Magical Midsummer in Finland
Midnight sun and sauna, the perfect ingredients to celebrate Midsummer in Finland.
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5 days - Independent summer tour in Finland with lake cruises and midnight hikes
Do you enjoy nature, honest food, and good hiking routes nearby? Perhaps a cosy, friendly, newly renovated hotel, long summer nights and then some fly fishing thrown in for good measure?
During this leisurely stay, learn about the different Sami cultures of Finland, and enjoy the beautiful nature by hiking or cruising on the lakes.
If you are travelling up the Norwegian coast on one of our Kystruten voyages, you can easily combine this stay at either side of your voyage.
- Day 1
- Arrive to Ivalo airport and transfer to your traditional hotel
- Day 2
- Sámi cultural day & Midnight Sun tour
- Day 3
- Husky Farm visit
- Day 4
- Lake Inari Cruise
- Day 5
- Departure day, transfer to Ivalo airport
- Start/End Place
- Ivalo, Finland
- Country Visited
- Finland
- Duration
- 5 Days
- Start Date
- Flexible
- Travel Style
- Independent
- Suitability
- Easy independent holiday suitable for singles, couples & families
- Code
- 50DN0575
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.
Details
Transportation
Private transfers
Included
- All accommodation in Wilderness Hotel Juutua, superior room with private sauna
- Daily breakfast and dinners
- Visit to the Husky Farm
- Lake Inari Cruise
- Sami Handicrafts and 'Meet a local' experience including guide & transfers
- Midnight Sun 4 hour Hike including tea & coffee and transfers
- 24-hour emergency service
- Taxes and service fees
- 24 hour sunlight
Not Included
International flight tickets, meals other than described, travel insurance, visas, gratitudes and any items of personal nature.
Fly fishing, fjord horse riding, additional river and hiking trips can be added to your itinerary.
Itinerary
Day 1 - Arrive to Ivalo airport and transfer to your traditional hotel
After your arrival to Ivalo airport, transfer to your hotel in Inari.
Your first night is for you leisure - why don’t you try the sauna in your room, go for a walk by the river and rapids, or just enjoy the nature and silence.
Meals
1 DinnerAccommodation
Wilderness Hotel Juutua, superior room with saunaDay 2 - Sámi cultural day & Midnight Sun tour
After your breakfast, you will visit the Sami Siida museum where you will learn about Sámi culture and the diverse nature of Northern Lapland.
After your visit to the Sami Siida museum, you will get a chance to meet and feed a reindeer. You will visit a real Lappish home where you will learn more about the essential role reindeers have in Lappish life.
At the Hostess' house, you will find out about the process of how traditional Sámi fur boots are made from reindeer hide and hear a personal and authentic account of what life is really like in the far north.
Have a rest this afternoon and, after dinner, get ready for a night hike commencing at 10pm. The midnight sun might keep you awake as it will be full daylight outside all night. With this midnight sun hike, the guide will take you to the top of Otsamo fell, where you can experience breathtaking panoramic views over the surrounding lakes and highlands. The 6km round-trip route is relatively easy but requires good basic physical fitness.
Remember to bring your own water bottles although your guide will offer you coffee or tea and a small snack in the wilderness hut at the summit.
Meals
1 Breakfast1 Dinner
Day 3 - Husky Farm visit
Today you will visit a husky farm where you will meet 50 Arctic sled dogs, including Siberian Huskies, Greenland dogs and wolf dogs. Every dog has a special story, which the musher will be happy to share with you. Tea and coffee will be provided around the campfire.
Afternoon for your leisure.
Meals
1 Breakfast1 Dinner
Transportation
Husky visit; Duration 2.5 hours including transfersDay 4 - Lake Inari Cruise
After your breakfast, you will have couple hours to explore the area before your Lake Inari Cruise at 1pm.
You will take a cruise around Lake Inari and Ukko Island. The island was used as a Sami sacrificial site until 19th century. You will also learn little bit about Sami culture and the life in the north. Duration of the cruise is 2-3 hours.
Meals
1 Breakfast1 Dinner
Day 5 - Departure day, transfer to Ivalo airport
After breakfast, head to Ivalo airport.
Meals
1 BreakfastDates & Prices
Please ask modified quote without midnight sun hike if you travelling with children. Not available for solo travellers. All prices listed are per person, based on two people sharing a room. Departs everyday except Friday.
Dates
Valid From
Valid To
From Price
Status
Accommodation
1 Jun 2024
19 Jul 2025
19 Jul 2025
1 Jun 2024
19 Jul 2025
NZD 2,733
On request
Standard
Important Information
Please note order of activities are subject to change.
Children between 4 - 12 yrs of age, 50% discount for activities. Please ask us for a personal quote for your family. Children under 12 are unable to do the Midnight Sun Evening hike.
This tour is very easily combined with Norwegian Coastal Express Voyages or with a Northern Norway summer holiday.
What is the Midnight Sun:
During the summer season above the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set for several months. This phenomenon is caused by the tilt in the Earth's axis. This axis is the imaginary line through the planet between the south and the north poles around which it rotates.
As the Earth orbits the Sun, the tilt makes the North Pole face towards the Sun in summer (keeping it in sunlight even as the Earth spins) and away from it in winter (keeping it dark). Hence the continuous sunlight during the summer. Of course, after a dark winter, the flora, the fauna and the people of this region all go a little crazy in the sunshine with a huge 24 hour a day energy burst.
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Inspiration
Arctic Circle Train - Wilderness and Reindeers
Board the train from Narvik and travel overnight to Stockholm via Kiruna and Abisko.
Experiential travel: Meeting indigenous Sámi people in the Nordics
Meeting indigenous Sàmi people in Norway, Sweden and Finland is at the heart of meaningful, authentic and experience-rich travel. Take a look at some of our suggestions for how and where to meet and learn more about the only indigenous people of the European Union.
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