Our 4-night Complete Icehotel Winter Experience combines staying 2 nights at the original Icehotel with 2 nights at Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge.
The Complete Icehotel Winter Experience
This action-packed break ensures you get to enjoy all aspects of the Icehotel and complement this with a host of the best winter experiences.
Try your hand at husky sledding in a remote river valley with not a soul in sight, experience snowmobiling in pristine wilderness, and ice fishing at a secret lake. Of course there will be plenty of aurora chasing, and time to relax in an ‘aurora hot tub’ with 360-degree views of the night sky!
Overview
Highlights
- 2 night stay at the original Icehotel with one in an individually designed Art Suite
- Daytime drive your own Husky adventure in picturesque river valley
- Northern lights snowmobile
- 2 nights at the boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge
- Northern Lights Chase and an Aurora Hot Tub
- Snowmobile safari including ice fishing for Arctic Char in a secret lake
What’s included
- 4 nights accommodation as detailed
- Drive your own husky team in pristine river valley
- Northern ligths snowmobile and dinner
- Daytime Snowmobile Safari on private trails with ice fishing
- 4 breakfasts, 2 dinners and 3 lunches
- Transfers & guides
- Arctic clothing loan
A note on flights
While flights are not included in the holiday price, our team will happily provide a quote and arrange them for you. Simply ask one of our Travel Experts for details of the available options.
Day by Day Itinerary
Arrive in Kiruna and Transfer to the ICEHOTEL. Overnight in Art Suite
Fly to Kiruna in Swedish Lapland where, on arrival, you will be transferred to the Icehotel. Here you will be provided with the use of protective arctic outdoor clothing: thermal jacket, trousers, snowboots, hat & gloves.
Spend the afternoon exploring the Icehotel before having dinner and then checking into your Art Suite for the evening.
This evening we will book you a table at the Icehotel restaurant.
Meals included: None
After breakfast you will have some time to explore the Icehotel and its surroundings before then meeting with your guide for a day trip learning to mush with your own team of dogs. You will head out into the wilderness to experience the way of a musher’s life before then stopping for lunch and then getting transferred back from the kennels to the Icehotel.
You can then check-in to your warm accommodation and have a bit of time to relax before preparing for your next adventure!
In the evening you will head out on another adventure, this time by snowmobile, to see if you can find the northern lights. Along the way, you will stop off at a cabin for dinner before then heading back under the night sky and getting a good sleep in your warm accommodation.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Transfer to Boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge and Northern Lights excursion
After Lunch, check out from the Icehotel and be collected by Andreas Mikko who will transfer you to your base for the next two nights, the seven-bedroom boutique Máttaráhkká Northern Lights Lodge.
This wonderful Lodge situated with far reaching views towards the Abisko Alps is the perfect complement to the Icehotel and with only seven guest rooms it has a real ‘home away from home’ atmosphere.
After check-in you will meet and greet the team then get kitted out with your arctic winter outer clothing.
You can relax or explore your new surroundings before enjoying a magical evening at the lodge with dinner in the tipi located outside the beautiful Lodge Máttaráhkka. When the time is right you will drive a snowmobile to the top of Mt. Ednavaara which offers great views over the mountain range away from the light pollution.
The guide will bring a camera and takes pictures throughout the entire evening for your memories.
Meals included: Breakfast and Dinner
Snowmobile Adventure followed by night relaxing
After breakfast, get ready and geared up for a full day of snowmobiling on a unique and well-executed snowmobile safari which will take you cruising around Lapland.
Heading out on a snowmobile you will be taken above the tree line and up to the top of Lapland to discover a perfect viewpoint. Along the way you will get to try out some traditional ice fishing and make some coffee over a crackling fire to experience an outdoor Swedish fika.
Back at the lodge, you will be served a two-course lunch from the local kitchen.
This evening is all about relaxing and enjoying the local cuisine. You’ll be served a three-course dinner during the evening and when the night is over we can guarantee that you will feel both relaxed and get a good night’s sleep.
Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.
Alternatively, why not consider extending your Northern Lights Holiday by adding in an extension to visit and stay at Abisko or another option is to take time out and see Scandinavia’s capital city, Stockholm.
