Day 1 – Visiting Santa Claus
Welcome to Rovaniemi. After passport and customs clearance, you will meet your guide and driver, and we will depart for Santa Claus Village, a short distance away. VISIT TO SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE Santa Claus Village is known as Santa Claus's home and is especially popular during the winter months. It is famous for its traditional Sami houses and snow-covered landscapes. You can visit Santa Claus's house and convey your special information. You can also send a letter to Santa Claus's post office or send it to your loved ones via the red postal service, ensuring it arrives by the next Christmas. The village is full of souvenir shops, local handicrafts, and cafes in Christmas rooms. There are fun activities and shows to choose from. Santa Claus Village, a perfect place for people of all ages to experience the magical atmosphere of Christmas, is a great place to experience traditional Sami celebrations and the world of Santa Claus. Santa Claus Village is located all around the Arctic Circle, and the polar line is marked by a blue line of light. After our visit to Santa's Village, we head to our hotel in Rovaniemi city center. On the way, we change into our thermal clothing at the safari office before checking into our hotel.
OVERNIGHT IN ROVANIEMI
Day 2 – Safari with Santa's Reindeer
Dasher, the Dancer, Prancer, Vixen Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed and their relatives are at your service!
Following a briefing from our local safari guide about reindeer and reindeer sleigh rides, we'll experience a reindeer sleigh ride. After our reindeer sleigh ride through the snow-covered Lapland forest, you'll enjoy relaxing moments around a campfire in a traditional Lapland tent, listening to stories. Here, after learning about the Arctic Circle and its inhabitants, you can also obtain a "Reindeer Changing Certificate." After the tour, we return to our hotel.
Safari with the World's Cutest Dogs: Huskies
This morning, we also depart for a husky farm and can visit huskies, perhaps the cutest dogs in the world. Today, we will learn how to guide the husky dogs in our team, show you how fast these adorable creatures can pull sleds, and observe how energetic these cute friends are despite their love of running. You will enjoy an elegant sled ride through quiet, snow-covered landscapes. Afterwards, we will chat with our local safari guide about huskies around a fire in a kota, a traditional Lappish hut, while enjoying warm forest fruit tea and cinnamon cookies. Weather conditions and pressure loss do not change the sledding time.
Day 3 - Icebreaker Boat Tour
After breakfast, we depart for Kalix, Sweden, a 170 km long icebreaker from Rovaniemi, for an icebreaker activity. We are traveling. During our journey, we arrive at the port of Axelsvik, bordering Sweden. He said he laughed at how the ice on the frozen sea was breaking during the 3-hour journey on the world's largest tourist icebreaker. Halfway through our journey, in the middle of the icy sea, we put on thermal suits specially designed to survive in cold waters and keep us hydrated, and we swim in the pool formed by the ice breaking on the ship. After our tour, which is included in National Geographic's list of must-try activities, we can join you for lunch in the Swedish fishing village of Kullolaforsen. After lunch, return to Rovaniemi.
Overnight at our hotel in Rovaniemi
Day 4 – Snowmobile Safari
Snowmobile Safari This morning, we concluded our snowy adventure through the unique snowy nature of Lapland and the fun of snowmobiling. The best way to get to the heart of nature and return. During this fun safari, you will learn how to operate a snowmobile and travel through a frozen river valley and snow-covered forests. From the hills, you will enjoy beautiful views of the river valley. Enjoy it. During the safari, we take a break to enjoy hot drinks and experience the tranquility of the wilderness. Two people per snowmobile. You can change drivers at rest stops halfway through. Free time for lunch.
And afterwards, a visit to the Ice Hotel
The Ice Hotel is a popular attraction, open every day from December 15th to April 1st. It is one of the largest snowdrifts located above the Arctic Circle. The Snow Hotel is designed differently each year. The walls and furniture surfaces of these unique snow and ice rooms can be customized with ice and snow art and equipped with different light fixtures. The temperature in the rooms ranges from 0 to -5°C. During your visit, you will have the opportunity to admire breathtaking snow and ice structures, exquisite ice sculptures, and exquisitely designed rooms, the Ice Bar, the Ice Restaurant, and the Snow Sauna, which is said to be the only one of its kind.
