Perfect day. Our guide stania was very friendly and gave a lot of interresting details. Perfect. Thanks
very patient, allowing us to take many pictures. very informative regarding the tour and allowing free adventure time while we did snow-tubing.
This was an excellent experience provided by two wonderful people, in good company!The only downside was the misnomer in the tite "Best Of Lapland: Sauna, Ice swimming, Dinner & Northern Lights Hunting" ... Namely, there was no "Northern Lights Hunting" planned on the trip.If we had known this, we would have booked an additional trip to specifically hunt for the northern lights. By the time we found out, it was too late to book a different trip. Alex did try to help us by recommending someone.
We booked the 3-day pass a month before our tour in Finland. I thought it was a bit pricey because we could end up not seeing the Northern lights. But the service alone is so worth it. The guide, Alex is so helpful, the experience of chasing and transferring from one spot to another was so exciting for us. They will make a bonfire and cook sausages and serve tea or hot chocolate while waiting.
We were able to see Northern lights for each night. The best one is the final night when it danced across the night sky! Everyone was shouting and cheering when it moved and change colors.
I highly recommend this tour!
Our hosts Tonia and Alex were absolutely delightful! Tonia picked us up and provided information about the region, her background and where were were going. The location is at a remote and totally private lakeside cabin with a separate sauna building. We were shown around and given instructions about how and where to take a lake dip to cool down after the sauna. Alex had fired up the sauna which was perfectly piping hot and we all experienced the exhiliration and refreshment of the sauna/lake dip. This was all followed by a very delicious salmon dinner cooked to perfection. We had hoped to also see the northern lights but the weather was very overcast. Afterwards we were dropped off at our lodging doorstep, which was so nice since we were totally relaxed and sleepy. We highly recommend this experience.
I went here with my 16 year old son and we had a great evening. We went in sauna and in the cold lake and in the snow! A lot of fun. Then we were served nice, smoked salmon. We felt very welcomed and would go there again.
Amazing Northern light hunt with Alex and his colleague. They took us to two places and we were so lucky to see it! Besides that they made a cozy fire To keep us warm and nice snacks and drinks. Enjoyed every minute of it!
It's been surreal and as well lucky to have witness "The Northern Lights" for three consecutive nights...
Big thanks to Alex' Team along with Gael, they're the most patient tour guides and planner that me, my friends and rest of the visitors who came way all the way across the world..
Other than the hot cocoa, fruit tea, sausages, mallows : the service and assistance is top notch!!!
Cheers to Alex/Gael and Team, hope to be back for more adventures!!! xx
ALEX, OUR guide was on the dot when he fetched us at our accommodation.
Lucky on the first night with beautiful shots. Alex showed us how to get beautiful pictures. The grilled sausages and the hot chocolate were also great.
Second night, we did the same tour, but had to wait until the clouds cleared.
It's really very cold waiting for the sky to clear.
My friend and I had the best experience with Tetiana! She picked us up from a central location in Rovaniemi and drove us to their private home just outside of Rovaniemi. Her knowledge of the Finnish culture was amazing and we learnt so much! The sauna was a traditional Finnish sauna (only 150 of these left in Finland!) and we had this to ourselves. Towels, slippers and tea were provided. We went ice swimming in their private late and as recommended made snow angels! Tetiana then made us an amazing traditional Finnish lunch which was the best meal we'd had in Finland throughout our travels. Tetiana was really accommodating and took photos for us and dropped us back at our accomodation. This was my favourite experience in Rovaniemi and would love to do it again! Thanks Tetiana.