Wilderness Hotel Nangu – Lake Inari Auroras
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Important Information
The order of activities listed in this agenda is provided for guidance only. Your final and detailed itinerary will be provided either with your final travel documents (which will be emailed to you around a week prior to departure), or upon arrival.
Itinerary
After arriving at Ivalo Airport, you will be greeted by your driver who will take you* to Hotel Nangu, your boutique base for the next four nights. Heading north, you get a real sense of the scale of the wilderness.
After around thirty minutes, you will arrive in the grounds of your very special hotel, welcoming you with its cosy and warm ambience.
You will receive your cold-weather clothing that you will keep for the duration of the trip. Then, you can enjoy your first delicious meal in the hotel restaurant which offers views out across the lake.
Be sure to head outside and keep a lookout for a potential Northern Lights display before you head to bed though, as the Aurora can be seen from right outside the hotel.
Please note that if you are on a later flight then a chilled supper will be waiting for you and you will be kitted out in the morning.
The order of activities listed in this agenda is provided for guidance only, your final itinerary will be provided on arrival at your accommodation.
* Transfers are based on a scheduled group shuttle that sometimes stops at a few nearby hotels. If you would prefer to upgrade to private taxi transfers please ask our Travel Experts for a quotation.
Included Meals: Dinner
After breakfast, you will be taken to a husky farm where an expert musher will greet you and you will then receive a thorough safety briefing and lesson on how to guide your own team of huskies and control a sled. All the while, this will be accompanied by impatient yaps and barks in the background, as the dogs wait to begin their run.
Bursting with energy, the dogs will set off on the trail, following your guide who will lead the way, and you will travel two people per sled. Along the way, you will take a break so that you have the chance to swap drivers if you wish. Then, the ever-eager dogs will take you back to the farm.
Now is the perfect time to meet the huskies properly and take some pictures, as they will be far more relaxed after their run.
After lunch back at your hotel, you’ll be taken to a reindeer farm, which will give you an insight into this way of life in Lapland. The reindeer herder will tell you about Sámi culture and the life of the reindeer and you will also have the chance to meet and feed the reindeer.
There is also a relaxing Aurora activity tonight, to finish off a jam-packed day, as you head out in search of the Aurora by snowmobile-pulled sleigh and head to an Aurora Camp.
Once you arrive at the camp, specifically chosen for its previous success in Northern Lights spotting, the fire will be lit to warm you as you patiently watch the skies. While you rest and enjoy a hot drink, your guide will tell you myths, facts, legends and tales about the Aurora Borealis.
If the lights do make an appearance, you can treasure this magical and mystical moment, as no amount of research or science can detract from the eerie, other-worldliness of this natural phenomenon. Watching the Aurora dance is an experience that is never forgotten.
After a busy itinerary thus far, you will have time to pause and relax as the whole day has been left free.
Why not take a look at the ‘Extras’ section on this trip, as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are on offer if you fancy upping the ante today? Simply contact our travel experts to add one of these additional activities to your trip.
Alternatively, you can curl up with a book by a window with spectacular views, enjoying the smug feeling that being cosy indoors can provide when it’s cold outside.
Lunch and dinner will be served in the hotel restaurant, before your second Northern Lights excursion commences.
Tonight, you will try your hand at snowmobiling, a thrilling and popular pastime here in Finland. You will receive a thorough safety briefing from your guide, followed by a lesson in how to drive the vehicles.
Once the guide is confident that the group is ready to depart, you will head out into the night, using the snowmobiles’ headlights to guide the way, adding an extra thrill to the experience. Of course, the moonlight may lend a helping hand, and hopefully the Aurora Borealis will shimmer and glisten as well.
Overall, this activity will last for around 2.5 hours, including a break for hot drinks. Two people will share a snowmobile, and you must be over 18 years of age and hold a valid driving licence in order to drive. There will be the chance to swap drivers if you wish to do so.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
The order of activities is always subject to chance and so regardless of whether you have already tried snowmobiling the previous night or whether that is yet to come, you will receive full snowmobile driving instructions today.
This morning, you will be out on the snowmobile in daylight (or blue light if you are travelling in mid-winter), so you can appreciate the distant views of rolling fells and snow-laden pine trees that would have been obscured last night. Two people will share a snowmobile, and you must be over 18 years of age and hold a valid driving licence in order to drive.
