DAY 1 Nellim
Fly to Ivalo (via Helsinki) and transfer to Nellim Wilderness Lodge. Programme briefing, dinner and overnight for 5 nights.
DAY 2 Snowmobile Safari & Aurora Camp
After breakfast receive full instructions on how to drive a snowmobile, before setting off with your guide on a 50 km journey, which covers perfect fell scenery with forests and frozen lakes. Stop along the way for lunch around an open fire, returning to the hotel early afternoon. After dinner, depart for Nellim’s Aurora Camp. Keep a look out for the Northern Lights from the heated lakeside cabin, whilst hot berry juice and snacks keep you warm, inside and out.
DAY 3 Husky Safari
Today meet Nellim’s pack of Alaskan huskies, whose kennels are just a short snowmobile sled transfer from the hotel. After instruction mush (in pairs), through the silent forest. Lunch is served back at the hotel. The remainder of the day is at leisure before supper at the hotel.
DAY 4 Snow Shoeing & Aurora Evening Snowmobile
Today test your prowess for snow shoeing, followed by an evening snowmobile excursion to a special spot by the lake to stake out the Northern Lights. Dine at the lodge.
DAY 5 A day with an Inari Reindeer Herder
Board a snowmobile sled and head into the forest to meet a reindeer herder tending and feeding his herd in the wild. Continue along the shores of Lake Inari, with a stop for lunch in the company of local fishermen before continuing back to Nellim for supper and a final night of Aurora spotting.
DAY 6 UK
Breakfast and transfer to Ivalo airport for your return flight back to London (via Helsinki).