Private northern lights tour in Posio: what private buys here
Illustration photo: an aurora over a winter road in Finland, not in Posio.
The short answer
Book the Posio car if you want the evening to yourselves and a driver who will go wherever the sky is clear: it is priced for the party, not per head, and it picks you up. For one to four people who would rather spend the money on a whole day, a tailored private day from a Kemijärvi company costs less and includes ice fishing with a chance of the aurora, but it is an hour and a half away and its length is not stated.
Posio sells no shared aurora evening, so the question of going private answers itself: the one tour here is a car for your party alone.
What the private price covers
The Posio tour is 1,850 euros for up to eight, seven hours, with a campfire, sparkling drinks and reindeer sausages, and a driver who goes where the forecast points.1 Nothing in the price changes with the size of the party, which makes it a fair deal for six or eight and a hard one for two.
The nearest other private arrangement
A Kemijärvi company sells a tailored private day for one to four people at 1,290 euros, built from ice fishing with a chance of the aurora, snowshoeing on the fells, a reindeer farm visit and lunch by the fire.2 It covers Kemijärvi, Pyhä, Luosto and Rovaniemi rather than Posio, so from here it starts with an hour and a half on the road, and the page does not say how long the day lasts.
Choosing between them
For a night devoted to the sky, the Posio car. For a small party who want the dark to be the last part of a full day, the Kemijärvi package. Everything else the Posio tour includes, and how its refund is worded, is on northern lights in Posio.
Tours you can book
A private guided day for up to four, with ice fishing in it
Run by Lappi Creative
From €1,290per group of up to 4
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)A private seven-hour aurora chase, campfire and car included
Run by BookLapland
From €1,850per group of up to 8
Length7 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)
Questions people ask
What vehicle does the Posio tour use?
The listing names a luxury SUV or a premium people carrier, and its description recommends the tour for one to four guests while the price allows up to eight. That suggests the larger vehicle is for the larger party, but the listing does not say which you get for which size of group, so a party of five or more should confirm there is a seat for everyone before paying.
Is there a private photography evening near Posio?
Posio's tourist information names two companies for guided nature and aurora photography, Posio Nature and Nordic Wildscape. Neither publishes an aurora evening with a price that we could read: the first company's site refused our request and the second lists multi-day photography tours without saying where or for how much. Contact them directly if a photographer is the point.
What happens if the sky stays clouded?
On the Posio car, the listing promises a full refund if no aurora is visible in the camera. The Kemijärvi private day prints no refund for the aurora, because the sky is one possible part of a day tailored to conditions rather than the thing sold. Both can be cancelled, the Posio car free up to 24 hours ahead; the Kemijärvi page does not state its cancellation terms.