It was more than a holiday - an adventure. We flew first to Oslo where we had plenty of time as the connecting flight to Tromsö was delayed. We kept the taxi company informed by text so our driver was able to meet us in the airport at Tromsö and within a few minutes we reached the Clarion Collection Hotel Aurora. The location was ideal, and though the hotel room was average, check in and out were simple. The hotel breakfast offered a good variety and the included light evening meal was actually a self service buffet comprising a generous and filling selection of hot and cold food. We would stay there again. We knew that our northern lights tour booked for the next evening offered little hope of a sighting because of the wet weather at the coast but we decided to go ahead. Our knowledgeable driver Trina took us inland where the cloud was merely haze but the aurora did not oblige. The following night we boarded the Hurtigruten cruise ship to Svolvær. We had a comfortable en suite double bedroom with buffet breakfast and lunch included. Reaching Svolvær in the evening we were taken by taxi to our cabin at Svinoya Rorbuer, consisting of two en suite bedrooms, a kitchen and a sitting room, all well heated. We ate in the restaurant on the first and third nights which was not cheap but the food and service were excellent. At 10pm one of our party noticed the northern lights from the sitting room so we watched outside for almost two hours and were lucky enough to see the lights again on the following evening. On our second day at Svolvær, we went out by RIB (Trollfjord and Sea Eagle Safari) and saw several sea eagles which our driver fed with fish thrown from the boat. We entered a fjord where we saw a hydroelectric power station. On our third day we explored some of the Lofoten islands by minibus with Lofoten Lights. The sky was clear and we had a tour lasting over five hours allowing us to enjoy the dramatic scenery. The early morning passenger journey by fast boat from Svolvær to Bodo was rough for the first hour because of strong wind. Dawn after 8am gave way to a fine sunrise over coastal scenery. We had a wonderful stay in Bodo at the Radisson Blue Hotel and some of us took a rail trip to Fauske and back, enjoying the winter landscape. After a short walk to the airport the next morning (airport, harbour and railway station are all within walking distance of the centre) the first part of the flight from Bodo to Oslo was over snowy mountains. We greatly enjoyed our memorable tour of north Norway. We thank the Baltic Travel Company and Mark for organising a wonderful trip and for being so helpful. It was our second booking with you but won't be the last.