WINTER & SPRING SAFARIS
HUSKY TOURS
SNOWMOBILE SAFARIS
YEAR-ROUND PRODUCTS
WARM WEATHER ADVENTURES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
We offer three lengths of unforgettable multi-day husky safaris; a 2-day, 3-day and 5-day tour.
Each of these safaris can be purchased as a standalone expedition or as a seamless all-inclusive package with accommodation and meals organised by us for the night before and after the tour - essentially so you can focus on the adventure and not on the logistics.
Our flagship 5-DAY WILDERNESS MUSHING SAFARI runs in late March and early April and can be purchased as a 'ground-only' expedition, or as either a 7-day package or as a premier 8-day package with room and board either side and an additional day in Hetta in which to experience additional arctic activities and make the most of your time in Lapland.
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We have three verions of our 2-DAY SAFARI. Our traditional Polar Night Safari stays overnight at the husky kennel itself, in our traditional kota building in which the beds are arranged around a central fireplace. This is a great option for those wanting as much hands-on time with the dogs as possible; from walking oldies, to working with the pups and helping us with feeding or bedding or even fitting in an aurora snowmobile tour.
Our 2-day wilderness safari option is a very similar tour in terms of mushing distance but the night is spent in a wilderness cabin away from the farm.
For those arriving to us by bus who may be short of time, we occassionally offer an abridged version of the 2-day tour called the Northern Lights Night. This safari is tied to the bus schedule and begins at c.4pm when the first bus into Hetta arrives. It concludes at the standard time the following day. On the first evening, rather than doing our standard day safari, we will go out with the dogs to look for the aurora as part of a northern lights husky tour.
In terms of availability, we tend to offer a couple of our 2-day kota and wilderness tours over Christmas and New Year and then sporadically through the season according to demand and guiding capacity. The nothern-lights night we only offer on request.
We again have two versions of our 3-DAY Husky Safari (in addition, of course, to the option to be booked online as a standalone expedition or as an all-inclusive (effectively 5-day) package).
In the first option the first night is spent at the farm and the second night in a wilderness cabin. This is called the 3-Day Taiga Tour.
The second option is called the 3-day Palojoki Taiga Tour and includes 2 nights out in wilderness cabins.
We recommend, if you purchase the Palojoki tour, opting for the package so that you can also experience one night at the farm.
NB: Some years we hardly offer any 3-day tours because our focus is very much on our flagship 5-day tours. However, if there is sufficient interest from potential clients - particularly from larger groups - we can sometimes offer these tours somewhat spontaneously.
| Multiday Tour Options | Northern Lights Night | 2-day Polar Night Tour | 2-day Wilderness Tour | 3-day Taiga Tour | 3-day Palojoki Tour | 5-day Arctic Mushing Safari |
| No. of Days of Mushing | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Nights accommodation (Safari) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Nights of Accommodation (Package) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 (7 day package) or 7 (8 day package) |
| Distance | c.45km | c.70km | c.70km | c.90km | c.90km | c.200km |
| Ground-only Price | €600 | 700 | €830 | €1250 | €1350 | €1875 |
| Package Price | X | €890 | €990 | €1430 | €1530 | €2060 (7 Day) €2160 (8 Day) |
| Child Price (Seated) | From €435 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy | Intermediate | Intermediate | Intermediate | Intermediate | Intermediate |
Can my child come too?
NB: We get asked so frequently about optimal participation ages for children that we have included a note about this here. Please see our FAQ page for other freqently asked questions.
Children participating in multiday tours who are driving their own sleighs, are charged as adults. We only include a child price for the shortest overnight tours since, although we don't recommend children sitting in a sleigh for the whole day, we are occassionally persuaded that it would suit certain children. Please note also that although we have had children as young as 9 driving their own sleighs within a family group on the longer tours, April is the best month for this (longer, warmer days, etc) and we are unlikely to take a child younger than c. 12 within a standard mixed-age adult group since it wouldn't be fair on the other clients.
Again, the later in the season, the better, when kids are involved. FYI: We sometimes get a number of enquiries from small family groups at the same time. When this happens we can try to put the families with children together, so please be flexible with your dates.
