New tours in Scandinavia
Christmas - fairytale
Tourcode BWCF-01
You would like to spend Christmas once in the real winter? Then you are very welcome in our charming lodge to enjoy one week with daily interesting activities. Besides a real traditional Christmas celebration we offer you to experience the speed of a snowmobile, enjoy an exciting ride with the friendly huskies, get to know the Sami people and their reindeers. Snowshoe through the silence of the winterly forests. Build an igloo and sleep in a high quality cosy wilderness camp … And last but not least: Visit the world famous Icehotel Jukkasjärvi! Winter pure! With the best activities!
Departure (Monday) and price
21 December 2009
7 days/6 nights SEK 15´750/person from/to Kiruna (in double room, incl. all activities)
(equivalent in Euros by 1.12.2009)
For shorter budgets there is the possibility to exclude following activities:
Snowmobile Safari SEK1'530/person
Husky Safari SEK 1'480/person
Additional night in double room SEK 1'032/person (incl. full board)
30 % reduction for children 4 - 12 years
Included services
- Collective transfer from/to Kiruna
- 5 overnights in the comfortable Lodge in double rooms
- 1 overnight in the luxury Wilderness Camp in warm 5 persons sleeping kotas
- full board during the whole week
- Christmas celebration with a small present
- English guided activities like program below
- Warm thermo overalls, boots, hats and gloves
The Lodge
Our very comfortable new accomodation welcomes our guests with warm and pleasant doublerooms (shower/WC in each room), which are located right beside our cosy restaurant with its renowned delicious kitchen. A rustic saunahouse with two different saunas is prepared for our guests always after the great outdoor adventures...
The Wilderness Camp is situated 3 km from the main lodge, straight on the shore of the river Kalix – in the middle of the wild north. No road access – the luxury rustic and cosy camp with the complete silence of this beautiful spot will let our clients relax for its best. Between 2 and 5 guests share one heated sleeping kota. A real sauna, heated up with wood and the possibility for ice hole swimming will take care of our guests well being. …
All in all a great experience in the arctic, with the warmth of our hospitality and accommodation - which will never be forgotten!
Activity Program
21.12. – Arrival
Transfer from the airport to the lodge. Check in to the double rooms. Depending on arrival time, there will be time to experience for the first time sauna! All our guests will be provided with warm clothing. Welcome dinner and information together with all the guests and the hosts in the evening. Overnight in the double rooms in the Lodge.
22.12. – snowshoeing on the traces of animals
After breakfast buffet we start to explore the close surrounding of our lodge. With snowshoes we marvell the beautiful snowy trees in the forest, listen to the snow under our shoes while discovering the great riverland, swamps and lakes. Later in the season we already will hear the first birds singing… duration of the tour approx. 2 - 3 hours.
After a lunch back in the restaurant the guests will have time to spend individually… enjoy the nature, head out again by snowshoes or just relax in the sauna! Dinner and overnight in the lodge
23.12. – a snorting snowmobile safari through the arctic wilds
After our guide introduced us to the driving technic of snowmobiles we start to a snorting tour around the wilderness. 2 persons share one machine. We can switch the driver several times if we want. Enjoy the speed… and maybe we meet some reindeers on our way, see traces of hares, mooses and birds… on a beautiful frozen lake we take a break and enjoy a simple lunch around an open fire. When the weather conditions allow it, we also try our luck in ice fishing! Once more a great ride brings us back home. Duration of the tour approx. 4 – 5 hours. Sauna, dinner and overnight in the lodge.
24.12. – Christmas eve - enjoy a ride with reindeers and overnight in our cosy wilderness camp
Let´s do it like in the traditional story book: Our samish friends will welcome us today – they will introduce us into the husbandry of the reindeers. Get to know these lovely animals, learn, how they are groomed and cared about and – learn a lot about the traditional culture of the sami people! Our friends will tell you everything you want to know! After a warm lunch in the restaurant we will go up to our wilderness camp – by reindeer sledge. Two and two share one reindeer and one sledge. Enjoy the real traditional sami way of travelling! After reaching the camp we start to look for our Christmas tree in the close surrounding. We bring it back to the camp and start to decorate it. After a traditional wooden heated Christmas sauna, we are hungry enough to enjoy the great Christmas buffet. There we find all the delicatesses, which are all over Sweden in the christmastables. Bon appetite! And – who would guess it: Father Christmas finds his way even up here to our camp! Overnight in 2 – 5 persons sleeping kotas.
