Holiday in Lapland, tailormade
| country: | Sweden |
| location: | Swedish Lapland |
| departures: | This trip can be arranged from December to April |
| price: | From Kr9675 (approx £824) (6 days) per adult & Kr5310 (approx £453) per child under 13 excluding flights. Price includes activities, equipment, accommodation, meals & transfers. |
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the amazing things you'll be doing
This tailor-made holiday is all about small-scale, genuine experiences and discovery. We take you away from tour groups and tourist areas into the real Lapland, inviting you to explore, be inspired by the winter landscape and untouched nature, and take part in the local culture.
Accommodation is in small village guesthouse, far off the beaten tourist track. With a wide range of activities and flexible approach in designing your programme, your needs and interests will be well catered for. Let us know if you have any special requests and our team will do the best to arrange for them.
Personal and reliable service from your hosts and guides, authentic experiences of the local culture and nature, the time and space for well-being and relaxation, and, of course, respect and care for nature and the community we are a part of, is fundamental to all that we offer.
Activities: Together with our network of local, small-scale activity providers, we offer a range of activities to help you make the most of your visit to Lapland. Activities should be pre-booked. The activities we offer include:
Cross-country ski touring on traditional skis Dog sledging, half day or day tours Snowshoeing Downhill sledging Kick-sledging Snow/igloo building Overnight wilderness excursion Sleep overnight in an igloo Northern Lights tour Visit with a Sámi reindeer herder Horse-back riding Visit to a moose park Visit to a small village farm Bread baking, traditional wood fired oven Felt making Wood-fired sauna
You are always welcome to relax or read in our quiet indoor space. The village can also be explored on your own by kick-sledge or foot. Wooden cross-country skis and snowshoes are available to rent.
Accommodation: The retreat guesthouse is located in a small village, well off the beaten tourist track, surrounded by expansive forests, pristine lakes and mighty, untouched rivers. The guesthouse is a timber building dating from the 1920’s which has been renovated with environmentally sustainable living in mind. There are four simple, yet elegant and comfortable, double rooms with shared bathrooms and sitting area. There is a dining hall, a spacious group gathering room with a fireplace, and quiet corners for reflection and relaxation. It’s possible to rent the entire house for your private use or to rent just one of the bedrooms. The guesthouse provides a calm and peaceful atmosphere and fits in well with the surrounding nature and community.
Cuisine: Meals and snacks are freshly prepared with the highest quality, organic and local ingredients available. We strive to create meals that build and balance the body and satisfy the senses. Root vegetables, grains and pulses form the basis of most meals. Small amounts of imported produce add variety. Coffee, tea and chocolate are fair-trade. Most meals are vegetarian. Occasionally, we may offer local wild or semi wild meat or fish. We happily accommodate those with special diets with creatively prepared, fresh food.
Organic produce: Meals at the retreat guesthouse are lovingly prepared with over 90% organic ingredients. The guesthouse has it's own organic garden which provides herbs and a portion of the root vegetables used in the kitchen. Grown under the midnight sun, the herbs and vegetables are full of great flavour and high in life energy.
Accommodation is in small village guesthouse, far off the beaten tourist track. With a wide range of activities and flexible approach in designing your programme, your needs and interests will be well catered for. Let us know if you have any special requests and our team will do the best to arrange for them.
Personal and reliable service from your hosts and guides, authentic experiences of the local culture and nature, the time and space for well-being and relaxation, and, of course, respect and care for nature and the community we are a part of, is fundamental to all that we offer.
Activities: Together with our network of local, small-scale activity providers, we offer a range of activities to help you make the most of your visit to Lapland. Activities should be pre-booked. The activities we offer include:
You are always welcome to relax or read in our quiet indoor space. The village can also be explored on your own by kick-sledge or foot. Wooden cross-country skis and snowshoes are available to rent.
