Northern Lights Evening at Camp Barentz
with Hurtigruten Svalbard
About the tour
This is the perfect evening activity to mix into your Svalbard program. You’ll leave Longyearbyen behind for a dinner and informal lecture in a cosy, authentic cabin. With some luck, the northern lights make an appearance as well!
A bus will pick you up at the hotel. As we leave town and drive into the large Adventdalen (the ‘Advent Valley’), the anticipation increases. The mountains on both sides of the valley loom over us like giants, hardly visible in the polar night. What awaits at the end of the road?
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After a 10–15 minute drive, we arrive at Camp Barentz. This is a small set of cabins, one of which is a copy of the cabin that the discoverer of Svalbard, Willem Barentz, overwintered in on Novaya Zemlya in 1596. We are met by our knowledgeable host for the evening – who also is equipped with polar bear protection, since the cabin is located outside town. In front of a large campfire inside, we get served some drinks, a delicious homemade reindeer bidos and coffee and dessert. Then it is time to learn more about the northern lights. We will sit around the fire, while our host shares information and photographs explaining this incredible phenomenon.
At Camp Barentz, far from the artificial lights in town, you have the perfect conditions for enjoying the northern lights. With some luck, we will round off the evening by watching it with our own eyes in the sky outside. Then the bus comes to pick us up again, and we return to Longyearbyen.
Physical Requirements/Difficulty Grading System
Suitable for most
Practical information
Included in the trip
Dress in layers – it’s the best way to stay warm. Remember: it is better to be too warm than to be too cold. And also – there is no bad weather, just bad clothing!
- Transfer from/to chosen pick-up point
- Reindeer soup, drinks (beer, wine, soft drinks), campfire coffee and homemade cake
- Guide with all necessary safety equipment
Important Information
- We recommend wearing comfortable, warm outdoor clothing and warm shoes, since there can be a cold draught from the floor. Remember that we will spend some time outdoors also. Clothes may smell of smoke after the tour.
- Safety is our highest priority, and the guide needs to be able to give instructions that you understand. To participate in this tour, it is therefore required that you speak and understand English or one of the Scandinavian languages.
Cancellation Policy
Individual Activity Bookings & Cancellations:
The full price of your activity is payable at the time of booking.
Based on the start date of the earliest product in your booking, the following cancellation charges apply:
22 days or more before: full refund, minus a cancellation fee of NOK 350
21-8 days before: 50% cancellation fee
7-0 days before or no-show: no refund; if unpaid, the outstanding amount will still be due.
Transfer of Booking:
If you or any member of your party is prevented from travelling, that person(s) may transfer their place to someone else, with the exception of flight tickets, subject to the following conditions:
That person is introduced by you and satisfies all the conditions applicable to the Arrangements.
We are notified not less than 22 days before departure.
You pay any outstanding balance payment, an administration fee of NOK 350 per person, as well as any additional fees, charges or other costs arising from the transfer, and
The transferee agrees to these booking conditions and all other requirements applicable to the holiday booking. You and the transferee remain jointly and severally liable for payment of all sums.
If you are unable to find a replacement, cancellation charges will apply as set out in ‘Cancellation by customer’. Otherwise, no refunds will be given for passengers not travelling or for unused services.
Cancellation/Changes to programme
Hurtigruten Svalbard reserves the right to cancel any travel service due to a force majeure event or other unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances outside of our control. We may also make alterations in the travel services, for example, due to local weather conditions, temperature conditions, ice conditions, risk of avalanche, polar bear sight, pandemics, illness and mechanical or equipment difficulties. We reserve the right to adjust a tour programme with the safety and comfort of participants in mind. Changes may also be made to assist other ships, groups or stranded persons. Reciprocal assistance is common practice in Polar Regions and must be seen as a part of the experience, as long as the main content of the tour is not substantially reduced due to the incident.
We also reserve the right to cancel travel services where the minimum number of participants for the travel service has not been reached.
The payment made for the cancelled travel service will be refunded. You are not entitled to any further compensation (for example, we will not cover costs for flight tickets or other travel services booked via other agents or organisers).