THE ROVANIEMI BLOG FROM THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
Read our blog to know more about Northern Lights, Rovaniemi tours, sustainable tourism, life beyond the Arctic Circle and many more!
The Ice fishing season begins!
Now we have finally come out of the polar night, we get to see daylight more and more often, which is great when one wants to go deep into the woods to discover what lies below the ice. With all this extra light we are getting (an extra 10-12 minutes a day) the fish...
The Northern Lights!
Here is a great picture taken by one of our clients a few days ago. When we arrived all we could see was a slight green glow in the sky as we looked north. Then after a good bite to eat around a beautiful fire in the Kota we walked back out in to the middle of the...
Our Aurora tours
The Lapland wilderness is amazing, on our tours we take you to destinations where you will have to walk through untouched woods in the Arctic and out onto a lake to watch the Aurora. While watching the Aurora your tour guide will build a fire in one of the two places...
The Beauty of the wild
Its tough to measure the beauty of the Lapland wilderness. While on the wilderness tour you will get to learn about the nature that surrounds you and the best ways to appreciate its silence and serenity. Just days ago these trees were covered in snow and now after a...
A cold day for a Wilderness tour!
Today's wilderness tour consisted of two young men from Switzerland and a young lady from England, they braved a mighty -24 to -30. It was well worth the walk as the views were breath taking. Taking a tour on a day like this is the best way to experience the real...
The Amazing Aurora
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to have two wonderful clients from the United States for a 6hr tour. This tour is called the Aurora hunt, the idea of the tour is that we travel to many locations to try and find the Aurora. However, on this night the furthest we...
Sunset or Sunrise?
This was taken at 1330 today, its now actually quite rare to see the sun here, but we get a nice red glow from time to time. Now the snow mobiles also seem to be testing their luck on the river... which means Winter is nearly in full swing.
Lapland and some winter wonders!
When surrounded by such vast amounts of forest you understand the elusiveness of the wildlife here in the Finnish Lapland. The forest and the winter combined create all kinds of mysteries here, yet all you need is some fresh snow and you start to understand that the...
Ounasjoki has been Iced
Finally the time has come to start testing the ice levels, after a cold week the river has completely frozen over. however don’t walk out on it until it is clear that its safe, a cold dip in -19 is never 100% inviting unless planned for.
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