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Lapland - Harriniva 5 day Husky Safari        pulse rating 9 stars        nights: 7
adults from £1,495

what's included:

  • 8 days . 7 nights
  • Flights direct from Gatwick to Kittila (Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham on request)
  • Return airport transfers
  • 3 nights safari house . 4 nights wilderness cabin
  • 7 breakfasts . 6 lunches . 7 dinners
  • 5 day husky safari with your own team of 4 to 6 dogs
  • All equipment including thermo-overalls, socks, mittens, boots and warm hat for the duration of your stay
  • Fully qualified wilderness guides and instructors

  • NB.  A full driving license is required to drive a snowmobile in Finland. 

 

Special Offers

£100 discount per person on 14th and 21st March 2010 departure dates.

overview

Situated 230kms north of the Arctic Circle, this wilderness hotel combines Scandinavian style accommodation, the warmest of welcomes and a great range of activities designed to take you to the very heart of Lapland's winter wilderness.

suitable for

Anybody aged 16 or over

our opinion

Every year without fail, Harriniva is our best selling winter destination and every year it earns rave reviews from counted clients. For me, the attraction lies in being safety cocooned in a warm, cosy and very friendly environment whilst being surrounded by Lapland's vast winter wilderness. Combine this homely setting with the thrill of venturing ino the wild with Harriniva's expert guides and you really can say that you've experienced the best of both worlds.

agenda

Sunday

Flights, arrivals and transfers

On arrival at Kittila Airport you will be driven to the Wilderness Centre for a get togther with your guide and a briefing about the week ahead.

Monday to Friday

Five day husky safari

After breakfast on Monday you will be provided with all the necessary equipment, including thermal clothing and then taken to meet the dogs. You will be taught how to handle your team and the sled and after lunch you depart into one of Europe's few remaining wilderness areas.

The huskies will pull your sled through the beautiful winter scenery close to the Pallas-Ounas National Park in Western Lapland. You will pass through forests, across fells and over frozen lakes and rivers covering up to 40km per day. Only the "swish" of the sled's runners breaking through the snow will disturb the perfect silence and you very quickly realise that you have well and truly left behind the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Overnight stays are in simple but cosy wilderness cabins with no showers, indoor WC or electricity. However, you can relax in some style while dinner is cooking on an open fire as a sauna is always available.

Everybody takes care of their own dogs. Breakfasts and dinners are prepared together. Lunches are eaten by open fires on the trail. This far north there is a great chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis and with no light pollution whatsoever the night time sky may provide a picture show that will remain imprinted in your mind forever. Sometimes we have to drag people back into the cabins!

After lunch on Friday, the final leg of your wilderness journey takes you back to the relative civilisation of the Wilderness Centre. 

Saturday

Free day, optional activities or Lainio Snow Village

After the exertions of your wilderness adventure you may just want a day to relax in the spa and reflect on the experience of the last few days.  Alternatively, you can book additional activities.  This year we've added the possibility of staying overnight in a snow hotel at Lainio Snow Village.

Sunday

Depature, transfer and flights

accommodation

Harriniva Wilderness Cabins

Any holiday which includes an overnight safari will include at least one night in a wilderness cabin.

Some of the cabins can be basic (no electricity or running water) but they are all comfortable and cosy, especially once dinner is cooking and the fire burning. Sleeping arrangements are in dormitory style areas.

The cabins are generally so remote that there is little or no light pollution creating the best possible chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis.  Despite their far-flung locations, there is always a sauna in the cabins - after all, this is Finland!

Please note that we can never specify which cabin you will stay in as routes may change subject to local weather and trail conditions.

  • cabin
  • wilderness cabin

Safari Houses and Cabins

On our husky and snowmobile safaris you spend some nights in shared safari houses or cabins close to the main building. Naturally, you will have access to all the hotel’s facilities. Each safari house has its own shower, toilet and sauna and provides the perfect place to bond with your fellow adventurers before setting off into the wilderness on your safari. You will eat all your meals in one of the main building’s restaurants.

prices & availability

To discuss your options with someone who’s been to the destination, or to check availability before you book your flights please contact us on 01670 789 991.

Available     Limited places     Unavailable

tour price (per person)

departreturnadultavailability
22/11/200929/11/2009£1,635
29/11/200906/12/2009£1,635
06/12/200913/12/2009£1,495
13/12/200920/12/2009£1,695
20/12/200927/12/2009£1,795
27/12/200903/01/2010£1,795
03/01/201010/01/2010£1,515
10/01/201017/01/2010£1,515
17/01/201024/01/2010£1,695
24/01/201031/01/2010£1,695
31/01/201007/02/2010£1,695
07/02/201014/02/2010£1,695
14/02/201021/02/2010£1,825
21/02/201028/02/2010£1,695
28/02/201007/03/2010£1,695
07/03/201014/03/2010£1,695
14/03/201021/03/2010£1,695
21/03/201028/03/2010£1,695
28/03/201004/04/2010£1,695
04/04/201011/04/2010£1,735
11/04/201018/04/2010£1,735

No Single Supplement!

The following departure dates include scheduled flights with Finnair from Heathrow to Kittila (via Helsinki) 22 & 29 November 2009; 4 & 11 April 2010.

Flights departing on 20th, 27th December and 14 February will be the Activities Abroad charter flight from London Heathrow.

 All other dates are based on direct charter flights from Gatwick to Kittila.

Supplements:

Manchester, Bristol or Birmingham departures
£40

Lainio Snow Village

(overnight stay, transfers, dinner in the ice restaurant & cold weather clothing)

     
Adults based on 2 sharing £185pp Single supplement £80pp

responsible travel

Tourism in Finnish Lapland has become the main income source of employment and income replacing traditional industries such as forestry.

Development from a period of extractive industry to an industrial society has come about quickly. In 1950 the largest part of Lapland’s inhabitants lived in rural areas and more than half the workforce worked in forestry and agriculture. Today 65 % of the workforce are in the service industry, 22 % in processing and 10 % in primary production.

This huge growth in tourism and service provision has been developed in conjunction with a long-term sustainable tourism plan with one of the primary objectives being to maintain nature in its natural state while guaranteeing the traditional way of life.

Much of this has been achieved along with membership of EU development programmes, aimed at diversifying sources of livelihood, effective usage of resources and to increase export.

Approximately a quarter of Lapland’s 100 000 strong workforce was unemployed in 1997. Promoting entrepreneurship, ongoing re-education of the workforce and development of the educational system to suit the needs of enterprises is continuing. The target is to diversify the sources of livelihood, increase the value of refinement production and develop new enterprises particularly in the area of tourism. National measures as well as EU-programme measures support this objective.

We embrace this philosophy, employing local activity providers and using only locally owned hotels. In this manner we help to maintain jobs in an area where unemployment was, until recently, very high. Additionally, the use of local suppliers ensures that the tourism spend filters through to local economies via the tourism multiplier effect.