This is my third visit to Norway in the last 3 years.

As you will discover if you thinking of booking up to see the Northen Lights there are many tour operators and guides operating out of Tromso who will be only too pleased to help you. As in all walks of life, there are some good, some not so good and a few who are exceptional, and, in my opinion, Kjetil Skogli falls very much into the latter category.

Kjetil (pronounced 'Chetil' for English speakers) is passionate about the Northern Lights, and from the moment he picks you up from your hotel (normally around 6.30 pm), he uses his years of knowledge and experience to best effect to find QUALITY displays of the lights. From the outset, 'the chase' is very much on. He is committed, determined and exceptionally skilled at what he does; and fundamentally that is to give you the best overall northern lights experience possible. He will drive anywhere at anytime, sometimes hundreds of kilometres, to hunt them down, knowing all the best vantage points, with fjords (to allow reflections in the water), mountain ranges and trees in the background to provide the much needed context for those great northern lights photographs.

So in a nutshell, if you want to believe the stats of some guides who claim 95% success rates (with fuzzy green bands in the sky counted as 'sightings'), and display fantastic pictures on billboards outside offices and hotels, then go out with them. But if you want a chase to remember with someone who I think is the best of all the guides I have met in Norway, then it's a no brainer, go out with Kjetil Skogli.

I've just finished a 4 day tour with Kjetil, which started out to be about seeing the Northern Lights but in the end turned out to be a fantastic photographic experience including the lights, mountains, fjords etc. Kjetil's greatest asset is his unparalleled knowledge of the Norwegian landscape and his ability to constantly use his on board instruments to read changing weather conditions and the aurora's activity, and when it is likely to appear in the sky. His knack of ending up in the right place at the right time is uncanny, and whilst no one can offer guarantees to see this natural phenomenon, I tell you that I'd rather be chasing the lights with Kjetil than anyone else.

So my advice is very simple. If you are in Tromso and thinking of going out one evening to see the Northern Lights then go with Kejtil Skogli. If you are in Tromso for 2 nights, then go out with him for 2 nights and if you are in Tromso for longer and want a total photographic adventure including the northern lights and a whole lot more, ask him to put together a private tour for you. It is well worth it.

Bottom line, I can't speak highly enough about this guy. He is simply great.

I booked my first tour with Kjetil some years ago. It went far beyond my expectations. Kjetil is very professional, but most of all passionate about the aurora. He uses his knowledge to bring the best possible experience to his customers.
I returned some time after the first tour, and looking forward to do it again. I also recommend this tour to all my friends. It was one of these moments one would remember forever.