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Experience the Midnight Sun and other summer activities in Rovaniemi, Lapland. Summer is the time to stay awake and spend a stress-free vacation wandering in pristine nature and breathing the cleanest air in the world.

DAY 1
Arrival to Rovaniemi airport or railway station.
Transfer to your hotel. Check-in. Free time.

DAY 2
Breakfast in the hotel.
11:00 Rovaniemi City Tour and visiting Santa Claus Village

You can meet Santa Claus and cross the magical Arctic Circle at the Santa Claus Village in Lapland in Finland. Santa Claus spends his time at the Santa Claus Village every day of the year to take care of his mission in life: enhancing the wellbeing of children and the kindness of grown-ups, as well as spreading the message of  love and goodwill of the Christmas Spirit throughout the globe. Rovaniemi is The Official Home of Santa Claus.

14:00 Rovaniemi City Tour and Visiting the Arktikum museum
Arktikum provides information on Arctic issues and tells stories about Lapland. An Arktikum exhibition is an enormous information package of what’s going on today in the evolving Arctic region. It will also educate you about Lappish history, culture and nature from Rovaniemi to the further reaches of Upper Lapland. Arktikum is your source of knowledge when travelling to the North.

21:00 Arctic Midnight Sun tour with a picnic
Price: 105€/adult, 85€/child 4-12 years
Duration: 2-2,5 hours.
It’s past midnight but the sun is still on the horizon – that is what the Arctic Summer is. There is no sunset for almost 70 days in Northern Finland and the sun is visible for 24 hours. We will take a hike through a small forest and set up a campfire to keep warm and cook delicious dinner to enjoy that amazing and unique natural phenomenon.

DAY 3
Breakfast in the hotel.
Free time or Visiting the Reindeer farm
Price: 130 €/adult, 99 €/child 4-12
Reindeer invite you to visit them: detailed familiarization with the private life of the reindeer and their daily work and relaxation. In a traditional Lapp hut you will be “baptized” according to all rules of the North.

Wild berries and mushroom picking tour
Price: 105 €/adult, 75 €/child
Lapland is the world’s largest area for picking organic berries and mushrooms. Wild berries and mushrooms can be freely picked in Finland’s forests by everybody and we will drive you to secret berries and mushrooms places where you can find planty of them. Our experienced guide will help to avoid a poisonous ones and will tell you about Lappish nature. During our walk we fill up our baskets and of course taste some berries. We will have a break and taste some local snacks with coffee and juice. The berries under the midnight sun are the tastiest – just come and check it.

DAY 4
Breakfast in the hotel.
Excursion to husky farm
Price: 140 €/adult, 110 €/child 4-12 y.o.
Professional dog-breeders will introduce you to the Huskies’ life, daily routine and work at the farm. You will pass a brief course of “the young dog-breeder” after which you will leave on a shord safari on a wooden summer sleighs. On your way back home you will be offered hot berry juice, tea or coffee and cookies.

Traditional Lappish evening in the wilderness with dinner and sauna year round
Price: 160 €/adult, 110 €/child 4-12 y.o.
Join us for a quiet night in a wood burned sauna and get ready for the Arctic lake swimming. It is one of the most popular Rovaniemi tours – an evening in Lappish sauna, followed by a delicious dinner. We will teach you how to fire up a Finnish sauna and tell about Finnish sauna traditions. The classic Nordic way is to spend 5-10 minutes in the sauna and then jump into ice cold water, that we will do in a lake near the sauna. After this unique Finnish Spa experience, it’s time to get back to our little wooden cottage to enjoy delicious Finnish dinner – smoked salmon by the fireplace.

DAY 5
Breakfast in the hotel. Check out till 12:00. Transfer to the airport or train station.