Which Sami Camp Visit from Tromsø
Sami camp visits from Tromsø side by side: the daytime visit, visits with a joik, evening visits with dinner, sled rides and the walk in town, with prices checked.
Choose by what you want from the visit, not by the reindeer, because nearly every camp visit here includes feeding them. For a first visit in the daytime with a meal in a gamme and a talk on Sami life, book Tromsø Lapland’s Tromsø: Reindeer Feeding and Sami Culture with Lunch, 4.5 hours from the Radisson Blu on Sjøgata 7, per person from $164 in current promotion (usually $183), checked November 2026. If you want a joik, choose a visit that lists one. If you want the night sky, choose an evening visit, which gives a chance of the northern lights and no promise. If you want the stories without a camp, walk in town.
The calendar above is the daytime visit. Hotel pickup is not included; you meet at the Radisson Blu Hotel on Sjøgata 7.
Pick by what you want
Tromsø: Reindeer Feeding and Sami Culture with Lunch
Tromsø Lapland, 4.5 hours from the Radisson Blu: hand-feeding the reindeer, a traditional Sami stew with a vegan option in a gamme, and a talk on the Sami way of life with reindeer and Sami cultural artifacts. No joik, lavvu or sled ride; hotel pickup is not included.
Check dates →Tromsø: Reindeer Camp and Sami Cultural Tour with Lunch
Tromsø Arctic Reindeer, 4 hours from the Tromsø bus terminal to a reindeer ranch described as owned by Sami people: feeding a herd of 300, a meal cooked over the fire in a hut, then stories and a joik around a campfire in a Sami tent. A booster seat for children is not included.
See the visit →Reindeer Feeding & a Chance of Northern Lights with Dinner
Tromsø Lapland, 4.5 hours from the Radisson Blu to the camp at Breivikeidet: feeding the reindeer, bidos in a gamme, traditional handcrafted clothes to see and touch, folk music, and a chance of the northern lights, which is not guaranteed. Tips and hotel pickup are not included.
See the evening visit →Tromsø City Walking Tour with Sámi History & Mythology
Sami Walking Experience, limited to 8: 2.5 hours on foot from Storgata 95 through Tromsø's oldest streets, on the city's history and on Sami history and mythology, told by a Sami culture bearer. Transport, meals and drinks are not included.
See the walk →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide, checked November 2026). Operators price by date and season, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Every visit side by side
Prices per person, checked November 2026: the daytime visit $164 in current promotion (usually $183), the visit with winter clothing $183, the evening visit with dinner $164 in current promotion (usually $183), Tromsø Lapland’s sledding version $236, the ranch visit $182, the evening camp dinner $210, the evening sled and dinner $225, the camp visit with an aurora chase $199, the herder’s tour $237, the Sami family’s camp $214, sledding or feeding $109 in current promotion (usually $135), Best Arctic AS’s sled ride $257, Camp Tamok with a sled ride $223 in current promotion (usually $344), Camp Tamok in the evening $192 in current promotion (usually $296) and the walk $59.
What each kind of visit adds, and what it charges
The daytime visit is the simplest: reindeer, a meal in a gamme, a talk. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not included. Tromsø Lapland's other daytime listing from the same meeting point adds a winter suit and snow boots and a meal with vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free options, with a 50-minute drive.
A visit with a joik gives you the song as well as the stories. Wondering Reindeer AS's tour is guided by a Sami reindeer herder the whole way, in a small group, with a joik in a lavvu and bidus for lunch; hotel pickup is not included unless you start from the Scandic Ishavshotel, and alcoholic drinks or sodas at the hotel are not included. The ranch visit ends with stories and a joik around a campfire; bring your own booster seat for a child.
An evening visit adds dinner and the dark. Tromsø Lapland's evening visit lends snow suits and boot covers; tips are not included. Tromsø Arctic Reindeer's camp dinner picks up at Prostneset at 17:40, serves a 3-course dinner in the gamme with bidos as the main course, ends with a joik, returns about 22:30 and runs from 1 November to the beginning of April. The camp visit with an aurora chase is limited to 18, has a minimum age of 6 and returns about 01:30.
A town visit needs no transport. The walk covers about 1.6 km with one seated break; transport to Tromsø, meals and drinks are not included. The museum and the city walk adds the university museum, which you visit on its own ticket.
Sledding is a separate choice
Several camps add a short reindeer-sled ride in winter: Tromsø Lapland's sledding version rides for up to 30 minutes when the snow allows, two adults to a sled and no one over 110 kg, with part of the price refunded if the weather stops the ride; personalised pick-up points are not included. Best Arctic AS's ride lasts 10 to 15 minutes. If the sled is the point of your trip rather than the culture, tromsoreindeertour.com covers the sled tours in detail.
The drive
Distance decides how long you sit on a bus. By road from the Prostneset terminal, a route planner gives about 55 km to the camp area at Breivikeidet, 81 km to Nordkjosbotn and 104 km to Camp Tamok. The listings give their own times: Tromsø Lapland a transfer of 45 minutes to an hour for its evening visit to Breivikeidet, Reindeer Experience Tromsø a camp about an hour’s drive from the centre, Best Arctic AS a transfer of an hour each way, and Destination Tromso a 90-minute bus ride to Camp Tamok.
The short verdict
For most first visits, the daytime visit is the one to book: it has the reindeer, the meal and the talk, and nothing you have to give up a night for. Pick the herder’s tour or the ranch visit for a joik, an evening visit for a chance of the northern lights, and the walk if you would rather stay in town.
Reindeer, a Gamme and the Sami Way of Life
Tromsø Lapland's daytime visit: hand-feed the reindeer, eat a traditional Sami stew with a vegan option in a gamme, and hear about the Sami way of life with reindeer, 4.5 hours from the Radisson Blu on Sjøgata 7. Hotel pickup is not included. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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