Skafur-Tour

This short Finnish Lapland holiday takes you into another world, on a unique adventure , far up in the wilderness. You will start by an overnight husky safari and reward yourselves after hard work by luxurious comfort. Nothing beats the feeling of mushing your team of sled dogs through snow blanketed forests. You will get to care for your team overnight and also learn mushing skills, before tucking up in a wilderness cabin without modern facilities. After returning back to the husky farm, it is time to get some luxury treatment. The small igloo resort is located by the tranquil shore of an Arctic lake. Each igloo features large ceiling windows offering direct views of the night sky. ...Read more >

A slow-paced escape into the Finnish countryside offering not only the natural beauty of forests and lakes but also an opportunity to occasionally meet Finnish people and discuss with them. Note! Cultural events like Helsinki festival, Savonlinna opera festival or Sibelius week concerts in Lahti can be included. Your journey starts from Helsinki by a private 4h guided sightseeing walk. You will then take a train to Lahti and stay in a charming little cabin with own sauna. A local guide will take you on a 4h mountainbike ride in Lahti Geopark with a lunch break in nature. You will then get your e-bikes and take a train first to Lappeenranta and cycle 18km to a charming log cabin in ...Read more >

Incredibly, there are almost 200,000 lakes in Finland – 40 to every 100 square kilometres. On this tailormade, self-drive tour which can range from four to nine days depending on your preferences, you’ll explore several of them through a series of magnificent national parks and protected areas. A recommended nine-day itinerary follows. After a couple of days in Helsinki, during which you can visit the UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna Fortress and take either a culinary or music-themed tour of the capital. From Helsinki you’ll drive to glorious Repovesi National Park, staying in a wilderness (no electricity!) cabin by a lake. Here you can take a guided kayaking tour in search of otters and ...Read more >

On this brilliant winter activity holiday, you can choose from a slate of fun activities to suit your family’s interests. Everything is organised by a great local team, who know exactly the kind of winter experiences that families are looking for in Finland. And not everyone needs to do the same thing: it's perfectly possible for the kids to have ski school and parents to have their own activity program, before meeting up in the afternoons. That means every member of the family can enjoy the experience they want in Finland. Arriving into the capital, Helsinki, you’ll travel north by train to the central Finland city of Oulu, from where it’s a two-hour transfer to your base for the week. ...Read more >

On this rail holiday, you have a chance to experience the most scenic rail routes in Finland. Your tour starts from Helsinki by train to Parikkala. If you take the morning train, it is possible to stop between the trains either in Verla Unesco World Heritage site close to Kouvola or to visit the Parikkala Sculpture Park with 560 concrete statues and a magnificent garden by a self-learned sculptor Veijo Rönkkönen. I Parikkala-Savonlinna This train ride was nominated as the most beautiful train journey in Finland among the Finns. During this one-hour local train ride through our national landscape, you'll understand the name "land of the thousand lakes" which Finland is often called (even ...Read more >

On the first morning after arrival, you will pick up your e-bikes and head for a cycle tour around the city of Helsinki built on a peninsula with a lot of cycle roads along the seaside. On your way, you'll stop for lunch. Your 5h tour will end at your hotel on the eastern side of Helsinki. After dinner, you will walk to the paddling base camp and take a Midnight Sun Kayak tour in the eastern archipelago of Helsinki. The kayak tour is guided by local, professional guides. The sunset on the sea is a magical experience. On the next day, it is time to cycle self-guided 42km to Porvoo. Porvoo is the second oldest town in Finland, its Old Town is known for its well-preserved 18th and 19th ...Read more >

On this guided tour, you will ride in a group of maximum 8 participants in the northern Finnish landscape. You will experience long wilderness roads in the middle of forest, ride through wide open landscapes and pass extremely beautiful lakes. Every day you will stay overnight in a new lodge by a lake and enjoy lakeside sauna with a possibility to swim in natural water. You guide is a local gravel cycling specialist Visa Pekonen, who has long experience on gravel biking and he knows the routes in Ruka-Kusamo area like his own pockets. His company Korpi Gravel arranges this tour in co-operation with Skafur-Tour. The 350km route has been planned and tested by Visa, the accommodation ...Read more >

