The Inari fell and lake tour7 day tour
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This
tour leads you through the most spectacular places in the Inari county,
which is half the size of Switzerland. Enjoy the forest and the
splendour and vastness of Lake Inari. Our trail follows the old gold
river, the
Ivalojoki, where even today goldpanners try their luck. We continue by
passing
through one of the largest and remotest wilderness areas in Finnish
Lapland, the Hammastunturi wilderness. For the last part of
the
tour we follow the trail over the up to one meter thick ice of the
second
largest lake of Finland, Lake Inari, with it’s more than 3 thousand
islands. Finally
we make our way back to the kennel where after 5 days in the wilderness
our
tour will end.
| Day 1 | Arrival at Ivalo airport, transfer to your accommodation. |
| Day 2 | We will pick you up from your accommodation and bring you to our kennel. Here you will receive your winter clothing and we will instruct you in the basics how to drive a dog team of 4 to 6 huskies. And then we are ready to start our tour. |
| Day 3-5 | Depending on the weather conditions we drive around 40 km a day. On the tour we sleep in wilderness cabins, shelters or tent. |
| Day 6 | Today we will make our way back to the kennel. |
| Day 7 | Transfer to Ivalo airport. |
Expedition tour to Nuorgam
A 9 day expedition tour (6 days with dogs) to Nuorgam
Finland's most northern village
On this trip we travel from Ivalo all the way to Finland's most northern village, Nuorgam. We will cover about 270 km through ever changing landscape. We start the tour following the Ivalo Joki then continue the trail through hilly area with forest and over Lapland's most famous Lake, Lake Inari. As we travel further north the vegetation changes from pine into birch and later into treeless hills before we reach the Teno river, the border between Finland and Norway.
| Day 1 | Arrival at Ivalo airport, transfer to your accommodation. |
| Day 2 | We will pick you up from your accommodation and bring you to our kennel. Here you will receive your winter clothing and we will instruct you in the basics how to drive a dog team and then we start our tour. |
| Day 3 | We cross Lake Inari with it's 3300 islands. |
| Day 4 | We pass the village of Kaamanen and spent the night in the tent. |
| Day 5 | Today Johtijarvi our goal. |
| Day 6 | We follow the trail through beautiful birch forest towards Vetsikko. |
| Day 7 | Today we reach our goal Nuorgam. |
| Day 8 | We load our dogs and equipment into our dog truck and make our way back to Ivalo. However it is possible that we may need this day to catch up in case of delays due to bad weather conditions. |
| Day 9 | Transfer to Ivalo airport |
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more detailed information
about the tours.