We'll enjoy a nice, warm breakfast before gearing up and heading to our first activity in the Arctic: visiting one of the last, authentic Sami Reindeer Farms! 

The Sami people are indigenous to this area, and their main livelihood used to come from reindeer farming, meaning, yes, they eat them. And yes, that's an option to try, only for the sake of experiencing the culture. (But feel free not to, we will not be).

The main attraction though will come from feeding the cute reindeer, who have become friendly from the amount of visitors, just watch out for those antlers! We'll also be able to take a short sleigh ride! The tourism that this activity attracts actually helps lower the amount of reindeer that are killed for food, so don't feel too bad about a sleigh ride!

Inside the Sami teepee, you'll hear from the local Sami people who run the farm, and will tell you all about their culture and reindeer farming.

Then, we'll head back to the hotel to warm up, and hang out or nap before an early-ish dinner.

Naps are only mentioned because the Northern Light chases happen later at night, when it's completely dark. We usually head out around 8 or 9pm but it's depending on where they track the light activity!

Warm snowsuits and boots will be provided, but please bring the other items we send you on the packing list!

We'll spend several hours "chasing" the Northern Lights, which the guides track with radar, so we are almost guaranteed to see them! We keep chasing them until we've seen them at least a few times, which means we could end up staying out very late at night!

Towards the end of the light chase, we will be treated to a warm fire amongst the snow, hot chocolate, and some Arctic snacks!

Overnight at Hotel Polar

Waiting for day tour

 We have quite the journey to get to the Orcas, but that's the length great travelers will go to to see these majestic creatures in the wild rather than an aquarium!

We'll need to wake up pretty early to start our drive across the Arctic highway, and then we'll likely need to take a ferry to get to the area where the Orcas typically go each year.

Something very important to note is the word "typically". Meaning they can change locations each year, which is why we can't give a specific destination just yet, but either way, we will go to where they are!

Expect around 6 hours of traveling just to get there, so depending on the time we arrive, we might be able to add a visit to a Husky sled dog farm, or perhaps just go somewhere warm, cozy, and off the beaten track!

Overnight in Lofoten or Similar

Today is hopefully the big day! We will wake up early, give ourselves some major pep talks, suit up in dry suits, and heat out onto the 12 person boat in hopes of achieving our bucketlist checks of SWIMMING WITH ORCAS!!

Please start manifesting this all happens easily and smoothly, because our major disclaimers include the weather and wild animals being unpredictable! However, this particular company has been offering this trip for many years, and typically has successful results!

You don't need to be a professional free driver, but you should definitely have some pretty solid swimming skills, and taking a free diving course would also be a great idea to help you stay in the water longer.

We'll be wearing thick dry suits, which means you can't dive down anyway since they're so buoyant , but having the breathing skills will help with the adrenaline rush of both seeing these beautiful creatures...and feeling the extreme cold!!

NOTE: If you do NOT want to get in the water, that's Ok! You can still observe the Orcas from the boat!

After what we hope is a successful swim, we will head back to our accommodation to warm up, and spend the evening reveling in our amazing experiences, hopefully with some wine!

At the moment we have scheduled to stay another night in this area just in case we do not see the Orcas on the first day, and going out again the next day is an option!

Overnight in Lofoten or similar

Today will depend on the day before! If we have a successful Orca swim, we will head back to Tromso in the morning and do a nice activity there!

If we didn't see the Orcas, we will try it again today if space permits! Then we will take the long drive back afterwards!

Either way, we will sleep in Tromso tonight to make sure you are back in time for your flights tomorrow!

Overnight at Hotel Polar or Similar

Sadly it's time to go, but hopefully with some epic new memories, and off to a warmer destination!

We will transport you to the airport any time today! Thank you for joining us!