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Northern lights tour price in Enontekiö: what the money buys

A bright green swirl of aurora above a frozen shoreline and a distant line of lit houses

Illustration photo: the aurora over a frozen shore in Finland, not in Hetta.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

For the least money, sit in the sledge on the evening snowmobile ride at 100 euros. For protection against cloud, the guaranteed night at 135 is the only price that comes back if nothing shows, though no one under fifteen can go. A family of two adults and two children pays 430 euros on the horse sleigh and 600 on the kennel's dogsled evening. Refund rules range from seven days' notice to generally none.

How the operators compare

Prices are the operators' own published starting prices as of the date this guide was updated, and they change through the season.

Näkkälä: evening snowmobileVilu: guaranteed nightVilu: horse sleighHetta Huskies: dogsled
Adult price €100–165 – the lowest adult price €135 €145 €175
2 adults + 2 children Not stated Not possible under 15 €430 €600
Refund if cloudy Not stated Yes – the price is refunded if no aurora is seen Not stated No
Pick-up Not stated Included Included Not stated

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: the lowest adult price and the price is refunded if no aurora is seen. All price per person. The snowmobile range runs from a sledge seat to a machine of your own. The kennel's two snowmobile evenings are left out of the table because its pages print two prices for each; both are given below.

Where these figures come from
  • Näkkälä: evening snowmobile: About two hours from eight in the evening, with snowmobile equipment and hot drinks; the sledge seat is the cheapest aurora evening in Hetta.
  • Vilu: guaranteed night: A pick-up in Hetta on a night chosen from the forecast, and the price back if no aurora is visible to the naked eye.
  • Vilu: horse sleigh: A pick-up, a Finnhorse sleigh through the forest and small tastings of local food with warm drinks by a fire.
  • Hetta Huskies: dogsled: Six kilometres driving your own team in the dark, with a farm visit and head torches when needed.

Aurora evenings around Hetta cost between 100 and 175 euros for an adult, and each price buys something different.

Where the money goes

The cheapest seat is in the sledge behind a guide’s snowmobile. The guaranteed night charges a middling price and carries the only refund for an empty sky.1 The horse sleigh adds food and a fire. The kennel’s dogsled evening is the dearest, and the only one where you drive the team yourself.2

The kennel’s snowmobile evenings

Its aurora table prints 120 euros for a shared snowmobile and 140 for the heated sleigh; the evenings’ own page prints 100 and 120. Until the kennel settles it, budget for the higher figure.

Choosing on price

A couple with flexible dates gets the most certainty for the money from the guaranteed night. A family gets a total it can plan around from the horse sleigh or the dogsled. The six evenings are compared on quality rather than price on northern lights in Enontekiö and the best northern lights tour in Enontekiö.

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Questions people ask

What happens to our money on a cloudy night?

It depends on the evening. The guaranteed night refunds the price if no aurora is visible to the naked eye. The kennel's short tours are generally non-refundable according to its FAQ, and the horse sleigh falls under its company's general terms, which refund nothing inside seven days of the start. The evening snowmobile ride's page mentions neither refunds nor cancellation.

Does clothing cost extra?

On some evenings. The kennel hires snowmobile clothing and boots at 5 euros a piece and gloves, hats and buffs at 2.50 each on its snowmobile evenings. The evening snowmobile ride from the smaller Hetta company includes snowmobile equipment in its price. The neighbouring village company's terms ask you to wear your own winter clothing and footwear, and its pages do not mention hire.

Is the guaranteed night more expensive than it looks?

Not in price: 135 euros sits in the middle of the six. The cost is in flexibility. You register your dates rather than booking one, the company picks the night from the forecast, it may not run on any of your nights, and it takes no one under fifteen. For an adult couple with a few free evenings, that trade is the whole point of it.

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Lapland Handbook Staff

Lapland Handbook is written by its editorial staff in Rovaniemi. Every price, age limit and group size in a comparison is read from the operator's own page and marked "Not stated" when the operator does not publish it. Each guide names who should not book, and names the operator that suits each kind of group, whichever it is.

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