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Day 1 ARRIVAL KIRUNA OR LULEA (D)
After the flight to Kiruna or Luleå airport, you
will be picked up by your hosts Johan or Sara.
They will guide you along the road to Kangos, a
small village 150 km north of the Arctic Circle
set in the northern Torne River valley. After
arrival to Kangos you will meet the huskies and
get a chance to learn more about these
remarkable animals. We enjoy a hot cup of coffee
by the bonfire and then it’s time for a short
introduction into the practical side of
"mushing". We prepare our sleds for the next
coming morning when our adventure trip starts.
The first night we spend in a beautiful
guesthouse in Kangos village, where we are
getting a warm sauna and a good dinner made by
specialties from the north.
Day 2 HUSKY MUSHING (B, L, D)
After a good night sleep in the guest house we
start the day with packing the sleds and harness
the dogs. A short instruction again before we
heed out into the Lapland wilderness.
The only sounds that can be heard are the
breathing of the dogs and the noise of their
feet on the snow. We stop after 2-3 hours and
enjoy lunch out in the wild. After a while the
dogs are eager to run, and we keep on mushing
for 2-3 hours. The day ends with a nice home
cooked meal and before settling down to sleep in
the village of Lainio.
Day 3 LAINIO - SOPPERO (B, L, D)
After one day mushing you will all feel that you
get the hang of it. You can relax and enjoy the
beautiful surroundings. We move along frozen
rivers, deep forests and on shimmering white
mires. We stop after a while to warm up our
bodies with a nice soup, made over the fire. The
last part of the trail is in a winterfeeding
area for reindeers. The dogs are so used to the
animals so they don’t care. Many times we pass
just a few meters from them. This day is a long
day of mushing and when we are hungry its time
for lunch but our goal this day is to reach a
Sami family home where we spend the night. For
dinner we are treated to specialties from the
Sami menu.
Day 4 SOPPERO - JUKKASJÄRVI - ICEHOTEL (B, L,
D)
After taking care of the dogs and eating
breakfast we start our journey for the final
journey and our main goal, the ICEHOTEL. We have
a stop for lunch and warming up by a bonfire.
The anticipation of reaching the ICEHOTEL is
growing as the dogs bring us closer to
Jukkasjärvi.
A long trip of husky mushing is behind us, we
unpack the sleds and then its time for a warming
sauna and a dinner in Jukkasjärvi. But the night
we be spent at the ICEHOTEL on a reindeer skin
under a roof made of ice with the Northern
Lights dancing in the sky.
Day 5 ICEHOTEL (B)
Breakfast and transfer to the Airport in Kiruna
Additional nights in ICEHOTEL cabins available
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