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Arctic Sweden Winter Holiday
Arctic Sweden Winter Holiday
This package offers you an intensive Arctic experience for those who are eager to encounter the unique culture of Swedish Lapland within limited time. In 5 days you will take part in various iconic winter activities in Kiruna and Abisko, both located about 200km north of the Arctic Circle. The package includes a stay in the world’s first ICEHOTEL. Be amazed by the beautiful ice sculptures and have an opportunity to sleep a night in the hand craved Art Suites. A thrilling overnight adventure while mushing your own team of huskies throughout the snow-covered winter landscape, will bring you once-in-a-lifetime experience. The breathtaking northern lights phenomenon in the Arctic part of Lapland will make your holiday even more special.
Icehotel
During this holiday, you will stay a night in the world famous ICEHOTEL. Its unique ice-made rooms are hand carved differently every year by various artists from all over the world. While this package includes your stay in the comfort hotel warm rooms, you may choose to stay in one of the extraordinary Art Suites to refine your Arctic Sweden experience.
Overnight Dogsledding
Steer your own sled with enthusiastic Huskies through the glittering frozen winter landscape towards a wilderness cabin, where you will spend the evening. Warm up in the wood-fired sauna before having your dinner served. After breakfast, you help to harness the dogs and drive your own dog sled back to the Husky Homestead again.
Northern Lights
Located up-north above the Arctic Circle, Kiruna and Abisko are both overlapped with the Aurora Oval, which is the huge Northern Light ring coverage above the Earth’s Geomagnetic North Pole. Here you have a high chance to witness this spectacular natural phenomenon. Besides of a night visit to the Aurora Sky Station, one of the top 10 places on earth to spot the northern lights, you will also join a northern light safari by snowmobile.
ITINERARY
Arctic Sweden Winter Holiday | 5 days / 4 nights
Day 1 – Arrival day
Welcome to Kiruna! When arriving at Kiruna Airport, you have landed above the Arctic Circle of Sweden. A short transfer will bring you to the small village of Jukkasjärvi, where the world’s first ICEHOTEL is located. Here you can see the fantastic ice sculptures and the ice rooms in peace on your own. You may also grab a drink at the ICEBAR to officially kick off your Arctic Sweden Winter Holiday!
In the evening, you will join a thrilling northern light snowmobile safari across the Arctic winter landscape. Picturing a clear sky and darkness in the wild, you have the best ingredients for hunting the northern lights. Along the way you will make a stop by a warm wilderness cabin where a delicious 2-course dinner is served.
Day 2 – Sami culture & overnight Dogsledding tour
The morning you can spend at ease. We recommend to take a leisure walk to the nearby Sámi-open air museum to learn the genuine Sámi culture. Discover Sápmis history and find out how the Sámi once lived according to their 8 seasons and survived a nomadic life in the Arctic. On top of this, you can see some reindeer that graze daily at the museum grounds.
In the afternoon you will experience a top-of-the-range overnight excursion. You will drive your own team of enthusiastic huskies. The tour starts near the ICEHOTEL and goes along the tracks in snow-covered winter landscape. Enjoy the tranquillity and the sound of the dog’s paws against the snow while you are driving deeper into the woods. Eventually, you reach your accommodation for the night in a cozy wilderness lodge, secluded in the forest. While your guide is preparing a warm dinner for you, you may warm up in the wood-heated sauna and roll yourself into the snow, make a “snow-angel” like the local does. If the sky is clear, hopefully you will see the magical northern lights in the evening.
Day 3 – Abisko and Aurora Sky Station
After breakfast, you help to harness the dogs and drive your own dog sled back to the Husky Homestead again. Say farewell to the friendly huskies and return to the ICEHOTEL. Lunch, maybe have a last look in the souvenir shop from the ICEHOTEL, before heading to your next destination Abisko by train. Abisko is a small mountain village with it’s own train station, after arrival it’s a short walk to the STF Abisko Tourist Station, where you will spend the next 2 nights.
Check in, refresh and enjoy a dinner in the restaurant before taking the chairlift up to the Aurora Sky station, 900 meter above sea level. A 2km long chairlift will bring you to one of the best places on earth to watch the northern lights. .
Day 4 – A day to explore Abisko National Park
While you are in the northernmost part of Sweden, you have the perfect setting to experience natural contrasts unlike any other. You may customize your memorable holiday with several iconic winter activities – from enjoying the beauty of silence with ice fishing, or exploring the mountainous landscape by cross-country skiing. Warm up in the warm sauna and cool down from jumping into the ice pool to fully experience the Nordic traditions. You can also choose many activities such as ice climbing or snowshoe walking to complete your Arctic winter holiday.
Day 5 – Departure Day
During your holiday you have been daily waking up with new experiences, but today it’s time to travel homeward. Depending on your flight schedule a 1,5-hour transfer will take you to Kiruna airport.
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