Customer Review

We loved the Wilderness Inari hotel and connections in London/Ivalo were great. Best of all, we saw the Lights three nights. A great holiday that met our expectations.

Snowmobiling at night was our favoruite activity. We were lucky enough to see the lights, and the guide was really well prepared and knowledgable about night photography.

Great holiday and amazing location. All the advice pre-booking was a great help and spot on. Very difficult to suggest any improvements. We really did think the holiday was fantastic and more than fulfilled all our expectations.

My favourite activity was the snow mobile ride, and my partners was the Huskie ride. They were both amazing! The Huskies were lovely and friendly, it was good that we got to stroke them and feed them a treat after the ride. The snowmobile was really fun as I'd never done anything like it before. We also enjoyed the reindeer safari, although we didn't see the Northern Lights we still really enjoyed it!

Husky safari was our high-point as not only was it great fun and a unique experience, but the guide was excellent and it coincided with the first sunrise in 37 days and the views were spectacular

The husky safari was the best, it's a short trip from the hotel, the team at the husky park are lovely and it was just the most amazing experience.

All our activities were a lot of fun

We took a 4-night vacation to Hotel Korpikartano outside the town of Inari.  There were 6 women friends. We booked through The Aurora Zone.  The whole vacation went off without any problems from start to finish.   We had a fabulous time!  We will be talking about this vacation for years to come. We did snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, a husky safari and a visit with a reindeer herder, as well as a visit to a Sami Culturally Center.  Staff was friendly, knowledgeable and on schedule.  The local food was delicious.  For our accommodations, we booked a “suite” with three twin beds bedrooms, which were very spacious.  We shared two bathrooms and a living space.  It was a great place for us to gather during downtime. We did happen to see the Northern Lights on one of the evenings.  It was gorgeous!  The other three nights were cloudy.  We went into this trip knowing we may not see the lights.  We all said afterwards we still enjoyed all the activities and would not have been disappointed had we not seen the Northern Lights.  My friends and I highly recommend Hotel Korpikartano and The Aurora Zone!

We are a well-travelled family, having stayed in many places around the world. Without doubt this is one of the best holidays we have had, and we cannot speak highly enough of the experience. The overriding word to describe this holiday is "QUALITY". From our fist phone calll with Andy, through to the bookings and arrangements done by you, the flights, airport arrival, transportation, hotel and activities, all faultless and of the highest quality. Regarding the Wilderness Hotel; its location, service, food, quality of room, amenities, organisation of the activities, again all faultless and of the highest quality. We will also be giving it the highest recommendation on TripAdvisor, as well as your company and your service. Their attention to detail is outstanding, and we will absolutely be staying there again. Please give our thanks and recognition to the management and staff at the hotel please. The activities were very well organised, the equipment of the highest quality, as was the outdoor clothing given by the hotel which was a life saver. In summary, the hotel is outstanding, and the whole trip was one of the best. Thank you to the Wilderness Hotel, Andy, you and your company for everything.

We absolutely loved this holiday. I would definitely recommend the Aurora Zone and Nangu. Thank you.

Overall the holiday was good and we are pleased we went. Actually caught the lights on two occasions.

All of the activities were outstanding and real bucket list experiences particularly the husky sleigh, cross-country skiing and snowmobiling. What we especially liked was the fact that these weren't just 'tasters' where we only had a short go but rather full experiences where we were able to become fully immersed in the activity. That said, seeing the northern lights on several occasions including a spectacular viewing in the middle of the week was an incredible experienced the principal reason for our holiday. The hotel staff and guides were all wonderful and very accommodating with our requests. My tripod broke and the total manager was happy to lend me one that they had behind reception. She didn't take my room number or request a security deposit just trusted me to return it at the end of the week. That was a feature of the week, plenty of trust and common sense, particularly highlighted by a very welcome sense of perfectly adequate, but not over-bearing health and safety briefings that are so painfully common in many environments.

Hard to choose between seeing the aurora, going husky sledding or the snowmobiles. All were great fun in their own way and a great way to spend our time. The guides were super friendly and really knew what they were doing so we always felt comfortable and confident.

Overall, this entire trip exceeded our expectations in almost every way - a fantastic experience which we enjoyed enormously. All the activities we participated in were excellent in all respects - impossible to single out one in particular.

