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Voyages in Search of the Northern Lights -
Cruise Arctic Norway

Northern Lights Cruises
Exclusive £50pp discount on all Hurtigruten cruises!

A range of exciting short breaks, longer cruises and themed winter voyages along the Norway coast and across the Arctic Circle

Cruise the Northern Lights

JUST RELEASED: New 2014 dates for Northern Lights voyages with direct flights - see cruises on right for details!

Download the 2012/13 Northern Lights brochure

Since people first experienced the natural phenomenon of the Aurora Borealis, their extraordinary beauty has mesmerised all who witness them. Our fleet of ships sail daily above the Arctic Circle, through the calm sheltered waters along the Norwegian Coast beneath the pitch black sky, the perfect setting to experience the breathtaking Northern Lights.

As well as the opportunity of seeing the Northern Lights, there are also an exciting range of winter activities and experiences available on these voyages, from dog sledging across frozen landscapes, or a king crab fishing safari, to a midnight concert in Tromsø's Arctic Cathedral.

Stunning Northern Lights over Arctic Norway

Useful information about the Northern Lights voyages

View movie of the Northern Lights

Take a virtual Northern Lights cruise along the Norwegian Coast using the special Google Earth tours we have created

NEW - 2014 dates just released! Click on cruise links below to see full details. Exclusive £50pp discount on all cruises!


Northern Lights Arctic Cruises 2013/14
Arctic Highlights
Tromsø-Kirkenes-Tromsø
5 days/4 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Arctic Highlights Extended
Tromsø-Kirkenes-Tromsø
6 days/5 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Arctic Adventure
Tromsø-Bergen
5 days/4 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Taste of the Arctic
Bergen-Tromsø
6 days/5 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Arctic Wonders
Bergen-Kirkenes + Snow Hotel
8 days/7 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Winter Voyage North
Bergen-Kirkenes
7 days/6 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Winter Voyage South
Kirkenes-Bergen
7 days/6 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Winter Round Voyage
Bergen-Kirkenes-Bergen
12 days/11 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Norway Coast and Spitsbergen
Bergen-Tromso-Spitsbergen
9 days/8 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Astronomy Voyage
Bergen-Kirkenes-Bergen
12 days/11 nights
Click for Norway Cruise - Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Northern Lights over mountains

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Norwegian Coastal Voyage Map - Click to enlarge

The Aurora Borealis

‘No pencil can draw it, no colours can paint it, and no words can describe it in all its magnificence’ wrote Payer, a famous observer of the Northern Lights.

The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon caused by electrically charged solar particles passing into the Earth’s atmosphere. Also known as the Aurora Borealis, which means ‘dawn of the north’, the aurora can appear abruptly, filling the sky with incredible speed with great arcs as ghostly wisps in green, yellow, red and violet dance above the horizon, before disappearing again.

Northern Lights from your ship

This surreal light show has inspired myths and legends over the years. The Inuit of Greenland believed the lights came from the realm of the dead, caused by the spirits trying to contact their living relatives, and Norwegian sailors would say that the display was the souls of young maidens waving and dancing in the night’s sky. No-one has seen the Northern Lights and not been caught in awe by this magical display, a celestial show which truly needs to be seen to be believed.

All of our Northern Lights Voyages provide an opportunity to witness the Aurora Borealis, but it is in their very nature that this can never be guaranteed. While there have been sightings of the Northern Lights in late September and at lower latitudes, you are most likely to see them above the Arctic Circle between November and February.

Many of our travellers consider the Aurora Borealis to be the simply the ‘icing on the cake’ of an already remarkable holiday in the Arctic.

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