25.12. – how to build an igloo? Explore it…
After the breakfast in the camp we go back to the lodge in the sledge of the snowmobile. After enjoying a simple lunch in the warmth of the lodges restaurant we get to know, how to build an igloo – until we get the round beauty. To sleep on a reindeer skin in a igloo is to experience the warm’ in the cold winter night. Feel free to try it out! Otherwise stay like used in our cosy doublerooms! Dinner in the lodge.
26.12. – a marvellous husky safari to the Kaitum nature reserve
Today we will enjoy one more highlight of the week. The huskies. After meeting these lovely animals we hear a lot about their training, handling and breeding, we will get as well a introduction how to drive the team. Our guide will explain us all we need to enjoy a exciting ride with a husky team. Two guests share one husky team. Both will have the chance to get the feeling of driving. We enjoy our tour through the Kaitum nature reserve. An untouched very beautiful area. During the tour we will have a lunch on a open fire before we continue our trip back to the lodge. Duration of the tour approx. 4 – 5 hours. Sauna, Dinner and overnight in the lodge.
27.12. – Departure day
After the breakfast we start to go back direction of Kiruna. Short before the airport, we turn off the main road to the village Jukkasjärvi, where the world famous Icehotel is located. Our visit there will stay in your mind still a long time! Have a good trip back home…
Ski Tour Rauhala-Pallas-Hetta
Tourcode FI-CC-301
An unforgettable ski trek through the beautiful Pallas-Yllästunturi National park, through the unspoiled wilderness of the Lappish tundra and forests. The two nature-information centres in Hetta and Pallas give you an excellent insight into the Lappish traditions and nature.
Minimum 2, maximum ca. 12 persons in a group.
8 days /7 nights Saturday-Saturday
Sunday orientating day, guided ski tour - ski tour Monday- Friday.
Starts between: 13.2.2010-24.4.2010
Week Programme
Transportation from Kittilä airport to Rauhala. Overnight accommodation in a holiday cabin or in the rooms for 2 persons. Dinner
A day for orienteering, testing skis, possibilities to make a guided day tour in the surroundings, checking the equipment for the tour, or making some extra programmes. Dinner and overnight stay.
After breakfast the guide will tell about the weeks program and the fist days ski tour. We check our skis, and other equipment and pack our luggage for the transportation. We start the tour skiing from Rauhala to Keimiöjärvi and from there onwards to Keimiö. Sauna, dinner and overnighting. Daytrip approx. 25 km through varying woodland.
From Keimiö the trek continues to Pallas. At the Information centre of the Pallas-Ounas National Park we have the possibility to learn more about the nature of this area, - it’s flora and fauna, from an exhibition and slide show. From Pallas we continue along the the Pallas Fells to Kerässieppi/Raattama. The day tour is approx. 33 km through forest and fell grounds.
After breakfast we continue our tour towards to the wilderness hut of Hannukuru and further to Ketomella. Today’s day tour is approx. 30 km. Overnighting in the wilderness cabin of Ketomella.
Today we make a day tour in the surrounding forest and fell areas. Lunch break in Tappuri reindeer hearders hut. Depanding on the weather conditions we visit the Pippovuoma swamp and permafrost area or open fell grounds.
In the morning we ski to the wilderness hut of Sioskuru, and continue along the Pyhäkero Fells to the wilderness cabin in Pyhäkero. After a break we ski onwards to Hetta. Our daytrip is approx. 30 km. The Landscape is wooded and open fell ground. In the afternoon transfer by car to Rauhala.
Departure, transfer to Kittilä airport.
Due to the changing weather conditions and other circumstances small changes conserning the overnighting places or the day routes can be made during the tour. During the weeks time the guide will tell about the life of the reindeer and the reindeer herding, northern lights, and other things that are specially Lappish or belongs into the Lappish peoples lives.
Price includes: Full board, 2 nights before and 1 night after the tour in the base camp, during the tour accommodation in wilderness huts, holiday cottages, breakfast, lunch bags, dinner, the above mentioned programme, guidance for 6 days, transportation for the equipment, transfer from/to Kittilä airport and Hetta - Rauhala, saunas. During the weeks time we pay a visit to a reindeer fence and the guide tells about the reindeer herding.