After arrival in Turku and getting your bicycles from a rental shop next to the railway station, you are ready to start the cycle tour from island to island. You can book this island hopping tour with or without luggage transfers. During this round trip in the archipelago, you will start by following the shorter archipelago ring road starting from Naantali, a charming little seaside town 15km from Turku. Already next day you will leave the mainland and cycle 41km in hilly terrain to the Aasla island and take an archipelago ferry over to the Island of Seili with a long history as a sanatorium. The sanatory was closed by the 20th century and nowadays the island belongs to the Archipelago ...Read more >

Inari is the centre of Sámi culture in Lapland. This is, where the Sámi parliament Sajos and the Sámi museum Siida are located. Lake Inari is the third biggest lake in Finland, also called as the "sea of Lapland". Upon arrival, we'll take you on a relaxing, guided berry picking trip. You get fresh air and can relax and enjoy our wild and clean nature. Our guide tells you about the berries which we collect and taste. A break by campfire with snacks is included. Next day you will visit the Sámi parliament and the museum and have a cruise by electric catamaran to the holy island, which got its name after the Sámi god Ukko. In the evening, there will be an Aurora campfire. ...Read more >

This tour starts from a bike rental shop in Helsinki where you will get your trekking bikes. There are also e-bikes are available at extra cost. You will first take 4h cycle tour with our local guide in Helsinki and then take a local train to Turenki where your local host will meet you at the railway station. You will cycle 16 kilometers through the most beautiful Finnish countryside. On the way, you may stop to see an old church, take a nature trail or stop to swim in a lake. There is definitely no rush and we'll take our time wandering the country roads. Erkkilä is the country home of our tour operator’s founder Riitta, located in Tervakoski, 80km from Helsinki surrounded by large ...Read more >

Ah, Lapland the home of the Northern Lights, Sami communities and Santa Claus, allegedly. Where better to take an overnight train from Helsinki, in a cosy couple's cabin, for a week of winter activities surrounded by snow and ice? But there's something else that's beginning to build a bit of a reputation amidst the Arctic ambience of Pyha-Luosto National Park in Finland. Something that's silently taking the snow-bowed pine forests by storm. Electric sleds – eSleds – run on rechargeable batteries and don't make a sound. This means that you can glide silently across the snow with minimal harm to the environment. So much more peaceful than riding on the back of something that sounds like a ...Read more >

If you’re looking for an exciting family winter holiday, this family Northern Lights break in Lapland is certain to provide stories to tell for years to come. It’s a classic trip of its kind, with an itinerary that includes all the great activities often associated with Lapland: you will stay in an attractive log cabin, deep in the wilderness, and the perfect place to witness the Northern Lights. The best time to visit is between mid-November and December, or mid-February and mid-April, if you want to admire the majestic aurora borealis dancing across the night sky. Your cabin will have a sauna to warm up after each day’s activities too. During the daytime, you will travel by snowmobile ...Read more >

You start from historical point of view in Hämeenlinna. You will cycle to the medieval Häme Castle, where you will spend a few hours to learn about the middle ages in Finland. Later you continue by bike to reach your first accommodation. Your hotel in Hämeenlinna is located on a cape surrounded by the most beautiful lake nature. Here you will have time to relax and get on holiday mood. Finnish sauna belongs to the program of course. Tampere is the 3rd biggest city in Finland with its 230 000 inhabitants. It is located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Almost 1/4 of its geographical area is lake. The best way to see the lakes is to get up in towers. Our local guide will take you ...Read more >

