Winter Wonder Week

Today your adventure in Finnish Lapland begins, with snowy landscapes, endless forests and adventure waiting for you. During the transfer from Rovaniemi airport to your accommodation in Salla, you can already enjoy the beautiful wintry views. 

You stay in a double or family lodge at Salla Wilderness Lodges, high on a ridge overlooking the Arctic landscape. Through the large panoramic windows you look out over the old pine forests, with the fells of Sallatunturi in the background. You even have that beautiful view from your bed! With a private sauna inside and a private hot tub outside, this is the perfect place to warm up after a day full of adventure. The restaurant and reception are right next to the lodges, as is the new Salla National Park.

On wide cross-country skis, you glide through the deep, soft snow of the forests around Salla. No experience is needed: the guide first teaches you the basics, and then you set off at an easy pace on a gentle route. Halfway you stop at a traditional kota, a Lappish hut with a fire in the middle. There the guide cooks a proper outdoor lunch, with hot meat soup, bread and coffee or hot juice to warm you up again.

• Ski equipment
• Lunch with meat soup, bread and biscuits
• Hot and cold drinks

After a short driving lesson from the guide, you set off with your own team of huskies for a tour of about 5 hours through Lapland’s varied landscape. Each sled has room for one passenger, while the driver stands at the back. Halfway you swap places, so everyone gets to drive a good stretch. Along the way the guide prepares a proper lunch in the wilderness, so you can catch your breath before the dogs want to run on. A whole day away from it all, with just the snow, the forest and your pack of enthusiastic huskies.

• Warm overalls, safari boots and mittens
• Lunch in the wilderness
• The driver must be at least 18 years old

A whole day of unhurried adventure in the snowy wilderness with reindeer. After a short briefing from the guide, you drive your own sleigh, following the guide. Children under 13 ride in the sleigh with a parent. Along the way you help feed the reindeer mothers and calves, and in a traditional kota there’s plenty of time for a hearty lunch. There you’ll also learn how to catch a reindeer with a suopunki, the traditional lasso.

• Warm overalls, safari boots and mittens
• Lunch in a kota

On snowshoes, you make your way through the wintry forest at your own pace, an age-old way of getting around in the snow that you’ll master in no time. Along the way the guide tells you about the nature and the animals, and you can ask anything you want to know. One of the highlights of the walk is an impressive ice wall, and if you like, you can try your hand at ice fishing. In a traditional hut you warm up with a light lunch and a hot drink.

• Warm overalls, safari boots and mittens
• Light lunch and hot drinks

On day 8 you travel back to the Netherlands. A transfer takes you to the airport in Rovaniemi, from where your flight back to Amsterdam departs. 

Today your adventure in the far north begins. You travel towards Norway, where snowy landscapes, endless forests and hopefully a good dose of winter magic await you.

When darkness falls, you head into the silent forest on snowshoes with the guide, far away from any lights. As your eyes adjust to the dark, the snow, the stars and the moon show you the way, and sometimes even the northern lights. Along the way, the guide tells you about Arctic nature and gives you tips for capturing the northern lights beautifully on camera.