Winter Value Splendid Arctic – Northern Lights Special 9 Days Tour Package 2024-2025

Norway
Oslo: Orientation tour • Visit Vigeland Park • Photo stop at the Holmenkollen Ski Jump Tromso: OrientationTour • Fjellheisen Cable Car • Visit Polaria • Visit the Polar Museum • Guided Northern Lights Tour Narvik: Visit the Narvik War Museum

Sweden
Jukkasjarvi: • Visit the Ice Hotel Jukkasjärvi with lunch • Guided tour of Open-air Museum at Nutti Sámi Siida with Sapmi Fika (Swedish Coffee and Cake) Kiruna: Orientation tour

Finland
Rovaniemi: Visit the Santa Claus Village • Arctic Crossing with Certificate • Visit Husky Farm with Sleigh Ride • Visit a Reindeer Farm with Sleigh Ride • Visit Ranua Zoo

Helsinki: • Guided City Tour of Helsinki • VisIt Temppeliaukio

• Daily Continental buffet breakfast. (Breakfast includes bread, butter, jam, cereals, fruit juice, milk, coflee, hot eggs and cut fruits)
• 4 Indian Jain / Vegetarian / Non Vegetarian Lunches
• 2 Local Lunches
• 6 Indian Jain / vegetarian / non-vegetarian Dinners
• 2 Local Dinners
• Accommodation, Meals, Sightseeing and Excursions as per above mentioned itinerary.
• Services of a professional, friendly and multilingual Tour Manager or a local Representative. (Subject to minimum 15 customers).
• Note: Packed lunches, if applicable, will be Jain / vegetarian.
• L - Lunch | D - Dinner | PL - Packed lunch | PD - Packed Dinner | LL - Local Lunch | LD - Local Dinner

• Passport, Visa charges, Airport & Port taxes.
• Cost of your Air tickets required to participate in this tour.
• Insurance, laundry, telephone charges, transfers all items of personal nature and also food and drinks not forming part of the group menus.
• Cost of the Suggested Excursions.
• Any increase in the rate of exchange leading to an increase in all land arrangement which may come in to effect prior to departure.
• Tipping is expected from anyone providing your service e.g. Coach Driver, Local Guides etc. It is mandatory to tip a nominal amount of Euro 3 per person/per day. For the entire duration of this tour which is 9 Days, the total
• Tips amount is Euros 27 per person to be paid to the Tour Manager on Day 1 of the tour.
• Anything not specifically mentioned in ‘What your Tour Price includes’ box.

Single room supplement

• USD 920 per person, Infant USD 300.
• *As a 3rd in a triple, no extra bed or cot will be provided. Instead a room with two queen beds will be provided.
•  **As a 3rd in a double, no bed or cot will be provided to the child.
• Person below 12 years will be considered as a Child.
• Maximum 3 persons are allowed per room.

• 1 night at Hotel Quality Expo / Thon / Scandic or similar in Oslo, Norway.
• 2 nights at Hotel Moxy / Scandic or similar in Tromso, Norway. 1 night at Hotel Scandic / Thon or similar in Narvik, Norway.
• 1 night at Hotel Scandic Kiruna / Best Western Eden or similar in Kiruna, Sweden.
• 2 nights at Scandic Polar / Scandic Pohjanhovi or similar in Rovaniemi, Finland.
• 1 night at Scandic Grand Marina / Scandic Park or similar in Helsinki, Finland.

Visa Requirements:
You must be in possession of a Multiple Entry Schengen visa. The cost of this visa is not included in your package tour price. It would be best to check with your travel agent and the consulates nearest to you for advice and information. Please ensure that your travel documents are ready in time for departure.

Ticketing Requirements
For this tour you would require confirmed air tickets to arrive into Oslo and depart from Helsinki. Internal sector flights Oslo - Tromso & Rovaniemi - Helsinki is included in the tour price. It would be advisable to check with your sales officer or local travel agent for ticketing.

Airline And Airfare
The airfare is based on the fare structure existing as on 01st June, 2024. Any further increase in the airfare due to an increase in the fuel price, change in Government regulations, taxes, etc., charged by the airline will have to be borne by the passengers.
Passengers missing flights to note that the entire ticket gets no show and new return ticket needs to be bought by the passengers themselves
For prices and departure dates from your hub city please contact our
local sales offices/travel agents.
Passengers joining this tour must travel to / from the hub city at their own expense.

