Reindeer Sledding Tours from Tromsø

Sámi reindeer herding

Reindeer herding is part of Sámi life in Northern Norway. Near Tromsø, Sámi herding families welcome visitors to their reindeer camps, where you meet the animals and hear how the herds are looked after. A visit is less about speed than about time with the animals and the people who look after them.

Day or evening

The tours come in several formats. A daytime visit combines feeding the reindeer and a sled ride with a meal and Sámi stories by the fire; one tour includes lunch. The evening tour goes sledding after dark and ends with a Sámi dinner, and if the sky is clear you may see the northern lights. Whether a transfer from Tromsø is included, and where you are picked up, is in the description in the booking window.

Feeding and the sled ride

At the camp you walk among the herd and feed the reindeer by hand. The sled ride is calm: the reindeer walk at their own pace while you sit in the sled. If you would rather drive a team yourself, a dog sledding tour puts you on the runners behind a team of huskies.

What to wear

You spend most of the visit outside in the snow, so dress in warm layers, with a hat, gloves and warm boots. The meal by the fire is a good moment to warm up.

Combine it with the aurora

The evening reindeer tour is one way to spend an evening under the Arctic sky. For more chances to see the lights, a northern lights tour heads out after dark to look for a clear patch of sky.