Reindeer Farm Visit
from €75DurationAbout 2-3 hours
Minimum Group Size2
Per person€75
Reindeer Farm Visit
Visit one of the largest working reindeer herding enterprises in Enontekio to learn about Sami culture, feed the reindeer, try the lasso and enjoy a Lappish lunch.
About 2-3 hoursDuration
2Minimum group size
Visit one of the largest working reindeer herding enterprises in Enontekio. The owners also run one of the northernmost horse stables in Finland, breeding two breeds of trotters, Finnish Horses and American WB Horses, and Miina will happily field questions about life in the north.
Short visit option
from €25DurationAbout 2-3 hours
Minimum Group Size2
Detailpreferably Thursdays
One hour without lunch for€25
- One of Enontekio's largest working reindeer herding enterprises
- Sami culture and reindeer husbandry up close
- Feed the reindeer and meet the babies in the corral
- See a lasso demonstration and try it yourself
- Lappish lunch around an open fire
01
Life in Enontekio
You will learn how people live and have lived in Enontekio, and how the ancient herding lifestyle changed with the machines of the 21st century: the reindeer's life-cycle, winter fodder and how it reaches free-roaming herds, how herders know their own animals, and how families still gather for ear-marking and for sorting reindeer for culling or deworming. Expect surprises, from shoes insulated with newspaper rather than grass to why herders appreciate the dreaded summer mosquito.
02
Feeding the reindeer and the lasso
A highlight is feeding some of the reindeer and meeting the babies in the corral. Everyone also sees a lasso demonstration and gets to try a throw themselves.
03
Lunch in the Kota
In the Kota, a Lappish cottage, hot drinks and a lunch of reindeer sausage, Lappish bread and salad are served around an open fire, with dried reindeer meat to taste (a vegetarian option is available upon prior request) and more talk of Sami culture and reindeer husbandry. Reindeer skins, antlers and meat are for sale.
Good to know
- Languages
- Finnish, Swedish, English and German
Ready when you are
Real wilderness, 200+ huskies, eighteen winters in.