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Jeris encapsulates the Lapland dream: cosy winter cottages, log fires, a beautiful lakeside setting, spa facilities, deep snow and a fantastic range of activities. It's the ideal place for combining comfort and adventure.
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“The level of service provided by Activities Abroad and local guides was excellent. We literally just had to ‘turn up’ to a wonderfully planned holiday which helped us to experience all that Lapland had to offer!” Lesley Holland – December 2010
Suitable for
Groups, couples and singles.
Duration: 6 or 7 nights
Day 1: Flights, arrival and introduction
You will be greeted on arrival at Kittila Airport and transferred to Jeris. After you've settled into your accommodation (either a hotel bedroom or winter cottage) there will be a welcome dinner in the hotel restaurant.
Day 2: Reindeer farm and Lainio Snow Village
After a welcome meeting with your guide and breakfast you will leave Jeris and head to a traditional Lappish manor house to meet with a local reindeer herder. You will learn about the importance of the reindeer and the lives of the herders before a short reindeer sleigh ride. After lunch you will continue to Lainio Snow Village for a guided tour of the stunning suites and ice restaurant. An incredible first day in Lapland.
Day 3: Snowmobile safari
Your experienced guides will show you how to drive your snowmobile and provide a full safety briefing before you hit the trails. There will be a break for lunch and a chance to try your hand at ice fishing before heading back to Jeris having travelled around 30km.
Day 4: Cross country skiing, snowshoes and Northern Lights
There’s a busy day ahead which starts with an introductory cross country skiing tour. After lunch you switch to snowshoes for a short walk from the hotel. After dinner you depart in a snowmobile pulled sleigh to search for the Northern Lights. Your guides know all the best view points. You can choose to drive your own snowmobile during this safari, see price box for details.
Day 5: Husky safari
A short transfer takes you to the husky farm where you will learn about the life of a sled dog here above the Arctic Circle. You will also be taught how to handle a dog team before taking the reins yourself on a 17km safari lasting approximately 2 hours.
Day 6: Free day
After a busy few days you have time today in which to relax or try your favourite activities again (payable locally).
Day 7: Free day or departure (6 nights duration)
For those people travelling on dates which are 6 nights in duration it is time to say goodbye to Finland. For those staying 7 nights you can fill your free day with additional activities (payable locally) or perhaps return to Lainio Snow Village for an overnight stay.
Day 8: Departure (7 nights duration)
Available
Limited places
On request
Lainio Snow Village
Supplements :
| Name |
Adult |
|
Lainio Snow Village - based on 2 adults sharing (per person). |
£225 |
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Lainio Snow Village - Single supplement |
£150 |
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Lainio Snow Village - Suite supplement per person |
£80 |
N.B. Prices in brackets denote a price deduction.
Pricing Notes
Lainio Snow Village
Opening dates: Thursday 8 December 2011 until Sunday 8 April 2012.
Price includes: Overnight stay, transfers, dinner in the ice restaurant and cold weather clothing.
Getting there
Flights
Flights vary depending on departure date and are based on direct charter flights from Gatwick to Kittila except:
* 7 nights duration with scheduled flights from Heathrow to Kittila (via Helsinki)
** 6 nights duration with scheduled flights from Heathrow to Kittila (via Helsinki)
Please note: Christmas, New Year and February half term dates are 6 nights due to unavailability of direct flights. We have to use more expensive scheduled flights via Helsinki which are unavailable for 7 night options.
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 is 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.