Finnish Lapland & Northern Lights for Families

We enjoyed getting an overview of each city and then having the rest of the day and evening to explore on our own or return to something we saw with the guide. The hotels were top notch. The boat rides were a lot of fun.

There were so many logistical aspects of this recent trip, including overnight sea travel, multiple flights, train rides, bus transportation, etc. and every transfer and aspect of this moving from place to place went absolutely smoothly.

I cannot say enough good stuff about the logistics and the 2 tour guides who did the walking tours! All were perfect. The tour was really special! The hotel that I really loved was the Arctic Light Hotel.

I really appreciate all you did for us in arranging our tour of Norway. Everything worked out beautifully. The drivers were all there to meet us as scheduled. Your assistance made our trip go so smoothly and worry-free.

Wonderful! Awesome! Enter Firebird. They had the perfect trip in their choices for what I wanted to do in the Scandinavian capitals tour. I would not hesitate to use Firebird again and I will surely recommend them to my friends and family. Thanks so much for a superb experience!

My Firebird Tour agent worked with me for several months to arrange the "perfect" tour for me & my husband to Finland. Everything I wanted plus more. We were pampered every step of the way---private drivers, private tour guides, top of the line hotels; everything was A+++++

Thank you for planning the trip of a lifetime. Everyone in our group had a great time on the trip. The itinerary that you have planned for us was just what we were hoping. The trip more than exceeded our expectations. The memories that I had from the trip is priceless.

If you are planning a trip to Scandinavia then Firebirds tours is your "must use" travel consultant. We wanted high end and for what we requested as well as so convenient to our plans - where we could get our own discounted rates they were happy to allow us to book that one hotel ourselves no pressure - I can go on and on!

We found Firebird Tours on the web and began working with the company about 6+ months before our departure. We would wholeheartedly recommend using Firebird for a tour of Scandinavia and the Baltics. It is a great tour of an area rich in history, scenic beauty, wonderful old towns, and great people.

All in all it was wonderful to have your support in putting together my dream vacation to Scandinavia. I had precious little time to devote in advance so the services offered helped me tremendously. I had precious little time to devote in advance so the services offered helped me tremendously.

We had a wonderful time on our Luxury Private Scandinavian Tour! Definitely one of our best trips ever thanks mainly to Firebird Tours! Everything went smoothly - all drivers and guides were on time and did a great job. Thanks for making this such a memorable vacation!

Well, this truly was the trip of a lifetime. We have traveled a lot but both agree this is the best one yet. At every turn, your people were standing there with signs to greet us. We had absolutely no problems with anything on the entire trip.

About the tour, it was FANTASTIC, everything about the tour was good. Our guides could not have been more helpful with all their care, advice and planning for us. If we are fortunate enough to return to Europe I would love to do a tour in Russia as well as going to Greece.

All of the family really enjoyed our trip to the Baltic Countries and Scandinavia. Firebird took into account all of the usual highlights we wanted to visit as well as included the special family locations. The guides were knowledgeable and very helpful.

The guides were all excellent, very informed and personable. Our flight from Bergen to Stockholm was canceled by the airline. Firebird was responsive in rebooking everyone on a next day flight and finding rooms in a nearby hotel. Thanks for a nice trip!

We had a really good time in Finland. We could have used a little better communication about our travel as there was some confusion about our reservations. But that didn't spoil our experience at all. It was a fun trip and we got to see the Northern Lights on our last night!

A very enjoyable trip! No luck with the Northern Lights on the arranged excursions but we organized an additional minibus "chasing the Northern Lights" in Tromso and were lucky to see a great display! Overall, a great trip!

Thank you for the wonderful and fantastic job you did with reference to the logistical arrangements and choice of hotels for us on our trip to see the Northern Lights (which we were able to see on a couple of occasions) and also the visit to Lapland.

As for the organization of the trip, it was awesome. The actual execution of the trip was easy and pleasant. If only others in the travel industry were as helpful and organized. The accommodations you chose were all great.

