Rovaniemi 2-Day Adventure: Snowmobiling, Polar Bears, Northern Lights, and Farm Visits

Embark on an action-packed 2-day adventure in Rovaniemi! Experience snowmobiling, encounter polar bears and Arctic animals, witness the Northern Lights, and visit husky and reindeer farms. Don’t miss out!

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Snowmobile to Reindeer and Husky Farms, and Northern Lights Adventure

Arctic Circle Snowmobile park - Day 1 of your Rovaniemi adventure begins with a pickup and transfer to the Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park. After snowmobile training, enjoy a 1-hour ride through Arctic Circle forests. Visit a husky and reindeer farm for sledge rides and insights into herding life. Explore the Santa Claus Village, meet Santa, and cross the Arctic Circle. In the evening, embark on a 2-hour Northern Lights quest away from city lights. The day concludes with a return to Rovaniemi for a well-deserved rest.

Visit the Polar Bears and Arctic Animals in Ranua Wildlifepark

Ranua Zoo - On your second day, guides will pick you up in Rovaniemi for a journey to Ranua village. Explore the northernmost zoo in Finland, Ranua Wildlife Park, home to over 50 arctic species, including polar bears. The park tour, lasting around 2 hours, offers a glimpse into the local fauna. Free time for lunch is available, and you’ll be transferred back to Rovaniemi to conclude the day.

What's Included
  • 800m Husky Sleigh Ride
  • 500m Reindeer sleigh ride
  • Day Trip to Ranua Wildlife Park
  • 2-Hour Northern Lights tour
  • Winter overalls, boots and gloves
  • Transfer from City Center of Rovaniemi
  • Husky and Reindeer Farm Visit
  • 1-Hour Snowmobile Safari
What's Not Included
  • Food
Additional Information

The spectacular Rovaniemi 2-day adventure package is configured to help you accomplish the most favored and exceptional activities in Rovaniemi from your wishlist. It includes snowmobiling experience, Polar Bears, Arctic animals, view of Northern lights, and visits to Husky and Reindeer farms along with sleigh rides! These activities have been handpicked with enthusiasm to ensure an adventure-packed vacation during your stay in Rovaniemi!

