incrediBle adventure in arctic circle
7 days / 6 nights
day 1 - Begins in: ROVANIEMI
day 7 - ends in: ROVANIEMI
*** what you must do to join the program is just TO arrangE your own transportation FOR arrivING " ROVANIEMI " on time to catch the program according to vacation date alternatives that may seen from "form fill in" section right below of THE vacation program. ***
vacation program
Day 1 : Transfer from rovaniemi airport to the hotel
After welcoming at the airport, the guide will take you to the hotel via the safari house to get the complete winter clothing. The rest of the day is free, ideal to discover the center of Rovaniemi.
Accommodation: hotel in Rovaniemi
Day 2 : Hotel in Rovaniemi > Traditional Finnish cottage
Around half-day (between 12 and 14 p.m.), the guide will pick you up from the reception of your hotel and will take you to the starting point of your journey. First, he will give you all the driving and security instructions for snowmobiling. Then, you will head towards the East, through snowy forests and on frozen lakes and rivers. You will at the beginning follow ready-made tracks, excellent for getting confidence and getting used to the snowmobile. The more you will go deeper into the forest, the more the chances are that you will make your own path through deep snow all the way to the cottage. Once there, we will first heat up the place and then prepare the sauna for the evening. After the sauna, the diner will be served.
Driving distance: about 70 km
Accommodation: traditional Finnish cottage
Day 3 : Across the boreal forests
After a nice and energetic breakfast, you will help the guide to pack all the gears onto the sledge and then drive again deep into the woods. During the trek, the guide will make some breaks to enjoy the landscape and also to take pictures. Maybe you will see some tracks of the wildlife living in that area. At lunch time, you will have a pause at a reindeer herding area. On top of enjoying a meal for yourself, you will be able to feed the reindeers and the reindeer herder who will welcome you will explain you all about reindeers and reindeer herding. The evening and night will be spent in a traditional Finnish cottage.
Driving distance: about 100 km
Accommodation: traditional Finnish cottage
Day 4 : Towards Lehtiniemi farm
This day will be rich in experience. In the morning, you will drive all the way to Lehtiniemi farm. Before meeting the animals, you will have a lunch around the campfire during which the musher will tell you more about huskies, life at the farm and the program for the following 2 days. After the meal, the musher will give you the driving instructions so that you are comfortable with your sledge. Then, it is time to check the equipment and to prepare your husky team. After that, you are ready to go and live an incredible journey.
The start is always amazing, when you feel the power of the huskies pulling the sledge and you make your path between the trees. At this time, you fully feel the spirit of the forest all around you. At the end of the afternoon, you will reach the trapper’s cabin. First, you will take care of your dogs and then you will help the guide to prepare the sauna and the dinner.
Driving distance on snowmobiles: about 50 km
Driving distance on the sledge: about 15 km
Accommodation: trapper’s cabin
Day 5 : Following the tracks of wild animals
The day will start with a good and warm tea or coffee. Then, you will first have to take care of the dogs’ morning routines before enjoying a consistent breakfast. After that, you will load the sledges, clean the place and hit the road. Today’s itinerary is in the middle of the Lappish wilderness. We will make many stops to observe nature, take pictures and eat around the camp fire. Maybe you will be lucky enough to see arctic foxes, capercaillies and arctic hares. In the evening, you will arrive at the trapper’s cabin. As you did the previous day, you will first help the huskies to be comfortably installed and then you will help the guide to prepare the sauna and the dinner.
Driving distance on the sledge: about 60 km
Accommodation: trapper’s cabin
Day 6 : Back to Lehtiniemi farm
The third day with huskies will probably be the best one. You are now very comfortable with driving the sledge, you know your dogs and they know you. You understand their personality, know their history, their training, their habits and the way they behave. You are then a true musher and you will fully enjoy these last hours with your team. On the way back, you will appreciate a last meal around the campfire. Once at Lehtiniemi farm, you will hug your dogs one last time and we will then head back to Rovaniemi by car.
Driving distance on the sledge: about 30 km
Accommodation: hotel in Rovaniemi
Day 7 : Transfer to rovaniemi airport
Today is the free day to explore the city before the return flight back home with many unforgettable memories.
day 7 - ends in: ROVANIEMI
*** what you must do to join the program is just TO arrangE your own transportation FOR arrivING " ROVANIEMI " on time to catch the program according to vacation date alternatives that may seen from "form fill in" section right below of THE vacation program. ***
vacation program
Day 1 : Transfer from rovaniemi airport to the hotel
After welcoming at the airport, the guide will take you to the hotel via the safari house to get the complete winter clothing. The rest of the day is free, ideal to discover the center of Rovaniemi.
Accommodation: hotel in Rovaniemi
Day 2 : Hotel in Rovaniemi > Traditional Finnish cottage
Around half-day (between 12 and 14 p.m.), the guide will pick you up from the reception of your hotel and will take you to the starting point of your journey. First, he will give you all the driving and security instructions for snowmobiling. Then, you will head towards the East, through snowy forests and on frozen lakes and rivers. You will at the beginning follow ready-made tracks, excellent for getting confidence and getting used to the snowmobile. The more you will go deeper into the forest, the more the chances are that you will make your own path through deep snow all the way to the cottage. Once there, we will first heat up the place and then prepare the sauna for the evening. After the sauna, the diner will be served.