My husband and I loved Sweden and Finland. To top it all, the northern lights put on a spectacular show for us on the final night of our trip. I would definitely book another tour through Firebird and highly recommend them to others.

I thoroughly enjoyed the trip and learned a lot about the culture and history of Scandinavia. I enjoyed the free time we were provided to get through our own touring and souvenir shopping. I would certainly do another Firebird tour again.

I will rate the journey as a 5 star for sure. Guides were great! In Turku and for a day trip to Kuhmo guides went above and beyond taking extra time to show around without any additional charge, which was great. Really enjoyed the Arctic hotel in Rovaniemi.

What a fabulous trip you arranged for us!! Great guides, wonderful tours, loved the cruise up the fjords, outstanding food on board. Even saw Northern Lights twice! Also excellent accommodations in all cities. Thank you for all that you arranged for us!

We stayed places that we would have never found ourselves. What wonderful places and what wonderful and informative guides. Thanks again for your part in this really great experience.

It's a pleasure to give you a debriefing of our recent trip to Scandinavia, and to acknowledge the good planning that went into it. Thank you. We had a wonderful surprise from Firebird Tours! Thank you so much for that. It was a wonderful trip and we will gladly work with you again.

Excellent tour, well arranged. Guides were great and hotels went smoothly Admiral Hotel - Great Clarion Folkareet- Great The Frethheim - Great Clarion Admiral - Great Clarion Sign - OK The Clarion Sign is a nice hotel and good location.

The trip met our expectations! The hotels were great central locations in each city, with wonderful breakfasts included! The tour guides were charming, informative and experienced! All logistics for the trip were professional and on schedule!

My sales agent from Firebird was excellent. My traveling companions said they waited ages for responses to emails. I never had that problem and I would consider booking a trip with Firebird Tours again. Trip was great. Thanks.

The tour was good. The visited cities were as expected. The segment to Flam and Bergan were especially good and highly recommended. Had there been a tour coordinator with us to maintain some consistency, as I had expected, the tour would have been as carefree as vacation should be.

All logistics were well catered for, but the highlight was the fact that the tour was personalised just for my wife and I. This meant that we had a lot more interaction with the respective tour guides. Also, the guides appeared to have specialised treatment at some of the attractions, getting us into places that we alone got entry to. Not sure how they did it - but it made the tour even more special.

Guides and transfers were right on schedule every time. It would have been nice to have a guide who traveled with us all the time, but I understand that would have been a different kind of tour. Transportation was excellent! Hotel locations superb.

This tour exceeded all my expectations. All the guides were very helpful in pointing out the history, the places to go to and authentic restaurants to dine in. In Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm and Helsinki we had outstanding guides.

Enjoyed all of the capitals and all of the sights. Liked the idea of receiving a concentration of information from guide and then going out on our own. Hotel accommodations were very good not withstanding a couple glitches. We believed the tour was a very good travel experience.

We've never used any other tour company besides Abercrombie and Kent and Kensington through American Express. This was our first time ventured out of our comfort zone and you guys (Firebird) did a very good job.

Turku and Rovaniemi drivers and guides were excellent. Email communication from the home office about the driver situation in Helsinki could have been better. Overall a fine trip and we will recommend FB and use you again.

One driver did not turn up. Recovery was fast though. Otherwise, Northern Lights Seeking in Finland was perfect!

Had some problems with the overnight ferry reservations and one of the transfers went to the wrong hotel. Other than that, all went well during the Winter Scandinavian Capitals & Northern Lights Cruise. Guides were great and on time, easy hotel check-in.

Everything went great, thanks for the Northern Lights of Finland itinerary! All hotels, meals and tours were top notch!!! Dr. Walter Y. Uyesugi DO

Our travel specialist was awesome, each leg of the trip was seamless and spectacular!!

I just wanted to say thank you! I had an amazing time and met so many amazing people. My guides were the best! Northern Lights did not want to be seen but the experiences were amazing.

Everything about our Northern Light Discovery tour in Finland was wonderful. Arriving in Finland 5 hours before we could check into our room was a problem. The hotel did accommodate us and let us in early.