  • In order to drive a snowmobile, a valid drivers license is required.
  • Children 1-13 years old are seated in a sledge behind the guide’s snowmobile. We recommend one of the parents to sit with a small child in the sledge for the child’s safety.
  • 2 adults share 1 snowmobile, single driving is available as supplement for adult.
  • If a child over 140 cm wishes to sit in a snowmobile as a passenger, a full adult price will be charged (according to availability).
  • The snowmobile driver is responsible for any damages to the vehicle, with a maximum personal self-liability of 950€ per person per snowmobile in case of an accident. Additional insurance can be purchased on site for 15€, reducing self-liability to 150€. This insurance must be purchased before the start of the tour.
Location
Arctic Circle Snowmobile park
Joulumaantie
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Simone
Mar 10, 2024
To do at least once in your life! - I booked this two-day activity for myself and my friends, I would do it again a thousand times. On the first day we showed up at their headquarters and were welcomed by our guide, a very kind girl, who immediately sent us to get dressed to be ready for the snowmobiles. Then we were taken by shuttle and in a caravan we did the tour, I must say very very beautiful even if for obvious reasons you can't be reckless. You are then taken to the husky and reindeer farm, where you can see, pet these splendid animals and take a ride on the sleighs pulled by them. At the end you are gathered in a warm hut where you drink hot tea, eat gingerbread biscuits and a boy of Sami origin gives very interesting information about reindeer. Do you know, for example, that in winter males completely lose their antlers? In the evening we took part in the search for the Northern Lights, but unfortunately there were too many clouds and we didn't see them. Our guide, however, was very kind and professional. The next morning we went together with our guide Aarni to Ranua Wildlife Park (the journey takes about an hour), a very interesting and beautiful place! I highly recommend this activity package, we were totally satisfied!
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David_m
Dec 30, 2023
Worth it. - Beware. Got time on my hands so writing a big report! We did the two day trip incorporating snowmobiles, reindeer, huskies (daytime day one), northern lights (separate event- evening day one) and Ranua zoo (day two). Overall it was certainly worth doing. We were moving to different hotel for the second day and the operator was able to accommodate this in their pick ups. This was impressive considering the amount of different tours they are operating at the same time and the logistical demands. Whatsapp messages worked well. This is how you are informed of your specific pick up times for each part of the tour. These messages seemed to come the day before the activity. Each event starts with everyone going to one of the operator's offices to get 'all in one' snow suits, boots etc. The actual trip starts from there. You can leave your own clothes at this point if not needed for the trip. (Beware, if keeping snow suits for day 2 it may start/end at a different initial office which means better not to leave own kit at end of first day.) The trips themselves: Snowmobiles very good. Lasts about an hour which is long enough. Everyone doubles up. Must remember driving licence for anyone doing the actual driving. Then everyone gets bus to next activities: Reindeer ride- 5 mins- slow and gentle. Nice. Husky ride- 3 mins- fast and thrilling. Really good. Also information chat from reindeer herder and some hot juice and biscuits. Then dropped back to initial office which is at Santa Claus Resort and you get 2 hours to wander around. This is ok. Plent to buy, plenty to eat. Plenty of people. If you wantbto see Santa you have to sort that yourself- moost likely sometime beforehand judging by the queue. Then dropped back to accommodation about 6pm. Pick up at about 8pm for Northern Light search. Be aware is a lot of driving with very little certainty of success. And if you can see the lights most likely they will be misty white and only green if seen through camera lens. Includes some hot juice and busicuits around a fire. Can get cold whilst standing around looking at the sky but the van remains nearby so can get back on. Back to accomodation 11ish. Tired. Day 2-Ranua. Less hectic day. Pick up for us was 9am to take us to office meeting/changing point. Lots of people coming in different vans from different accommodation. Didn't leave until about 10:30 on coach to zoo. About 1 hour journey. Zoo was nice and quiet. Saw a few animals, though some were tucked away. Three hours was long enough for walk around and some lunch in the buffet restaurant. Coach back to that day's meeting point for about 4ish. Guides were all good and helpful. 'Central Admin Desk' was pretty responsive by phone and WhatsApp. Kit was good. Pick ups were all on time. Last thing...Was a little confused because booked through Viator but local operator was 'Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park'. Confirmation from Viator made it appear it was all booked and confirmed, but then noticed paragraph at bottom of confirmation that seemed to say I had to confirm booking with operator directly. When I asked Viator about this there was some difficulty finding my booking. They suggested I contacted local operator which I did and after some delay they seemed to find the booking. I am not totally sure it would have all gone to plan if I hadn't done this. Bottom line...maybe double check with local operator after getting Viator confirmation. The tour isn't cheap and last thing you want is to find out on the day you aren't on their list!
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Andrei_z
Dec 27, 2023
