Travel guides

Planning a cold-climate trip? Browse guides matched to how people search — northern lights, winter hiking, wildlife, and more. Each links to curated itineraries on Cold Tourism.

• Best Northern Lights & Aurora Trips

  Curated aurora and northern lights trips across Norway, Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and Alaska — with day-by-day itineraries and best seasons.

• Winter Hiking in Scandinavia

  Winter hiking trips in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland — coastal peaks, frozen fjords, and snow-covered trails with planned itineraries.

• Arctic & Nordic Summer Adventures

  Summer cold-climate trips in the Arctic and Nordics — midnight sun, alpine hiking, coastal trails, and long daylight hours.

• Wildlife & Polar Bear Trips

  Wildlife-focused cold-climate trips — polar bears in Churchill, brown bears in Alaska, Arctic foxes in Svalbard, and more.

• Glacier & Ice Cave Trips

  Glacier hikes, ice caves, icefjords, and frozen landscapes — curated cold-climate trips in Iceland, Greenland, Norway, and Antarctica.

• Ski & Alpine Winter Trips

  Alpine skiing and winter mountain trips in Switzerland, France, Austria, Italy, Japan, and Canada — curated itineraries with resort logistics.

• Weekend Cold-Climate Getaways

  Short cold-climate trips of 3 nights or less — long weekends in Iceland, the Alps, Scotland, and the Nordics.

• Alaska & Canada Arctic Trips

  Arctic and subarctic trips in Alaska and Canada — Denali, Banff, Churchill, Yukon, Newfoundland, and coastal Nova Scotia.

• Sea Kayaking & Paddling Trips

  Sea kayaking and paddling trips in cold climates — fjords, archipelagos, lakes, and coastal waters across Iceland, Norway, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Greenland, and Japan.

• Cycling & Biking in Cold Climates

  Cycling and bikepacking trips in cold climates — coastal routes, greenways, alpine descents, and island loops across Iceland, the Faroes, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

• Spring Adventures in the North

  Spring cold-climate trips across Iceland, the Faroes, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark — biking, hiking, and coastal exploration before peak summer crowds.