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Full day Husky safari to Sweden
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Imagine travelling silent along frozen rivers and beautiful pine tree forests that are shimmering white. We start the tour by driving with car to a small village called Kangos, on the Swedish side of the border. If we are lucky we might see reindeers and moose on the way.
After arriving to the Husky kennel you will get instructions from your guide how to handle your own team of 4-6 Huskies. Then when everyone feels ready we head of out into the wilderness. After a while we stop for |
| Departure: | Monday - Friday on request only |
| Duration: | 10 hours / 40km dog sleding / approx. 3 hours Transfer |
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245 €/person – 2 persons per sleigh
305 €/person – 1 person per sleigh |
Half day Husky safari
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Take part on this exciting half day husky safari and enjoy the sleigh ride in the middle of the arctic nature. We will meet all the enthusiastic Husky dogs and our guide will give us the instructions how to mush a husky-team. After we will take off with our teams and drive through snow-covered forests and over open plains. Half way we will stop to make a camp fire and we will grill sausages and have a hot cup to drink. |
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| Departure: | 09:00 Mon, Wed, Fri |
| Duration: | 4-4,5 hours / 25 km dog sledding |
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162 €/person - 2 persons per sleigh
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Husky farm visit and sleigh safari
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Imagine a ride through silent, snow-covered forest in a sled drawn by the huskies. Pulling a sled is no problem for the dogs and they can reach amazing speeds over hard snow! In our destination, the Ylläs Husky Farm, the husky guide will introduce us to about hundred Alaskan and Siberian huskies and he will give us full driving instructions. Then we are ready to take part in the husky sleigh safari. Every participant gets the chance to try to steer the sleigh (+18). After the trip we will have a hot drink and cookies in a Lappish hut with the people of the husky farm. |
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| Departure: | 12:00 Wednesday |
| Duration: | 2,5 hours / 9 km dog sledding |
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124 €/person |
Snowmobiling to Husky safari
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n this safari we will drive by snowmobiles to the Ylläs Husky Farm, which is situated about 15 kilometres from Äkäslompolo. At the farm we will meet our husky guide, who introduces us to the huskies and gives us driving instructions for the husky sledding. Then we are ready to take part in a five kilometres safari. Every participant gets a chance to steer the sleigh. After the trip we drink coffee in a Lapp tepee with the husky farm people. The Husky sleighs are always shared! |
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| Departure: | 10:00 Friday |
| Duration: | 3-4 hours / 2x 15km Snowmobile driving + 5km Husky |
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142 €/person – 2 persons per snowmobile
169 €/person – 1 person per snowmobile |
Go Green half day Husky safari
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The unique landscape of Ylläs is something to cherish. Therefore this safari is planned and produced in a most environmental friendly way. The amazing experience starts from the Husky farm, where we will meet the dogs and get the instructions how to mush the Husky team. After we will take off with our teams and drive through snow-covered forests an over open plains. Half way we will stop to make a campfire and we will make sausages and have a hot cup to drink. In this safari the guides use the snowmobile only a short time in |
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| Departure: | 13:30 Wednesday |
| Duration: | 4-4,5 hours / 25 km dog sledding |
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199 €/person – 2 persons per dog sledge
269 €/person – 1 person per dog sledge |
Day at a reindeer farm
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Get to know this semi-wild domestic animal at a reindeer farm. Learn everything about reindeer breeding – the most traditional of the livelihoods in the northern regions of Finland and Sweden! Over one and a half century old Lappish country house in Torassieppi, Muonio, is one of the rare places that survived after the Second World War. There we visit a museum of reindeer herding and farming. The lady of the house of the farm will tell us about reindeer herding with slides and articles. We also visit a reindeer corral and |
| Departure: | 10:00 Thu |
| Duration: | 5 hours / 50 km Bus transfer |
| Price: | 129 € / person |
Riding to a campfire
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After getting familiarized with the Horses, we will divide the group in half. The first group will ride to the campfire, our coffee place, and the second will enjoy the trip in an open sleigh. After a hot coffee and a bun, our guide will tell us the interesting stories about the horses. On the way back, the groups will change, so everybody has the chance to sit in the sleigh or on the back of the lovely horses. |
| Departure: | 12:00 Tuesday & Friday |
| Duration: | 2,5-3 hours |
| Price: | 105 € / person |
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