Snowmobile husky and... - Snowmobile husky and reindeer , Santa village also perfect , Ronua wild park I like it. Kind regards Andrei
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Atomic24
Dec 11, 2023
Fantastic tour, well run, great value for money! - This is a FANTASTIC tour! We visited Rovaniemi for a 3 day weekend trip (early Friday - late Sunday). We were keen to do and see as much as possible. This tour gave us the chance to try everything, without feeling too rushed. The tour operator ran things extremely smoothly, we had great communication from them and also they were very flexible to ensure drop offs at the end of the excursions were as convenient as possible (so appreciated!) We stayed in the centre of town and the tour office was a short 10 min walk, making it super easy. I had been skeptical that the individual activities wouldn't feel long enough, but we enjoyed each aspect and if you're keen to do a little of everything it is GREAT VALUE! I do agree with the pro-tip from other reviews, pack some snacks for the days. The tour operator provides great quality snow gear, including boots & snowsuits - perfect for those traveling with a carry on!
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Alinor_m
Dec 3, 2023
Fantastic - My favorite part of the tour are snowmobile, husky and reindeer sleigh ride. It's my first time to try the ride 😊. I really recommend to try it.
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Roby_l
Feb 21, 2024
Overall very nice and worth trying this two day experience which includes most of the activities in Rovaneimi - First day was brilliant ,snowmobile,huskies and reindeer were very nice experience . Stopping at Santa village for visit the village experience including seeing Santa And later at night hunting northern lights if u were very lucky you may see some activities! Second day may be they could add something more to the day not just the visit to the zoo
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Doobagehotmailcom
Jan 11, 2024
Great set of taster experiences but very expensive - I booked this as a way to get the maximum amount of experiences in a short time and this tour is great as a set of taster experiences. My day started with collection from my hotel and I was taken to get dressed for snow mobiling. The office was pure chaos (it was the end of Dec) and it would have been useful to have clearer instructions / an itiniery for the day. For example, I brought water which I left in the changing rooms so as not to carry on the snow mobile, but I didn't realise I wouldn't see that til after ALL activities were complete so I was very thirsty by the end of the day. No water was provided during the day. The snow mobiles were great fun with clear instructions. The track is very bouncy and it's quite hard work - something to bear in mind. You need to be able to hold on! The reindeer and husky rides were magical but very short - once round a small track. If this is important to you I would book separate trips, this is really just a taster. Lots of waiting around too. The time in Santa's village is your own and not worth paying for if you are planning your trip. There is free transport from Rovaniemi to the village and you can do this yourself. Sadly I didn't see the Northern Lights but my tour guide was really friendly and provided lots of information so it was still a fun night. The trip to Ranua Zoo was great fun but probably overpriced, especially if you are booking for a family. There's no guide etc. so you're essentially paying for a bus ride, warm clothing, and zoo entry. The zoo visit itself was 1.5 hours + 1 hr for lunch (not provided) and it's around an hour and 15 mins from Rovaniemi. As you travel as a large group, there is a LOT of waiting around an unnecessary travel.
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Brian_b
Dec 23, 2023
Great way to see and explore Rovaniemi - Take advantage of the warm clothes provided and bundle up for a fun trip around Rovaniemi. The snowmobile adventure was fun, and the husky and reindeer farm was great. The zoo was amazing and offered a lot of different animals to see. We skipped out on our Northern Lights search due to the weather and the cold but overall the 2day experience was great!
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Calliopeainsworth
Dec 29, 2023
Bit disappointed - There was little communication when we arrived about how the day would run. The snowmobile was fun and a decent amount of time. However, the husky sled ride and the reindeer sled ride were about 5 minutes each, very disappointing. I believe the tours were overbooked, and we felt they were just trying to get through the day as quickly as they could. Staff were friendly when asked questions but didn't really proactively offer that much information. I think this was because the groups were so large. The Zoo was nice, lively walk in nature. Unfortunately, there were a lot of animals in hibernation. However, this was understandable for this time of year. The Northern lights part was lovely, our guide Wil was very friendly and we went to some different places to try and see them. But nature was in control and it was very foggy so unfortunately we didn't get to see them.
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Coastal44376180651
Dec 18, 2023
Do not book with arctic circle snowmobile tours - They sent a WhatsApp message asking us to confirm pick up time for the northern lights tour segment of the activities and THEY DID NOT SHOW UP. I sent them several messages asking if they were on the way as I could see they were still online, I made phone calls, they did not reply or answer. This was truly very disappointing as this was the only evening during our trip in which the forecast for seeing the aurora was good. No apology the following day, nada. We asked for a refund, no reply. Do not recommend. Zero stars if possible.
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