Tailor made husky safari in Wild Taiga, Finland
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
Our sleddog tours are done without any motor vehicles to open the track in front of the sledges. We use mostly public routes which are also used by snowmobiles, skiers etc, and are opened and maintained in co-operation with other users. By that way we aim to minimize the negative impacts on nature. One big important thing on our dog-sled tours is that we don't use a snowmobile to open the tracks in front of the sleds as it is often done. This is one reason why we often get customers that are already very aware of environmental issues.
Our dogs do eat a lot, so it is important to pay attention on the environmental affects of our dog food. Although well-being of the dogs is the most important factor in this case, we refuse to import our dog food from overseas. At the moment our kibbles come from Sweden, but we are actively seeking a finnish dog food that would meet our nutritional requirements. Our dogs also eat a lot of bones, raw meat and fish. Meat products are not transported from far away, as we get those from local hunting clubs and slaughterers. Fish is usually caught by ourselves, or then we get the leftovers from local fishermen's catch.
Outdoor lunches are enjoyed on fireplaces which are maintained by Forest and Park Service. Such fireplaces are in free use for everyone. We are doing co-operation with Forest and Park Service and we pay a certain amount of money when we use these places. This money goes for maintaining the fire places and other infrastructure in nature protection and recreational areas.
Customer transportations from/to the airport are done by a local taxi driver when a public transportation is not available. I'd like to use public transportations more, but the connections are poor and do not meet well with the flights. However, when using a taxi, we try to organise common transportation with the hotels and other program service providers in order to cut the costs and emissions.
Community
On this tour you have a chance to face the local people as all of the guides and the hotel staff are locals living here the whole year round, not only the busiest seasons.
The food we serve is strongly based on local ingredients (meat, fish, berries, mushrooms, vegetables) which we get very locally, avoiding long transportations. Fish and meat comes from local fishermen and hunting clubs, berries and mushrooms are picked by ourselves or locals who earn some extra-money during autumn time by gathering the nature goods. Potatoes and other vegetables are being bought from a local small farm. If we don't bake the bread ourselves, it is bought from a village bakery.
By using local work force and subcontractors we do our share to help people to be able to make their living in this beautiful area and to reduce people moving to cities searching for work.
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