Igloo building and reindeer tour

· Wilderness Retreat Solberget as base camp
· Reindeer tour (2 days)
· Quin Zee – build an igloo in the forest and sleep in it
· Ski tour with a guide
· Special extra: visit the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi

Explore Solberget and its close surroundings during the first two days with a guided tour on wooden skis.We will be in terrain without ski tracks, watching out for animals and their tracks.

In the evening a special highlight awaits you: enjoy a sauna heated with wood, come out steaming and watch the spectacular night sky with its myriads of stars and the breathtaking Polar Light.

Get to know the reindeer and how to treat them before going on a 2-day reindeer tour. Two people will take care of your reindeer and carriage. Your backpacks will be on a wooden sled, hauled by the reindeers, so you can appreciate the magic winter scenery free and easy – from the perspective of the reindeers.
Having arrived at the campsite we will begin to build our resting place for the night: completely made of snow:
Quin Zee: You first dig a dome shape pile of snow and make sure you press out all the air from the snow. Let it froze togeheter for a couple of hours and carefully dig i out to a dome shape inside room. Equipped with absolutely cold-resistant winter sleeping bags, lying on brushwood and reindeer furs, you will spend a night you will never forget – in an igloo made all by yourself.

Back in Solberget, the hot sauna is waiting for you.

One highlight of your stay is going to be the one hour reindeer sled tour: gliding through the snow covered winter landscape of Swedish Lappland on the sled drawn by one of our tame reindeer.

The last day is at your disposal. We can arrange a trip to the Ice Hotel or a short reindeer excursion as requested.

It will cost 35€/person extra if there are only 2 people on this tour.
Return train tickets from Stockholm by sleeper are about 150-200€ per person. We are happy booking the tickets for you.
Please contact us for further information.

Please note:

The tour starts at the given day at 2pm and ends at the final day at 3pm. The rooms can be used from 2pm the first day until 1pm on the final day. For organisational reasons we have to ask you to use the guest-house kitchen if you come earlier on the first day or leave later on the final day. On the first day you will get the necessary guided tour around the village.

Included:

• Transfer to and from the train station in Nattavaara
• Standard lodging; five nights in rustic rooms with several beds. Two-bed rooms cost 8€ extra per person and night. But you might appreciate to be able to share the job of heating the room (with wood burning stoves) with others.
• Full board with local culinary specialties (partially organic food)
• Introductory guiding at Solberget
• Skiing equipment and snowshoes
• Maps of the surroundings
• Reindeer program with reindeer sled tour, 1 hour
• Feeding the reindeers
• Sauna
• One night in an igloo
• Ajungilac Expedition sleeping bag and sleeping bag liner for the night in the igloo.
• To visit the same people at work, if possible (the cost of petrol will be shared between those who go)

Further things you may do:

• Visiting the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi: from 50€/person for car rental (190 km one-way) plus 13€/person admission fee)
• Visiting Jokkmokk with the Sami-museum: from 25€/person (100 km one-way) plus 6€/person admission fee).
  You may book these additional tours when you are here which includes hiring one of our cars and driving yourself. Please remember to bring a drivers licence.
• Dog-sledging: from 120€/person for 3 h. Please book in advance.
• Massage from 19€
• Staying longer is possible (from 65€/night and person). Please contact us.
  Coming earlier is 75€/night and person as this means considerably more effort for us).

Number of People:

2 up to 8