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Snow Active in Lapland
7 nights
Lapland
Swedish Lapland is Europe’s last remaining wilderness. Most international visitors arrive in Lapland through the town of Kiruna, a 1.5 hour flight from Stockholm. In Jukkasjärvi near Kiruna is the world famous Icehotel, where visitors can enjoy a wide variety of events and activities throughout winter. The Lapland towns of Kiruna and Jokkmokk are centres for those interested in traditional Sami culture.
Holiday idea
| Day 1 | Arrive in Kittila and transfer to Rajamaa. The transfer takes approximately one hour. Dinner will be served at the restaurant. |
| Day 2 | Breakfast will be served at the hotel. Collect a packed lunch. Enjoy a guided walk through the wintry landscape to learn more about the rare nature of Lapland. Tracks of birds and animals in the snow, trees and bushes adapted to the harsh climate along with other nature phenomena of the Taiga, will be described. Enjoy lunch by a flaming log fire in the forest, before walking back to Rajamaa. Dinner at the restaurant. |
| Day 3 | Breakfast will be served at the hotel. Transfer by minibus towards the Pallastunturi National Park in Finland, where you will meet a professional musher and his huskies. You will be given proper instructions in how to handle dogs, sledges and equipment as you prepare the sledges and set out for a tour for approx. 2 hours. The packed lunches will be eaten by the fire. After a visit to the information center for Lapland Nature in the National Park centre return to Rajamaa. Dinner at the restaurant. |
| Day 4 | After breakfast transfer to the “Mountain Stables”, home to the Finnish horses, from which you will enjoy a 2 hour trail into the Lapland forests, a truly unforgettable experience. In the afternoon there is the option to participate in a snow-mobile safari. Dinner at the restaurant. |
| Day 5 | Today you will begin a two day forest ski trek into Mukkaharjut, a uniquelandscape of pine clad hills and valleys, created by the inland ice. The area is home to reindeer, moose and bear. You will stay overnight in a big log-cabin used primarily for forest workers, heated by fire and with water melted from snow. All guests are involved in preparing the supper and heating the sauna. |
| Day 6 | After breakfast continue on skis back north again crossing areas dominated by reindeer and moose, and then we return back to Rajamaa. Dinner at the restaurant. |
| Day 7 | After breakfast, transfer by bus to Peltovuoma in Finland to meet the Eira family. This Saami family lives in between modern life and an ancient form of rein-deer herding. You will get to hear about the rare culture, the history and today’s work with the animals. Jouni Eira will show you how he works and you will drive out to where the herd is moving. Enjoy lunch before transferring back to Rajamaa. Dinner at the restaurant. |
| Day 8 | Breakfast is included at Rajamaa. En route to the airport you will visit the well-known “Snow-Village” in Lainio, a hotel and restaurant built in snow and ice before continuing to Kittilä for your flight home. |
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Price includes transfer, accommodation in chalets, full board (drinks not included),overalls and warm boots, activities according to program.
Recommended stays
Rajamaa
Located 200km above the Arctic Circle on an island in the river Muonio, overlooking Finland and Sweden, is the resort of Rajamaa, where you can enjoy unspoilt Lapland from fully equipped chalets.
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