Welcome to Finnish Lapland!
On your arrival at Rovaniemi Airport, meet your local host at the arrival hall and continue to Rovaniemi sightseeing tour with local guide.
Rovaniemi is a city of intriguing post-war history and rich in terms of culture – it’s a wonderful place for a little sightseeing tour around a city that was destroyed in World War II and then rebuilt. Cross the Arctic Circle border at Santa Claus village, send Christmas cards from Santa's Post Office to your loved ones, and meet Santa Claus himself! As you're at the actual Arctic Circle, you might want to get an official certificate to prove you've crossed this most northern of boundaries, too!
During the day lunch will be served in a local restaurant (meal included, drinks excluded)
Later in the afternoon, you will be taken to your "home" away from home - cozy Bear's Lodge.
Check in and enjoy a delicious and nutritious dinner at the hotel restaurant.
In the evening keep an eye on the northern sky for magical Northern Lights.
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Privately guides Rovaniemi sightseeing tour with English speaking guide
- Lunch at local restaurant in Rovaniemi, drinks excluded
- Group transfer from Rovaniemi airport to Rovaniemi and to Bear's Lodge
- 3-course dinner at the hotel restaurant, incl. water, coffee, tea
After a good night's sleep, start your morning with an energizing workout followed by breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Your day continues with the outdoor snowshoe adventure. Hiking in snowshoes lets you experience the wintry nature in complete silence while getting a great workout session. You can hear the snow falling off branches as you make your way through the forest. Your guide will tell you all about the surroundings, Lappish nature, and the history behind snowshoe tradition.
Your snowshoe trip ends at the hotel with a warming lunch at the restaurant.
After lunch rest and relax at the hotel before your evening workout.
Dinner is served at the hotel restaurant
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Morning and evening workout session
- Guided snowshoe hike in the wilderness incl. snack and hot drink, 3h
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the hotel restaurant, incl. water, coffee & tea
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel restaurant
Take a walk outside to explore the surroundings and great wilderness.
Lunch is served at the hotel restaurant
Your day ends with an evening training session before relaxing at the dinner table, enjoying nourishing dinner.
After dinner, a magical night under the stary Northern sky will be waiting for you!
The Aurora Night starts with a car ride to a campfire place close by with open views of the northern sky. In the light and warmth of the campfire, the guide will tell you everything about aurora borealis: facts proven by science, and stories people have told each other throughout centuries trying to explain them. If the circumstances are right, the Northern Lights will dance in the sky.
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Morning and evening workout sessions
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the hotel restaurant, incl. water, coffee & tea
- 2h Aurora night in the wilderness, incl. hot drinks and snack
Enjoy your morning workout session before breakfast.
Today morning you will have a great opportunity to join an adventurous snowmobile safari!
Snowmobiling is such a significant means of transport in the whole of Lapland, so you don't wanna miss the thrill of it! Before the tour, your snowmobile guide will explain everything you need to know about driving with one and how to make sure that you will have a great time! You will ride along quiet routes, snowy landscapes and enjoy the thrill of speed on the snow. Even though you will be sitting on the snowmobile, it requires a strong grip and abdominals to keep yourself comfortably in place - you will feel your muscles after that! During the day, nice outdoor lunch will be served before you head back to your hotel.
After a long day outdoors, you will be treated to a much-needed stretching session with Augustin and make sure to have your private cabin sauna turned on!
The day ends with a lovely dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Morning workout session
- Snowmobile adventure with wilderness lunch
- Breakfast and dinner at the hotel, incl. water, coffee & tea
Today after breakfast you will head outside to meet your skiing instructor.
You will be learning all about cross-country skiing, which is a great exercise to get your body moving in the morning! Definitely, something you wanna try while in Lapland as cross-country skiing is also considered a national sport for Finland!
Skiing is an excellent whole-body exercise while breathing in the purest air on the planet and which is fun and demanding at the same time!
Enjoy lunch at the hotel restaurant.
Have another exciting workout in the afternoon before dinner at the hotel restaurant.
In the evening you will be taken out for a wonderful evening reindeer safari to experience a traditional reindeer sleigh ride and learn about reindeer and their herders
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Cross-country skiing lesson with instructor, incl. snack and hot drink
- Afternoon workout session
- Evening reindeer safari
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the hotel restaurant, excl. drinks
Start your day with early morning workout and breakast.
After which you will be heading to the great outdoors with huskies! Your guide will teach you everything you need to know to become a real husky musher yourself! It is a 12km tour, where you will be sharing a sled with your partner and switching halfway. Safari routes run along the icy river, climb up to the top of fells and dive deep into arctic forests. Outdoor campfire lunch will be prepared during the day.
After a long day outdoors, enjoy a warming sauna at your cabin!
The day ends with a lovely dinner at the hotel restaurant.
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Morning workout session
- Breakfast and dinner served at the hotel restaurant, incl. water, coffee & tea
- Husky safari with outdoor campfire lunch
On your last day in Lapland, you will have your last workout session with Augustin.
Your breakfast and lunch are served at the hotel restaurant.
In the afternoon you will end your week in Lapland in a special way! Just a short drive away a magnificent hotel built of snow and ice is waiting for you.
On your arrival, meet your guide who will take you around the premises and explains you everything you want to know about building the hotel out of ice and stories behind it.
It is time to reflect back on your fitness achievements and new experiences during your exciting week in Finnish Lapland and in the snowy wilderness during the shared dinner in the wonderful Ice Restaurant!
Overnight at Bear's Lodge
- Breakfast and lunch at the hotel, incl. water, coffee & tea
- Guided snowhotel visit
- 3-course dinner at Ice Restaurant, incl. water, coffee & tea
It is time to say goodbye to magical Lapland.
After breakfast and check-out you will be picked up from your hotel by minivan and taken back to Rovaniemi airport for your flight back home.
Depart from Rovaniemi airport with hearts full of Arctic memories, new friends, and motivation to keep working out!
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Transfer from Bear's Lodge to Rovaniemi airport