Price: 750 € / person
Special: "Dogsledding in Russian-Karelia"
Tourcode KR-ARU-101 - 9 days/8 nights
Day 1Arrival in St. Petersburg. A short city tour.Dinner.Departure to Petrozavodsk by night train.
Day 2
Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the village of Matrosy (32 km from Petrozavodsk)
Accommodation in a wooden guest house (a comfortable guest house, 2-3 person rooms, WC on the floor, sauna – extra paid). Breakfast. “The musher’s school“ – preparation of own equipment, introduction to safety rules. Introduction to the mushers. Preparation of sleds. Training rides. Packed lunch on the way (sandwiches, tea, nuts, dried fruit, chocolate). Free time. Sauna (extra paid) Dinner. Overnight in the guest house.
Day 3
Breakfast. Preparation for the trip: packing the equipment, explanation of safety rules.
Transfer to the village of Manga. Ride on the route from Manga to Svyatozero. The route goes along the deserted roads of South Karelia. Earlier they led to timber-felling sites or villages that are deserted now. Lunch on the way. Arrival at Svyatozero. Accommodation in a guest house (a Karelian wooden house without facilities, WC inside the house, 2-3 person rooms, sauna – extra paid). Dinner. Overnight in the guest house.
Day 4
Breakfast. Ride on the route from Svyatozero to the village Vazhinskaya Pristan - Svyatozero. Lunch on the way. Dinner. Sauna (extra paid). Overnight in a guest house.
Day 5
Breakfast. Ride on the route from Svyatozero to Pryazha. Lunch is prepared during a stop. Arrival at the village of Pryazha. Accommodation in a hotel (a small hotel, 2-3 person rooms, WC on the floor, a café in a next-door house). Dinner. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 6
Breakfast. Ride on the route from Pryazha to the tourist centre Pryazhinskaya. Sleddog ride over a frozen lake. A great opportunity to take nice pictures. Lunch in the wild.
Dinner. Arrival at the tourist centre. Accommodation in wooden houses without facilities.
Overnight in the tourist centre.
Day 7
Breakfast..Ride on the route from the tourist centre Pryazhinskaya to the village of Matrosy. Lunch on the way. Arrival at Matrosy. Dinner. Overnight in a guest house.
Day 8
Breakfast. Summarizing the trip results. A trip of your choice – the Kizhi Architectural Ensemble or the waterfall Kivach (extra paid). Lunch. Leaving the guest house.
Transfer to Petrozavodsk. Dinner. Transfer to the railway station. Departure to St. Petersburg by night train.
Day 9
Arrival in St. Petersburg. Transfer to the airport. The end of the programme. A further stay in St. Petersburg is possible.
Note:Before booking the tour get acquainted with accommodation and climate conditions. Inquire our information letter.Preparation: You need no special training. Be ready to spend many hours outdoors.
Safety: strict maintenance of safety rules, mobile communication, insurance.
Recommendations: Bring warm and comfortable clothes, warm hats, shoes, mittens and gloves. Read the booklet attentively.
The organizer keeps the right to change sequence of services without reducing its quantity. The route may be changed in accordance with weather conditions.
Services included:Meals three times a day.The equipment rent.
An experienced guide.
Sightseeing tours as described above.
Transfers.
Not included:Sauna.
Price:
2 people in the group 1320 €
4 people in the group 1140 €
6 people in the group 1100 €
8 people in the group 1040 €
10 people in the group1030 €
Huskyexpedition-"The gate to Sarek National Park"
Tourcode MH-SK-101
Husky expedition along the Kings Trail to the gate to Sarek National park. We travel in an area with everything from deep forest, lakes to the bare mountain views without any trees as long as you can see. If the snow conditions are good we can go in to Laponia, the last great wilderness in Europe and one of the world heritage areas. During this tour you will learn how to drive and handle your own dog team. We start and finish at Saltoluokta Mountain station which is famous for its good restaurant.
Day 1 Saltoluokta Mountain station, the beginning of our adventure. We meet and give you information about the program for the following days. Together we have a nice dinner and check the equipment.
Day 2 Autsvagge, the glen above the timber line. After breakfast we will make acquaintance with the dogs, all Siberian Huskies and with different personalities. We give you instructions about the equipment and how you use it. The trip will go in the high mountains above the timberline.
