New Year's Adventure in Ruka, Finland - escorted tour
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- Airport transfers on day 1 & 6 (coinciding with scheduled flights) from Kuusamo airport
- 5 nights' accommodation in your private log chalet or villa-apartment. Each chalet has different furniture and styles. The villa-apartment has glass windows on the roof.
- Tour leader on hand - accompanies the group for most of the stay
- 1 set of linen & towels per person for the 4 nights
- Final cleaning for cabin
- 5 x breakfast
- 2 x lunch during your activities
- 5 x dinners including New Year's Eve Dinner
- Winter clothing hire: Overalls, boots, balaclava (for snowmobile ride), mittens and one large pair of woollen socks.
- All activities as per itinerary including: full day at Santa's Cottage, visit to reindeer farm and sleigh ride, snowshoeing, sauna tour, snowmobiling and 10 kilometre Husky Safari. These activities can vary depending on the weather conditions.
Itinerary
Transfer from Kuusamo airport to Rukan Salonki. Free time for relaxing in your cabin: light the fire, make a cup of tea and watch the kids make their first snow angel. Your guide will be there on arrival to make sure you are settling in. Ready to get moving - ...
Enjoy some time outside before spending the rest of the day with Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and the elves (11.45am - 3pm)! Santa’s Cottage is located about 30-minute drive away from Ruka and you will transfer there with your guide and group.
The program beg...
This morning you will be doing a snowshoeing adventure and then a soup lunch.
Later in the afternoon, you will be assigned time to do a 'sauna tour'. Finnish sauna is an institution, something very essential in life and a must-have. But why do the Finns ...
After breakfast, meet the reindeers. A short transfer takes you to a family-owned traditional reindeer farm. One of the reindeer herders will greet you and take you to the corral with hundreds of reindeer, they are waiting for their breakfast. Together with the...
After breakfast, familiarize yourself with snowmobiling, a favourite hobby of the locals. This tour gives you good basic skills for snowmobiling and the guide will give you a full safety briefing and instructions on driving. The safari goes through the stunning...
After breakfast, familiarize yourself with snowmobiling, a favourite hobby of the locals. This tour gives you good basic skills for snowmobiling and the guide will give you a full safety briefing and instructions on driving. The safari goes through the stunning...
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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