22 tours — van and bus chases, photo tours and one 3-day expedition, 2–10 hours, from €44.50 per person.
Ice floating under the aurora borealis in Rovaniemi costs from €124 to €136 per person, typically for a 3-hour evening: you lie in a lake in a floating suit with a guide, then warm up with hot drinks. No swimming skills are needed, minimum heights run from 120 to 150 cm, and no tour guarantees the northern lights.
Three ways to be in Arctic water on an aurora night, sorted by season and by how much you want to get wet.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, checked 6 Oct 2026.
The three winter tours cost almost the same, from €124 to €129 per person, so pick by who is coming. Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour is the best rated, 4.67 from 68 reviews, with thermal rescue floating suits, cookies, hot berry juice, hotel pickup and gratuities included for €129 per person. It is for teens and adults only: minimum age 14, height 150–210 cm, weight up to 110 kg.
Rated 4.84 from 2,634 reviews, it chases clear skies for 5–8 hours, drives up to 200 km, and refunds 100% if the guide’s camera captures no aurora. Thermal overalls and boots to −40 °C are included if needed.
Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis is the family pick at €124 per person for 3 hours: minimum height 120 cm, winter clothing, transfers and hot drinks included, and a guide subrating of 5.0 from 26 reviews. The meeting point is a city-center office on Koskikatu, 25 minutes before the start. It needs at least 2 adults; if that minimum isn't met, you get a full refund.
“Everything was just perfect. The transfer, the information from the guide. The swimming, the northern lights and even a campfire with cocoa.”
Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options has by far the most reviews, 940 averaging 4.31, from €125 per person. It is one listing with several options lasting 2.5 to 6.5 hours, and its reviews include summer midnight-sun floating. Book the "Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Aurora Borealis" option; winter clothes and a Lappish BBQ come only with the ice fishing combo. Minimum height is 130 cm, and some guests mention leaky or badly sized suits.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, checked 6 Oct 2026.
Rovaniemi: Aurora Borealis Autumn Lake Floating Experience floats you on an unfrozen lake for €136 per person over 3 hours, with transfers, hot drinks and an English-speaking guide. It is rated 5.0, but from only 11 reviews; the excerpts we have date from 2021 to 2025. Minimum height is 120 cm. Autumn is a good time to try it: the Finnish Meteorological Institute names September–October among the best aurora months.
“There was a lot of activity in the sky, and during the trip from the center to the lake, we stopped twice to watch the Northern Lights.”
Northern Lights with Arctic Sauna & BBQ with Jacuzzi Option costs from €130 per person for 3 hours: about 1 hour of traditional Finnish sauna, ice lake swimming, a campfire BBQ with pork sausages and hot blueberry juice, towel and slippers. A jacuzzi comes with one option. The listing does not call it private, and tours run from 2 people (4 on Sundays and public holidays), but one guest reports having it to themselves.
“We booked the option with a jacuzzi, and upon arrival, we learned it was private, so we were able to enjoy the sauna and jacuzzi all to ourselves.”
Rovaniemi: Sauna, Ice Plunge, Dinner and Aurora (if lucky) is the dinner version at €165 per person for 4 hours: sauna, arctic lake swimming (ice swimming in winter), a smoked salmon dinner, non-alcoholic drinks and tips included. It is rated 4.8 from 163 reviews, value 4.6. GetYourGuide lists it under Lapland, Finland rather than Rovaniemi. The operator gives its own aurora window as end of October to mid-March, evening departures only; bring your own swimsuit.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, checked 6 Oct 2026.
Every floating tour provides a floating suit (Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour calls them thermal rescue suits). Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis says the suit keeps you on the surface and no swimming skills are required; the Arctic Ice Floating tour says swimming helps comfort but is not a must.
120 cm minimum on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis and Rovaniemi: Aurora Borealis Autumn Lake Floating Experience, 130 cm on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options, and 150 cm plus age 14 on Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour. On the forest lake tour, children aged 11 and under must be with adults paying full price.
Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour excludes people with back or heart problems, mobility impairments and pregnant women; Rovaniemi: Sauna, Ice Plunge, Dinner and Aurora (if lucky) adds respiratory issues, a cold and recent surgery, and children under 10.
Mean temperatures in Rovaniemi are around −10 to −12°C in January and February. Some guests on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options mention leaks and cold hands and feet when suits are badly sized; ask for the right size before you get in.
Visit Rovaniemi warns to stay off frozen lakes and rivers unless confirmed safe, and notes strong currents near the city center. Float only with a guide and a suit.
Source: GetYourGuide listings, checked 6 Oct 2026. pp = per person. No tour on this page guarantees the aurora.
From €124 to €136 per person on GetYourGuide as of 6 Oct 2026: €124 for Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis, €125 for Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options, €129 for Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour and €136 for the autumn float Rovaniemi: Aurora Borealis Autumn Lake Floating Experience. Sauna-and-ice-swim evenings cost €130 to €165 per person. Compare every format on our Rovaniemi aurora tour price page.
No. Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis states that no swimming skills are required because the suit keeps you on the surface, and Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour says swimming makes you more comfortable but is not a must. You do need to follow the guide's safety instructions and be able to move in the water, per the Arctic Ice Floating listing. Check dates
With a guide and a rescue suit, it is run as a standard activity: Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis instructs each guest before they step into the water, and Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour uses thermal rescue floating suits. That tour excludes people with heart or back problems, mobility impairments and pregnant women. On your own it is not safe: Visit Rovaniemi warns to stay off frozen lakes and rivers unless confirmed safe.
It depends on the tour:
- Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis and Rovaniemi: Aurora Borealis Autumn Lake Floating Experience — 120 cm - Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options — 130 cm - Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour — age 14 and 150 cm, with a maximum of 210 cm and 110 kg - Rovaniemi: Sauna, Ice Plunge, Dinner and Aurora (if lucky) (sauna evening) — minimum age 10
Families with younger children should look at Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis.
Maybe; none of the tours guarantees it. In Finnish Lapland auroras appear on roughly every second dark, clear night, most often between about 9 pm and 1 am. Review excerpts on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis include nights with and without the lights. Read more in our best time for a Rovaniemi aurora tour guide.
Yes. Rovaniemi: Aurora Borealis Autumn Lake Floating Experience floats on an unfrozen lake for €136 per person. The aurora season in Rovaniemi runs from late August to April, and September–October is among the best aurora periods, so autumn floating can overlap with good skies.
Not one we recommend. The only listing we found on GetYourGuide had a 2.6 rating from 5 reviews on 6 Oct 2026, so we don't list it. For a night on the ice under the sky, ice floating is the better-rated choice: Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour is rated 4.67 from 68 reviews.
Floating if you want to lie still and watch the sky; sauna if you want heat and a quick plunge. Floating tours cost €124–136 for 3 hours. The sauna evenings cost €130 ( Northern Lights with Arctic Sauna & BBQ with Jacuzzi Option, with BBQ and an optional jacuzzi) or €165 ( Rovaniemi: Sauna, Ice Plunge, Dinner and Aurora (if lucky), with a smoked salmon dinner and the higher 4.8 rating).
Warm layers, and a swimsuit for the sauna tours. Rovaniemi: Sauna, Ice Plunge, Dinner and Aurora (if lucky) asks you to bring your own bathing suit, while Northern Lights with Arctic Sauna & BBQ with Jacuzzi Option rents one for €15 per person. Winter clothing is included on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating under the Aurora Borealis but on Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options only with the ice fishing combo.