Which luxury travel companies are best for a northern lights trip?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 5 November 2026

These 6 luxury travel companies name a northern lights trip on their own websites. Of them, Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads and Wexas Travel have the most Google reviews. Each card gives the trip and what the company's own page says about it.

Which luxury travel companies are best for a northern lights trip?

The 6 luxury travel companies below name a northern lights trip on their own websites; Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads and Wexas Travel have the most Google reviews. Compare the trips on each card, with lengths and prices where the company gives them.

Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 and 5 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website, in the pages read those days, sells a trip built around seeing the northern lights: 6 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked a tenth of the table's rows against the pages. No company paid to be on this page.

Backroads

Best for
6-day Iceland northern lights trip
Northern lights trip
Runs a 6-day, 5-night Iceland Northern Lights Multi-Adventure Tour from $7,399 per person, double occupancy, in USD.
Founded
1979
Reviews
Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 123 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.3 out of 5 from 12 reviews, newest 28 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: trips/MLII/iceland-northern-lights-multi-adventu.

Lightfoot Travel

Best for
8-night Finland igloo trip
Northern lights trip
Sells an 8-night Classic Finland trip from $7,160 per person (the page names no currency) that includes a stay in a glass igloo and a snowmobile safari watching for the northern lights.
Money protection
Says each sales location has the maximum level of industry bonding possible, including ATOL membership in the UK, with licensing in Singapore and Hong Kong; its page footer gives ATOL number 11512.
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: us/europe/tours/classic-finland, faqs.

Natural Habitat Adventures

Best for
7-day Churchill northern lights trip
Northern lights trip
Runs a 7-day Northern Lights & Arctic Exploration trip from Winnipeg to Churchill, Canada, spending its nights at private aurora-viewing sites.
Reviews
Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 299 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
nathab.com
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: canada-northern-nature-travel/northern-lights-to.

Tauck

Best for
12-day Arctic northern lights journey
Northern lights trip
Runs a 12-day Arctic Days & Northern Lights journey built around the northern lights, with Arctic fjords, the Arctic Train and Lofoten, from US$16,290 per person, with departures in 2027 and 2028.
Limits it publishes
Requires at least one guest in the travelling party to be 21 or older to make a reservation.
Founded
1925
Reviews
Google: 3.4 out of 5 from 40 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.7 out of 5 from 93 reviews, newest 13 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
tauck.com
Read on its own website, 5 November 2026: tours/northern-lights-guided-tour, FAQ.

The Luxury Holiday Company

Best for
4-day Javri Lodge northern lights break
Northern lights trip
Sells a 4-day Northern Lights Luxury Break at Javri Lodge in Finnish Lapland from £3,485 per person excluding flights.
Money protection
Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, with ABTOT cover entered under Wexas Ltd number 52; no ATOL number is given.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Wexas Travel

Best for
4-day Nellim northern lights break
Northern lights trip
Sells a 4-day Northern Lights at Nellim break in Finnish Lapland from £2,165 per person including flights, with an evening at an aurora camp.
Money protection
Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 61 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
wexas.com

Which of these companies protect your money?

3 of the 6 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.

  • Lightfoot Travel: Says each sales location has the maximum level of industry bonding possible, including ATOL membership in the UK, with licensing in Singapore and Hong Kong; its page footer gives ATOL number 11512.
  • The Luxury Holiday Company: Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, with ABTOT cover entered under Wexas Ltd number 52; no ATOL number is given.
  • Wexas Travel: Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.

Which of these publish a price for a northern lights trip?

5 of the 6 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.

Which other companies on this page sell a northern lights trip?

Natural Habitat Adventures has the most Google reviews of the 6; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

Who to contact first

Start with the 3 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.

What to ask each one to set out in writing:

  • What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
  • The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
  • Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.

Northern lights trips: the questions people ask

What should I ask a tour company before booking?

What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.

Do these companies publish prices?

Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.

Can I book with these companies directly?

Yes. Each card links the company's own website; ask for a written quote that lists what the price includes.

Do these companies all sell the same kind of trip?

No. Each card names the trip the company's own website gives; lengths, styles and prices differ, so compare the cards before you ask for quotes.

Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?

3 of the 6 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Lightfoot Travel, The Luxury Holiday Company and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

2 of the 6: Backroads and Tauck. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.

Which of these have the most Google reviews?

Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads and Wexas Travel, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.

Where can I check these facts myself?

Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.

How were these companies chosen?

Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website sells a trip built around seeing the northern lights. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.

Is any company on this page paying to be here?

No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.

Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3 and 5 November 2026, with links to the pages read, with its Google and Trustpilot figures where the listing carries the company's own name, from the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table. Cards are in alphabetical order. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.