The Complete North — Winter

10 winter days from €2,990, running October through March. This is the deepest land-based dark-season program on offer: husky sledding, glacier ice caves, long snowmobile day tours, the trapper-camp dinner, heritage days, and enough free time to chase a clear aurora night without rushing. It is the week’s program with real margin around it.

Ten days is the difference between visiting the polar night and living in it. You build a rhythm, you get multiple shots at clear skies, and you cover terrain that a shorter trip never reaches.

What does a day look like?

The schedule stacks active days against recovery days deliberately. The first stretch covers the core: dogs in Bolterdalen, the electric aurora safari, the ice cave, the trapper camp.

The middle of the trip goes long. Snowmobile day tours push deep into the frozen valleys with packed lunches and serious distance, the kind of routes a 7-day trip can only sample. Heritage days slot in around them — Longyearbyen’s history, the coal mines, the museum collections — giving context to the country you are crossing. The free exploration days are genuinely yours, and over ten nights the odds of catching a strong, clear aurora display climb meaningfully. Guides run the forecast the whole time and will call a spontaneous night outing whenever the sky cooperates.

Who this is for — and who it isn’t

This suits travellers who want the winter properly and have the time to do it — people who would rather settle into the season than sprint through it, and who value rest days and repeat aurora chances. The long snowmobile routes reward anyone who wants distance and remoteness.

Skip it if 10 days of polar dark sounds long rather than appealing; the 3- or 7-day trips are right-sized for a first taste. Skip it too if you need any aurora guarantee — ten nights stacks the odds well, but the sky still answers to no schedule, and from December into January there is no daylight at all.

What’s included

The full included and not-included list is in the specification table on this page. Guides, all gear, search & rescue insurance, ten nights’ accommodation, transfers, and meals on active days are covered. Flights to Longyearbyen and travel insurance are not.

When to book

Book 4–6 months out. October, February, and March carry some twilight contrast; December and January are the deepest dark and fill first, especially the holiday weeks. Over ten days the month matters less for aurora than for how much darkness you want — decide on that, then reserve early, because small-group winter departures are limited.