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Husky safari
Duration: 6,5 hours (sledding time approximately 15-20 min) · Warm clothes required (2h outside)
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Best value for ESNcard ownersESN Bergen Adventure to Northern Lapland, Kilpisjärvi (from Tromsø)
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Kilpisjärvi, FinlandDuration
4 nights
The number of nights during the trip.
If the number of total night differs from information in "accommodation" area, under what's included, the extra nights are transfer nights.
Activities
up to 7
The total amount of extras you can add to enrich your trip.
Availability
5 places left
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Tour starts
08.12.2026
Trip overview
The village of Kilpisjärvi is located in the northwest extremity of Finnish Lapland, bordered by Norway, Sweden, Kilpisjärvi lake and the majestic Saana fell, sacred to the Sami people. Here you can find the untouched nature, coldest temperatures, and highest snow levels in Finland, as well as the highest Northern light visibility! In addition to a variety of winter and nature activities, you can also make a day trip to Levi, Finland.
Extras and guided activities
Extra activities can be bought through your user account until 9 days before the trip departure or until they are sold out.
Activities "not available now" are expected to be on sale online or upon arrival at the destination.
At the destination the activities cost +5€ except for the activities, which were not on sale online.
Duration: 6,5 hours (sledding time approximately 15-20 min)
Warm clothes required (2h outside)
Alaskan huskies are cheerful and strong dogs who really like to pull the sledge! After a short instruction, the huskies are ready to take you for a tour through the snowy landscape. The sledge is shared between two people, and driving time is approximately 15-20 min according to snow and weather conditions.
During the activity you will:
- Visit the Husky Farm
- Meet the husky team, pet the huskies and take photos with them
- Do an approximately 15 - 20 min Husky Sleigh Ride
The activity time:
- 4.5h roundtrip transportation
- 2h time activity including the sledging part.
Important:
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warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required and are not included
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activity is subject to weather. Should your guide consider the conditions to be extreme, the activity will be rescheduled/modified
Night Snowshoe hike
Duration: 3 hours · Warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required and not included · Difficulty level: moderate
- Duration: 3 hours
- Warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required and not included
Difficulty level: moderate
We will gather in the evening to experience snowshoeing - one of the oldest ways to explore the snowy region of Kilpisjarvi. After a short introduction, you will get to use a GPS device to navigate through the nightly forest. During the short 2-3 km hike in the tundra, you can spot animal tracks and even see the Northern Lights, if you are lucky!
At the end, we will relax around a camp-fire.
If you bring some food, you can cook it on the shared fire!
Important, the camp-fire is available weather permitting.
Gear included:
- snowshoe
- headslamp
Important! Should the guide consider the snow conditions not suitable for the participants to use snowshoes, an alternative activity including a trek without snowshoes will be organised.
Guided cross country skiing for beginners
Duration: 2 hours · Moisture wicking, quick drying clothes · Difficulty level: moderate
- Duration: 2 hours
Moisture wicking, quick drying clothes- Difficulty level: moderate
Dare to try one of the oldest ways to travel in Lapland! Our guides will show you the classic Cross-Country Skiing technique so you will be ready to try the 2km track on your own (distance depends on your skills). Suitsable for beginners! Ski rental and a guide are included.
Important: Ski shoes maximum size is 47.
Reindeer herder experience
Duration: 1,5 hours · Warm clothing required (1,5 hours outside) · Difficulty level: easy
Duration: 1,5 hours- Warm clothing required (1,5 hours outside)
Difficulty level: easy
During this activity, you will experience the life of a reindeer herder. You'll learn about the local lifestyle and of course meet the free-roaming reindeer.
Ice-fishing and fire-making
Warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required but not included · Difficulty level: moderate
- Warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required but not included
- Difficulty level: moderate
How to survive in extreme weather conditions? What happens when all of a sudden you need to stay outdoors overnight? During this activity, you learn basic skills of making a fire without matches, as well as practice some ice-fishing. These are useful skills crucial for surviving in the areas above the Arctic Circle!
Important:
- warm outdoor clothes and snow boots are required and not included!
- activity is subject to weather. Should your guide consider the conditions to be extreme, the activity will be rescheduled.
The three borders snowmobile safari
Duration: 3 hours ( driving time 30 min/per person) · Warm clothes included · Difficulty level: moderate
- Duration: 3 hours ( driving time 30 min/per person)
- Warm clothes included
- Difficulty level: moderate
A three-hour excursion through Kilpisjärvi lake to the most peaceful border of the world – the borderstone of Sweden, Norway, and Finland in Kuoltavuoma. On the way, you will encounter breathtaking views and hear interesting stories told by the local professional wilderness guide. The activity includes gear, briefing, guidance. The snowmobile is shared between 2 people. You can drive each approximately 30 min. A driving license is NOT needed for this activity.
