Travel tips

The best way to get to Jokelfjord is to fly to the city of Alta, from here you can chose to rent a car or get airport pickup.
Jokelfjord is about 1h 10m drive to the west of Alta.

Some activities will require transportation to the starting point, if you travel with your own car this will not be an issue.
If you have chosen the airport pick-up solution you have to arrange for transport to the activities, this needs to be pre-booked.

This really depends on what you want to experience, we'll try to generalize the months under here:

January
Expected temperature: -5 to -15'C
Weather: Snow, wind and clear skies
Light: between 2-4h of daylight
Northern Lights: Yes
Sun: No
Landscape: Snowcovered

February
Expected temparature: -5 to -10'C
Weather: Heavy snowfalls, wind and clear skies
Light: between 4-8h of daylight
Northern Lights: Yes
Sun: No
Landscape: Snowcovered

March
Expected temperature: 0 to -5'C
Weather: Heavy snowfalls and clear skies
Light: between: 8-14h of daylight
Northern Lights: Yes
Sun: Yes (returns to The Glacier on March 6th)
Landscape: Snowcovered

April:
Expected temperature: -5 to 5'C
Weather: Sun, snow, clear skies
Light: between 14-20h
Northern Lights: No
Sun: Yes
Landscape: Snowcovered

May
Expected temperature: 0 to 15'C
Weather: Sun, rain, clear skies and wind
Light: between 20-24h of daylight
Northern Lights: No
Sun: Yes
Landscape: lower terrain is starting to become green, higher terrain is snowcovered

June
Expected temperature: 5 to 25'C
Weather: Sun, rain and wind
Light: 24h of daylight
Northern Lights: No
Sun: Yes
Landscape: Green but the mountains are snowcovered

July
Expected temperature: 10 to 30'C
Weather: Sun and rain
Light: 24h of daylight
Northern Lights: No
Sun: Yes
Landscape: Green

August
Expected temperature: 10 to 20'C
Weather: Sun, rain and wind
Light: between 18-24h of daylight
Northern Lights: No
Sun: Yes
Landscape: Green

September
Expected temperature: 0 to 15'C
Weather: Storms, sun, rain, snow and night frost
Light: between 8-18h of daylight
Norther Lights: Yes
Sun: Yes
Landscape: Autumn colours and a chance of snowcovered

October
Expected temperature: -5 to 5'C
Weather: Rain, snow, wind, some sun.
Light: between 4-8h of daylight
Norhtern Lights: Yes
Sun: Yes (last day of sun is October 10th)
Landscape: Brown, icy and a chance of snowcovered

November
Expected temperature: 0 to -10'C
Weather: Snow, clear skies, some rain
Light: between 3-4h of daylight
Northern Lights: Yes
Sun: No
Landscape: Brown, icy and a chance of snowcovered

December
Expected temperature: -2 to -15'C
Weather: Snow, clear skies and wind
Light: between 0-3h of daylight
Northern Lights: Yes
Sun: No
Landscape: Snowcovered

This really depends on when you are travelling, but here are some general tips:

For all winter months:

• Long woolen undergarments
• Winter hat, mittens, gloves, buff neck, scarf
• Warm winter shoes
• Winter pants and down jacket

For the remaining months keep an eye on the weather forecast as there can be huge differences in the temperature, but here are some general tips

• Hat, gloves and buff neck
• Wind jacket
• Gore-tex shoes

We have our outdoors hot tubs and jacuzzi open throughout the year, so bring your swimming wear.

In general we only accept payment by credit/debit cards.
There are no money exchange offices up here so payment in foreign currency will only be accepted as a last resort and at a steep exchange rate.

No, children under the age of 12 are not allowed at our destination.

No, you are not allowed to bring any animals with you for your stay with us.

You may bring and drink your own alcohol in the Igloos, but this is not allowed in the service building.

You will find a wide selection of beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages for purchase here.