Is Reindeer Sledding Available in Tromsø?
Sledding runs on about half of these eleven tours, and only when the snow holds. Here's which ones include it, what the limits are, and what to wear.
Yes, reindeer sledding happens in Tromsø — on about half of the eleven tours covered here, and only when the snow actually holds up. The other half leave sledding out by design, trading it for more time feeding the herd or, on one tour, a snowshoe hike instead. Reviews dated across November through April show the sled portion getting shortened, cancelled, or swapped for a partial refund often enough that it’s worth planning as a hoped-for bonus rather than a line item you’ve already paid for.
The tour with the longest track record is Tromsø Arctic Reindeer’s Reindeer Sledding & Feeding with a Sami Guide: a sled ride, hand-feeding the herd, and a hot lunch in a lávvu, rated 4.7 from 6,863 reviews, from about $197 when we checked.
Which tours actually include a sled
Sledding comes bundled with feeding on the tour above, on Tromsø Arctic Reindeer’s evening dinner version, on both of Tromsø Lapland’s sledding-branded listings, and on the remote Camp Tamok trip ninety minutes outside town. Five tours leave the sled out on purpose: Tromsø Arctic Reindeer’s own daytime ranch tour, Tromsø Lapland’s feeding-and-lunch tour, its evening feeding-and-dinner tour, the snowshoeing alternative, and the family-oriented camp at Lavangsdalen, none of them a lesser version of anything. One listing splits the difference: the lower-priced Reindeer Sledding, Feeding & Sami Culture Experience has you choose sledding or feeding, not both, with the sled portion run at a separate camp from the feeding station.
None of the eleven put a rider directly on a reindeer’s back. What’s actually for sale, on every tour that includes it, is a ride in a sled pulled by reindeer; on the tour pinned here, a guide leads the way.
What the snow decides
Every sledding tour here treats the ride as conditional, not promised. Tromsø Lapland’s own listings say so in writing: the sled portion is subject to good snow conditions, and if the weather won’t allow it at all, the operator offers a partial refund and runs the rest of the day as normal. That isn’t boilerplate caution — reviewers of the tour pinned above report it happening in practice. One reviewer’s sled was cancelled for ice on 16 March 2026, another couldn’t sled on 31 March because of the weather, and a third missed the sleigh ride entirely on 1 April, also to weather. All three still called the day worthwhile once feeding time stretched to fill the gap.
The tour pinned above doesn’t publish an age or weight limit for its sled. Two of Tromsø Lapland’s own sledding listings do, and the two numbers don’t agree with each other: 100 kg (220 lbs) on one listing, 110 kg (243 lbs) on the other — both explained as a limit set to keep the reindeer safe, not for the rider’s comfort. Check the figure on the specific listing you book rather than assuming one number applies everywhere.
Who leads the reindeer, and what to wear
A Sami guide runs the tour pinned above: leading the sled, feeding alongside you at the camp, and performing a joik — a traditional Sami song — around the fire before a hot lunch. Dress in at least two warm layers with gloves, a hat and solid winter boots, per the listing’s own advice; this particular tour doesn’t list a provided snowsuit or boots, though a few of the other operators covered elsewhere on this site do supply one.
The listing doesn’t give a street address or coordinates for its own camp. Book, and Tromsø Arctic Reindeer confirms your pickup point in central Tromsø afterward. Its own website describes the reindeer valley only as “outside the city,” without naming a specific location — a vaguer answer than some of the other camps on this site give. One reviewer of a sibling tour run by the same operator guessed the company “may have two locations,” which this page’s data can’t confirm either way.
For which month actually gives sledding the best odds, see the season guide; for the welfare question this raises, see is it worth it. All eleven tours are compared on the homepage.
Tour details and reviewer dates from the eleven listings’ own data. Checked October 2026.
Book the Reindeer Sledding and Feeding Tour
Tromsø Arctic Reindeer, a Sámi reindeer-herding family, runs this day trip from the city centre: feed a herd of 300, ride a reindeer sled when there is enough snow, and share a warm lunch, stories and joik by the fire. Rated 4.7 from 6,863 reviews, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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