Private northern lights tour in Enontekiö: what comes closest
Illustration photo: the aurora above a snowy forest, not in Hetta.
The short answer
For a group of family or friends, book the kennel's heated-sleigh evening, which it offers only to such groups and seats up to nine inside. For a couple or a small family wanting quiet, a small-group evening from the neighbouring village company is the nearest thing, capped at eight. If you want a private evening at a published price, the closest is a tundra evening in Kilpisjärvi for one to four people, 132 minutes away.
No one in Hetta sells a private aurora evening at a published price. Three things come close.
A sleigh for your own party
The kennel offers its heated-sleigh evening only to groups of family or friends, with up to nine inside the sleigh and two more on the snowmobile.1 It is the nearest thing in Hetta to an evening of your own, priced per person like any other.
A small group, or a request
The neighbouring village company runs its evenings for two to eight, and its terms point larger groups to a private tour arranged by contact.2 Ask, and the price comes back in the reply.
A published private price
The closest is in Kilpisjärvi, 132 minutes away: a three-hour tundra evening for one to four people at a single group price.3 The shared evenings in Hetta are compared on northern lights in Enontekiö.
Tours you can book
Priced per person
An aurora ride in a heated sleigh behind a snowmobile
Run by Hetta Huskies
From €140per person
Length2.5 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)An evening horse-sleigh ride with local tastings by a fire near Hetta
Run by Vilu Arctic Experience
From €145per person
Length2–3 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Priced for the whole party
A private aurora evening on the tundra for up to four people
Run by Grayling Land
From €450per group of up to 4
Length3 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Questions people ask
What does the Kilpisjärvi private evening cost and include?
It is priced for the group rather than per head: 450 euros for one to four people, for three hours with a guide, a sleigh ride out, winter overalls, boots, socks, hat, mittens, balaclava and helmet, photos by the guide, and coffee or tea with a pastry. Driving a snowmobile yourselves costs 100 euros more. The company says the lights are not guaranteed, and it prints no age limit or cancellation terms.
Can we ask the smaller Hetta company for a private night?
You can ask, and its terms suggest it will listen: they send groups larger than its online booking allows to a private tour arranged by contact, and its bookings can be made by email, WhatsApp or telephone as well as online. What they do not do is print a private price, so the figure will come in the reply rather than from the page.
Is the guaranteed night private?
No. It is a small-group evening of two to eight people that the company runs on a night it chooses from the forecast, with a refund if no aurora is visible to the naked eye. Its privacy is only that of a small group; if your party fills most of the places you may have it largely to yourselves, but that is not something the page promises.