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5 days - Follow Eugene Levy's travels with a stay in the TreeHouse Hotel.
The Arctic TreeHouse Hotel is situated in the forest within the Santa Park at Rovaniemi. With spectacular views over the treetops, the TreeHouse suites offer an exclusive combination of local tradition, Lappish heritage and modern Scandinavian design.
For the adventurous amongst us, you can combine exhilarating activities such as dog sledding and snowmobiling. For the romantics out there, hunting the dancing colours of the Northern Lights is one for the bucket list. For those with children, Santa and his many helpers are waiting to say 'hello', busy in any season. If you want to enjoy ice fishing and ice floating like Eugene Levy, we can add these into your program.
As a Certified B Corporation, 50 Degrees North has designed this tour using handpicked local hoteliers and suppliers who share our ethos of delivering services and activities of high social and environmental standards.
The CO2-e per person per day of all tours is carefully measured following each season. We fully offset all emissions of our tours on your behalf, and we constantly look at ways to reduce emissions where possible.
Transfers from Rovaniemi Airport to the TreeHouse Hotel (5 mins from airport) and luggage transfer to your room.
Winter Season inclusions:
Summer, Spring and early Autumn inclusions on request.
Visit authentic reindeer farm outside of Rovaniemi and enjoy unforgettable sleigh ride through the snowy forests.
The tour is guided by professional photographer, who will take the most memorable photos from the visit and will send them to your email afterwards!
You will meet the reindeer herder family who have been practising reindeer herding at least 5 generations in this traditional farm. During your visit you will explore everyday life in the farm, get to feed the reindeers and take 2 km ride on a sleigh pulled by reindeers. You will also hear some great stories and facts about reindeer herding in Lapland and how it is an integral part of the nature and culture in Northern Finland.
After breakfast head out for a husky safari. Even close to Rovaniemi centre, the wilderness surrounds you. The eager dogs await for you for a speedy ride in the sledges, you will mushing in teams of two for a 5km ride. Children travel in a sleigh with the guide. After the ride you have time to get familiar with the dogs and hear about their daily life.
In the evening, experience the magic of Lapland on an electric snowmobile. Ride your eSleds to the top of a hill, far from the city lights – an ideal place for watching the Northern Lights. You will stop to observe and admire the night sky and stars, and, if we are lucky, see the Northern Lights as well. The guide will help you with camera settings if you wish to take pictures. During the stop warm yourself by the fire in a private hunting cabin and enjoy a Finnish style grilling.
After breakfast, head out to explore the surrounding nature on Snowshoes.
Snowshoeing is one of the best ways to move in deep snow. Dating back at least 3500 years, this ancient form of winter hiking is ideal for exploring Lappish nature offering great opportunities for photography. Snowshoes grant us access to remote areas allowing us to connect with untouched nature and take in the glorious atmosphere of Arctic forests.
From Rovaniemi we will travel by minivan to our location hidden in the woods. During th excurions we will have a break in an authentic Lappish Kota shelter where we will build a campfire and enjoy some snacks while photographing Arctic nature. If we are in luck, we may encounter some wildlife during our adventure.
Afternoon is yours to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the hotel or book alternative activities. If the skies are clear, look out for the magical Northern Lights.
After breakfast, transfer to Rovaniemi airport.
All prices listed are per person, based on two adults sharing a double suite (without kitchenette). Twin suite (with kitchenette) price on request.
Please note 29 Dec - 2 Jan also includes lunch and dinner on 30.12.2024-2.1.2025.
Family triple price is 2 adults and 1 child (age 10-12) sharing a suite. Recommended age limit for the tour as per our website is 10. The children sleep in a 'nest' within the suite, not a pull-out or extra bed.
Other price is 1 adult and 1 child (age 10-12) sharing a double suite. (without kitchenette)
This itinerary can start on any day except Friday for the winter season 2024/2025.
The suites (27 m²) have a kitchenette and they can be connected to the adjacent rooms to form a larger family suite. The extra bed for the children is a 'nest' - a comfortable, cubby house type room with windows and adored by children.
Tours can change depending on the snow and weather conditions. The hotel is positioned on a hill so you may have an uphill walk to your cabins.
Please note that the TreeHouse Hotel is 10 minutes from central Rovaniemi and close to the main road.
We have excluded dinners as you may like to visit local restaurants in Rovaniemi. Please let us know if you would like to include the first dinner on arrival or anything else. Lunches often clash with activities so we leave it up to you to fit in with your day.
Before departure, or while dreaming of a Scandinavian adventure, get your fill of inspiring travel books here.
Planning your Northern Lights trip and want to get the best advice? As we approach another Solar maximum period, solar activity will start ramping up, and auroras should increase in frequency, peaking in 2024/2025.
Sir David Attenborough's latest BBC series 'The Green Planet" re-visits the taiga forests of Finland. This subarctic forest lies just south of the Arctic Circle and is a playground for hikers, bikers, and boaters, in summer and winter.
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