Lapland Under the Northern Lights

Day 1: Welcome to Helsinki

• Helsinki
• Check-in 4 * hotel in Helsinki

When you arrive in Helsinki, you will check into a four-star hotel in the heart of the city. As a result, all of the best restaurants, coffee shops, and shops in this modern city are within walking distance of one another.

Day 2: Helsinki – Rovaniemi

• Breakfast, Helsinki
• Panoramic bus tour of Helsinki
• Overnight train Helsinki – Rovaniemi

After breakfast, you will embark on a sightseeing bus tour of Helsinki. You will see the city’s historical center, including Senate Square in late-classical style, Alexander II’s monument, the stone house of Sederholm, the Parliament building, and the Assumption Cathedral. You will also see the original church in the rock and the Sibelius monument. You take the train to Rovaniemi in the evening.

Day 3: Rovaniemi

• Arrival in Rovaniemi
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel check-in
• Aurora Borealis adventure

Upon arrival in Rovaniemi, you will be met by our driver and taken by car to your hotel. After checking into the hotel, you can unwind until the evening. In the evening, you will be driven to the Sami wilderness. You will walk through a snow-covered landscape to a remote location on the banks of a beautiful river to get a better view of Lapland’s Northern Lights. By the fire, you will hear Lapland legends and have a bite of sausage. You will then drive back to your hotel.

Day 4: Santa Claus Village

• Breakfast, Rovaniemi
• Santa Claus safari, Rovaniemi
• Snowmobile safari, Rovaniemi
• Reindeer farm, Rovaniemi
• Reindeer ride, Rovaniemi
• Lappish lunch, Rovaniemi
• Bus tour Rovaniemi – Kakslauttanen
•  Hotel check-in Kaksauttanen
• Local Finnish dinner

After breakfast, you will depart on a Santa Claus safari. You will be transported by snowmobile to a reindeer farm to learn about the northern Saami people, why the reindeer is a Saami cultural symbol, and how to care for reindeer. After that, you will ride reindeer across the Arctic Circle and receive an Arctic Circle crossing certificate. Then, proceed to Rovaniemi’s well-known Santa Claus Village to meet Santa, who adores both children and adults. Postcards can also be sent from the North Pole Post Office.
You’ll be dropped off at your hotel in time for your afternoon bus to Kakslauttanen. After checking into the Kakslauttanen hotel, enjoy a traditional Finnish dinner. The village where you’ll be staying provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the Northern Lights.

Day 5: Husky Safari

• Breakfast, Kaksauttanen
• Husky safari
• Local Finnish dinner

You will go on a 2-hour dog sledding safari after breakfast. We will give you warm thermal clothing. The dogs are a friendly, fun group who enjoy showing visitors around. We will demonstrate how to steer the sled, as well as turn and stop. You’ll get a lot of practice driving a dog team with two people on it. After the trip, you’ll warm up with a cup of hot coffee while the guide tells you about husky life.

Evening you will enjoy a local Finnish dinner.

Day 6: Sami Culture

• Breakfast, Kaksauttanen
• Bus Kaksauttanen – Inari
• Hotel check-in Inari
• Visit Inari resident’s home

Following an early breakfast, you will board a bus bound for Inari.
Inari is the northern cultural capital, with an unrivaled atmosphere and history. You will have a truly magical experience here. You’ll be immersed in the traditions of traditional Finnish Lapland and the indigenous Sami people. We will invite you as a guest into the home of a local Inari resident after you check into the hotel. Tula is your gracious hostess. She lives in a remote area on the shores of Lake Muddus with her reindeer. You’ll get to know the herd and feed them while learning about reindeer husbandry and Tuula’s life.

Day 7: Siilda Museum

• Breakfast, Inari
• Siida Museum
• Bus Inari – Rovaniemi
• Overnight train Rovaniemi-Helsinki

After breakfast, you will visit the open-air Siida Museum in the heart of Northern Lapland’s Sami area. Here you can experience Sami culture as well as the diversity of Lapland’s natural beauty. This museum is known as the Finnish Sami spiritual and material collection. You board a bus at noon and arrive in Rovaniemi around 5:30 p.m. Your overnight train back to Helsinki departs late at night.

Day 8: Final Day of Lapland Tour

• Arrival in Helsinki

On the last day of your Lapland tour, you will arrive in Helsinki early in the morning.