Dog sledding adventure and northern lights, 4 days tour

 
Experience the mid-winter in Lapland. Travel with your own team of Siberian huskies through the fairytale forest and see the mysterious northern lights slowly dancing over the sky. Spend the nights in a Sami tipi tent (tee-pee) and wooden huts. Fetch water from a hole in the ice and feel the warmth from the glowing fire in the wooden stove. See tracks from the wild animals and experience the true wilderness way of living in close contact with your working friends - the sled dogs.

 

northern lights


Four days of dog sledding and three nights in the wild


We will pick you up in Jokkmokk and drive you to the kennel, located just outside Jokkmokk.We get dressed in warm thermo parkas and pants and boots. You will learn how to handle a dog sled, how to communicate with the huskies and learn about safety in cold climate.

We harness the sled dogs and pack the sleds to get ready for start. You will drive your own team with four Siberian huskies.
Every day we stop and prepare our lunch over open fire out in the nature. By the huts and tipi tent camps everyone help out with taking care of and feeding the dogs, cooking and fetching water from the frozen lake or river.
There is no guarantee for the northern lights but hopefully we will see this fantastic light phenomena dancing over the sky during the nights.
On day four we head back to Jokkmokk and will arrive to the kennel in the afternoon full of new experiences. We give the dogs some snack and take off the harnesses.
After saying goodbye to your new friends we drive you back to Jokkmokk.

 

 dog sled

Price per person: 9 600 SEK per person included Swedish V.A.T.
Tour date: (18 – 21 December 2010); (26 - 29 December 2010); (5 – 8 January2011); other dates on request.

Meeting point: Jokkmokk at the start date time a.m. 10.00.

Group size min/max: 2/6 persons
Lodging: tipi tent 1n; wilderness cabin 2n.

Leadership: Wilderness guide, English or Swedish language.
Meals: Full board, lunch day 1- lunch day 4. (Typical Lapland and Swedish food).

Included: Warm thermo overall, warm shoes, hat, gloves. Sleeping bag and equipment for the tour.
Not included: Travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, international and domestic air fare. (Any travel to and from meeting point.
Tour conditions: Tour grade; All activities are mostly moderate. In wilderness cabin we sleep in bunk beds in mixed rooms with both gentlemen and women. The wilderness cabins are heated with wood or gas and have no electricity or
running water. In tipi tent we have a wood stove and sleep on reindeer skins in warm sleeping bags in the same tent. Dry toilets are available at the cabins but at the tipi camp we dig holes in the snow.