8 Day Guided Snowmobile Tour in Sweden, Norway, and Finland

Overview

Welcome to Swedish Lapland and its fantastic wilderness! During the coming week, you will experience both Sweden’s and Norway’s breathtaking landscapes, from Kiruna to the Arctic Ocean of northern Norway. The journey will take you along trails that have been used by few before you, through virgin wilderness down to the Norwegian coast of the Arctic Ocean. Along the way, you’ll meet Sami and their reindeer, and learn about their way of life before and now.

Highlights

• Starts and ends in Kiruna
• Discover untouched wilderness and snow-covered landscapes on a snowmobile
• Opportunity to see the Sami people and their reindeer, and learn about their life
• Visit ice hotels en route
• 7 nights accommodation
• Airport transfers

Itinerary

1. Day 1

   After arriving in Kiruna, the team will pick you up and bring you to the camp near Jukkasjärvi. Your guide will welcome you and provide you with winter clothing for the tour. In the evening there is a dinner in your Kåta. Afterward, the guide will inform you about the tour and explain the safety precautions. Accommodation in a cozy 4-bed hut in the camp.

2. Day 2

   After breakfast and briefing by the guide, you will start the tour; you follow an old smuggler trail in the direction of Finland. On the way, you pass the world's most famous ice hotel, the first and only. In the middle, you make a stop at Sekkutoppa cabin and will enjoy lunch outside there if the weather is good over an open fire. In Soppero where you will be staying over the night in 2-4 bedrooms, there's a sauna in the basement and showers. The guide will make you dinner. You need to refill the snowmobiles here. The trail today is 75-80 kilometers / 47 - 50 miles.

3. Day 3

   Today you drive to the Finnish border and end in Karesuando (100 meters away from the border to Finland). You will drive through snowy forests, over frozen lakes and rivers, and an open moorland. Overnight stay will be at small 2-3 bedroom cabins or in the main house in Karesuando. The trail today is approximately 80-100 kilometers (50 - 62 miles) depending on trial, reindeer, etc.

4. Day 4

   You leave the camp in Karesuando. Your day’s trip leads over the Könkemää River and is taking you to Kilpisjärvi in Finland. You spend the night in a very nice timber hut. You can take a sauna in the evening to relax. The stage of the day: approximately 120 kilometers / 75 miles.

5. Day 5

   Today’s stage takes you along a part of Princess Viktoria Trail and the Könkemää River, and you follow the trails up to Treriksröset, where Sweden, Finland, and Norway meet at one point and continue, you have three different alternatives to choose from today: - Go to Signal Valley down to Hatteng directly on the Norwegian coast. In this valley, there might be a lot of Ice from the Atlantic coast weather, there might also be a problem with snow - Drive to Halti, Finland's highest mountain (1400 meters) - Visit Pältsa plateau (the mountain chain is Skanderna. a Scandinavian mountain chain with a

6. Day 6

   After breakfast, you leave Finland and follow the trails to the area of Rostojaure, a big fishing camp in the Swedish tundra. You make a stop and continue in the direction of Torneträsk and to your accommodation for the night in Väkkäräjärvi. This is in the middle of nowhere. In Väkkäräjärvi you will stay in 4-bed cabins, dinner is made by your host as it's wintertime up there. Enjoy the sauna in the evening. The distance today is 160-180 kilometers / 99 - 112 miles.

7. Day 7

   Start riding to your base camp where you started the tour. On the way, you stop at an ice hotel and visit a Sami village. When you are back, the team will take care of the snowmobiles and all equipment from the tour. Dinner in the evening in the Kåta at Base Camp.

8. Day 8

   Departure day. Depending on your flight times, you can visit Kiruna's new town.

Ride Details

Terrain

off-road

Bike

rental snowmobile

Mileage

600 - 850 kilometers / 373 miles

Daily rides

75 - 180 kilometers / 47 - 112 miles

Riding gear

included: overall, shoes, helmet, and gloves

Meals

full-board basis

Accommodation

You will stay in various accommodations including camps and mountain huts.

Food

You will be served meals on a full-board basis.

Getting There

This snowmobile tour will take place in Sweden and Finland. You will explore various locations around Lapland including Kiruna, Karesuando, Kilpisjärvi, Hatteng, and more. [+](https://www.tripaneer.com/jukkasjaervi-vildmarksturer-ab/8-days-lapland-snowmobile-tour-in-sweden-and-finland# "Zoom in") [−](https://www.tripaneer.com/jukkasjaervi-vildmarksturer-ab/8-days-lapland-snowmobile-tour-in-sweden-