Astronomer and astrophotographer Pete Lawrence from the BBC’s The Sky at Night is to accompany a new Northern Lights break offered by Omega Breaks.
The tour operator is offering a five-day trip to Norway for clients who want to learn more about the light display as well how to take photographs of the natural phenomenon.
The Norway & the Northern Lights with Pete Lawrence itinerary includes two nights at the Malangen Resort in Mestervik village, a well-known location for spotting the Aurora Borealis.
At the resort Lawrence will host presentations on the Northern Lights and how to photograph them effectively, and watch the night sky with the group. An ‘Aurora watch’ will also operate until midnight, for those clients who wish to be woken up to see the lights.
Other activities will be offered during the day, including dog sledding, snowshoeing, a snowmobile trek, and reindeer feeding.
The trip also includes two nights in Tromsø, where clients can take a cable car from the Polar Museum to the ledge of the Storsteinen mountain to see views at 421 metres above sea level, go on an Arctic fjord cruise, visit a Sàmi reindeer camp and have dinner, and go sledging.
Departing on February 27, 2023, the trip costs from £1,094, based on two sharing. It includes return flights from Gatwick to Tromsø, two nights at the four-star Malangen Resort with dinner and breakfast, two nights at the three-star Thon Hotel in Tromsø with breakfast, two presentations and astrophotography guidance and two nights watching for the Northern Lights with Pete Lawrence, and the services of a tour manager.
The tour is in addition to Omega Breaks’ existing Northern Lights astronomy tour to Iceland, its Northern Lights flight experiences and eclipse holidays.