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The Luosto Cabins are the ideal place to combine a relaxing holiday with some less-strenuous winter activities. A perfect mix of "downtime" and adventure.
Nestling in the fells of Central Lapland is the unspoilt village of Luosto. Located 90 minutes north of the Arctic Circle this small ski resort offers an intimate encounter with the wilderness of Lapland but from a family perspective.
First class activities and accommodation are coupled with a stunning natural environment – a perfect family destination. The local ski slopes are great for beginners and will also provide good entertainment for more experienced skiers.
Suitable for
Singles, couples, families and small groups.
Design your own holiday
Our tailor made programmes allow you to design your own holiday. Simply decide when you want to travel and for how long then match your stay to the activities available. Tailor made holidays are based on a minimum stay of three nights, flights, transfers and half board.
We’ve given you a brief overview of what’s possible and a sample itinerary for some inspiration.
Please note: Activity schedules are subject to change and times are approximate and include all transfer times and breaks.
Husky Safaris: Anybody aged 14 and under will travel in the sled.
Weekly activity programme for
Log Cabin Design your own.
| Name |
Duration (hours) |
Distance (km) |
Adults from |
Children (5 - 12) from |
Safari with Huskies
This is the perfect introduction to dog sledding. You will travel by car to a local husky farm where you’ll meet with the guides before heading off on a 4km safari. You will travel two people per sled. Guides, instruction, hot drink and equipment included. Minimum age 5 years old (children travel in a sled).
Total duration approximately 1.5hrs. Available Wednesday at 2.15pm. |
1.5 |
4 |
£74 |
£37 |
Afternoon with the Huskies
During this safari you will travel approximately 20km exploring the Lappish wilderness. You will break for a coffee and snack in a traditional Lappish Kota. Two people will travel on each sled with the chance to swap drivers. Guides, instruction and equipment included. Minimum age 10 (children travel in a sled).
Total duration approximately 3hrs. Available Saturday at 2pm. |
3 |
20 |
£142 |
£71 |
Husky Adventure
During this safari you will travel between 20 and 30km and will get to fully enjoy the company of your team. You will break for a coffee and a snack in a traditional Lappish Kota. Two people will travel on each sled with the chance to swap drivers. Guides, instruction and equipment included. Minimum age 15 (children travel in a sled).
Total duration approximately 5hrs. Available Sunday at 10am from 20 January 2013. |
5 |
25 |
£212 |
- |
Snowmobile Safari to Amethyst Mine
On this exhilarating tour you will journey to the top of Lampivaara Fell. Where you will find Europe’s only remaining amethyst mine and one of the very best views in Lapland. After a presentation about the gems and a warm drink you will head down the steps to the mine area where you will get the chance to dig for your own amethyst. You will travel two people per snowmobile and cover around 10km. Guides, instruction and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger. Available Tuesday at 1.30pm. |
2 |
10 |
£82 |
£41 |
Scenic Snowmobile Safari
This is the ideal introductory safari and will really allow you to enjoy the stunning fell landscape. You will travel around 25km with two people sharing each snowmobile, stopping en route for a warm drink. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2.5 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger. Available Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 9.30am. |
2.5 |
25 |
£84 |
£42 |
Evening Husky Safari
This safari allows you to see Lapland in a whole new light. You will travel by car to a husky farm before setting off on a 10km safari. You will take a break in a traditional Lappish kota for a warm drink en route. Two people will travel on each sled with the chance to swap drivers. Guides, instruction and equipment included. Minimum age 10 (children travel in a sled).
