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Practical information
Pick-up is offered at the following locations or participants can choose to meet onsite at the Safartica Office, please specify when booking:
- Star Arctic Hotel
- Top Star Finland
- Aurora Collection Resort
- Northern Lights Village
- Hotel Laanihovi
* Participants can choose between transfers from listed locations or meeting onsite at the Safartica Saariselkä office (please specify when booking)
- Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes prior to the departure time
- Pick-up
- Meet your experienced guide
- Put on your gear (thermal overalls, boots, wool socks, hat, scarf, gloves, and helmet)
- Safety briefing and introduction to dog sledding
- The adventure begins!
- Break and switch drivers
- Return to the base
- Kennel Tour
- Hot drinks
- Return to the original departure point in Saariselkä
Please note that a minimum number of 2 participants (2 adults) is required in order to run this activity.
In addition, this excursion features 2-participants per husky team, one adult (18 years old and up) as a driver and one adult as a passenger. Midway through the tour, adults can change drivers. Children up to 12 years are always seated as passengers in the sleigh.
Parents with small children: please consider if your child is able to sit in a sleigh for about 1 hour in winter conditions. Kindly note, there are no shortcuts from the forest back to the farm.
- Guide
- Transfer from listed locations
- Thermal overalls
- Boots
- Wool socks
- Scarf
- Hat
- Gloves
- Helmet
- Hot drinks
- Transfer from unlisted locations
- Warm layers of clothing
- Camera
- Sunglasses