Winter Adventure Finland: A family winter holiday adventure for those of you who want to try a variety of novel winter activities, love to be out in the nature, have time to relax or you your own thing and like comfortable accommodation. You will drive a snowmobile and take a day husky safari and snowshoe through the silence of the winter snow.
Dates: Your family winter holiday adventure in Finland trip can start any day of the week during season (December 7th – 21st April), although most choose to arrive on a Saturday. Please contact us with your preferred dates for availability at info@huskyholidays.co.uk.
Kuusamo, Finland
Transfer from the airport to the hotel for the start of your family winter holiday in Finland. Dinner and perhaps opportunity for a swim and sauna at the hotel. Accommodation in simple double rooms.
Dressing and preparing for snowmobile safari. Driving and safety instructions before starting on a 40- 60km long snowmobile safari on challenging trails, through wild forest and wide swamps and lakes. You may meet reindeers and birds and see traces from moose and snow hares. On the way, lunch will be served by a fire. Duration of tour is about 4 to 6 hours. Two persons per snowmobile. Older children can sit of the back of adults snowmobile, younger children can ride in a sledge towed behind. Single snowmobile booking is possible at extra cost of £65 per person. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
Free day to explore the surroundings on your own, join our other activities like skiing, visit the village, go downhill skiing or just relax in the sauna and swimming pool.
After dinner you can spend the evening outside near the hotel around a campfire. Marshmallows and pancakes to eat whilst you listen to stories of Finnish life, nature and the wild animals. Around 2 hours.
Transfer to a husky farm after breakfast. After arrival the guide give information about the coming day and getting to know the lovely sled dogs. Then follows a short introduction how to handle a sled and the dogs. Two guests per sled, one driving and the other one sitting in the sled. Younger children share a sled with an adult in a large family sled. During the day lunch around an open fire. In the afternoon we arrive back to farm, enjoy coffee and tea and transfer to hotel, sauna and dinner.
During the day you get to know about a reindeer farmer’s day and you might also have chance to have a sled ride with these cute animals. Included: transfers to Reindeer-farm and back to hotel, light snacks and coffee/tea at the Reindeer farm, dinner at the hotel.
Feel the snow under your shoes and enjoy the fresh air. Guide will have some stories about the Finnish forest and the tracks of animals. And soon we arrive at the fishing spot – who gets the first fish?
Included: breakfast, fishing equipment, lunch around an open fire, dinner at the hotel.
Free day to explore the surroundings on your own. Visit the village, join our other activities, go downhill skiing or just relax and enjoy the wellness and sauna. For the last dinner, you can taste local meals from the buffet.
Breakfast and transfer to the airport for your homeward departure and share memories and photos of your family winter holiday in Finland.
The order of programme may vary slightly depending on weather conditions, preferences and availability.
Saturday to Saturday may be possible subject to request and confirmation.
Getting there: nearest airport is Kuusamo (60km). Direct flights possible with Tui from Manchester or from London with short layover.
Snowmobiling in the Evening – have more adventure with an evening snowmobile safari, driving your snowmobile through the Finnish winter twilight!
Cross Country Skiing Tuition
Downhill Skiing
Extra Day Husky Safari
Extra Day Snowmobile
3 star hotel with cosy and modern rooms – all en suite, restaurant, bar, swimming pool and sauna. Nearby is a small downhill skiing centre, ski-jump tower and the trails for cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, winter hiking. The village is a short walk away.