Excellent trip - the Northern Lights (Aurora) performed and were stunning, lucky enough to see 3 nights of display including, curtains, ribbons, reds, greens and even a snatch of blue. The Wilderness Hotel was extremely comfortable and warm (it needed to be -16deg C !!), the food was some of the best we have experienced in numerous activity trips, the staff were on the ball, knowledgeable, flexible and quick with updates and flagging the fire in the sky, the outdoor clothing is essential - it gets flipping cold. The Uk staff of Aurora Zone were brilliant, kept us up to date, helped when my Luddite PC skills failed and ensured we were well looked after. Thank you Aurora Zone and Wilderness Hotel - we would (and will) do it again.

The holiday was well planned and good quality accommodation offered. When I contacted the team with any queries they were quick to respond and help, sending follow up emails to confirm.

The activities were great albeit a lot shorter than years back. I think due to increased popularity, this is the result. Even so, still very enjoyable. This time of the year without the sun mostly, the colours of the sky during the day were a photographers dream. Of course the Aurora is always good to view from Nellim; on Monday 6th we had a fantastic display which I luckily caught on live video. You are still able to walk into the woods without many people around. Saw loads of Reindeers on our walks. So beginning-to-end just an outstanding holiday. Roll on 2021

We appreciated both the time in Tromso and in particular on Sommaroy which is a beautiful location to which we might return in summer. Our guide Magg of Northern Lights Tromso literally went the extra mile for us and drove nearly 400km return in search of the Lights. The scheduled 5 hour trip extended to 7 hours and was tiring but very much worth it.

We had a fantastic holiday which was a surprise birthday present for my husband. The admin team in the office were great with any pre trip queries I had. I had done a lot of research before choosing you and I was very happy with everything.

Well done for making this trip a massive success. Other guests were really nice and the people who ran activities superb. Husky trip and snowmobile try out. Both brilliant because the people were superb. The German and Polish guys at the husky farm were brilliant. The twins loved them so much. They obviously loved their jobs and that came across. Snowmobile was great too. Fun and again the guide was super nice and made the experience fun. Oh, the snowshoe trio was great too. Guide was very engaging. We liked that the trips felt like adventures and we’re too nanny like. Well done! I’ve told everyone I know who we used to book and I got the most hits ever on the Instagram posts of the aurora!

We had a fantastic New Year at Torassieppi.

Honestly, everything about the holiday was superb. It felt like so much longer than the three days we were actually there, because of the amount that was packed in. I keep looking back at the photographs in amazement. The packing guide was particularly helpful before we travelled. I would also like to extend a huge thank you for the card and wine for Tina's birthday - it made an already special holiday even more enjoyable.

I always do my own holiday booking so this is the first time I've used a tour company and you guys made it very easy! I loved the Sorbyn Lodge, they made us feel so welcome. the guides for all the activities we did were amazing. We especially loved hannah from northern soul journeys who guided our dog sledding tour! Dog sledding was the coolest activity I've ever done, in any country! It was great to be alone with our guide and not have to be on an adventure with a bunch of strangers. Hannah made our dog sledding experience so memorable. We loved Sorbyn Lodge, t's so cozy and the staff really go out of their way to make you feel at home in their space.

Loved immersing into the nature and interacting with the local animals. Very happy with the structure and the quality of the itinerary and activities. Phone rep that booked us in was very responsive and prompt.

Snowmobile expeditions and husky sleigh ride/drive were fantastic. But the morning with the reindeer herder and his sister was an exceptional way to start the new year. Gentle animals, in stunning scenery, with the herder's explanations providing the context. Jerome was particularly helpful and informative, and always had a smile on his face. And Catherine did her level best to ensure everyone got to the right activity on time. She was also an excellent MC at the New Year's Eve dinner.

Great holiday, coming again, keep it up! The people on the site were great, friendly and fun to be round.

The jeep trip to see the Northern Lights was fantastic. It felt like we were really away from all civilisation on the lava flow, looking up at the stars.

We saw the Northern Lights on several nights. Flawless organisation - well done!

This is our second trip with The Aurora Zone to Finland. Stunning location, stayed in Wildnerness cabin with own fire and sauna, it was idyllic.  Still haven't managed to catch the Northern Lights but it absolutely didn't matter.  The staff are like one big happy family, so warm and friendly and all very experienced and knowledgeable. We will definitely be returning.

As a family all the activities were fantastic with a shout-out for the ice fishing. For me, the dog sledding, but I have a bias towards dogs. All of the activity leaders were great but a special thanks to Jerome. Informative, laid back and very accommodating.