Meals Included: Breakfast
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Where You'll Stay
The Original ICEHOTEL - Swedish Lapland
The Original ICEHOTEL is situated in Jukassjarvi Swedish Lapland and is a feat of engineering and artistic creation. We recommend staying in an Art Suite to appreciate the full ICEHOTEL experience and our itineraries feature these rooms as standard. They cost a little more but add hugely to your appreciation of this Once in a Lifetime experience.
The ICEHOTEL consists of 2 structures – the temporary hotel is rebuilt each year from blocks of ice harvested from the Torne river which runs adjacent to the IceHotel. These blocks are stored for the summer in a huge warehouse and as the late Autumn temperature in Jukkasjärvi drops below zero ice artists arrive from all over the world to build this magnificent creation. They build the 4 levels of rooms, the ice chapel and the ice bar. Their art is created with imagination and hard work, only to melt away under the unforgiving rays of the spring sun.
The new ICEHOTEL 365 is a permanent ICEHOTEL and a feat of engineering which offers visitors the chance of staying the whole year round. It houses both Art suites and the Deluxe Art Suites (which we offer as an upgrade) with their luxury en suite bathrooms. It is also home to the celebrated ICEBAR.
You have your own private locker room where you can change and leave your bags whilst having access to the adjacent service block where there are saunas, toilets and showers.
Wake up to a hot Lingonberry juice served in your room prior to the very substantial ICEHOTEL breakfast served in the main restaurant.
For Dinner the ICEHOTEL has 2 restaurants, one serving gourmet food, whilst the more informal Homestead restaurant serves hearty traditional food.
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A well organised trip which was tailored to our specific requests. The arrangements all ran perfectly and any queries prior to the holiday were handled very quickly and professionally. The standard of accommodation and organised tours was very high. I would use this company again and recommend them.
We had five fantastic days in beautiful Iceland, as we had never been before Aurora Nights helped with everything and made the holiday so easy and stress free. We stayed at Hotel Ranga which was amazing, we very much enjoyed the tours and the guides were brilliant, very knowledgable and friendly. We will certainly be returning to Iceland and wouldn’t hesitate to book through Aurora Nights again, special thanks to Abigail as her experience and reccommendations made the trip even better.
We had the most fabulous time and everything worked like clockwork. The guides were extremely knowledgeable and extremely competent. The food was excellent and the experiences, especially Husky Homes, were brilliant. We saw the aurora lights at the mountain top in Abisko where the photography tour will be an enduring memory of a wonderful time. I would very much recommend Weekend a la Carte as a proficient tour operator.
Fantastic trip with great hosts & made even more special by seeing the Northern Lights twice!!
A fantastic short break which fulfilled all expectations. Well organised with a polished delivery, we could not have asked for more. The accommodation was perfect for us and the guides knowledgeable and helpful. Every day was packed with adventure, each lasting longer than scheduled but we were never rushed; the guides took pride in showing and explaining their beautiful country. We would certainly use Weekend a la carte again and recommend them to others.
We had a wonderful time! The food at the lodge was amazing and there were some great vegetarian dishes. I had the best beetroot I’ve ever had (beetroot tartare).
Everyone was really friendly and all the guides were good fun and very knowledgeable.
A special thanks to William and Petri who were really friendly and really added a personal touch to our trip. The activities were really well planned and we especially enjoyed the trip with the huskies. The area we were in is stunning and the lodge was very nice. We would definitely recommend this to friends and family.
This was a bucket list trip. The company are specialists and I’ve valued their advice. Everything from the when to go for the best opportunity to see the lights and equipment needed and provided.Our activities included, the Ice Hotel, night photo shoot, snowmobiling, guided walk and the sky station meal. All excellent and well run by knowledgeable experts and guides. The Abisko Lodge is warm comfortable and relaxing the food is excellent and the staff welcoming, friendly and very helpful. I would highly recommend if you’re looking for a different and exciting experience.
Superb holiday to Iceland, well organised, advice regarding trips informative and far exceeded our expectations (Glaciers and ice Cave) run by South Coast. Hotel Ranga is a lovely hotel, perfect to see Northern Lights (which we did see on our 3rd night), very comfortable, food excellent, staff helpful and informative. SouthCoast Adventure tour company were excellent, guides knowledgeable, and clearly very experienced.