Thank you for organizing such a fabulous trip. It went beyond our expectations. Everything went smoothly and we will be highly recommending you back home. We are excited to book another trip with you in the future.

Thank you for all your suggestions and arrangements for our group. We have all been so impressed with how smoothly and well run the program has been. All our guides were very professional and informative. We would not hesitate to recommend your organization and in fact would not consider using anyone else.

All of us are very happy and were lucky to see the Northern light twice. We are satisfied with the itinerary as it was quite relaxing and we managed to rest before the next activity. The hotels provided were good, especially Arctic Light Hotel in Rovaniemi.

Everything went perfectly. Thank you so much for an unforgettable honeymoon and we would definitely use firebird tours in the future!

We had a wonderful experience on our trip to the Scandinavian Capitals. Came home with a whole new impression of the countries and Firebird did a good job in selecting sites fit for small groups. Everything was great, the tour guides, etc.

The Scandinavian Capitals & Fjords with Helsinki (September 2016) trip was wonderful. The scenery and history spectacular. The guides were friendly and accommodating. It was really nice being in a small group. We were able to bond quickly and hated leaving at the end.

This was an amazing trip (Scandinavian Capitals & Fjords with Helsinki & Iceland, August 2016). I loved every moment of it! Wonderful, happy people, great fish, design everywhere. I am looking forward to more tours with Firebird.

As my tour has finished today just want to thank you for a great tour I was extremely happy with your itinerary and hotels and very good guides Would have been better in the CBD as this area is not great for walking around. Just some advice it's not a complaint as the over all trip was wonderful.

My clients have recently returned from their 'adventure' in Finland which I booked at Firebird Tours. I want you to know that my clients LOVED their trip and thought all of your guides were Spectacular!! I will not hesitate offering Firebird Tours to other clients in the future, and wanted you to know how much Mr. and Mrs. Elder enjoyed their trip!

Thank you so much for recommending an individual group of 5 for our family. We had a great time on our trip to Scandinavia, all the connections worked like clockwork and the Hotels were first class. I would recommend Firebird tours to friends and would use Firebird in the future.

Our trip went off very well. All the arrangements went off well. All the hotel locations were wonderful. Our experience with Firebird tours was great! We would highly recommend your tour company to anyone interested in going to Scandinavia and Russia.

Thank you very much for your help in making our trip to the Scandinavian Capitals a most enjoyable journey. The logistics were excellent, and we had no problem meeting with by your guide. Furthermore, we were blessed with good weathers, and meeting new friends.

My sister and I had a wonderful time. Of course, the cities we visited were beautiful and full of interesting sights to visit, so it was easy to have a good time. Victoria did a good job as our tour leader, too. We have much to savor. Thank you!

It seems to take a while to “recover” from such a marvelous trip! Indeed, we had a wonderful time! All of the local tour guides were good, but our group guide in Oslo, stood out! The varied modes of transportation between cities was most enjoyable.

We had a great time. The guides in each city/village were good. The highlight for us was the Stegastein lookout in Flam (we organised this ourselves and were the only ones that went up) and the Fjord Safari in Flam. The train ride to Flam was also great.

The trip to the Nordic countries was great. Thanks for all the advice and help in planning. ALL of the drivers were on time and very respectful. All the tour guides were on time and helpful. The hotels were very good and really well located for walking purposes.

You arranged a small private tour for six of us for 8 countries! On behalf of our group, I would like to thank you for the great work you did for us. Everything was perfect and seamless! All the guides did a great job, too. Thanks again for the great tour!

Our trip was absolutely amazing! We cannot thank you enough. The hotels, drivers and tour guides were all top notch. We will certainly share our positive Firebird experience with friends. Thank you for your patientce and accommodating us during our many months of planning, many thanks. We appreciated all you did.

We enjoyed our trip to Scandinavia this summer and would give it mixed reviews. The hotels and agenda were mostly good. I suggest that you seek hotels in Bergen and Stockholm that are nearer to the Old Town areas. Communication at times was poor.