Day 3 Along the Sitorivers glen. This day the trip goes at first easy downhill along the Sitorivers glen. After a while we will come to a winter trail leading to Aktse. Here we stop and eat lunch. Aktse is an old mountain homestead where settlers and hunters lived from time immemorial. Here we see the famous gate to Sarek, Europe’s last wilderness.
Day 4 Rittakvalley, the land of the old trees. We leave our heavier equipment in Aktse and go with light sleds for a day tour over to the Rittakvalleys pine forest landscape. If the weather and snow conditions are good we go in to the Rapavalley.
Day 5 Aktse-Njunjes, the high road. Along a long uphill we go up on the mountain and head west along the border to Sarek National Park. Without any trails we go 1000 metres over the sea level. We follow an old reindeer trail down through the birch forest to the Sitojaure cabins where we will spend the night.
Day 6 Rinim, the winds centre. This day we go west along the long lake Sitojaure. In the west end of the lake we find Rinim. Here can interesting weather situations occur, mountain glens and winds meet from different directions.
Day 7 Saltoluokta, the beginning and end of this journey. The dogs which have become your true friends take us through Autsvagge or up over Ultevis white tundra. We head back to Saltoluokta Mountain Station. A hot sauna, showers and a three-course dinner in the restaurant await us.
Day 8 Departure day. We have our last breakfast together and then departure from Saltoluokta.
Facts
Dates:
8-15 March and 15-22 March 2010. Other dates on request.
Group size:
Minimum 2 persons Maximum 6 persons.
Included in the price:
Thermo overall, warm shoes, hat, gloves. Sleeping bag and equipment for the tour. Wilderness guide, one dog team per person. Fullboard from dinner day 1 untill breakfast day 8. (Typical Lapland and Swedish food). Accommodations (2 nights at Saltoluokta mountain station, 5 nights in wilderness cabins).
Not included in the price:
Travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, international and domestic air fare.
Tour conditions:
Demanding and sometimes hard. This tour is more like a real expedition in a wild area without marked trails. In wilderness cabin we sleep on bunk beds in mixed room with both gentlemen’s and women’s. Dry toilet is available around the cabins.
Price:
19 200Sek/person (inkl. V.A.T.)
Single room supplement 250 Sek/night/person
The price is for a group of 2-6 persons during winterseason 2010.
Huskytour Lodge-to-Lodge
Tourcode HE-SW-102
January is the coldest but the most beautiful month. The silence and the light over the mountains is something that you can’t explain with words, you have to experience it by yourself on this husky tour. Mountains and vastness with the sun light going down around 4 pm, crystal white snow reflecting the moon, stars, and northern light (and your head torch). Your experiences will not be short of spiritual moments on this exceptional natural wonder tour. The tracks and the mountains are untouched and we will have the mountains for ourselves.
Arrival
When you arrive in Lapland, Storuman or Hemavan airport, you will go by car the last 100 km to Umnäs. The first thing we will do in Umnäs is to go and say hello to the dogs. After that we will have dinner at host home or something lighter like sandwich. We also take a look on what gear and clothes you need to borrow from us. We talk about the tour and how to mush the sled and dogs. The first night you will sleep in a nice Swedish home near your host and the dog yard.
Mushing day 1
You eat breakfast in your house around 8.00. Around 9.00 a clock we meet in the dog yard. Now we will have a lecture time in “how to drive” a team of dogs. After that it is time to pull the anchor, stand on the brake and GO FOR IT!
Överstjuktan is our first destination; the distance this day is 50 km. The dogs and we will have out door lunch after half way.
When we arrive to Överstjuktan and our lodge for the night we help each other to take care of the dogs, bring water, chop wood, make fire and feed the dogs. We eat dinner and get a good night sleep.
Mushing day 2
We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the dogs. After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are on our way around 10.30. Tärnasjön is our destination today; the distance this day is 60 km. The dogs and we will have out door lunch after half way. We will travel over a big mountain plateau down to Tärnasjön Lake. When we arrive to Tärnasjön lodge we help each other to take care of the dogs, bring water, chop wood, make fire and feed the dogs. We eat dinner and sleep at Tärnasjön lodge.
