Recommended winter activities in and around Hetta - the nature centre, snow castle, Sami jewellery workshops and a trip to Juhl's Silver Gallery in Norway.
Other recommended activities in and around Hetta include Fell Lapland's Nature Centre and Sami exhibition, Hetta Snow Castle, a Sami jewellery-making workshop, Kautokeino's Juhl's Silver Gallery and Sami Museum, and our multi-activity winter adventure day packages. Outside our peak season of December through March we can put together a suggested week-long itinerary for you.
Hetta's Skierri nature centre sits at the far side of the village from our farm and is well worth the trip. It hosts one of the biggest Sami exhibitions in Lapland, 'Vuovjjuš / Wanderers', on the modern and historic importance of reindeer in the Sami way of life, plus other exhibitions, events and audio-visual shows in several languages.
The Skierri is also the starting point for the nearby Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, hiking and skiing trails such as the Nordkalottleden Trail, wilderness hut reservations and keys, fishing and hunting permits and other wilderness services, with local maps and nature books in its gift shop. Duration: as long as you want. Price: free if you go by yourself, €20 if you need transfers.
People travel from far and wide to visit Hetta's snow castle. Smaller than Sweden's internationally renowned ice-hotel, it has a charm of its own. Each year it is rebuilt from scratch over specially designed architectural balloons that support the blown snow, with tables and beds cut from metre-deep lake ice, recessed lighting setting the mood of each room, and illuminated ice sculptures to admire.
The keenest can arrange a night in the ice castle for an extra fee. Most are happy to hear how it is made from the innovative owner over the tour. Duration: c. 40 mins. Price: €8. Minimum group size: 5 people or €40. Includes a guided tour with hot drinks and biscuits served in the ice bar.
Adventure mornings and adventure days are aimed at first-time clients at the farm and include mushing. The cultural package, arctic sports package and doggy-farm package are aimed at clients who have already completed one of our multiday husky safaris and do not include mushing.
Real wilderness, 200+ huskies, eighteen winters in.