Total duration approximately 3hrs. Available Thursday at 4.30pm. |
3 |
10 |
£110 |
£55 |
Snowmobile Evening Safari
During this safari you will travel around 25km with two people per snowmobile. You will be able to experience the landscape in a whole new light. You will break en route for a warm drink around a fire. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2.5 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger. Available Wednesday at 5pm. |
2.5 |
25 |
£84 |
£42 |
Snowmobile visit to Reindeer Farm
You will depart Luosto by snowmobile and travel to a local reindeer farm where you will receive a brief introduction on the lives of the reindeer herders before a short reindeer-pulled sleigh ride. You will have a warm drink in a traditional kota and will receive your reindeer driving license as a souvenir. You will travel around 30km on the snowmobile with two people per snowmobile. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 3 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger. You can also choose to travel to the farm by car should you wish. Available Tuesday at 9.30am. |
3 |
30 |
£110 |
£55 |
Safari with Snowmobiles and Huskies
Today you will travel by snowmobile to the husky farm. You will meet the dogs and set off on a short safari of around 4km. This is an excellent introduction to both activities. Warm drinks will be served around a campfire. By the time you arrive back in Luosto you will have travelled 25km with two people sharing a snowmobile. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 3 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger and in the husky drawn sled. You can also choose to travel to the farm by car should you wish. Available Wednesday at 1.30pm. |
3 |
25 |
£124 |
£62 |
Aurora Snowmobile Safari
This is truly different safari and unique to Luosto. You depart Luosto on your snowmobile and head for the Aurora Kota where you will receive a presentation on the Northern Lights from a local expert. This will provide an insight into this wonderful phenomenon. Your return journey will be exhilarating and hopefully the Aurora will light the way. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 4.5 hrs. Minimum age 12 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger. You can also visit the kota by car. Available Tuesday and Saturday at 4pm. |
4.5 |
60 |
£114 |
£54 |
Snowmobile Safari to Reindeer Park
You embark on a beautiful snowmobile trip through the Lappish wilds to a reindeer park. Here you will enjoy a peaceful and gentle ride in a caravan of reindeer–pulled sleds lasting around 1hr. This is a wonderful way to enjoy the peace of Lapland. On your return to the reindeer park you will be served a simple lunch in a traditional wooden kopara house. You will travel around 25km on your machines with two people per snowmobile. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 4 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger on the snowmobile safari. You can also visit the reindeer park by car. Available Saturday at 10.30am. |
4 |
25 |
£134 |
£67 |
Snowmobile Tour of the Fells
This is an epic journey exploring the fell landscape which surrounds Luosto and is the longest snowmobile safari available here. You will travel two people per snowmobile and will cover around 100km on your travels. You cover all of the ground between Luosto and Pyha stopping for lunch in a restaurant en route so you really get the chance to explore the region. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 6 hrs. Minimum age 15 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger on the snowmobile safari. Available Wednesday at 10am. |
6 |
100 |
£140 |
£70 |
Visit to Reindeer Farm by Car
You will travel to a local reindeer farm where you will receive a brief introduction regarding the lives of the reindeer herders before a short reindeer-pulled sleigh ride. You will have a warm drink in a traditional kota and will receive your reindeer driving license as a souvenir. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 1.5 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Available Tuesday at 10.45am. |
1.5 |
- |
£60 |
£30 |
Visit to Reindeer Park by Car
You will travel to a reindeer park where you will enjoy a peaceful and gentle ride in a caravan of reindeer – pulled sleds lasting around half an hour. This is a wonderful way to experience the peace and quiet of Lapland. Warm drinks will be served around a campfire. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 1.5 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Available Thursday 2.15pm. |
1.5 |
- |
£74 |
£37 |
Snowshoe Hike in National Park
Your guide will take you into the ancient spruce forests which surround Luosto. This is the ideal way in which to enjoy your surroundings and take in the tranquillity of the silent Lappish countryside. You will take a break for a snack en route. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 3 hrs. Minimum age 10 years old. Available Thursday at 10am and Sunday at 11am. |
3 |
3.5 |
£46 |
£23 |
Cross Country Ski School
Cross country skiing is one of the most popular Scandinavian activities and this is your chance to learn the basic skills. You will be taught the fundamentals before exploring the trails around Luosto covering around 3 to 5km. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Available Wednesday at 9.30am and Friday at 2pm. |
2 |
4 |
£50 |
£25 |
Ice Fishing Tour
This is a very popular pastime in the Arctic. Your guide will take you in a snowmobile pulled sleigh to a local fishing spot. You will set your bait beneath the ice and wait for the fish to bite. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2.5 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Available Monday at 12.30pm, Friday and Saturday at 1pm. |
2.5 |
- |
£76 |
£38 |
Visit to Aurora Kota by Car
You depart Luosto by car and head for the Aurora Kota near Sodankyla. Here you will receive a presentation about the Northern Lights from a local expert providing an insight into this wonderful natural phenomenon. Guides included.
Total duration approximately 2 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Available Tuesday and Saturday at 5.30pm. |
2 |
- |
£70 |
£35 |
Day Tour of Rovaniemi
You will be driven to the city of Rovaniemi (around 1.5hrs away) where you will have the chance to visit the Arktikum museum and Famous Santa Claus Village before heading back to Luosto.