On the Helsinki City Walk you will see and visit all the main attractions in the city centre of Helsinki, for example the Senate Square and the Market Square. Another option is to take a guided cycling tour around the western side of Helsinki. This tour is a little more sporty and makes most of the beautiful coast line of our capital city. You also have time for visiting a museum or for example Suomenlinna sea fortress. Suomenlinna is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your guide from the previous day will let you know how to get to this historically important island. A sustainable way of moving around Helsinki is by bike. Our guide will meet you at your hotel take you to the starting point ...Read more >

This wonderful family holiday in Lapland is a gem in every sense. Spend Christmas or New Year 2022 in Lapland in the company of reindeer, huskies, Northern Lights and, of course, Father Christmas. Days are packed with adventure, while the night skies are often lit up by the spectacular aurora borealis. Keep looking up... You'll stay in Tankavaara, a centre of gold-mining in the region during the summer, in a lovely family-run hotel with a unique gold miner-themed restaurant. However, responsible tourism has the potential to act as an economic counterweight to the destructive practises of mining, and there are few more enjoyable ways to explore Lapland as a family than on a trip such as ...Read more >

Nuuksio National Park is located only 40 km from Helsinki, which makes it possible to escape quickly into wild nature and enjoy typical Finnish scenery with lakes, forests and rugged crags. It is amazing, how silent it is in the forest except the birds, which are singing nonstop. The colors of the forest are fresh green and the air is pure. You'll start your self-guided low carbon cycle tour from Helsinki by picking up the e-bikes and taking a train to Louhela in Vantaa or Kirkkonummi in Espoo and cycling 30km along the cycle route to Haltia Lake Lodge in Nuuksio National Park. You will start your next day from the Finnish Nature Centre Haltia with a guided 1-hour tour giving you ...Read more >

Even in southern parts of Finland lakes get frozen in mid-winter. We have snow for all the well-known winter activities such as snowshoeing and cross-country skiing but in addition to that there are long wild skating tracks kept in good shape for tour skaters. It is a fun activity or serious sports as you wish. How nice it is to relax in sauna after spending time outdoors all day! You don't need to have previous experience in skating. You will start from Tampere where you will get a 2-3-hour introduction to tour skating first. The 20km track is right next to the city. After the skating trip, you will get a transfer back to the hotel to pick up luggage and you are ready to walk to the ...Read more >

On this family rail holiday to Central Finland you'll enjoy relaxed summer days by lake in Hankasalmi and Kuopio. Your tour starts from Helsinki Central Railway Station or Helsinki Airport, where you take a train towards Hankasalmi where you will be picked up to a lakeside family holiday resort. You will stay in cozy a log cabin unless you want to upgrade to a family glass igloo. Have a look around the resort, enjoy dinner at the resort restaurant and spend a relaxed evening having sauna, swimming and looking at the night skies. You will be kept busy at the resort as there is a lot to do. First, you will have a nature hiking trip with a local guide, in the afternoon you can choose ...Read more >

Take a self-guided round trip in southwestern Finland by train, bicycle and waterbus. See the artisan village Fiskars, Mustionlinna manor house, our most southern town Hanko, and the southern archipelago. Your low-carbon tour starts from Helsinki. This is where you'll get your bikes. It takes less than an hour by train from Helsinki to Karjaa. Artisan Village Fiskars is your first destination. You can star by visiting the summer exhibition of the local artisans. The history of the village dates back to the year 1646 when Fiskars Bruk was founded here. Today Fiskars is the center of arts, handicrafts, and design. You will find craft shops along the road passing the village. Visiting the ...Read more >

This Northern Lights short break holiday takes place in Finnish Lapland, during the months when the stunning sights of the Lights, otherwise known as the Aurora Borealis, are most likely to appear. This natural phenomenon is most likely to happen between September-October and then again between February-March. When the Lights appear in these stunning snow covered landscapes of northern Finland, and when the conditions are clear, you may be lucky enough to see them up to three out of four nights on this trip. Lake Inari, where we are based at a hotel on its south eastern shores, proffers the perfect frozen landscape to reflect the world’s greatest lightshow when it appears. It is also an ...Read more >