Hotels
All hotels will be either around the airport area or in the outskirts.
Most hotels in Europe have only Twin beds. Double bed will be Queen size and not King size.
As a 3rd person in a triple room, most hotels use rollaway beds and room size may be the same as the double room.
For Child with bed: At times hotel don’t have enough roll away beds, in that case they might give a double and a separate single room.
A person 12 years and below is considered a child and above 12 years, an adult.
Hotel rooms may not be air conditioned / air cooled nor will fans be provided. Air conditioning / cooling in hotels are set as per European weather conditions.
Functioning of Air cooling / Air conditioning in hotels is subject to
official declaration of summer by the local authority.
During heat wave in Europe air conditioning of the hotels and coaches may cease to function as they are not built for such high temperatures.
Most hotels in Europe do not provide tea kettles in the rooms.
Due to international events and trade fairs all throughout Europe such as Air Show, music festivals, ice skating championships etc., you may have to stay in hotels further away from the city.
In Switzerland the stay may be split in two hotels
Any damages caused to the hotel rooms / Coach during your stay, shall be payable by the passengers.
We also reserve the right to substitute a hotel of similar class if it is deemed advisable or necessary.
In certain cities hotels have not started the buffet breakfasts yet and if the same does not change by the time the tours begin, we will either provide breakfast or the groups will be taken to an Indian / local restaurant for breakfast.

Coaches
Most of your journey in Europe is by coach and hence you are requested to keep the coach clean.
Due to hygienic reasons it is not permitted to use toilets in the coach. However the tour manager will make comfort stops during long drives.
Eating & drinking is not permitted in the coach.
One check in bag and one hand bag per person only, due to limited boot space in the coach.
In major European cities, there are parking restrictions for coaches and it may not be possible to stop at all the places during the city tour. Tour Manager will try his/her best to stop coach wherever possible for a photo stop.
Coaches are non-wheelchair compliant. There are steps to board / alight from the coach.
Due to private coaches being forbidden inside most of the European cities; as per EU norms to preserve them and to avoid getting them polluted and overcrowded, most of your sightseeing will be done by local buses and by foot.

Meals
Meals are pre–set and a–la carte is not possible.
On certain Days packed lunch will be provided.

Sightseeing
On certain departures, we may sometimes amend / reverse the itinerary. However, all the services / inclusions will remain the same.
Generally, you will have to walk at sightseeing places, amusement parks and at the airports sometimes for a long distance; however the same will be timely instructed by the Tour Manager. It is advisable to carry good pair of comfortable sports shoes. The tour manager and the driver will do their best to get you as close to the monuments as possible.

General
On some occasions you may have to join another group in case the group does not have adequate members.
A local representative or a driver may only be there to assist you during your initial part of the tour.
Security alerts and random closures might affect the itinerary.
Please take extra care of your personal belongings while on the tour, every country you travel to is prone to thefts and bag snatching. SOTC will not be liable for any loss of belongings / baggage.
Disabled clients should carry their own wheelchair and should be accompanied by a qualified companion who is able to provide assistance to the disabled client.
SOTC shall not accept any liability or responsibility for any damages, loss, baggage loss, theft, injury, accident, death, breakdown or irregularity, which may occur in carrying out the tour arrangement, weather conditions, strikes, war, quarantine and any other cause whatsoever and all such loss or expense must be borne by the passengers. Insurance policies must be carried while on tour.
Normal insurance charges for the duration of the tour are included in the tour price. However, any passenger above the age of 60 years and those who wish to extend their stay will be required to pay additional charges.
The management reserves the right to claim any additional expenses incurred due to delay or changes in schedules of train, airplane, bus, ship or other services.
The Tour Manager and the company reserves the right to amend the itinerary, alter, vary or withdraw any particular departure, excursion advertised. For the convenience of our passengers, we will sometimes amend the itinerary. However, all the services will remain the same.
There are no refunds for any services i.e. meals, sightseeing etc. not utilized on your tour
All optional activities will have to be booked and paid to the Tour Manager on Day 01 of the tour. Payments to be made by cash in EURO only. (Credit or Debit cards not accepted).
Optional tours are booked & paid on 100% non-refundable & non cancellation policy.
In case you decide to change the date of your return reservation once confirmed the exact amount payable to the airline will be advised once the same is confirmed.
The images used in this brochure are for representation purpose only.
Tours operated are subject to RBI / GOI regulations.
Please refer to the Booking Form for detailed “Terms and Conditions”.