Is a Northern Lights Tour Worth?
Hi! We'll be in Tromsø for 5 days (3 full days, excluding our arrival and departure days) in , and we'd like to maximize our chances of seeing the Northern Lights.
We've been to Finland and Iceland in previous years but unfortunately didn't see them. On both trips we rented a car and drove to areas with clear skies and good solar activity, but we still had no luck.
I know that if the weather is good they can be seen just inside Tromso city.
Would you say a Northern Lights tour is worth it? I imagine that tours which only take you 1–2 hours from Tromsø may not offer much of an advantage. However, I noticed that some tours will drive all the way into Finland or Sweden if it's cloudy around Tromsø or elsewhere in northern Norway.
Are those longer tours worth it? Do they significantly increase the chances of seeing the aurora compared to going out on our own with a rental car?
The other option would be to rent a car and drive around at night ourselves, but from what I've read, many people don't recommend doing that. What would you recommend?
If you recommend a tour, which one? There are so many of them.