Winter Walk on the Wild Side Tromsø

Tromsø

Adult Price from

1450 NOK per

Duration

4 hrs

Destination

Tromsø

All-inclusive

Activity

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Listen to the sound crackling under your snowshoes as you hike through the Arctic wilderness. This snowshoeing activity brings travellers into the landscape. Experience heart-stopping views of Norwegian fjords, valleys and mountains. During your hike through the winter landscape we'll find the best place to enjoy your home-made meal. Relax and keep a lookout for reindeer, eagles, ptarmigans, hares and other wildlife. Afterwards, we'll bring you comfortably back to Tromso city centre.

Season: 1st October - 15th April
Duration: 4.5 hours
Carbon emitted: 2kg
Group size: 4 - 15 people (groups over 8 people have a second guide and the group is split)
Minimum age: 6 years old
Meeting time: 09:50 in front of the Scandic Ishavhotel
Departure: 10:00
Return: Drop off in front of the Scandic Ishavhotel.
Inclusions: Homemade sandwich with locally sourced ingredients, biscuits & hot drinks, tripods, photos of the tour in web-sized resolution.
Safety considerations: The tour involves hiking; the conditions may be icy, slippery, uneven, muddy, snowy or otherwise. Please assess your ability to complete this activity.

Important information:
- Our terms and conditions and our generous cancellation policy can be found here.
- Always travel with travel insurance.
- All participants need to complete the eWaiver before the tour/activity start time. Here is the link to our waiver . It's one eWaiver per participant, no matter how many Wandering Owl activities you join.
- We suggest to download WhatsAPP before travelling to Norway. We prefer to use WhatsAPP or email when communicating with our guests. Remember to keep your phone handy on the day of the tour incase we need to make last minute changes or communicate with you.
- If there is no snow, or not much snow, we'll hike instead of snowshoe.
- It's a great idea to dress in layers, so as you warm up or cool down you can add and remove layers. We suggest: woolen base layer, woolen sweater, down mid layer and a shell or or windproof jacket as the final layer. Jeans, especially skinny jeans aren't windproof nor do they have any thermal qualities. High heels and fashion shoes are unsuitable.
- We never cancel simply because the forecast says it might be cloudy. We will make the decision on the route or other changes based on safety considerations.
- The activity varies every day of the season. Here is a link to our album to show you how different it can look depending on the environmental conditions at the time.

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You have booked our Winter Walk on the Wild Side snowshoeing/hiking activity. This activity is supplied by us, Wandering Owl.

- Make sure all guests complete our eWaiver before the activity, project or tour departure date: https://forms.office.com/r/Xrt2DEEeBF

- As always, Wandering Owl wants to be as transparent as possible regarding the conditions. Please note that the conditions change year to year as well as day to day. There may or may not be snow on the day you have booked. If there is not enough snow, we will take you on a beautiful hike instead. If you do not wish to take the chance of snowshoeing becoming a hike, then you may wish to consider cancelling. Our 24 hr cancellation policy remains in place with or without snow, so be sure to decide well in advance if you are willing to join for a hike or not.

- Information about the meeting location: The pick up location is in front of the Scandic Ishavhotel for all Wandering Owl supplied tours. Directions can be found here. There is no Wandering Owl signage but it's easy to find. We ask that you arrive 5 - 10 minutes early, please arrive on time - we can not delay the departure for guests that arrive on time and as per hour cancellation policy - no refunds or rebookings are on offer. Our guides will arrive 5 minutes before the departure time because the vehicle can not be standing in this parking zone for longer than 10 minutes. If there is snow or traffic, the guides and facilitators might be slightly delayed.

- Wandering Owl has successfully completed the Virke Checklist on Sustainable Travel and is in the process of getting eco-certified by Travelife - the most thorough certification agency for auditing tour operators in the world. You can learn more about Wandering Owl's mission, vision and values here and our limited impact policy here.

- Please read our FAQ to be well prepared for your stay in Tromsø.

- We have merchandise available for purchase here.

- If you would like to know more about Northern Lights or other interesting reads, like how to stay warm in the Arctic, to learn about our fav restaurants, bars, cafes and other things to do in Tromsø, please check out Wandering Owl's blog :)

- If you would like to see how different the Northern Lights can look, check out our gallery here.

- If you are interested in Aurora Photography or more generally in improving your skills, we recommend that you take a look at our online photography courses. Follow this link to learn about the inherent challenges our guides must over come to get the best portraits possible and what you can do to help.

- We've partnered with Tromsø Arctic Reindeer who offer quality experiences for travellers - including reindeer sledding and feeding, and learning about their Sami culture. Learn more here: Reindeer activities.

- Wandering Owl has partnered up with the Aurora APP. If you'd like to follow the upcoming forecasts and predictions, download this APP and follow along.

Always travel with travel insurance. Wandering Owl has a strict cancellation policy and no refunds are given if you can not attend the tour for circumstances outside Wandering Owls control such as flights, immigration or custom delays, or cruise docking being delayed, cancelled or missed etc.

Finally, don't forget to like, follow and tag us on social media @wanderingowl!

Taxes

Transport Tax - TWWS

2.7 % ( Price Inclusive )

Food Tax - TWWS

0.5 % ( Price Inclusive )

Guiding Tax - TWWS

0 % ( Price Inclusive )

Adventure cup - Available from February 15

Souvenir package worth NOK650

Map of Tromsø area

Postcard package (5)

Online Aurora Photography course

Make a donation Wild Lab Projects

50 NOK

Wild Lab Projects is a new part of Wandering Owl. Providing data for research groups that they are otherwise unable to collect. We do this through our citizen science projects. Making a donation to Wild Lab Projects goes a long way to ensure the longevity of our citizen science projects. Projects include tundra restoration after Northern Light tourism season, education other tour operators on regenerative behaviours that limit their footprint & protect our wilderness, kelp re-wilding, microplastic data collection & removal, ocean litter collecting, documenting & removal, Owl nest installation, & many more. Wild Lab Projects website is under construction & is due to be launched in May.

Terms

Always travel with travel insurance, please read the terms and conditions before booking. See terms and conditions here: https://www.wanderingowl.com/terms-conditions/ Please note: we can never guarantee snow. In the absence of snow we will go on a hike without snowshoes. This must be displayed according to Norwegian taxation law: This tour (product) consists of three components: Component 1: Transportation 25% of the tour (component taxed at 12%) Component 2: Food 4% of the tour (component taxed at 15%) Component 3: Guiding 71% of the tour (component taxed at 0%) There is a non - refundable booking handling and labour fee of 200nok per booking.