Adventure Travel Sweden: Lapland Multi-adventure with Reindeer Sledding & Northern Lights

Dates & Prices

Duration: 5 days

Dates/Period: Every Thursday-Monday between 09.12.10 and 31.03.11

Price: from £875/person

Accommodation: Two nights in hotel, two nights in wilderness cabin at reindeer camp, optional night at IceHotel

Required: General good health. No previous riding experience required. Max weight 90kg for riding. Minimum age 12.

Photos from top: 1,3: Nature Travels; 2: N.T. Nutti

Winter Other > Experience Lapland

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Lapland

Lapland is the name of the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people. Lapland includes the northern parts of Scandinavia and the Kola peninsula in Russia. A majority of the current population of this region has at least some Sámi ancestry. Under Swedish law reindeer herding may only be carried out by Sámi.

A multi-activity winter adventure in the far north of Swedish Lapland

Multi-activity holidays in Sweden: Lapland

Experience Lapland is a multi-activity winter experience led by a local Sámi guide in the far north of Swedish Lapland. Lapland is the land of the Sámi people, the indigenous people of this area. Your tour takes place deep inside the Arctic Circle. This area offers good chances to see a spectacular display of the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, in the nighttime sky, during your time in Lapland.

Experience Lapland combines winter outdoor activities with a chance to learn about the culture of the Sámi people and the reindeer and reindeer herding way of life that form its centre. You will have close encounters with the reindeer, try your hand at driving your own reindeer sled, sample traditional Lapland foods prepared over the fire in tipi and out in the snow-clad forests and hear stories of the life of a reindeer herder from your local guide.

Photo: Nature Travels

Using sturdy Icelandic horses, you will take a riding safari through the winter grounds of the moose on the search for moose and reindeer grazing in the forest - with luck you may encounter the mighty "King of the Forest" in its natural environment as well as see tracks and signs of the many smaller animals which inhabit the area (a snowshoe tour is also available as an alternative to riding if you wish) - before visiting the world-famous IceHotel to see the ice rooms and sample the unique atmosphere of this very special place.

Experience Lapland also includes a full day's dogsled tour out in the winter landscape - travelling on shared sled driven by a guide through the stark beauty of the Lapland winter world pulled by a team of huskies.

Accommodation at the start and end of your tour is in comfortable hotel cabin, with two nights in wilderness cabin at the reindeer camp. In the evening you have the chance to try a traditional wood-fired sauna - an exhilarating and atmospheric winter experience! If you wish, you can choose to spend a night in ice room at the IceHotel as an alternative to the reindeer camp for one night of the tour.

Lapland is a unique region which overwhelms the senses with its beauty and vastness - and Experience Lapland is an ideal way to get a taste of life in this remote and beautiful area of Sweden and the rich culture of the local Sámi people.