Northern lights, not iceland advice please.

[Sheetmaself]

Hello, i am looking at booking a trip to see the Northern Lights next January or February. I would prefer costs to be less than £1000 per adult for getting there as will be paying for four as want to treat my parents.

Dont want to do Iceland as did this November 2016 ourselves, and need to bear in mind my parents are close to 70 so dont want anything too strenous, my Mum is just getting over a second bout of Cancer to give an idea of fitness.

Something similar to Iceland would be perfect and kind of wish we hadnt just been, but it is not somewhere we would go back to so soon as whilst it was fantastic due to size we feel like we've seen it. I guess a city where you can get out to see the lights is what were after and trip would be for 3-5 days.

Any help greatly appreciated, and thanks for taking the time to read.

[Sheetmaself]

Thanks for the advice will take a look.

I was initially thinking Oslo but have read reports that this would then be quite a trek to stand a chance of seeing the lights, can anyone confirm if this is the case please?

[Sheetmaself]

Might take a look at Tromso as well then as believe this to be a decent size place to wander for a day.

[Sheetmaself]

Never done a cruise before and not sure i fancy the idea of one as I'm not really a people person!
Im more leaning to Tromso now just need to research day trip type things to do as figured the city would be more of a town like Reykjavik where one day and you've seen it.

Thinking probably three to four days depending on flights/packags.

[Sheetmaself]

Im reading that November to early march is the time to go, is there a best time within this time frame though? Hoping to go late January early feb if possible as likely to be in china and japan November December but i could change this to after if needed.

[Sheetmaself]

Lovely photos best we got from Iceland was this,


We didn't see this with our eyes only the camera and didn't even realise we had this until we were back home!

Will take a look at what would suit us best between doing it ourselves and renting a car or some form of structured tour.

Thanks for all the help so far.

[Sheetmaself]

Thanks for that it's definitely looking like Tromso is the best option will definitely take into account all the advice and will contact you closer to the time.