The Aurora Zone reports its first sightings of the Northern Lights this season

Aug. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- The countdown to the Solar Maximum has truly begun. Northern Lights’ travel specialist, The Aurora Zone, has reported its first sighting of the season – Wednesday night (21 August), Finnish Lapland. With NASA predicting the best Northern Lights for a decade to appear this autumn and winter, now’s the time to book this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

For those wishing to travel this autumn, The Aurora Zone offers four-night trips to remote Luosto in Finland, another Northern Lights hotspot. Once there, visitors are given an Aurora alert, to ensure they don’t miss a sighting. Intersperse the Northern Lights workshops, walks and hunts with visits to a sled-dog centre, a reindeer farm and an amethyst mine. Departing September to November, the four-night Luosto – Searching for the Autumn Lights trip costs from £1,245 pp (two sharing) including flights (London), transfers, half board and all activities.

Northern Lights guide and photographer Antti Pietikäinen will also be leading a Northern Lights photography holiday in September.

A full list of Aurora-hunting itineraries is available at http://www.theaurorazone.com. To discuss Aurora-hunting tours with an expert, please call The Aurora Zone on 01670 785 012.  

ENDS – 23 August 2013

Note to editors: The Aurora Zone is a brand of The Activity Travel Company. The Aurora Zone was created to highlight the innovative concept of Aurora-hunting (actively going out to seek the lights rather than remaining in one location) and to promote the fact that the current seasons offer the best opportunity to see the Northern Lights in a decade. Other brands include Activities Abroad (family holidays in both winter and summer) and The White Circle (winter experiences for adults).

Press: For more information, quotes, high-res photography or to discuss press trips, contact Helena Hamlyn at Travel PR on 020 8891 4440 or h.hamlyn@travelpr.co.uk.