Fun and Easy Dog Sledding Adventure in Breivikeidet

The $307 per person price buys the full half-day package: the bus transfer in both directions, the guide, the gear and the sled time. The ticket includes the 50-minute coach ride to Breivikeidet and back, an English-speaking guide, a thermal suit, winter boots, mittens and a hat, the self-drive dog sledding itself, and hot drinks with cake in the lavvu afterwards. Reserve now and pay later is available, and you can cancel free up to 24 hours before the start.

What is not included

Two things sit outside the ticket. There is no hotel pickup, so you make your own way to Samuel Arnesens gate 5 in central Tromsø. There is also no lunch.

The cake and hot drink by the fire are included, but if you book a morning departure and plan a full day out, eat before you go or carry snacks. No group size is stated on the listing, though the camp is a large operation and departures are sized accordingly.

What to bring

The operator lends the heavy kit, so your packing list stays short.

• A scarf or buff
• Weather-appropriate clothing
• Thermal clothing as base layers
• Warm socks
• No pets allowed

You meet at Samuel Arnesens gate 5, 9008 Tromsø, in the city centre. Check your start time at checkout, arrive with a margin, and look for the coach. There is no pickup from hotels, so plan the walk or short taxi ride to the meeting point yourself.

The transfer to Breivikeidet takes 50 minutes each way and is part of the appeal rather than dead time. The route runs east out of Tromsø and finishes in a valley close to the sea, with scenic views along the way that the listing calls out on its own itinerary. The camp faces the Lyngen Alps, and you get your first look at that mountain wall from the bus window before anyone hands you a hat.

Breivikeidet sits on the mainland side of the strait, which matters for two reasons. The 50-minute ride is longer than the trips to the Kvaløya kennels but shorter than the 95-minute haul to the Tamok valley. And the coastal location means the snow can be thinner than inland, which is why the operator has a clear fallback for low-snow conditions.

At the camp you change into the lent thermal suit, boots, hat and mittens. The guide then runs through safety instructions and a demonstration of how to drive the sled, followed by a few minutes of practice. Nobody on this trip is expected to have handled dogs before.

The dogs do the pulling, but as the driver you steer, brake on the downhills and help push when the trail asks for it.

Then comes the ride itself. You drive on open fields and inside forest trails with the mountains of the Lyngen Alps as your backdrop. The listing describes the terrain as quite flat and open, which makes the sledding comfortable and easy, and the difficulty level is set at medium only because you need basic fitness to walk on snowy ground and assist the dogs.

Photos fall to the passenger, so between the two of you nobody misses the shot.

Two per sled, swap halfway

Two people share one sled. One stands on the runners as the musher and the other sits in the basket, and you swap places halfway through. The swap is the design of the trip: each of you gets the feel of driving a team, and each of you gets time to sit back and watch the mountains go by.

If you would rather not drive at all, that is a different listing in this catalog, and the comparison section below points you to it.

The honest edge

The traveller summary on the listing praises the well cared for dogs, the scenery and the guides, which is reflected in a rating of 4.9 from 2,080 reviews. The same summary mentions that some travellers report stop-and-go moments on the trail when groups of mixed ability share the route. That is the trade-off of a large, well organised camp, and it is worth weighing against the very short transfer and the easy terrain.

Before the snow arrives, some kennels switch to wheeled carts, says Visit Tromsø.

Back at the camp after the ride, you are invited into the lavvu, a Sámi tent, where a fire is going and hot drinks and cake are waiting. It is a simple finish and a good one. You thaw out, compare notes with your sled partner and hear how the other teams got on.

There is also time to say goodbye to the huskies before you change back into your own clothes.

The whole stay at the camp is about 2.5 hours out of the 4.5-hour trip, so the lavvu portion is unhurried rather than rushed. When the fire and the cake are done, you board the coach for the 50-minute ride back and arrive at Samuel Arnesens gate 5. There is no meal on this trip, only the cake and drinks, so plan your next meal in town.

This Breivikeidet trip is built to be accessible. The operator describes it as an activity created for most people, needing basic fitness to walk on snowy terrain and help push the sled, with flat and open ground doing the rest. It fits first-time mushers, couples who want to trade the driver and passenger roles, and families with children aged 7 and up.

The English-speaking guide removes any language worry for international visitors.

The exclusion list is firm and worth reading twice. The trip is not suitable for children under 7, pregnant women, people with mobility impairments, wheelchair users or people with animal allergies. Pets are not allowed.

If any of those apply to your group, look instead at the guided ride on Kvaløya, which takes all ages, or the evening husky visit, which is wheelchair accessible.

Rules and weather

With a lack of snow the tour runs on wheeled wagons instead of sleds, so the trip still goes ahead early in the season or in thin conditions. If dangerous surface or weather conditions force a cancellation, you are offered a reschedule to a different venue or time slot, a substitute product, or a full refund. Free cancellation by you is available up to 24 hours before the start, and reserve now pay later lets you hold a place without paying upfront.

This is the middle-priced self-drive option in the catalog, and its closest rivals differ mainly in sled time, transfer length and food. The Kvaløya self-drive gives you more minutes on the runners for less road time. The two racing-kennel trips add a proper reindeer stew lunch but cut the sled time to about 45 minutes and tighten the rules.

The short ride at the same Breivikeidet camp is the budget pick with far less sledding. Figures current for Q4 2026.

If you want a full-day winter trip instead, the Dog Sledding Adventure in Tamokdalen from Tromsø spends 3.5 hours at an inland camp with a hot meal, in return for 95 minutes on the bus each way. For a small private kennel, the Private Husky Sledding at a Family Kennel in Målselv: Drive or Ride runs $435.36 per person and starts about 2 hours from Tromsø. And in the snow-free season, the Summer Puppy Training at a Husky Farm in Tromsø with Lunch at $178.50 is the husky option when there is no sled to ride.