Arrival

You will be greeted by a driver and then transferred from Rovaniemi airport to your hotel. You will get to relax and be able to enjoy a nice family meal before your adventure really begins tomorrow.

Accommodation:

Hotel Aurora Luosto

Pyhä-Luosto National Park is an amazing backdrop for the boutique style hotel and glass igloo accommodation of Santa’s Hotel Aurora. This is your perfect wilderness retreat with high-quality service, meals and accommodation. With only 30 rooms, 10 glass igloos, you can expect friendly, personalised service here. There’s also a stylish restaurant with a terrace, as well as a lobby bar with a fireplace.

You will have the choice of room types – please see the booking pages.

The Premium Glass roofed igloos, where you’ll have unobstructed views of the spectacular night sky and the jaw-dropping Northern Lights, all from the comfort of your bed. The igloos have en suite shower rooms and the double bed is beneath the glass roof,  there is a sofa bed for a third adult or child. all premium igloos are equipped with a minibar, kettle, tv, air-conditioning, heated glass ceiling, slippers, bathrobes, toiletries.

Standard Room with its own Sauna and fireplace  comfortable for 2 or 3 people, with a real fire in every room , a bathroom with shower and private sauna, aurora alarm and tea and coffee making facilities.

Superior room with sauna which can sleep up to 4 people, with  in a separate bedroom and a living area which has two sofa beds. There is an ensuite shower room with private sauna.

All rooms have TV and tea and coffee making facilities

Glass Igloo:

Guided Reindeer Farm Visit and Safari

Start the day off with a breakfast buffet at the hotel, and get ready to meet Santa himself.

A wonderful Christmas experience with only those closest to you. You will be picked up form you accommodation for your visit to a nearby reindeer farm where you will be given a guided tour and learn all about the famous Finnish animal.

Get up close and personal with these magnificent creatures, so central to Sami culture and symbolic of life in the far northern reaches of Finland. After the tour, experience a ride in a sleigh from one of these gentle animals, and swish through the silent trees and the pure, cold air. Your sleigh ride through the snowy forest will take you to  Santa’s hut, where he will  greet everyone and share small gifts. If you wish, contact us in advance to arrange for Santa to have a copy of your child’s letter to Santa, or organise a special present of your choosing for Santa to give. This will help us make the experience truly memorable!

The little ones can show him their Christmas lists and it will be a moment none of the family will ever forget.

After your day of adventure, you will be taken back to your hotel where you will have some time to relax before having dinner.

Accommodation: 

Standard Room Sauna and Fireplace

Husky Farm and Safari

Today, you will be visiting a husky farm where you will learn all about huskies and just how important they are to the Finnish people. You will start the day with breakfast before being taken to the nearby husky farm.

One of the mushers will guide you around the farm, where you will learn all about huskies and how to use them to pull a sledge as well as hearing stories about the dogs and their characters. You’ll embark on a 5km husky ride where you can use the mushing skills you have learnt to guide the dogs. These beautiful, energetic dogs will take you on a tour of the incredible landscape and you’ll get to spend time interacting with these affectionate animals.

You will then return to the hotel where you will have dinner and have some time to relax by the fire or perhaps enjoy some well earned relaxation time in the sauna.

Accommodation:

Standard room with Sauna

Departure Day

After a buffet breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred back to Rovaniemi Airport to catch your flight home, taking with you life long memories of your magical time in Lapland.