The excursion will last for around four hours in total, and along the way you will stop for lunch around an open fire.
When you return to the hotel, you can enjoy a relaxed afternoon, packing and preparing for your flight home tomorrow as you will spend tonight on your final Northern Lights activity.
We have included a second Aurora Camp this evening, as this is your final chance to see the Northern Lights before you begin your journey home.
As you sit around the fire and reminisce about your trip, we hope that the Aurora makes an appearance tonight. Your guide will advise you on how to photograph the illusive lights and tell you some interesting facts about them as they, hopefully, dazzle and amaze you.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today, after your final breakfast, it is time to depart. You will bid Wilderness Hotel Nangu farewell and take your transfer in time for your flight home. If you are on an early flight, a packed breakfast will be provided. If you depart on a later flight, you will have breakfast in the restaurant.
Included Meals: Breakfast
What's included?
- Return from London to Ivalo (either direct or via Helsinki). Flight routes are subject to change.
- Return scheduled group shuttle airport transfers
- 4 nights in a twin/double hotel room
- Full board
- Husky and Reindeer Day
- Lake Inari snowmobile safari
- Two visits to Aurora camps
- Aurora snowmobile safari
- 24/7 assistance from our UK based operations team and in destination support from our local partners
- Cold weather clothing for the duration of your stay
Accommodation
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| Wilderness Hotel Nangu is an adult-only (16+), boutique hotel tucked away in a secluded spot close to the shores of Lake Inari in North East Finnish Lapland. This is the ideal place for those wanting to escape to a real haven of peace and quiet which just oozes rustic style, charm and comfort. Think handmade wooden furniture, sheepskins, stunning log architecture, comfy chairs and roaring fires; all with a view over snow-laden trees and a vast frozen lake beyond. The central log-built restaurant and reception building is a spectacular spot in which to dine and unwind and the elegant wooden buildings which contain the bedrooms are around 20-50 metres away. The hotel was transformed in 2017 by our longstanding friends and partners Jouko and Mari and they have really put their heart and soul into making Wilderness Hotel Nangu the grown-up retreat that it is. In prime Aurora territory and just a minute’s walk from the shores of Lake Inari, this is really an incredible place in which to hunt the Northern Lights. There are only 36 bedrooms here and so there is also a real exclusivity about this place and we would really recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. Hotel Facilities
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This activity will take you deep into the wilderness that surrounds Nangu. Your snowshoes will be provided, and you will strap them to your winter boots prior to setting off on the trail.
Your guide will take you through the stunning winter scenery, while you appreciate the peace and quiet as the snow deadens any sound and only the crunching sound of your feet on the ground is audible. While you walk, your guide will share information and stories about the area’s nature and wildlife.
During this activity, you will stop for hot drinks and lunch around a campfire.
Duration: approximately 4 hours in total including lunch
Cross-country skiing is a traditional Finnish winter sport, and a must-try when you are here in Finnish Lapland!
Do not worry if you have never skied before, as you will be given a full safety briefing and lesson which will include tips and techniques that will help you along. Even those experienced downhill skiers will find this a completely new experience, so the group can muddle along together until everyone finds their feet. Then, your guide will take you out on the trail, keeping to a pace and route that is suitable for the group.
Duration: approximately 2 hours in total
| Tour Loaction: | Inari,Finland |
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| Tour Loaction: | Inari,Finland |
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Price is based on 2 persons travelling
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Payment and Cancellation Terms:
Please note that the following cancellation terms supersede in part those mentioned in Section 7 of our general booking terms and conditions.
If you are travelling between, and including, the dates of 15.12-06.01, the following cancellation terms apply:
– Prior to 25.09 – Loss of deposit (including the full cost of the flights or other services where paid at the time of booking)
– 26.09 up until departure date – 100%
For all other travel dates, the following cancellation terms apply:
– Up to balance due date (this is normally 16 weeks prior to departure however some holidays differ. If this applies to your holiday you will be advised at the time of booking) – Loss of deposit (including the full cost of flights or other services where paid at the time of booking)
– Between balance due date and 43 days prior to departure – 60%
– 42 to 16 days prior to departure – 85%
– 15 or less days – 100%
Key Facts
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