5-day Small-group Northern Lights Photo Tour From Kiruna
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Day 1: Northern light photography
Pass By: Abisko Mountain Lodge, Lapportsvรคgen 30, 981 07 Abisko, Sweden
12.00pm-1.30pm: Gรถran Strand will meet you at the airport, train station or your hotel in Kiruna. You take a transfer with any photo stops along the way to Abisko. Check-in at Abisko Mountain Lodge.
16.30-17.30: Gรถran gives an introduction to northern lights and night photography and acquaint us with the cameras. Canon cameras, lenses from 14-500mm and tripods are available to use.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel.
19.30-00.00: We go to a nice photo spot for northern lights and astrophotography. We have access to a snowmobile and AWD minibus throughout the tour and choose the place that feels most suitable for the evening, for example, into the Abisko Valley and to our favorite spot located with a view of the mountains, fine pine trees and a traditional Sami lavvu (Tentipiยฎ Nordic tipi). We go through the northern lights, night and astrophotography and arrange nice pictures for you. If the northern lights dance for us then we are out late and will return to the hotel around midnight.
Meals included:
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 2: Dogsledding and Aurora/astro photography
Pass By: Abisko National Park, Abisko Sweden
9.30am-1.30pm: Dog sledding into the Abisko National Park. We have lunch outdoors in a traditional lavvu (tipi tent) and make coffee / tea over an open fire.
14.00-16.30: Download photos and access to sauna at your hotel.
16.30-17.30: Gรถran is available at the hotel to comment on your photos and we learn from any mistakes before the eveningโs photography.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel together with the other participants and your photo guide.
19.30-00.00: Depending on the weather, we have two options for this evening. Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). It happens that we go to the Norwegian fjords in the evening if the conditions are best there. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophoto course continue step by step and we arrange many new pictures. Back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 3: Norwegian fjords, northern lights/astro photography
Pass By: Narvik, Narvik, Narvik Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway
9.30am-4.00pm: After breakfast we pack our photo bags and head west. We drive along a very beautiful road where we are just at the tree line with high mountains around us. After the national border to Norway we drive down to Narvik and visit a fish restaurant for lunch (they also have nonfish dishes). After lunch we visit one of Norwayโs most spectacular fjords that really inspires landscape photography.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel together with the other participants and your photo guide.
19.30-00.00: Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). Maybe we go to the Norwegian fjords. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophotography course continue step by step and we arrange new pictures. Back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 4: Landscapes, northern lights/astro photography
Pass By: Abisko National Park, Abisko Sweden
09.30am-11.30am: We discover Abisko National Park, the beautiful canyon and visit an icefall. You will have access to good lenses for landscape photography and you will learn landscape photography.
12.00-13.00: Lunch at your hotel.
14.00-16.00: Gรถran gives you constructive comments on your pictures and shows how you can best edit northern lights and landscape images in the computer. Gรถran will teach you how to best edit RAW image for print or web. If there is interest in editing astro images, Gรถran is happy to go through that process as well.
17.30: 3-course dinner with the other participants and your photo guide at your hotel.
19.30-00.00: Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). Maybe we go to the Norwegian fjords. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophotography course continue step by step and we arrange new pictures. Return back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 5: Departure day
Pass By: Kiruna, Kiruna, Norrbotten County
09.30am โ 10.00am: After a relaxed breakfast, it is time to check out from your hotel. Ideally we see that your flight does not take off until the earliest at lunch so that we can take a slow ride towards Kiruna and if something nice turns up along the way we stop for photography. If you choose an early flight, we can arrange a transfer at an extra cost. But maybe you choose to stay an extra night in Abisko or Kiruna. In this case, we will help you book your accommodation and activities. Or you may want to make a stop and explore Stockholm or why not stopover at one of our many wonderful European destinations on your way home.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 1: Northern light photography
Pass By: Abisko Mountain Lodge, Lapportsvรคgen 30, 981 07 Abisko, Sweden
12.00pm-1.30pm: Gรถran Strand will meet you at the airport, train station or your hotel in Kiruna. You take a transfer with any photo stops along the way to Abisko. Check-in at Abisko Mountain Lodge.
