Husky safari in Finland, tailor made
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
For us it is very important to undertake the sleddog tours in an environmentally friendly way. For that reason we don't use a big selection of different accommodations but offer mostly day tours from one cabin, the home of the dogs and myself. Travelling from cabin to cabin would require maintenance by a motor vehicle, either snowmobile or a car. . It is also convenient for the dogs as they get to sleep in their own doghouses instead of staying under the sky in several other accommodation places. It enables them to fully recover from each working day and this reduces injuries.
On this tour the first and the last night are spent in a hotel, where the guests are picked up with the dogs. The tour ends by driving with the sledges straight to the hotel. To organise this tour, we use a motor engine only twice: when driving a car packed with the dogs and sledges to the hotel, and when returning back with the dogs after the last day's arrival to the hotel. It means only 40km of driving a car, and usually I can carry out other necessary things (like grocery shopping) in the village at the same time.
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.
Community
We co-operate a lot with other companies in the area. For organising such tour there are many co-operators involved. When choosing the right partners we have always used local entrepreneurs and other local people who share the same passion to make a living in this remote area, surrounded by beautiful nature.
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.