Mushing day 3
We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the dogs. After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are on our way around 10.30. This day we mush to Ammarnäs, 40 km. We start this day by mushing out on Tärnasjön Lake, than we mush up to a big mountain plateau. We will have outdoor or indoor lunch at Serve lodge before we go down to Ammarnäs valley. The first thing we do is to take care of the dogs. Ammarnäs is a little village with settlers and Sami people. Here we stay at the guesthouse in Ammarnäs, if you like we take a sauna and shower before dinner. Overnight at the guesthouse.
Mushing day 4
We feed the dogs around 8.00 before we go and eat breakfast. This day we go to Överstjuktan, 34 km from Ammarnäs. We start to climb uphill, mush over Guvertmountian and then we get a very nice and fanny downhill to the lake Överstjuktan. We go on a lake for 10 km and then the Victoria church appear. When we arrive to the lodge at Överstjuktan we help each other like the days before.
Last day on the mountain day 5
We will go out to the dogs around 7.30 before eating breakfast. We pack the sledges for the last time and are on our way to Umnäs 52 km. The last mushing day goes over mountains, lakes and in to a fairytale landscape of forest. We mush directly in to the dog yard; we take of the harnesses and let the dog lose in the yard. When we arrive to Umnäs we take a nice shower and eat dinner at hosts home and remember all things that happened during your Dogsledding adventure. Last overnight for this time in your cosy house in Umnäs.
Departure day
Breakfast in your house. Pack your bags and say goodbye to the dogs. We will eat lunch at our home, write the guest book and mark the maps over the tour (if you like).
Tour Name: Lodge-to-Lodge
Duration: 7 Days & 6 Nights
Temperatures: Day -5/-25C,Night -10/-30C
Arrival: 7 Jan
Mushing Days: 5 Days & 4 Nights
Departure: 13 Jan
Village Days: 2 Days & 2 Nights
Husky tour Crystal days & Northern Light II
Tourcode HE-SW-101
"Crystal days & Northern Light II" is similar to the huskytour “Crystal days & Northern Light I”. This is a tour for you that like to have the comfort of a base camp. On this tour we make daytrips from our village Umnäs and you spend all the nights in a cosy and warm Swedish house that we warm up with wood. Its also electricity, water and shower in the house. In the evening you can take a sauna and a bath in the snow…On the daytrips you will see beautiful areas in our home mountains Gardmountain. December is a beautiful month with a lot of Northern Light and the special light a cold December day is something you have experience, we don’t have words for that.
Arrival
When you arrive in Lapland, Storuman or Hemavan airport, you will go by car the last 100 km to Umnäs. The first thing we will do in Umnäs is to go and say hello to the dogs. After that we will have dinner at host home or something lighter like sandwich. We also take a look on what gear and clothes you need to borrow from us. We talk about your days with the dogs and how to mush the sled.
Mushing day 1-4
We harness the dogs in the dog yard; pack the sledges with lunch and the things you like to bring. Now we will have a lecture time in “how to drive” a team of dogs. After that it is time to pull the anchor, stand on the brake and GO FOR IT!
Out on this daytrips you will start to feel comfortable on the sled and learn all the basic about dogs and dogsledding. We mush around 40-50 km/day and you will go through fairy tale forest, deep valleys, frozen lakes and high mountain plateaus.
Departure day
Breakfast in your house. Pack your bags and say goodbye to the dogs. We will eat lunch at our home, write the guest book and mark the maps over your days in the wilderness (if you like).
Tour Name: Crystal days & Northern Light II
Duration: 6 Days & 5 Nights
Temperatures: Day -5/-30C,Night -10/-35C
Arrival: 16 Dec
Mushing Days: 4 Days
Departure: 21 Dec
Village Days: 6 Days & 5 Nights
Price: Please inquire !
Huskyexpedition - Crossing Lapland with dog sled
Tourcode HE-MH-108
From Jokkmokks forests in the east and up along the river valleys we travel during this husky expedition towards the mountains. We cross the extensive mountain moors high above the timber line over to the river Stora Luleälvens glen. This is a husky expedition for you who want to experience a travel straight through Lapland’s great areas, from the snow covered forest up to the bare mountains! We bring snowshoes on the tour and track wild animals as wolverine, reindeer, moose, lynx, hare, ptarmigan etc.
Day 1 - Arrival to Jokkmokk. We meet and give you information about the program for the following days. Together we have a nice dinner and check the equipment.