Total duration approximately 8 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Available Thursday at 9.30am. Available from the 17th January 2013. |
8 |
- |
£110 |
£55 |
Secrets of the Amethyst
You will travel by snowmobile-pulled sleigh to Europe’s only remaining amethyst mine situated on the top of Lampivaara Fell from where the views have to be seen to be believed! You will learn about the gems and have the opportunity to dig for your own amethyst. This is a really unique experience and great fun too Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2 hrs. Minimum age 5 years old. Available Friday at 10am. |
2 |
- |
£60 |
£30 |
Get to know a Reindeer's Life
You will by snowmobile to a reindeer park where you will enjoy a peaceful and gentle ride in a caravan of reindeer – pulled sleds which lasts around half an hour. This is a wonderful way to combine a peaceful sleigh ride with an exhilarating 25km snowmobile safari. Warm drinks will be served around a campfire. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 3 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Available Thursday 1.30pm. |
3 |
25 |
£124 |
£62 |
Exciting Rides with Snowmobiles and Huskies
You will travel around 25km on your snowmobiles today with 2 people per machine. You will ride through the beautiful landscape to the husky farm. Here you will embark on a husky safari which covers around 10km. You travel 2 people per sled and you can swap drivers should you wish.
Upon your return to the husky farm you will have time for a snack and hot drink before your return trip to Luosto. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 4 hrs. Minimum age 6 years old. Children will travel in a sleigh pulled by the guide or as a pillion passenger and in a husky drawn sled. You can also choose to travel to the farm by car should you wish. Available Monday at 3.30pm and Friday at 9.30am (not available on 24 and 31 December 12). |
4 |
35 |
£144 |
£72 |
Husky Safari
During this safari you’ll get a real insight into what it is like to be a musher. You travel by car to a local husky farm where you meet with the guides before heading off on a 10km safari, two people per sled. Guides, instruction, snack and equipment included. Minimum age 6 years old (children travel in a sled).
Total duration approximately 2.5hrs. Available Monday at 4.15pm and Friday at 10.15pm (not available on 24 and 31 December 12). |
2.5 |
10 |
£88 |
£44 |
Snowshoe Search for the Northern Lights
Your guide will take you into the stunning nocturnal landscape. He or she will take you to a view point from which you will hopefully be entertained by a wonderful light show as the Aurora dances overhead. You will pause for hot drinks en route and will travel around 3 – 4km. Guides, instruction, and equipment included.
Total duration approximately 2.5 hrs. Minimum age 10 years old. Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm (not available on 24 and 31 December 12).
|
2.5 |
3.5 |
£50 |
£25 |
Available
Limited places
On request
Getting there
All dates are based on direct charter flights from Gatwick to Kittila except:
*6 nights duration with scheduled flights from Heathrow to Rovaniemi (via Helsinki).
Manchester and Bristol departures available with supplement on request.
Tourism in Finnish Lapland has become the main source of employment and income, replacing traditional industries such as forestry. Working within this growth industry in rural and remote areas means that we must take a great deal of responsibility; socially, environmentally and economically.
We fully appreciate the impact of tourist visits on local communities and their residents and strive to ensure that we are having a positive effect. We always encourage all of our clients to respect and embrace the lives and culture of local inhabitants by learning a few important words: hello, goodbye, please, thank you etc.
We have also included activities with a cultural base in our holiday. In addition, we always encourage our clients to get involved in local events and activities which help to sustain traditional values and customs.
In all of our destinations we ensure that we use local suppliers, enabling locally owned businesses and the economies in which they work to benefit directly.
Our suppliers in Luosto provide a vital source of employment throughout the whole region. The restaurant serves as much local produce as possible. Many of our safaris in Luosto also utilise other local enterprises such as the amethyst mine and the remote smoke sauna and restaurant we use in one of our activities is the primary income for a local couple.
Through the tourism multiplier effect, this all helps to generate incomes and employment where the drift might otherwise be towards larger employment areas such as towns and cities. In a small and remote village such as Luosto the effects of such a drift could be devastating.
The use of small businesses means that the tourism income, generated by our presence, stays where it should, in the local economy. We firmly believe in paying a fair price for all the services provided by our suppliers regardless of where they are in the world.
Our holidays rely on visiting beautiful and un-spoilt areas, and they don't come more un- spoilt than Luosto. Naturally we wish to maintain the natural settings in which we work, not just for the future of our company, but also for future generations. We always insist that our local providers are equally conscious of this.
The wooden chalets that we use as accommodation are built using sustainable timbers and are all extremely well insulated to ensure maximum efficiency.
We do appreciate that some may feel that snowmobiles should not be included in such itineraries however in areas such as Luosto they are a way of life. They are the only means of keeping in contact with remote reindeer herders and communities as the road infrastructure is not extensive.
All trails are well managed. The alternatives to snowmobiles would in most cases be large, gas-guzzling off road vehicles. All snowmobiles are regularly serviced and kept as fuel efficient as possible. Our suppliers also utilise new 4-stroke engines that are less polluting.
The snowmobile service industry is also another vital source of employment in these remote areas. We always ensure that all litter is removed from any of our activity sites, we strongly encourage group transfers to reduce traffic volumes and we make our clients aware of their obligation to the environment.
We always offset our air travel emissions and would encourage you to do the same.