In case of an accident or damages to the snowmobile, the driver can be liable to pay up to 1000€.
Important! In case the guide considers the snow/ice conditions not safe for the three border routes, we will travel on a different route.
Arctic Experience Package
Combo deal: Snowshoe Hike, Cross-Country Skiing, Ice Fishing & Fire Making, and the Reindeer Herder Experience
Get More, Pay Less!
Combo deal: Snowshoe Hike, Cross-Country Skiing, Ice Fishing & Fire Making, and the Reindeer Herder Experience
Join us for four amazing Arctic experiences: Snowshoe Hike, Cross-Country Skiing, Ice Fishing & Fire Making, and the Reindeer Herder Experience – all wrapped up in one amazing deal!
Accommodation
Accommodation in classic shared 4-11 person cottages/apartments backOnly 6 left
free/ per person
microwave
electric stove
tableware
fridge
kettle, coffee maker
sauna
TV
electric heating
shower and toilet
mattresses, pillows and duvet
cleaning tools provided
All cottages and apartments include a private sauna, bathroom, TV, and a self-catering kitchenette equipped with tableware, cooking utensils, a fridge, freezer, mattresses, pillows, and blankets.
While the amenities are the same in all cottages and apartments, the style and size may vary depending on availability.
Wi-Fi is available in most cottages, but it is not guaranteed in all.
Please note:
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Accommodation sizes vary and can host 4 to 10 people, depending on availability.
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Bed types also vary, and may include double beds, bunk beds, pull-out sofas, or loft beds.
Sleeping bag is not allowed!
The final cleaning or damage repair is not included. In case the accommodation is not in the same conditions as when you arrived, a 250€ fee will be charged.
We understand that it is important to stay with your friends and we will try our best to consider all requests.
You can have a group or individual bookings.
Please, ensure you have booked the same trip and accommodation category.
10-14 days before departure, you will receive the accommodation sign-up link by email.
The first of your group to open the email can assign all of you to the same accommodation(s); per your friends' permission and availability.
Same accommodation guests share the same bus and the same activities schedule!
In case your travel group size is more than 1 bus big, please, select accommodation options on the same bus. If we are obliged to split the group or there is a last-minute bus change, we will keep travellers from the same accommodation together.
If you did not receive the email
If you join the trip after the email was sent, an accommodation spot will be automatically assigned to you. If you don’t receive the email, please check your spam folder, ask your friends to share it with you, or contact our Customer Service Team.
We understand that it is important to share your accommodation with same gender passengers and we will try our best to consider all requests.
10-14 days before departure, you will receive the accommodation sign-up link by email.
Every passenger can sign-up in the accommodation they want. You could choose a room first or add your name to the one you prefer with people of your gender.
In case you are in an accommodation shared also with other gender travellers, no worries, the accomodations usually are divided in rooms for 2-3 guests.
If you join the trip after the email was sent, an accommodation spot will be automatically assigned to you. If you don’t receive the email, please check your spam folder, ask your friends to share it with you, or contact our Customer Service Team.
What is included
Transportation
Round bus trip to Kilpisjärvi from your booked departure point
Accommodation
4 nights in a shared cottage with sauna
Levi day trip
Visit one of the biggest ski village in Finland. You can go shopping, dining, sledding, SPA, downhill skiing.
Tour guide
Tour guide services in English at the destination
Luggage
You can travel with:
- 1x 15kg luggage to store in the bus trunk (size is not important!) and
- 1x small backpack to take with you during the bus ride.
...and add more luggage if you need: 15kg Extra luggage can be added when booking the trip and according to availability - at 5€/luggage.
Package price does not include
Catering, meals, breakfasts
In order to keep trip prices as low as possible, all cottages are self-catering – breakfast, lunch, and evening meals are not included.
Each accommodation has good cooking facilities. Kitchens are equipped with plates, glasses, mugs, a 2-ring electric hob, microwave, water boiler, coffee machine, toaster.
Meals are not included, but we stop on the way to your destination to buy groceries. You can, for instance, decide with your accommodation group what you are going to cook together and share the groceries and costs. Ovens are not present in every accommodation, so don’t buy things like frozen pizzas, chicken, etc.
Grocery shopping: We recommend you to do all your shopping on the way to the destination. Your groceries won’t freeze in the bus luggage compartment unless the temperature drops to minus 35°C. You can save quite some money if you and your roommates decide to cook together.
Extra activities which are not included in the trip package
Travel Health insurance
Clothes rental
Accommodation cleaning
The final cleaning is not included. Cleaning products and tools are provided.
