Rovaniemi is an urban city surrounded by arctic nature, where Lappish culture and a wide range of activities meet. In Rovaniemi you can visit Santa Claus and cross the Arctic Circle every day of the year!
And experiences polar day between 7 June and 6 July (30 days) .
Auroras are visible from September to mid-April in Rovaniemi. Touirist can stay either inside the Romvaniemi town, or the resorts near by, and join to Auroras shuting tours in nighttime uring the season.
Arrive Rovaniemi, Finland
Upon arrival, meet and transfer to check in Kätkävaara Aurora Apartments.
Enjoy the dinner at hotel.
22:30 Pick up at hotel lobby, start the Northern Lights trip on foot – legendary program and the best chance to see Northern Lights. The progranmme take 2.5hrs. Then back to hotel and overnight.
Breakfast at hotel.
Morning pick up at hotel and join in the tour to visit a Reindeeer Farm and Wild Forest. Visit a local reindeer farm and introduce yourself to the lives of reindeer herders. Meet wild and trained safari reindeers.
Afterwards go searching “wild reindeers” and other animals and birds in the forest. With some luck we might see a moose, fox or lynx or wild birds on a wilderness lake. Light lunch is offered during the safari. Anyway you will see the large forests and feel the spirit of the wilds. Return to hotel has dinner and get rest.
22:30 Pick up at hotel lobby and start the Auroras by ATV (Quad Bike. This tour is for adults only. You don’t need a driving license.) Go searching Northern Lights to the area that you can reach by these vehicles only.
The programme take 2.5hrs. Then back to hotel and overnight in hotel. (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner included)
Breakfast at hotel.
Pick up at hotel, join in the tour to visit a Husky Farm and Summer Safari. 2 hours program with 30 minute husky cart tour (approximately 4-5 km). Huskies are not born fit, it takes lots of preparation and conditioning before the dogs are as fit as they can be. Visit the kennel and get a feel for how the dogs are prepared to be the amazing athletes that they are. The enthusiastic dogs will happily take you down the forest trail for an unforgettable experience. For the animal welfare reasons, offer husky cart rides only, if the temperature is less than +10C.
Return to hotel and get rest. Lunch on guest own account. Dinner provided in hotel.
22:30 Pick up at hotel lobby and start Northern Lights trip on foot – the second chance on the best viewing point. Back to hotel, free and overnight.
Breakfast at hotel. Check out .
Morning pick up at hotel. Have the tour visit to Arctic Circle and Santa Claus village.
Brings you to the Arctic Circle, where you get the Arctic Circle crossing certificate. The Arctic Circle is a line visible on the map, north of which the sun can be seen above the horizon even at midnight during the summertime. Contrastingly, during the winter the sun stays below the horizon for a certain time. As a unique memory everybody gets the official Arctic Circle crossing certificate. It is available in many languages.
The Santa Claus Village is a unique meeting place where hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world come to meet Santa Claus on every day of the year. Make friends and relatives happy by ordering a Santa Claus Letter, which will be sent by Santa Claus before Christmas. All post will be stamped by hand using the special postmark of the Santa Claus Post Office.
P.S. The secret behind the red post box; all letters put through here will be sent for here.
Afterward transfer to Rovaniemi and check in the hotel. Free and overnight. (Lunch & Dinner on your own account)
Breakfast at hotel.
Morning pick up at hotel and transfer to the Ranua Zoo is approximately one-hour south of Rovaniemi by car. Upon arrival, you will take a stroll through the zoo, where you can see the interesting animals and birds that live at the "top of the world!". You will be able to dine in the cozy restaurant or by open fire, visit all kinds of souvenir shops including the Fazer chocolate shop and the wine shop, where they sell unique wines made from wild berries found locally, such as cloudberries, lingonberries and bilberries.
The Ranua Wildlife Park, established 1983, specializes in arctic and northern animal species. The spacious animal fencings are located in the midst of northern conifer forests, the natural habitat of most of the animals. You can see the only polar bears living in Finland, as well as 50 other arctic and northern animal species, in all and all 200 individuals, at the Ranua Wildlife Park. The animals live in spacious fencings in the midst of northern wide forests, in their as authentic natural environment as possible.
Later afternoon transfer to Rovaniemi Airport to board the flight to Helsinki and connect with your flight home.
Arrive your sweet home.