Day 2 - Jokkmokk - Juoksaure, the start of our wilderness adventure. After breakfast we go by car to our husky kennel. Here we will introduce you to the dogs and give you instructions in how to handle and drive a dog team. You will harness your dogs and make your sled ready for start. During this first day we will travel to a small hut located by a small river. Approx. 30 km
Day 3 - Laxholmen. We start from Juoksaure with the dog teams and travel west. Today we will cross over the big lake Laddon and we will also pass an area where moose usually stays. With the snowshoes we can track moose and other animals. Approx. 30 km
Day 4 - Årrenjarka, the small mountain village. Our journey goes further west through the low mountains and pass the mountain Farforita that go steep down 400 m straight into the lake Karats. This day will be tougher and we travel approx. 50km. During the day we stop for lunch over an open fire. In Årrenjarka we will be served a nice dinner and here we have the luxury with showers and sauna. Approx. 50km
Day 5 - Pårte, on the boarder to Sarek National park. We steer the dogs west up to the next mountain village, Kvikkjokk. We pass Kvikkjokk and go north along the Kings Trail. The cabin in Pårte lies next to the border of Sarek National park. Approx. 36 km Ca 36km
Day 6 - Aktse, the gate to Sarek. We turn our faces north and travel through old forests and over frozen lakes. All the time we will be surrounded of beautiful mountains. Aktse is maybe one of the most famous and well-reputed places in the Swedish mountains. Approx. 30km
Day 7 - Saltoluokta, over the tundra and back to “civilisation”. This day’s run goes up over the timber line. There will be no trees as long as we can see and we travel over windswept plateaus and mountain moors. We head back to Saltoluokta Mountain Station. A hot sauna, showers and a three-course dinner in the restaurant await us. Approx. 33 km
Day 8 - Departure day. Breakfast and then departure from Saltoluokta.
FACTS
Dates: 21-22 February 2010. Other dates on request.
Group size: Minimum 2 persons Maximum 6 persons.
Included in the price: Thermo overall, warm shoes, hat, gloves. Sleeping bag and equipment for the tour. Wilderness guide, one dog team per person. Fullboard from dinner day 1 untill breakfast day 8. (Typical Lapland and Swedish food). Accommodations (1 nights at Hotel Jokkmokk or Skabram Stugby, 5 nights in wilderness cabins and 1 night at Saltoluokta Mountain lodge).
Not included in the price: Travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, international and domestic air fare.
Tour conditions: Demanding and sometimes hard. This tour is more like a real expedition in a wild area without marked trails. In wilderness cabin we sleep on bunk beds in mixed room with both gentlemen’s and women’s. Dry toilet is available around the cabins.
Price:
Accommodations at Skabram Stugby: 18 475SEK per person (included Swedish V.A.T.) Cabins close to nature, four beds in each cabin.
Singel room supplement 150SEK/night/person. Breakfast basket. Singel room supplement Saltoluokta Mountain lodge 280SEK/night/person.
Accommodations at Hotel Jokkmokk: 19 200SEK per person (included Swedish V.A.T.) Hotel standard central located in Jokkmokk. Breakfast buffe.
Singel room supplement 260SEK/night/person.
Singel room supplement Saltoluokta Mountain lodge 280SEK/night/person.
Husky adventure weekend - II
Tourcode HE-TK-113
long husky adventure weekend in Lapland / late arrival
Day 1 - Thursday
Arrival to Kiruna airport in the evening/late night. Pick-up, transfer, dinner and overnight at our home base.
Day 2 - Friday
After breakfast issue of winter-clothes (Overall, boots, cap, mittens, facemask). Introduction "how to drive a dogsled". We pack our equipment and hit the trail with dogteams towards our adventure camp. Each participant drives an own team with 3-5 Alaskan Huskies. On our way we prepare a quick lunch on the trail. When we reach the camp, we take care about the dogs before we can enjoy dinner, sauna and a peaceful night.
Day 3 - Saturday
After breakfast we drive our dogteams back to the homebase for lunch. After lunch we get introduction into “how to handle a snowmobile”. We drive the machines to one of our camps and can try some icefishing before sauna and dinner.
Day 4 - Sunday
After breakfast we drive back to our home base. Before transfer to the airport we make a short visit to the world famous Icehotel.