Accommodation: The retreat guesthouse is located in a small village, well off the beaten tourist track, surrounded by expansive forests, pristine lakes and mighty, untouched rivers. The guesthouse is a timber building dating from the 1920’s which has been renovated with environmentally sustainable living in mind. There are four simple, yet elegant and comfortable, double rooms with shared bathrooms and sitting area. There is a dining hall, a spacious group gathering room with a fireplace, and quiet corners for reflection and relaxation. It’s possible to rent the entire house for your private use or to rent just one of the bedrooms. The guesthouse provides a calm and peaceful atmosphere and fits in well with the surrounding nature and community.
Cuisine: Meals and snacks are freshly prepared with the highest quality, organic and local ingredients available. We strive to create meals that build and balance the body and satisfy the senses. Root vegetables, grains and pulses form the basis of most meals. Small amounts of imported produce add variety. Coffee, tea and chocolate are fair-trade. Most meals are vegetarian. Occasionally, we may offer local wild or semi wild meat or fish. We happily accommodate those with special diets with creatively prepared, fresh food.
Organic produce: Meals at the retreat guesthouse are lovingly prepared with over 90% organic ingredients. The guesthouse has it's own organic garden which provides herbs and a portion of the root vegetables used in the kitchen. Grown under the midnight sun, the herbs and vegetables are full of great flavour and high in life energy.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Transfer Transfer from airport or train station in Kiruna/Gällivare/Kittilä to accommodation. Welcome supper. Outdoor clothing outfitting. |
| Day 2: | Daytime: Dog sledge tour. Drive your own team of dogs over frozen wetlands and through snow-laden forests. Snack by a campfire during the tour |
| Day 3: | Afternoon: Overnight wilderness excursion. Transfer by sledge pulled by snowmobile to our scenic wilderness camp, where you will be accommodated in rustic cabins without electricity or running water. Your guide will help fire the sauna and make sure you are comfortable for the night. With luck, the Northern Lights will dance over the night sky. |
| Day 4: | Morning: Awake at the wilderness camp. Your guide returns. You will have the chance to try toboganning or learn the basics of snowshoeing. In the afternoon return to accommodation. |
| Day 5: | Daytime: Visit with a Sámi reindeer herder. Meet reindeer, learn about the Sámi way of life and try your hand at some traditional Sámi skills. Lunch in a traditional Sámi hut |
| Day 6: | Transfer to departure airport or train station in Kiruna/Gällivare/Kittilä. |
travellers' tales
Absolutely fantastic. I can't wait to go again, and this time I would definitely go for longer. I want to go back this time next year, for a week with a few close friends. LOVED LOVED LOVED IT. (more)
flights/trains at Xmas & New Year
For the Christmas and New Year period you need to book your flights or train tickets early to ensure availability and good value for money. Travel to Lapland around the holidays fills up very quickly and is normally difficult to book by the end of November. Scandinavian Airlines www.flysas.com offers direct flights from the UK to Kiruna. Veolia Transport, www.bokatag.se, offers train tickets from Stockholm/Arlanda airport. Travel through Kittilä in Finland is also possible.how this holiday makes a difference
This holiday is a small scale experience offering time for genuine experience and encounters with the culture and nature of the region. The essential ground of this holiday is sustainable, holistic living.
We are committed to sustainability practices that maintain and restore the health of natural ecosystems, local economies and the well-being of guests. This includes:
We are committed to sustainability practices that maintain and restore the health of natural ecosystems, local economies and the well-being of guests. This includes:
- Cooperation with other local companies to benefit the local economy and create work opportunities in an area with high unemployment
- Our guides and hosts inform about and encourage awareness and appreciation for the local environment and culture during their contact with visitors
- We encourage guests to take part in local events in the area such as markets or concerts
- Guests are provided with healthy food, locally and organically grown whenever possible
- We reduce, reuse and recycle and encourage our guests to minimise their waste production and use our recycling station
- We encourage our guests to use the outdoor clothing we have available instead of buying new outerwear that they may not have use for again after their trip
- The guesthouse is warmed with wood pellets which are a renewable energy source and care is taken to lower the thermostat at night to save energy
- The guesthouse has dry compost toilets and a waste water recycling system
- A leave no trace policy in all outdoor activities
- Utilising our own energy for transportation as much as possible by walking, skiing or kick-sledging and using small vans or the public bus when necessary to transport guests over longer distances