16.30-17.30: Gรถran gives an introduction to northern lights and night photography and acquaint us with the cameras. Canon cameras, lenses from 14-500mm and tripods are available to use.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel.
19.30-00.00: We go to a nice photo spot for northern lights and astrophotography. We have access to a snowmobile and AWD minibus throughout the tour and choose the place that feels most suitable for the evening, for example, into the Abisko Valley and to our favorite spot located with a view of the mountains, fine pine trees and a traditional Sami lavvu (Tentipiยฎ Nordic tipi). We go through the northern lights, night and astrophotography and arrange nice pictures for you. If the northern lights dance for us then we are out late and will return to the hotel around midnight.
Meals included:
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 2: Dogsledding and Aurora/astro photography
Pass By: Abisko National Park, Abisko Sweden
9.30am-1.30pm: Dog sledding into the Abisko National Park. We have lunch outdoors in a traditional lavvu (tipi tent) and make coffee / tea over an open fire.
14.00-16.30: Download photos and access to sauna at your hotel.
16.30-17.30: Gรถran is available at the hotel to comment on your photos and we learn from any mistakes before the eveningโs photography.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel together with the other participants and your photo guide.
19.30-00.00: Depending on the weather, we have two options for this evening. Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). It happens that we go to the Norwegian fjords in the evening if the conditions are best there. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophoto course continue step by step and we arrange many new pictures. Back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 3: Norwegian fjords, northern lights/astro photography
Pass By: Narvik, Narvik, Narvik Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway
9.30am-4.00pm: After breakfast we pack our photo bags and head west. We drive along a very beautiful road where we are just at the tree line with high mountains around us. After the national border to Norway we drive down to Narvik and visit a fish restaurant for lunch (they also have nonfish dishes). After lunch we visit one of Norwayโs most spectacular fjords that really inspires landscape photography.
17.30: 3-course dinner at your hotel together with the other participants and your photo guide.
19.30-00.00: Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). Maybe we go to the Norwegian fjords. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophotography course continue step by step and we arrange new pictures. Back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 4: Landscapes, northern lights/astro photography
Pass By: Abisko National Park, Abisko Sweden
09.30am-11.30am: We discover Abisko National Park, the beautiful canyon and visit an icefall. You will have access to good lenses for landscape photography and you will learn landscape photography.
12.00-13.00: Lunch at your hotel.
14.00-16.00: Gรถran gives you constructive comments on your pictures and shows how you can best edit northern lights and landscape images in the computer. Gรถran will teach you how to best edit RAW image for print or web. If there is interest in editing astro images, Gรถran is happy to go through that process as well.
17.30: 3-course dinner with the other participants and your photo guide at your hotel.
19.30-00.00: Either we take a minibus ride to a beautiful photo spot or we will explore new nice photo spots in Abisko National Park with our snowmobile (you will sit on a sleigh). Maybe we go to the Norwegian fjords. By being flexible we increase the chances of succeeding with good northern lights. The northern lights, night and the astrophotography course continue step by step and we arrange new pictures. Return back to your hotel in Abisko.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
โข Lunch
โข Dinner
Accommodation included: Abisko Mountain Lodge
Day 5: Departure day
Pass By: Kiruna, Kiruna, Norrbotten County
09.30am โ 10.00am: After a relaxed breakfast, it is time to check out from your hotel. Ideally we see that your flight does not take off until the earliest at lunch so that we can take a slow ride towards Kiruna and if something nice turns up along the way we stop for photography. If you choose an early flight, we can arrange a transfer at an extra cost. But maybe you choose to stay an extra night in Abisko or Kiruna. In this case, we will help you book your accommodation and activities. Or you may want to make a stop and explore Stockholm or why not stopover at one of our many wonderful European destinations on your way home.
Meals included:
โข Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Tour leaving from Kiruna
Kiruna is a city located in northern Sweden, known for its natural beauty and proximity to the Arctic Circle. It is famous for being one of the best places in the world to see the Northern Lights. Additionally, Kiruna is home to the Icehotel, a unique hotel made entirely of ice and snow. Visitors can also enjoy outdoor activities such as skiing and dog sledding, as well as explore the Sami culture and visit the Kiruna Iron Mine.
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