Included: Warm clothes, activity-equipment and fullboard. Experienced guide, all transfers, group accommodation and entrance-fee to the Icehotel.
Dates: On demand from December to April
Price: SEK 7800, 00 / person
4-days husky adventure
Tourcode HE-BL-114
Our Wilderness Park offers a unique experience all year round. The park is a beautiful location in roadless countryside midway between the Kaitum and the Kalix, two of Sweden’s unspoiled rivers. You can travel here by snowmobile, dog team or on skis. The authentic atmosphere of the wooden sauna, wilderness restaurant and traditional Sami tents makes for an extremely relaxing environment, far from the stresses and strains of everyday life. We offer exclusivity and focus, never accommodating more than one group at a time.
1st day: Arrival at Kiruna airport for your husky adventure. Transfer to a hotel in Kiruna city. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Kiruna or in our lodge.
2nd day: After a great breakfastbuffet transportation by minibus to our lodge (if not in the day before), south of Kiruna city. Here we meet our guide and musher who briefs us about the coming program. We will meet the first time our companions for the coming some days: The lovely huskies. A lot of interesting information we get from our guide about handling and grooming the friendly animals. We learn how to handle the dogs and the equipment that is needed. After a delicioius lunch we head out for our adventure. 3 – 6 hours (depending on season and conditions) we drive through the beautiful landscape in the wilds of Lapland. Everyone drives his/her own dogteam. After we arrive at the wilderness camp, we install ourselves in the cosy kotas and enjoy a typical wood heated sauna. 2 course dinner and overnight in the camp
3rd day: After a rich breakfast we head out for a whole day with our huskies. Our trail leads through large swamps, forest and impressive arctic sceneries. Lunch we will enjoy around an open fire, in the middle of the winter beauty. After returning back to the camp we enjoy again a warm sauna and let pass all the great memories of the beautiful day. 2 course dinner and overnight in the camp.
4th day: After the breakfast we start to go back to the starting point. Depending on the departure of the plane we spend more or less time with the dogs on the way. After arrival at our lodge, short lunch and transfer back to the airport of Kiruna.
Departures
28.01.2010
18.03.2010
Group size
Minimum 3 persons
Prices 4 days/3 nights: SEK 9875/person from/to airport Kiruna
1 aditional night at the wilderness camp incl. fullboard: SEK 1´875
Included services
- Collective transfer from/to the airport Kiruna
- 3 overnights in the high standard wilderness camp
- guided activities and meals like program below
- English speaking guides
- Special equipment for the activities
10% off - last minute sleddog-weektour
10% - last minute discount on sleddog-weektour Dec. 6th-12th
Tourcode LM – TK – 0109 - NEW PRICE: SEK 12.400
Dog sledding weektour in Kiruna
This dogsledding tour is designed for those adventurers who wish to explore the many forests, rivers, lakes and the tundra areas of Swedish Lapland. It is a winter wonderland unequal in any other European region.
Besides the natural beauty and serenity our tour area contains an abundance of bird and animal life, including reindeer, the mainstay of the colourful sami people, moose and fox, with occasional sightings of wolverine, brown bear and lynx. During our tour season the northern lights are clearly viewable on most cloudless nights. Each visitor has an own sled dog team consisting of 3 to 5 huskies. They drive their own sled after learning the fundamentals of sled dogging.
An enjoyable part of this exeperience is that the visitors personally care for their dogs including their daily feeding. Since this is true wilderness experience there is no electricity in the cabins along the trails and candles provide the light, fires of native wood provide the heat.
Outline Itinerary:
Day 1. Arrival Kiruna airport/railway station, transfer to our home base, welcome dinner, tour orientation which includes examination of your personal gear to make sure that you are not missing any important items.
Day 2. Instruction in the basics of how to drive a dog team, handling the sled, harnessing your own dogs and other knowledge for a safe and enjoyable tour. Short training tour to get the feel of your dogteam and sled. Lunch before we pack our sleds and take off towards our wilderness lodge. Sauna and dinner before overnight at the lodge.
Day 3-6. Now on the trail exploring Lapland´s magnificence, and there is plenty to see during these tours. The route and lenght depend upon the weather and trail conditions. Lunch is usually on the trail, prepared over a cosy wood fire. At lunch time day 6 we return to home base camp for lunch, before we transfer You the 6km to the famous ICEHOTEL and nearby Sami museum for a guided tour. After the guided tour transfer back to home base in time for a optional snowmobile tour of ca. 2 hours before dinner and overnight.
