South Lapland Winter Experience

Syöte National Park is one of the most famous places in South Lapland. Maybe you have already seen the magnificent snow-covered candle trees on social media? During your tour, you will also encounter huskies and reindeers. These animals are simply lovely! Easy, well-behaving, and half domesticated reindeers and lovely huskies make your holiday unforgettable. Plus, a two-day husky tour will make you become a real musher! For photographers, there is always a large variety of different birds around the house. We can also arrange special photographing sessions near the House. Welcome to spend a peaceful and same time adventurous time in South Lapland! 

South Lapland Winter Experience: Tour Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival
Arrive at Oulu Airport or a bus/railway station, where your guide is waiting for you. After an approximately two-hour transport, you will arrive at Taigalampi Holiday House. Make yourself comfortable, meet up with the group and enjoy your welcoming dinner. After dinner, there will be a short briefing and introduction of the holiday program. We will talk about safety issues as well as sustainable tourism and how we put it into practice during our trip. Complete your first day with a hot sauna and sweet dreams surrounded by peaceful and quiet nature.


Day 2: Snowshoeing in Syöte National Park

After a nutritious breakfast, your unforgettable holiday will kick off with a snowshoe hiking trip to the great white forest and fells in the Syöte Hiking area. This famous and remote area is very attractive all year round. See the snow-covered old trees and hear the stories of life in these remote areas in South Lapland. Here, you will have a delicious lunch in a wooden shelter out in nature by an open fire. Hike back to the starting point on snowshoes followed by some stretching and relaxing with the instructor. Tonight, relax at the accommodation with sauna, dinner and a good night’s sleep in a silent environment. The walking distance today is about 10 km in 5 hours.


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Day 3: Culture and nature in Riisitunturi National Park
After an early breakfast, you will receive a transport to Riisitunturi National Park, where a nice winter hiking trip around the very famous Riisitunturi fell awaits. Here, you will have a sandwich and picnic lunch in the nature. You will also visit the Pentik Hill (Pentikmäki) culture center. Here you can learn more about Pentik’s ceramicware, candles and works of art. Glass walkways connect buildings that contain a factory store, museum, exhibition and café. On the way back to Syöte we make a wonderful stop-by visit to the local ecologically sustainable and organic farm where we buy the meat products for our restaurant. During this trip, you will have a possibility to meet the farmer family at the coffee and sandwich table. On the yard we meet their beautiful hairy cows! Transport to the hut. Dinner and accommodation after a hot sauna. There is also a possibility to see the Northern Lights without any light pollution. Today’s hiking distance is approximately 5 km. 


Day 4: Cross-country skiing
This day begins with a hearty breakfast and continues to the well-maintained cross-country skiing tracks. After a short skiing course, we will take a day tour on tracks from hut to hut. En route, we will see very attractive landscapes. You will have lunch during the tour and dinner back in the cabin. Today’s distance is about 25 km. 
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Day 5: Skiing continued
After breakfast, head out on a back-country skiing day trip with skin-based skis. These skis are made for skiing in deep snow and sliding down from the hills. The South Lapland winter forests and lakes are something to be experienced. Our tracks will go in peaceful and most quiet areas through snow-white forests up to the hills, along the ridges, and over the big frozen lakes. During this day trip, you can enjoy the fresh wind and enjoy a delicious soup meal around an open fire. Afterwards, we will be skiing back to Taigalampi Holiday House, where you will enjoy sauna and dinner. The skiing distance is about 10 km in 5 hours.
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Day 6: Snow scooter safari and reindeers
​This day is a day for a wonderful snow scooter safari with a professional guide. A delicious snack is served during the tour in a wilderness hut. After an exciting morning, we will have lunch, a short relaxing time and a great experience when we meet the local reindeers. After the reindeer encounter, it is time for a wonderful dinner in the Holiday House. Hot sauna available in the evening. 
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Day 7: Dogsledding tour with huskies
After breakfast, you will be transported to an unforgettable two-day dogsledding tour with huskies. First, you get detailed and clear instructions on how to be a real musher and control your huskies safely through the winter wonderland. You will be driving your very own husky pack and enjoy a few hours’ tour through the beautiful Finnish winter scenery. Spend the night in the wood-heated wooden wilderness cabin. There are no modern amenities, but deep sleep is guaranteed after the active day! Relax with a visit to the sauna and enjoy tonight’s dinner.
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Day 8: Departure
After a tasty and nutritious breakfast, your tour continues back to the husky farm. After a snack, you will say your goodbyes to your husky pack and take the transfer by car back to Oulu, a hotel, the airport, or a bus/railway station.

Accommodation
Accommodation on this trip is arranged in Syöte Hiking area, in Taigalampi Holiday House, a log house made in the year 1989. It has been repaired and renovated in 2010 and 2021. Holiday House is a perfect place for bigger groups and extended families to enjoy their vacation together. It has a fully equipped kitchen, a spacious common room for dining, staying together, and relaxing. Additionally, it has its own sauna, three toilets, a dressing room, and a terrace for cooling down. Holiday House is located in the Pytkynharju area in the Syöte Hiking area. Taigalampi Holiday House has 8 bedrooms for 2 people. The whole holiday house has beds for 16 guests together. 
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