Day-by-day program
(This route is only an example. Plans for each
particular tour are based on the prevailing ice, weather and snow conditions and
are made at the start of the tour.)
Sunday departures:Day 1 – Sunday:
Flights from Tromsø or Oslo arrive late evening. Transport to Spitsbergen
Guesthouse for check-in.
Day 2 – Monday:
Breakfast, check-out, preparations and packing of equipment. You will be given
an introduction to the snowmobiles before setting off towards van Mijenfjorden
and Svea. Hot lunch will be served. You will stay the night in a cabin in Svea
and this is where dinner will be served.
Day 3 – Tuesday:
Depart Svea by dogsled. Normally the trip will take you over the icy fjord
towards glaciers and magnificent mountains, however the route is decided by the
guide depending on the weather conditions. Lunch will be served in the open air,
dinner will be served at the cabin where you will stay the night.
Day 4 – Wednesday:
During the morning you will be out dog-sledding and you will have lunch
outdoors. The trip then goes back to Longyearbyen by snowmobile. Check-in at
Spitsbergen Guesthouse. An evening meal has then been arranged for you at one of
Longyearbyen’s excellent restaurants.
Day 5 – Thursday:
Breakfast, check-out and departure. You will have some time to explore on your
own before you are transported to the airport.
Thursday departure:
Day 1 – Thursday:
Flight from Tromsø arrives early afternoon. Transfer with guide to the
Spitsbergen Guesthouse for check in. Free time before dinner and information
meeting.
Day 2 – Friday:
After breakfast,, preparations and packing of equipment. Briefing in how to
drive a snowmobile before we set out for the Van Mijenfjord and Svea. Lunch out
in the wilderness. Dinner and overnight stay in a cabin in Svea.
Day 3 – Saturday:
Your hosts in Svea will depending on the weather conditions decide the route for
the day’s dogsled-tour. Usually the tour goes on the frozen fjord, to
breathtaking glacier fronts and mountain views. Lunch out in the open. In the
evening dinner in the cabin.
Day 4 – Sunday:
After a morning tour with the dogsled we enjoy our lunch before setting off to
Longyearbyen by snowmobiles. On arrival Longyearbyen we check-in at Spitsbergen
Guesthouse. Farewell dinner on a restaurant in the evening.
Day 5 – Monday:
Ttransfer to the airport for very early morning departures to Tromsø or Oslo.
Schedule and times subject to change!
You may add additional nights in Longyearbyen.
For groups we can organize
special departures on request.
Prices
from:
| Category
Description |
Price per Person |
| K1 Double room /2 person per
snowmobile |
$2095 |
| K2 Single room/1 person per
snowmobile |
$2285 |
| Supplement single snowmobile
(K1) per person |
$ 295 |
| Airfare: Oslo or
Tromsø-Longyearbyen-Tromsø or Oslo |
Please
Inquire |
| We
arrange extra departures for groups on request. |
Prices include:
Transfer (included on scheduled arrival),
accommodation in single or double room in Longyearbyen,
indoor accommodation in a cabin, all meals as described, general equipment,
sleeping bag, snowmobile with all necessary equipment, snowmobile suit, petrol,
oil and rescue insurance. Accompaniment by a highly experienced tour guide(s)
with their own snowmobile and all necessary safety equipment also included.
Prices do not include:
Airfare to Longyearbyen, personal clothes and
equipment (list of equipment will be sent to you on request or when you register
for the trip), beer, wine, beverages, personal travel insurance.
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The Polar dogs (Huskies) have long traditions in
the arctic environment. For centuries people and dogs have shared many battles
through snow drifts and winter landscape. They have enjoyed the moonlight as
well as the midnight sun. It was as late as the 1960’s before any other means of
transport was available in the arctic areas.