We are back, had good flights home. We are so happy with our tours and how everything went so well and so organized. All the tour guides were very fluent in English and very informative. Thank you Fire Bird Tours so very much We had an unforgettable amazing trip!!!!

Well we are back home now and thought I would drop you a line to tell you of our fantastic time we had. We have told our agent over here what a great job you Firebirds have done and hope it gives you more business, we will certainly be telling people of our experiences with you.

We had a wonderful time touring Scandinavian Capitals & Fjords with Helsinki in June 2016, thanks to you. We were very impressed with all the accommodations you've arranged, everything followed the itinerary perfectly. I also want to mention, all the drivers were professional and punctual.

The trip was wonderful! The hotels were all in terrific locations. All hotels had delicious food. The drivers who took us to Latvia and Lithuania were also wonderful. The tour guides were all good. Thanks again for putting this all together.

We had a great time and wonderful trip to Scandinavia! Thank you for the great organization. What we liked: 1. All the guides were very nice, on time and knowledgeable. 2. All pick-ups were well organized. Nice job done! 3. all places we went to were great.

Except for that one hotel mishap which was taken care of we had a wonderful time, specially at Rovaniemi, with all the excursions.

We had a wonderful time - everything was arranged very well, and the weather and sites/activities were wonderful. Appreciate the help in putting together this trip for our family!

We enjoyed our tour of the Scandinavian capitals with Firebird. Except for a couple of hours of light rain on our first day, the weather was very good. Our drivers were informed, easy in communication and on time. Overall the trip was very enjoyable except for this feedback.

With the trip to Scandinavia coming to an end, i must tell you how thoroughly enjoyable it was! Enthusiastically and unhesitatingly, i would again use Firebird. great job!

We enjoyed the trip very much. The tour worked really well for us - all the hotels were good, and the breakfasts were great! In general, the introductory tours we had at each city were very good - our favorite was the Bergen tour - that guide was especially thorough and great!

It was a wonderful trip! Everything went on well. Thanks for making this a memorable and pleasant experience for us.

We are now visiting a friend in England ... I have to say all the arrangements were great and the guides spectacular. Thanks for your help!

The trip was great overall. For me, I realize I need to travel for a shorter period and stay longer in one place. But that was something I needed to learn about myself, not a reflection on tour. My personal guides in Blokhus, Aarhus and St. Petersburg were wonderful!!! 

The Firebird tour went very well, and we enjoyed it very much. The tour guides were all very good . City tours informative. I liked the fact that after the tours we were “on our own” to sight-see etc. All in all, we were very pleased the way it turned out.

Joel and I had a wonderful time touring the three capitals in the Scandinavia and the Tour Guides were excellent! The only negative thing was that we did not have a guided tour in a car in Copenhagen but instead had a walking tour. We have a great trip!

We really enjoyed our trip to Scandinavia and Russia! Had a fabulous trip, and the tour guides you set up for us were phenomenal!

Just a quick note of thanks for setting up a great trip. I will write up a more detailed note in trip adviser but wanted you to know that we enjoyed the entire itinerary but in particular found our visit to St Petersburg absolutely fabulous.

We had a great trip. We really enjoyed it. It was adventurous and beautiful. It was a wonderful experience we will not forget. The weather could of been a little better but we did get some good weather here and there. Thanks for arranging everything it went very smoothly.

The tour was excellent. All the hotels were centrally located. My only complaint is the square hotel where it was extremely busy and noisy at nights. Tour guides were friendly and I had the luxury of the best guide in Berlin. would tour again with firebird tours :)

The trip was excellent. All the many arrangements, including bus, tour, boat, plane, hotels, were organized well, and the guides were prompt and knowledgeable. The accommodations were very good. I enjoyed all the places. Thank you for all your kind arrangements.

The trip was absolutely fantastic! The arrangements were well coordinated and timed. Our Tour Guides were well informed and extremely courteous. The scenery and places that we visited on the itinerary were exceptional. The boat and train rides were great.

Your team organized a very lovely trip and looked after the details to a tee. My family truly enjoyed our Scandinavia experience with your company and the cities selected.

