Lapland Deluxe

Day 1: Arrival

Fly with Finnair from London Heathrow or Manchester to Ivalo via Helsinki, transfer to Kakslauttanen Hotel and Igloo village. Check in to your log cabin for 4 nights. Dinner is served in the hotel restaurant.

Day 2: Reindeer safari

Breakfast at the hotel.
Today you will learn how to drive a reindeer sleigh. Reindeer safari will ease away all your stress as you peacefully travel through the forest pulled by your very own reindeer. You are picked up by car from the hotel and driven to the reindeer farm where all necessary equipment will be provided. This safari requires no skills and the reindeer will do all the work for you as you comfortably relax in your own sleigh. This safari gives you a wonderful opportunity to learn all about the Sami people, the indigenous population of Lapland, their traditions and way of life. Picnic lunch is served en-route.

Day 3: Snowmobile Safari

Breakfast at the hotel. The snowmobile safari takes you to the small ski village of Saariselkä situated some 10 kms away. Private transfer by car from the hotel to the safari office, where you will receive full equipment including thermal suit, boots, socks, gloves, balaclava and helmet. An all-important lesson follows. When everybody is ready the safari trail begins with a drive up to the beautiful Kaunispää fell, 436m above sea level, and from here you will have the most stunning views over the surrounding area. The trail then continues through the beautifully mystical forest. Wilderness picnic lunch cooked on an open fire is served en-route. Two persons share one snowmobile and take turns in driving or you can request one for sole occupancy at a supplementary

Day 4:Husky safari

Breakfast at the hotel. The husky farm is situated just across the road from the hotel and here some 250 eager huskies await your arrival to take you on an unforgettable and exhilarating journey through breathtaking scenery. Before the husky safari, you will be provided with the necessary outer thermal suit, gloves and hat on arrival and thereafter you will be shown to your very own team of six husky dogs. You will be given a lesson on how to drive the sledge and also how to observe all the important hand signals, as given by your leader. Each team consists of six dogs, you the driver, and your passenger who is comfortably seated in the wooden sledge. The driver and the passenger can change places at any time during the safari. Wilderness picnic lunch is included.

Day 5

Check out after breakfast and transfer back to Ivalo airport and flights back home.

Day 7: Activities

Today we have left the programme empty so that you can choose any of the above activities that you might want to do some more of or perhaps give down hill skiing a go? In the evening it is time to once again board the snowmobiles and set off to a place called 'Luoso' where a hot sauna is waiting. A 'sauna master' will explain about the mysteries of winter swimming, then it's time to jump into a hole in the frozen lake! If you're lucky the Northern Lights will be in the sky above... Enjoy an evening snack in front of the fire before driving back to Äkäslompolo.

Day 8: Departure

Time to say good bye to Lapland and catch return flights home.