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5 days - Independent New Year's travel package to Finnish Lapland, perfect for families with small children. Sleep in an Aurora Suite or Tower Suite.
Embark on a magical family adventure to Aurora Village in Finnish Lapland, where guests of all ages can experience the enchanting beauty of the Arctic. Stay in an Aurora Suite or Tower Suite, perfect for stargazing and watching the Northern Lights from the comfort of your bed. Enjoy a variety of family-friendly winter activities, such as reindeer sleigh rides, husky safaris, sledding, crafts and snowmobile excursions, all tailored to ensure safety and fun for even the smallest adventurers. With opportunities to feed reindeer, explore snowy landscapes, and relax by warm campfires, this trip offers unforgettable experiences for the whole family.
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.
Local transfers
A Santa experience can be added, subject to availability. This program includes being seated in a snowmobile towed sleigh with fur covers for a short ride through the forest to a cabin in a secret location. You are dropped by the door of the cabin to meet Santa for approximately 5-10 minutes with a small gift from Santa (30-40 minutes in total). Time and changes depend on the schedule you receive on arrival. This is a small group with maximum 8 people including children.
Note: there is no sauna in the cabins.
There is no portage included to your cabins - you use a sled to drag your bags to your cabin.
Fly to Ivalo and transfer to Aurora Village. Upon arrival, you will receive your program schedule before dinner. Depending on your arrival time, cold weather gear is given to you either upon arrival or the next day.
After breakfast, transfer to the husky farm where you will head out on a 1-hour Husky Safari. You will be taught how to handle the sled before heading out on the husky safari, where the huskies will pull your sled through the beautiful winter scenery. The safari will end with hot drinks around a bonfire in a Lappish style hut.
Today you also get a chance to participate in an Arctic Handicraft Workshop, suited for the whole family. Together with a local instructor, make your own souvenir from a selection of traditional responsibly sourced materials like reindeer antlers and leather as a base. Let your imagination wander and create a piece of art that you can take home with you!
Enjoy breakfast at the restaurant. Afterwards, you get a chance to feed the local reindeers. Listen to the stories about reindeer herding and enjoy a calm reindeer sleigh ride.
In the afternoon, you will be taken for a sleigh ride through the snowy forest, up on the highest hill with amazing scenery. The guides will help you to prepare your own crepes by the open fire, before heading for a 1.5km long fun toboggan run down a scenic sliding trail.
Dinner at the restaurant.
Breakfast at the restaurant. Today, you will get to try snowmobiling and ice-fishing! Drive through the arctic winter forests while admiring the beauty of the Lappish nature. Your guide leads the way on this exciting snowmobile safari to a frozen river, where you can try your luck with ice-fishing. You’ll learn to drill a hole through thick ice and have fun luring the fish.
IMPORTANT: All drivers without exception must have a valid full drivers license and be aged 18 or more. Kids will travel in a sled behind the guide.
In the evening, relax with your family in the soft heat of the Panorama Sauna (please note: the sauna may be scheduled for any given day and you will receive more details on arrival).
Dinner at the restaurant.
After breakfast, transfer back to Ivalo Airport for your onward flight.
Family Triple Standard - 2 adults and 1 child (age 4-14) sharing a Aurora Suite.
Family Quad Standard - 2 adults and 2 children (age 4-14) sharing a Aurora Suite.
Family Quin Standard - 2 adults and 3 children (age 4-14) sharing a Aurora Suite.
Family Triple Superior - 2 adults and 1 child (age 4-14) sharing a Tower Suite.
Family Quad Superior - 2 adults and 2 children (age 4-14) sharing a Tower Suite.
Family Quin Superior - 2 adults and 3 children (age 4-14) sharing a Tower Suite.
Minimum age for this tour is 4 years old.
An Aurora Suite is one floor, maximum 6, size 41 m2. An Aurora Tower Suite has two floors, maximum 6, size 52 m2 and has an equipped kitchen.
Note: the program is indicative and the order of the activities may change. The final program will be given to you at Aurora Village on arrival day.
Min age. for this tour is 4 years, and these activities are best suited for families with kids aged 4 to 10. Please see also our Northern Lights in Aurora Village tour if you are traveling with older kids or teens.
SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL:
Your glass igloo hosts in Ivalo were the first accommodation in Northern Lapland to receive the Green Key award, the leading standard for excellence in the field of environmental responsibility and sustainable operation within the tourism industry. This prestigious eco-label represents a commitment by businesses that their premises adhere to the strict criteria set by the Foundation for Environmental Education. Some examples of how they carry this out include offering recycling facilities in all cabins and no longer offering plastic bottles in accommodations, along with protecting the diversity of the surrounding nature, i.e., bird house and insect hotels. Hiking, biking, and skiing tracks are direct from the hotel and as such they encourage low carbon activities such as snowshoeing and toboggans.
ANIMAL WELFARE POLICY:
At 50 Degrees North, animal welfare is a top priority during all our tours and packages. We carefully select suppliers who adhere to strict animal welfare standards, ensuring that wildlife interactions are respectful and comply with local, national, and international regulations. We avoid offering excursions that involve captive wildlife, except where they are properly regulated, and all activities are designed to minimise disturbance to natural ecosystems. Our travellers are educated on responsible, including responsible animal interactions, through our 'Responsible Travel Tips' for travellers, and our guides are trained to lead by example, promoting ethical conduct towards both wild and domesticated animals. By prioritising animal welfare in every aspect of our tours, we ensure that your travel experience is both enjoyable and ethically sound. Read our article on Animal Welfare to learn more.
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Finland is well known as a 'Northern Lights' travel destination. Above the Arctic Circle, small villages and resorts in the wilderness over unique chances to see the lights between mid-September to early April.
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