Mid-Length Safaris

Mid-Length Safaris

Two half-day safaris: the 12km Frozen Lakes and the 20km Magic of Winter, both crossing the frozen Lake Ounasjarvi.

Through the winterSeason
12 km or 20 kmDistances
€160 per adultPrice from

Two half-day runs, both of them out across the ice of Lake Ounasjarvi and back to the farm by sleigh.

The same on every safari here

  • 2 to 4 hours, half a day at most
  • A farm visit is included either way
  • Book ahead and your team is harnessed and waiting, with the farm visit at the end
  • Turn up unbooked and you help harness the team, or children take the farm tour first while we prepare it
  • Both cross Lake Ounasjarvi, whose ice is over a metre thick every winter
  • Available right through the winter

Frozen Lakes

from €160
Distance12 km
Total time2.5 - 3 hrs
On the sledapprox. 2 hrs
RouteMarshes, rivers and forest glades, then out across Lake Ounasjarvi to the southern shore
The breakA lakeside mokki with small groups on warmer days, otherwise the underfloor-heated farm kota
Adult€160
Child, 3 to 12€100
Solo or guide-driven sleigh€260

What is included

  • Farm visit
  • Driving instructions
  • 12 km safari
  • Hot drinks and a traditional forest bun

Magic of Winter

from €205
Distance20 km
Total timeapprox. 3.5 hrs
On the sledapprox. 2.5 hrs
RouteTight tracks full of ups, downs and corners, then marshes, forest glades and frozen rivers, crossing Lake Ounasjarvi about half way
The breakA local mokki, for a taste of the lakeside holiday-home life most Finns aspire to
If you want itLearn to look after your own team at the breaks, and tuck them into their kennels at the end
Adult€205
Child, 3 to 12€135
Solo or guide-driven sleigh€350

What is included

  • Farm visit
  • 20 km safari
  • Hot drinks
  • Finnish squeaky cheese with cloudberry jam, or forest cakes

Ready when you are

Real wilderness, 200+ huskies, eighteen winters in.