In case the accommodation is not in the same conditions as when you arrived, a 250€ fee will be charged.
Flights
The tour starts from Tromsø. You are responsible for your own travel arrangements to/from Tromsø.
Departure points
Pick one at checkout. Changes afterwards are handled by our customer service.
- 15:00 Tromsø airport
Example itinerary
Please note: the final trip program will be shared 5-7 days before the trip departure.
The activities schedule might change.
Same accommodation guests share the same activities schedule. More info about accommodation in the accommodation section below.
Day 1Tue 08.12
Departure day, Arrival in Lapland
15:00 Departure from Tromso Airport.
Grocery shop break
Evening - Arrival To Kilpisjärvi
Briefing and Lodging
Day 2Wed 09.12
Levi day (included)
Day trip to Levi (included)
Visit one of the biggest ski village in Finland. You can go shopping, dining, sledding, spa, downhill skiing.
Day 3Thu 10.12
Snowmobile safari (optional), Snowshoe Trek to Wilderness(optional), Ice fishing and fire making (optional)
Day 4Fri 11.12
Husky (optional), Reindeer herder experience (optional)
Day 5Sat 12.12
Check out and arrival back home
10:00 CHECK OUT
Cabins have to be left in the same conditions as they were upon your arrival.
Please go through the following check-list:
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-Make the beds
-Clean the floors with the vacuum cleaner and mop.
-Wash the dishes (do not use hand washing liquid e.g. Fairy for the dishwasher! It will cause a malfunction!)
-Take the trash out.
-Return the key to your guide (they will perform the final check)
-Return rental clothes.
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10:00 Departure home.
Should you need to book a transfer after the trip, please, consider only departure
- 4 hours after the expected arrival time for train/ferry/bus ticket;
- 6 hours after the expected arrival time for flight tickets
13:30 Estimated arrival in Tromsø. End of the trip.
Timetravels reserves the right to changes in the itinerary.
Customer photos
Good to know
With the Flexible package (+15€), you can cancel from your account until 24.10.2026 and receive the amount as store credit towards another trip, with no cancellation fee. Store credit is not paid back to your card. After that the fee schedule in our cancellation policy applies.
In order to keep trip prices as low as possible, all cottages are self-catering – breakfast, lunch, and evening meals are not included.
Each accommodation has good cooking facilities. Kitchens are equipped with plates, glasses, mugs, a 2-ring electric hob, microwave, water boiler, coffee machine, toaster.
Meals are not included, but we stop on the way to your destination to buy groceries. You can, for instance, decide with your accommodation group what you are going to cook together and share the groceries and costs. Ovens are not present in every accommodation, so don’t buy things like frozen pizzas, chicken, etc.
Grocery shopping: We recommend you to do all your shopping on the way to the destination. Your groceries won’t freeze in the bus luggage compartment unless the temperature drops to minus 35°C. You can save quite some money if you and your roommates decide to cook together.
At least the following:
• Warm clothes
• Swimming suit (unless you want to do it the Scandinavian way) + towel
• Anything else you may need during the trip: money, medicine, etc.
• Student card
• Credit card for extra activities - cash is not accepted at the destination
• A small pillow or a special neck cushion for the bus trip
• Flip-flops for Arctic swimming and jumping in the snow after sauna – you don’t want to get your feet cold out there!
• Eye-drop if you use contact lenses; contact lenses are favoured over glasses due to fogging the glasses
• Bed linen set (bedsheet, matress cover, pillow cover): if you do not have it with you, it must be rented for approximately €25/trip
The reason we use North Lapland as the location of our main destinations is that it experiences snowfalls since October. However, we cannot control the weather. So, in the unlikely event that the snow is not deep enough for snow-requiring activities, we will offer an alternative or pay full refund for the cancelled activites. Activities not snow-dependent are usually always possible.
Spring semester is of course more enjoyable because there is more snow and more sunlight. Due to its popularity, the spring semester is slightly more expensive. If you can choose, we recommend traveling in February, March, or early April.
During the autumn semester, there is a small risk of having less snow. Besides, the short period of daylight brings some restrictions to the schedule, for instance early waking in the morning
During the trip the participants are required to be physically and mentally fit.
There is zero tolerance for abusive behaviour. A person suspected of being intoxicated has to be reported to Timetravels guide and contact person.
People suspected of being intoxicated are denied boarding of the bus without the right to refund. If the case occurs during the trip, their travel may be aborted for safety reasons and any unused part of the tour package won’t be compensated.
from 399€Klarna.instalmentsFree trip change until 24.10 with Flexible (+15€)