Husky tour from hut to hut in Reisa National Park

This husky tour offers you the opportunity to experience the tranquillity and beauty of Reisa National Park up close. You will spend several nights in cozy wilderness cabins and sleep in a traditional lava tent in the middle of the mountains. During the tour, you will learn how to handle the huskies and immerse yourself in the life of a musher as you drive through the snow-covered landscape. Professional photos capture the most beautiful moments so that you can keep these memories forever.

Husky tour from hut to hut in Reisa National Park: the itinerary

Day 1: Arrival
On your arrival day, you will be warmly welcomed at Tromsø Airport and taken to the Oksfjordhjem base camp. Once there, you will have plenty of time to settle in and familiarize yourself with your new surroundings. You will then be kitted out with your winter equipment and receive an initial briefing on the adventures ahead. During dinner together, you will discuss the next few days. The evening ends with anticipation of the exciting time ahead of you.

Day 2: Departure for Reisa National Park
After a hearty breakfast, you start the day by loading the huskies and your equipment. Once everything is packed and ready to go, you set off for Reisa National Park. The drive takes you through a picturesque winter landscape and your excitement for the upcoming adventure grows. Once you arrive in the national park, you harness the huskies to the sleds together and set off into the untouched nature. You are responsible for your own sled and your husky team! Jump off on steep slopes or in deep snow and help the dogs by pushing the sled. A certain level of fitness and initiative is essential for a wilderness tour like this. The first stage of the tour takes you deeper and deeper into the national park, where you finally find one of the rustic huts to spend the night. Together with your guide, you will look after the dogs, heat the hut and prepare dinner.

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Day 3: Wilderness experience on the drive to Reisavannhytta
After the first night in a wilderness hut, you continue your journey. You first feed the dogs before enjoying your own breakfast, packing your things and preparing for the next stage to Reisavannhytta, where you will spend the second night. On the way, enjoy the silence and beauty of the snow-covered forests. Here, in the seclusion of the wilderness, you can experience nature in its purest form. In the evening, you will once again look after your huskies before settling into the comfort of the hut and enjoying a hearty dinner, which you will prepare together.

Day 4: On the husky sledge into the national park
After the usual morning routine, you continue your journey into Reisa National Park, driving northwest through the deeply carved valley. The landscape becomes more and more impressive the further north you go. Your destination is the next hut, where you can enjoy the comfort and coziness of this simple, secluded accommodation. After a long day of adventure and exploration, caring for the dogs and preparing for the night, you can look forward to a comforting dinner and the opportunity to end the evening by the fireplace.

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Day 6: Highlight of the trip: an overnight stay in a lavu tent
A very special adventure awaits you today: after your husky tour, you will spend the night in a lava tent, which you will set up in a picturesque spot in the middle of the mountains. Equipped with a small stove and reindeer skins, you will enjoy the cozy atmosphere in the tent and your last evening in the wilderness. Here you can experience the silence of nature up close and watch the clear starry sky. With a bit of luck, the magical Northern Lights will dance high above your head. It is a unique feeling to sleep under the open sky and feel the connection to nature. The shared meal and stories by the stove make this an unforgettable evening.

Day 7: Return to base camp
After spending the night in the lava tent, you pack up everything together after looking after the dogs and having breakfast and make your way back to the Oksfjordhjem base camp. You drive through the beautiful winter landscape with your faithful huskies and enjoy the last few hours of your adventure. Once you arrive at the camp, you thank your dogs with plenty of cuddles before relaxing a little and then preparing a delicious dinner together. On this last evening, you can reflect on the experiences of the past few days and look forward to a last restful night in northern Norway.

Day 8: Departure
On the last day of your unforgettable husky tour, you will enjoy breakfast together before it is time to say goodbye. After breakfast, you will be taken to Tromsø Airport, from where you will start your journey home. Your luggage will not only contain your personal belongings, but also many wonderful memories of a tour through the wilderness that you will not soon forget.

Accommodation:
The accommodations during the tour are simple but cozy wilderness huts without electricity or running water, which are equipped with wood stoves for warmth and cooking. These are shared rooms, so separate bedrooms are not possible. There is a toilet outside, you have to walk a few meters to get there. You set up the lava tent for the last night together in a beautiful spot in the middle of the mountains. It offers a unique experience and direct contact with nature and is heated with a small stove and you sleep on reindeer skins. You will have another tent with you for the entire tour in case of an emergency, should you not be able to reach the next hut due to the weather or other adverse conditions. For this wilderness tour, therefore, please bring the necessary flexibility and openness to adapt the routes and overnight stays to the respective conditions.
The Oksfjordhjem base camp is located in the middle of nature with an incredible view of the mountains. This is where you will spend the first and last night of your stay. There are two bedrooms: one with a double bed and one with three single beds. You share the bathroom with the other guests. There is an equipped kitchen, a living room with a fireplace and TV, wifi is available.

Requirements:
A very good level of fitness is required for this trip, as very low temperatures and harsh conditions (wind, snow, ice, cold) can prevail. You will also have to perform physical work and the active cooperation of each participant is required. For example, you should be able to hold on to the sled at starts and stops when the dogs want to run off, help the dogs on uphill terrain by pushing the sled and also lend a hand in the camp. You are expected to take the initiative and play an active role. The work on the way (looking after the dogs, cooking etc.) is carried out collectively. The amount of luggage you can take with you on the wilderness tour is limited, you'll get a bag for it with the rest of your equipment.
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