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Wilderness Survival Tour

Experience the Taiga Forest in Summer and Autumn!

Wilderness Survival Tour

Price – 79€ / adult, 59€ / child (Daytime)
100€ / adult, 75€ / child (Midnight Sun Special)

Duration: 3 hours
Location: Rovaniemi, Finland
Difficulty: Easy
Minimum age of participants: 4
Period: All year round – check more details about this tour in the winter HERE!
Start time: 10:00, 14:00 or 21:00 (Midnight Sun Special)

Description

This safari will take you out of Rovaniemi, straight into the Taiga forest and its beautiful nature, where you can learn more about the trees, plants and wildlife. You will also be taught how to use your surroundings to make a fire and other basic survival skills.

The tour operates all year round, with specific features attached to each season. In the summertime, you will enjoy the Taiga forest at its most lively time of the year. The undergrowth is full of delicious berries such as blueberries, lingonberries, cloudberries or cranberries, one can pick freely and enjoy as you hike.

Perfect educational Arctic tour all year round!

At the beginning of autumn, the forest is showing its beautiful autumnal colours – coppers, gold, auburn, and ocher adorns the leaves of the birch trees. Autumn is also a great time to find and learn about the local shrubs and mushrooms that grow here.

For winter, the tour is adapted, and you may find a separate description of the winter version of Wilderness Survival Tour in the Winter Tours section on our website.

Refreshments and a typical Finnish campfire snack will be provided halfway, as your guide will light a fire to keep you warm. This is a great opportunity for your guide to show you how to make a fire using traditional methods. No need for matches or a lighter, your guide will use flint & steel  and natural materials have been picked on the way!

In all our activities, our groups are limited to 8 people maximum. It is very important for us to provide you with the best experience possible, and avoid mass tourism. This way, your guide will know you better and will be able to address all your needs and answer your questions. As we usually say – the smaller the group, the bigger the experience!

Midnight Sun Special

In June and July, the tour has an additional start in the evening (start at 21:00). Accompanied by your guide, you will hike through the beauty of Lapland nature highlighted by the Midnight Sun. Special attention will be given to this particular polar phenomenon, its explanation and its scientific meaning in relation to the Arctic Circle. The Midnight Sun also offers perfect warm colours to all those of you who are photo enthusiasts!

Why you Should Join Wilderness Survival Tour with Wild About Lapland?

  • Beautiful summer excursion with walking through the Arctic wilderness,
  • Easy hike in the Taiga forest that is suitable also for families with children,
  • You may have a chance to spot some of the Arctic animals in their natural habitat,
  • We always adapt the tour to your physical abilities and preferences,
  • Our groups never exceed 8 people,
  • Professional guide will teach you about the local wildlife and will show you some basic survival skills,
  • Winter version of this tour is ranked 5/5 on TripAdvisor,
  • Offsetting your travel emissions by planting trees is already included in the price of your tour!

Would you like to try some other summer tours with Wild About Lapland?

Check out our offer of canoeing tours HERE!

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What you can expect?
Experience the wild Taiga forest and what the Lapland wilderness has the best to offer. On this tour, you will feel the peace of Arctic nature, hike through the forests, and learn about your surroundings and some basic survival skills.
What's included?
  • Hotel pick-up/drop-off for accommodations outside the city centre. Extra surcharge if staying 10 kilometres or further from the centre,
  • Transportation,
  • Professional Arctic guide,
  • Campfire snacks and hot drinks,
  • Offsetting your travel emissions by planting trees!
Exclusions
  • Alcoholic drinks
Meeting points

If your accommodation is in Rovaniemi city center, we kindly ask you to walk to our office. Read below why.

We have been awarded the Sustainable Travel Finland (STF) batch for sustainable tourism operations in Finnish Lapland. Sustainable business operations are of utmost importance to us. We have therefore decided to no longer do city pickups. If you are staying in the city center, we would kindly ask you to come to our office (our address: Rovakatu 24, 96200 Rovaniemi) and start the tour from there.

You are not staying in the city center nor is your pickup location listed as an option? No problem! Please send us an email with your address and we take it from there. We hope you have a nice tour with us!

Wild About Lapland Office

Rovakatu 24, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland

Pick-up
We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
  • Apukka Resort (Transfer fee is € 40 / one-way – please contact us)
  • Arctic Snow Hotel (Transfer fee is € 60 / one-way – please contact us)
  • Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
  • Guesthouse Borealis
  • Hostel Ibedcity
  • Läkituvat Cottages / Meeting point
  • Lapland Hotels Ounasvaara Chalets
  • Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaara
  • Lomavekarit / Arctic Resort Delight resort
  • Motelli Rovaniemi
  • Napapiirin Saarituvat Cottages
  • Santa Claus Holiday Village Reception
  • Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle
  • Vaattunki Wilderness Resort (Transfer fee is € 40 / one-way – please contact us)
  • Walk in the office / City Centre accommodation
Please note

The tour operates in all weather conditions. Please dress suitably for this trip, check the weather the day before and have the necessary items ready. Not recommended for participants with heart complaints or other serious medical conditions.

Hotel pick-ups commence 10 – 60 minutes prior to the start time. Your pick up time will be confirmed by email.

What do I need to bring?
  • Summer: Appropriate shoes and general clothing for the great outdoors,
  • Autumn: Well dressed for the Arctic environment, we can provide outer layers but not inner ones,
  • Bottle of water.
Cancellation Policy
  • We will charge a cancellation fee of 100% if booking is cancelled 1 day or less before the event,
  • We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% if booking is cancelled 7 days or less before the event,
  • We will charge a cancellation fee of 10% if booking is cancelled 365 days or less before the event.

Do you need help or advice?

If you have some questions about this tour or our other tours, feel free to contact us by e-mail to sales@wildaboutlapland.com – we are happy to help!

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The smaller the group, the bigger the experience!