Driving distance: about 70 km
Accommodation: traditional Finnish cottage
Day 3 : Across the boreal forests
After a nice and energetic breakfast, you will help the guide to pack all the gears onto the sledge and then drive again deep into the woods. During the trek, the guide will make some breaks to enjoy the landscape and also to take pictures. Maybe you will see some tracks of the wildlife living in that area. At lunch time, you will have a pause at a reindeer herding area. On top of enjoying a meal for yourself, you will be able to feed the reindeers and the reindeer herder who will welcome you will explain you all about reindeers and reindeer herding. The evening and night will be spent in a traditional Finnish cottage.
Driving distance: about 100 km
Accommodation: traditional Finnish cottage
Day 4 : Towards Lehtiniemi farm
This day will be rich in experience. In the morning, you will drive all the way to Lehtiniemi farm. Before meeting the animals, you will have a lunch around the campfire during which the musher will tell you more about huskies, life at the farm and the program for the following 2 days. After the meal, the musher will give you the driving instructions so that you are comfortable with your sledge. Then, it is time to check the equipment and to prepare your husky team. After that, you are ready to go and live an incredible journey.
The start is always amazing, when you feel the power of the huskies pulling the sledge and you make your path between the trees. At this time, you fully feel the spirit of the forest all around you. At the end of the afternoon, you will reach the trapper’s cabin. First, you will take care of your dogs and then you will help the guide to prepare the sauna and the dinner.
Driving distance on snowmobiles: about 50 km
Driving distance on the sledge: about 15 km
Accommodation: trapper’s cabin
Day 5 : Following the tracks of wild animals
The day will start with a good and warm tea or coffee. Then, you will first have to take care of the dogs’ morning routines before enjoying a consistent breakfast. After that, you will load the sledges, clean the place and hit the road. Today’s itinerary is in the middle of the Lappish wilderness. We will make many stops to observe nature, take pictures and eat around the camp fire. Maybe you will be lucky enough to see arctic foxes, capercaillies and arctic hares. In the evening, you will arrive at the trapper’s cabin. As you did the previous day, you will first help the huskies to be comfortably installed and then you will help the guide to prepare the sauna and the dinner.
Driving distance on the sledge: about 60 km
Accommodation: trapper’s cabin
Day 6 : Back to Lehtiniemi farm
The third day with huskies will probably be the best one. You are now very comfortable with driving the sledge, you know your dogs and they know you. You understand their personality, know their history, their training, their habits and the way they behave. You are then a true musher and you will fully enjoy these last hours with your team. On the way back, you will appreciate a last meal around the campfire. Once at Lehtiniemi farm, you will hug your dogs one last time and we will then head back to Rovaniemi by car.
Driving distance on the sledge: about 30 km
Accommodation: hotel in Rovaniemi
Day 7 : Transfer to rovaniemi airport
Today is the free day to explore the city before the return flight back home with many unforgettable memories.
destination video
Description of the accommodation places > traditional Finnish cottage or trapper’s cabin
- heating with chimney shower in the sauna room
- outside toilets
- water from the spring (no running water in the cottage)
- sleeping places: in sleeping bags, either in the main room or in shared bedrooms
- outside toilets
- water from the spring (no running water in the cottage)
- sleeping places: in sleeping bags, either in the main room or in shared bedrooms
pricing double room per person
SINGLE ROOM |
usd ($)2,580
3,160 |
euro (€)1,975
2,420 |
gbp (£)1,600
1,960 |
note: this trip is recommended to adults only.
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program price INCLUDEs
>accommodation: cottages (2 nights), trapper’s cabins (2 nights) and hotel (2 nights in double room) >the local transfers >all the meals except for the dinner of day 1, the lunch of day 2 and the dinner of day 6 >an English-speaking snowmobile guide and an English-speaking musher >2 persons per snowmobile and 1 person per sledge >extreme conditions clothing: overall, winter hat, balaclava, scarf, winter gloves, woolen socks and winter boots >sleeping bags and towels |
program price NOT INCLUDEs
>international Airfares >Any expenses of personal nature for e.g. tel calls, laundry, excess luggage charge, porterage, mineral water or any >other services not mentioned above; >Travel Insurance; >Gratuities for guides, drivers and porters. >personal EUR 800,- liability on damages made to the snowmobile. |
remarks
Personal equipment that clients must take with them during the trek: Clothes: - (Thermo) Underwear (the best material is synthetic fibre) - Long sleeve shirts (best material is wool or acrylic) - Thin socks => don’t wear to small sized socks to get no disturbance in the blood circulation. The best material is a mixture of 70% wool and 30% synthetic fibre - Thick woollen socks (best thing would be to wear 1 thin and 1 or 2 thick pair of socks on top of each other) - Thick and warm pullover (best material is fleece) - Thin (turtleneck) pullover (best material is wool or fleece) - Long drawers, sweat suit or something similar to wear under the overall and in the wilderness hut - Jogging shoes or sandals to wear in the wilderness huts - Thin under gloves (best material is Fleece) Other: - personal hygene articles and medicine (soap, shampoo,...) - Small rucksack (25-30l) in which you stuff your personal equipment for the safari (e.g. extra pair of woolen socks, of long johns…) - Good sunglasses in springtime (maybe with side- and nose protection) - Suntan cream (in the spring) - Camera and batteries - Thermos bottle Attention: We advise people who wear glasses to wear one day contact lenses! |