Thank you so much for the trip! It was an amazing experience and very well planned out for us! Every stop was amazing and our tour guides were fantastic. The only 2 things I would recommend would be skipping Bergen or Flam and going to Iceland (if that's possible).

It was a great trip. Everything went perfectly and the balance of structure but not too much was perfect. Thank you!

The trip was excellent and the hotels were too. One thing I would have liked was to have some trips into the countryside instead of all the cities as we had all afternoon and evening to do other things and we saw nothing of the country it self.

I had a great time! Thank you so much for arranging everything. I do have a few suggestions that may help: - Hotel in Bergen should be different or everyone should have a room on the renovated floor facing the views of the mountains and harbor.

Everything was great just as promised. All the logistics worked out so smoothly and without a worry on our part. The local guides were wonderful. The only thing I would change is adding one night in Oslo to allow time to visit one of the great museums.

I want to thank you for the great Scandinavian tour you booked and arranged for us. Thank you for being so responsive to our questions and concerns. The tour was very well-organized with the tour guides and the bus drivers at all times. Thank you and best of luck to the Firebird Tours Crew.

We had a great time. We rate it a 9 out of 10. Only reason it was a 9 was the bird-life that was disappointing. But we went during the wrong time of year to see the migrating birds. Highlights: Finland was not crowded. Liked the hotels and all the guides. Everyone we needed to interact with spoke good English.

Our trip was really great. Both Jacqui I were very impressed with your efforts and are happy to assure you that we had a great trip. With our holiday completed, the transfer to the airport was good and travel on Aeroflot to Moscow and then Hong Kong efficiently done.

I had a great time I really liked the way it was set up: a guided tour and then do your own thing. If I was to do the trip again I would love to spend more time outside of the cities by the time it got to Helsinki I would have loved to have got out into the countryside.

I can not say in words how great the trip was!! Everything was well planned and the service from everyone was superior. You will always be the first choice for travel for us in the future. Thank You Again for everything that you did for us.

We had a great trip! The travel arrangements were smooth. The hotels very pleasant, and the guides were exquisite. The breakfasts were amazing. Our logistics person was very helpful as well, responding to a question I sent by email with a personal call to our hotel, which I very much appreciated. I appreciate your work on our behalf.

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour and except for the one missed pick up at the dock and the long walk to the hotel, we could not say anything bad about the tour, the guides, the hotels the food. All were excellent and we would definitely think about you folks again for another tour.

Over all, this was a fabulous experience. Everything went as planned. The group was small as promised, the hotels quite good (I would give an edge to the Radissons), the breakfasts outstanding. I like the Firebird concept and am looking seriously at the Baltic states trip.

I wanted to thank you for arranging a very great trip. We felt like we saw enough of each city and the logistics worked perfectly. The guides and the drivers were efficient and friendly. It was a great trip, and I am happy to be used as a reference.

Our trip was fabulous. Everything worked like clockwork. The guides could not have been more gracious and well-informed. The rooms were much nicer than I expected. Loved the variety of transportation and scenery on the trip. This was definitely one of my favourite vacations!

Northern Lights tour was fantastic! Great weather overall, local tour guides were very knowledgeable and well versed in their countries history and culture. Thank you again to you and your team in making this such a memorable trip!

I have been singing your praises for the last month. Whoa what a great job you did in organizing the trip. The timings where super - 10 am. Our guides, every one of them, were there on time, knew their history and were so personable.

I would like to commend Firebird tours, especially the logistics people for an almost flawless trip. We were most impressed by the four guides you arranged. We travel quite a lot, and this was one of the most satisfying and smoothest holidays we have ever had.

We had a very enjoyable trip and everything went as planned including drivers waiting for us. Hotels were in great locations and all treated us very well. We had a great time and thanks for putting together this excellent trip. If I can help with future potential customers you can give them my email.

Our tour guide was fantastic and very knowledgeable of Finland! He made the whole experience a lot of fun for all of us! Thank you for your help in organizing this tour. You did a great job! We had a lot of fun learning and experiencing the life of a Finn.