Day 7. Saying good bye to your dogs and guides, your adventure of a lifetime ends at the airport or railway station, but the memories of this exclusive travel experience you take with you.
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Husky tour "Arctic Colours and Light"
Tourcode HE-SW-103
Arctic Colours & Light is the same husky tour route as lodge to lodge. Mountains and vastness with the sun light going down around 4 pm, crystal white snow reflecting the moon, stars, and northern light (and your head torch). Your experiences will not be short of spiritual moments on this exceptional natural wonder tour.The tracks and the mountains are untouched and we will have the mountains for ourselves.
Arrival
When you arrive in Lapland, Storuman airport, you will go by car the last 100 km to Umnäs. The first thing we will do in Umnäs is to go and say hello to the dogs. After that we will have dinner at host home or something lighter like sandwich. We also take a look on what gear and clothes you need to borrow from us. We talk about the tour and how to mush the sled and dogs. The first night you will sleep in a nice Swedish home near your host and the dog yard.
Mushing day 1
You eat breakfast in your house around 8.00. Around 9.00 a clock we meet in the dog yard. Now we will have a lecture time in “how to drive” a team of dogs. After that it is time to pull the anchor, stand on the brake and GO FOR IT! Norra Fjällnäs is our first destination; the distance this day is 50 km. The dogs and we will have outdoor or indoor lunch after half way. When we arrive to Norra Fjällnäs and our lodge for the night we help each other to take care of the dogs, bring water, chop wood, make fire and feed the dogs. We eat dinner and get a good night sleep.
Mushing day 2
We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the dogs.After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are on our way around 10.30. Tärnasjön is our destination today; the distance this day is 34 km. The dogs and we will have out door or indoor lunch after half way. We will travel over a big mountain plateau down to Tärnasjön Lake. When we arrive to Tärnasjön lodge we help each other to take care of the dogs, bring water, chop wood, make fire and feed the dogs. We eat dinner and sleep at Tärnasjön lodge.
Mushing day 3
We will get up around 7.30 and go out and feed the dogs.After that we have a nice breakfast before we pack our bags and sledges. We harness the dogs and are on our way around 10.30. This day we mush to Ammarnäs, 40 km. We start this day by mushing out on Tärnasjön Lake, than we mush up to a big mountain plateau. We will have outdoor or indoor lunch at Serve lodge before we go down to Ammarnäs valley. The first thing we do is to take care of the dogs. Ammarnäs is a little village with settlers and Sami people. Here we stay at the guesthouse in Ammarnäs, if you like we take a sauna and shower before dinner. Overnight at the guesthouse.
Mushing day 4
We feed the dogs around 8.00 before we go and eat breakfast. This day we go to Överstjuktan, 34 km from Ammarnäs. We start to climb uphill, mush over Guvertmountian and than we get a very nice and fanny down hill to the lake Överstjuktan. We go on a lake for 10 km and than the Victoria church appear. When we arrive to the lodge at Överstjuktan we help each other like the days before.
Ice fishing day/rest day 5
This day we stay in Överstjuktan lodge. You can choose to do ice fishing or rest. We have breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight at Överstjuktan lodge.
Last day on the mountain day 6
We will go out to the dogs around 7.30 before eating breakfast. We pack the sledges for the last time and are on our way to Umnäs 52 km. The last mushing day goes over mountains, lakes and in to a fairy tail landscape of forest.We mush directly in to the dog yard; we unharness the dogs and let them lose.When we arrive to Umnäs we take a nice shower and eat dinner at hosts home and remember all things that happened during your Dogsledding adventure.Last overnight for this time in your cosy house in Umnäs.
Departure day
Breakfast in your house. Pack your bags and say goodbye to the dogs. We will eat lunch at our home, write the guest book and mark the maps over the tour (if you like).
Tour Name: Arctic Colours and Light
Duration: 7 Days & 6 Nights
Temperatures: Day -5/-25C, Night -10/-30C
Arrival: 15 Jan
Mushing Days: 5 Days & 4 Nights
Departure: 21 Jan
Village Days: 2 Days & 2 Nights
