome in Murmansk city
Arrival in Murmansk airport. Since this very moment you get chance to see Northern Lights. Look at the sky from time to time to catch it! Meeting and transfer to the Ogni Murmanska hotel, check-in. The hotel is located on a rock above the city and far away from the city lights. Behind the hotel there is an interactive park where you can have fun as well as the hotel has an Aqua park. You can have dinner in a restaurant of the hotel.
If there is the good broadcasting for Northern Lights an English speaking guide with a mini bus comes to the hotel to collect you for “Aurora hunting”. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 2: Snowmobile safari and Snow village
Breakfast. At 08.00 transfer to Kirovsk city and check-in at a hotel upon arrival around 11 PM. Lunch on your own. After lunch take a taxi to the Snow Village. It is approx. 5 km from the hotel and costs approx. 200 rubles. Snow village is a labyrinth made under the snow with beautiful wall carvings and with ice sculptures. You can have fun sledging down from a snow hill on “a pancake” or on “a banana” pulled by a snowmobile.
At 14.00 a guided snowmobile safari starts. After changing clothes and short snowmobile introductions you drive to Khibiny mountains. The route goes via two valleys to the top point to see the mountains from a bird eye. From there back to the Snow village. When you like to go back to Kirovsk just ask the reception to call a taxi for you.
If there is the good broadcasting for Northern Lights an English speaking guide with a mini bus comes to the hotel to collect you for “Aurora hunting”. Overnight in the hotel. (B)

Day 3: Excursion to Saami Settlement.
Breakfast. You can hike in Kirovsk city surrounded by majestic Khibiny mountains to see its severe beauty. Or visit the Mineralogical and Mining Museum (in the "Big Ben" building, free entrance!). Check-out.
At 11.30 transfer to Saami Settlement appeared in a place of traditional reindeer grazing areas. There are some traditional dwellings with floor covered by reindeer fur (Kuvaksa) standing at the place. Several beautiful reindeers are always in the settlement and they like to be stroked and fed by moss and bread. Also there are foxes, polar foxes and rabits. It will be offered to play some Saami traditional games and try your hand at throwing a lasso. You will have traditional Saami Lunch: fish soup, reindeer meat, berry pie and herb tea. The Saami will offer us to sledge behind reindeers and behind a snowmobile sitting on a big “banana”. Those who like may put on Saami clothes and make photos with reindeers. It is possible to buy reindeer fur, items made of reindeer horns, stones and wood, special northern souvenirs.
Then we proceed to Monchegorsk – the next city on Kola Peninsula. Check-in at hotel Laplandia upon arrival around 6-7 PM. Monchegorsk is a beautiful city in the middle of Kola. The park of the city has snow hills for sledging, a stadium with possibilities for skating on Weekends, or you can have fun in a Carting Center.
If there is the good broadcasting for Northern Lights an English speaking guide with a mini bus comes to the hotel to collect you for “Aurora hunting”. Overnight in the hotel. (B, L)

Day 4: Excursion to Siberian Husky farm
Breakfast and check-out. At 09.00 a mini bus comes to bring you to the Siberian Husky farm. A local guide with sledge pulled by a snowmobile will pick you up to reach the Husky farm 3 km in the forest. You can communicate with the charming and sweet dogs and Northern reindeers. Sledging via the winter forest behind reindeers and Husky dogs will leave you unforgottanable impressions. Later you will have lunch in traditional dwelling named CHUM (like wigwam) and listen stories about Northern nature and local traditions.
Around 13:00 you proceed to Murmansk city and check-in at the Azimut hotel upon arrival at 16:00. The hotel is located in the very center of the city. Dinner is recommended in the restaurant of the hotel.
If there is the good broadcasting for Northern Lights an English speaking guide with a mini bus comes to the hotel to collect you for “Aurora hunting”. Overnight in the hotel. (B, L)

Day 5: Sight-seeing tour in Murmansk city
Breakfast. At 09:00 a guide comes to the hotel to collect you for the city excursion with visiting places of interests, making panoramic photos and an excursion to the first nuclear icebreaker “Lenin”. Lunch in a restaurant. In the afternoon transfer to the airport (B, L)

Aurora Borealis - A Window to Space - holiday

Accommodation: 
  • 2 nights in twin or double room in tourist class hotel in Murmansk
  • 1 nights in twin or double room in tourist class hotel in Monchegorsk
  • 1 nights in twin or double room in tourist class hotel in Kirovsk
Level: not applicable.
Group size: from 1 person
Duration: 5 days
Dates:  [modules-new/ktab05-dates.htm]
Price:  Prices are depending on group size and rouble exchange rate. Please contact us for an up-to-date proposal.
Price includes: 
  • All mentioned accommodations including breakfast
  • meeting at Murmansk airport and transfer to the hotel
  • transfer from Murmansk to Kirovsk
  • transfer from Kirovsk to Saami settlement and then to Monchegorsk
  • transfer from Monchegorsk to the Husky farm and then to Murmansk
  • transfer from Murmansk city to the airport Murmansk
  • program at Husky Farm
  • program at Saami Settlement
  • 4 hour snowmobiling safari in Khibiny mountains
  • 5 hour city excursion in Murmansk including visit to the First Nuclear Icebreaker Lenin
  • all meals mentioned in the program: B – breakfast, L – lunch
Documents:  Passport must be valid at least 6 months after date of return. A Russian visa is required for tourists from most countries. See your country’s Russian consulate or embassy for details. We handle the tourist invitation.
Insurance:  The participant must possess medical insurance that at very least covers the European part of the Russian Federation.

This Arctic Russia Aurora Borealis - A Window to Space - holiday can be extended with the following optionals:

  • Trip to the Barents sea shore.
  • Kirovsk area:
  • Snow-village near Kirovsk
    • Entrance ticket: RUB 600 per adult and RUB 300 per kid from 7 to 14 y.o.
    • Taxi Kirovsk city - Snow village: approx. RUB 200 per car (one way)
    • “Banana” riding behind a snowmobile in Snow Village: approx. EUR 2,-- pp per 5-7 min
    • Snow shoes rental cost: approx. RUB 500 per day.
  • Aurora Borealis excursion:
    • Aurora Borealis is depending on sun activity and weather conditions. We need a clear sky!
    • If there is the good broadcasting for Northern Lights your guide inform you about the time for the Aurora Borealis excursion.
    • A minibus with English speaking guide is waiting in front of the hotel at the agreed time.
    • The price of the Aurora Borealis excursion is not included in tour price.
    • The price of the Aurora Borealis excursion is fixed and need to be paid at departure to the guide.
    • You may participate on more Aurora Borealis excursions to increase your success.

Aurora Borealis safaris overview