Compare Snowmobile Tours in Kiruna
Top Pickfrom $104 Abisko: Aurora Chasing with Snowmobiles
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $170 Guided Snowmobile Tour with Coffee Break
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $177 Abisko/Björkliden: Panorama Snowmobile Tour with Snacks
- 2.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $125 Northern Lights Snowmobile Tour
- 3.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $188 Northern Lights Snowmobile Tour with Transfer
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $100 Abisko: Snowmobile Sightseeing Tour
- 2 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $104 Aurora Snowmobile Sled Tour
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $146 Northern Lights Snowmobile Tour with Fika & Reindeer
- 4 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $241 Wilderness Tour with Snowmobile & Ice Fishing
- 5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $259 Abisko: Great Outback Snowmobile Tour with Lake Abiskojaure
- 4.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $205 Aurora Hunt on Snowmobile - small groups
- 3.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $241 Snowmobile Adventure Abisko (Drive your own)
- 2 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $209 Björkliden/Abisko: Night Sky Snowmobile Tour
- 2.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $105 Small-Group Daytime Snowmobile Adventure in Lapland
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $157 Small Group Snowmobile with Snacks
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $251 Luleå : Northern lights snowmobile tour
- 2.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $238 Northern Lights Snowmobile Tour with Dinner
- 4 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $304 Snowmobile Adventure Abisko (Shared)
- 2 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $173 Snowmobile Tour with Icehotel Visit and Fika
- 4.5 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $205 Polar Nature Tour on Snowmobile
- 4 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $515 Overnight Snowmobile Tour with Dinner and Sauna
- 19 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $161 Night Snowmobile tour under the Northern Lights
- 2 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $204 Abisko: Guided Electric Snowmobile Tour in Abisko National …
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
from $168 Snowmobile Lunch Tour
- 3 hours including briefing and kit
- Thermal suit, boots and helmet provided
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before
How Much Does a Snowmobile Tour in Kiruna Cost?
Swedish prices sit below both Finland and Norway for a comparable ride, and the gap widens on the longer tours. As elsewhere, the figure is per person with two riders to a machine.
Best value
Short ride, up to 2 hours
$100 – $304
Two hours or so, sightseeing loops around Kiruna, Jukkasjärvi and Abisko.
Half-day or evening tour
$104 – $251
Three to four hours, which covers most of the aurora departures and the panorama routes above Björkliden.
Full-day or expedition
$173 – $515
Longer wilderness trips with ice fishing, a meal, or an overnight with dinner and sauna.
Which Kiruna or Abisko Snowmobile Tour to Book
| Tour | Duration | Group | Best for | Rating | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most booked | 3 hours | Shared | A safe first choice | 4.4★ | $170 | Check → |
| Cheapest ride | 2 hours | Shared | Trying it once, on a budget | 5★ | $100 | Check → |
| Northern lights ride | 3 hours | Shared | Evening departure, aurora hunting | 4.7★ | $104 | Check → |
| Longest tour | 19 hours | Shared | Distance and remote terrain | 5★ | $515 | Check → |
What to Expect on the Day
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Meeting point
Kiruna tours meet in town or at Jukkasjärvi; Abisko departures meet at the tourist station or in Björkliden, an hour away by train or road.
Check which village your tour actually leaves from. Kiruna and Abisko are not interchangeable.2
Kit issue
Thermal overall, boots, gloves, balaclava and helmet included on every tour here.
3
Briefing
Controls, convoy order and hand signals, plus the ice rules if the route crosses a frozen lake.
4
The ride
Birch forest and lake ice around Kiruna; more open, higher ground toward Abisko and the Norwegian border.
5
Fika stop
Sweden takes the coffee stop seriously. Most tours include a fire, hot drinks and something baked, and the aurora departures build in a long wait at a dark viewpoint.
What to Bring (and What to Leave at Home)
✓ Bring
- Physical car driving licence for drivers
- Thermal base layers and a wool mid layer
- Thick wool socks
- Goggles for evening and open-ground routes
- A camera you can operate in gloves, for the aurora stops
- Booking voucher and transport plan to the meeting village
✗ Leave behind
- Cotton base layers
- Any assumption that Kiruna and Abisko are the same place
- Loose scarves
- Tripods you cannot carry on the machine
- Alcohol before riding
How to Choose a Snowmobile Operator
What good operators do
- Say which village the tour departs from and how to reach it
- Include all winter clothing plus a fika or meal stop in the price
- Keep aurora groups small, four to eight machines rather than twenty
- Measure and state ice conditions before taking a route over a lake
- Show the solo-machine supplement in the listing
Red flags to avoid
- List an Abisko tour under Kiruna without flagging the hour of travel
- Promise the northern lights instead of a chance of them
- Skip the driving licence check
- Advertise a wilderness route that never leaves the town trails
Kiruna Snowmobile Tour Map
FAQ: Snowmobile Tours in Kiruna
How much does a snowmobile tour in Kiruna cost?
⌄Sightseeing tours around Abisko start at about $100 per person, aurora departures run $104 to $209, and longer wilderness trips with ice fishing or a meal reach $241 to $304. An overnight tour with dinner and sauna is around $515. Prices assume two riders per machine.
Should I book a tour in Kiruna or Abisko?
⌄Abisko for the aurora and for more open terrain, Kiruna for choice, convenience and the Icehotel combos. Abisko is roughly an hour from Kiruna by road or rail, so a tour listed as Abisko needs that travel time built into your day.
Do you need a licence to drive a snowmobile in Sweden?
⌄For visitors, a valid car driving licence issued before 2000 covers you, and in practice Swedish operators accept a foreign car licence for guided tours. Carry the physical card. Passengers need nothing, and drink-driving limits are enforced as on the road.
Is Abisko really better for northern lights?
⌄It has a genuine geographical advantage: the mountains to the west leave Abisko in a rain shadow, so it gets more cloud-free nights than the surrounding region. That is why aurora tourism concentrates there. It improves your odds, it does not guarantee a display.
What is an electric snowmobile tour like?
⌄Quieter and slower to accelerate than a petrol machine, with no exhaust smell, which is the point inside Abisko National Park. Range is shorter, so those routes stay closer to the base. It is the better choice if the noise of a convoy is what puts you off.
When is the best time to ride in Swedish Lapland?
⌄February and March. Snow is deep and stable, the light has returned enough to see the landscape, and the aurora season is still running. December and January ride mostly in darkness; April is comfortable but the nights are no longer dark enough for the lights.
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