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Forests, folklore, and Father Christmas

  • Snow, spruces and Reindeer in the wintry landscape
Rovaniemi

Forests, folklore,
and Father Christmas

Frozen Narnia landscapes – all beguiling frost-tipped conifers and snow-dusted hills – demand exploration by all who visit them.

But what these vistas keep secret is that it isn’t just the outdoors that are utterly enchanting. Childhood dreams are fulfilled in Lapland’s Christmas Chalets, the cosy family nook where life is in an eternal festive state.

Time here takes you away from the crowds for an experience as enchanting as any child, or parent for that matter, would wish for. You’d be hard pressed to find a more magical place for the family to spend a few days before Christmas.

A house designed in the style of a gingerbread house
Sled dogs stopped on a snowy path
A Santa Claus patting a reindeer
Your bespoke package includes:
  • 3 nights stay at Christmas Chalets
  • Winter clothing
  • All meals cooked and served by a private chef
  • A guide on hand and Northern Lights alerts
  • Private snowmobile adventure and BBQ lunch in a Lappish hut and snowshoeing
  • Visit to a local Lappish home and handicraft workshop
  • Husky sledding through the wilderness and a visit to a local reindeer farm followed by a sleigh ride
  • Private meeting with Father Christmas at his secret hut in the forest with gifts given afterwards
  • Return flights from London Heathrow to Rovaniemi with Finnair and transfers
  • Fast Track service at London Heathrow airport, including kerbside greeting, assistance with check-in and baggage, priority security lane access (where available) and escort to the gate in time for departure
  • 3 nights stay at Christmas Chalets
  • Winter clothing
  • All meals cooked and served by a private chef
  • A guide on hand and Northern Lights alerts
  • Private snowmobile adventure and BBQ lunch in a Lappish hut and snowshoeing
  • Visit to a local Lappish home and handicraft workshop
  • Husky sledding through the wilderness and a visit to a local reindeer farm followed by a sleigh ride
  • Private meeting with Father Christmas at his secret hut in the forest with gifts given afterwards
  • Return flights from London Heathrow to Rovaniemi with Finnair and transfers
  • Fast Track service at London Heathrow airport, including kerbside greeting, assistance with check-in and baggage, priority security lane access (where available) and escort to the gate in time for departure
From £27,340 per family of 4
Guide price only. We customise every trip to you and our quotes are bespoke.
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A sense of place

Get to know our favourite spots in Finnish Lapland, from the kaleidoscopic skies of Rovaniemi to Levi’s pistes.

  • Red wooden snow covered hut in Finnish Lapland

    Rovaniemi

    The capital of Lapland is where a fusion of adventure and culture exists. Sightings of the Aurora and Santa are almost a given, but the Arctic science centre and museum – Arktikum, Jätkänkynttilä Bridge and numerous design statements by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto make for more grown-up and sheltered pursuits.  

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A taste of what's to come Forests, folklore and Father Christmas journal

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  • A person sat on a wooden bench looking up at the northern lights

    12:30pm

    After a hunt for the Aurora led to a later first night than planned, our sleepy heads were soon cleared zipping along on snowmobiles and mini-skidoos for the kids. After lunch, we’re heading out in search of a little red house – home to Finnish local Irene and her Sámi husband Ari.

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  • Red wooden snow covered hut in Finnish Lapland

    9:52pm

    We’ve been so busy I’m only just finding time to write. We found the house where Irene warmly welcomed everyone with tales of the nearby reindeer (featuring Rudolf of course) and the house elf who looks after the place when they’re not in. We then headed into the workshop where we all tried our hands at making a keepsake to take home. Matching bracelets for the kids, what else?

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  • Huskey dogs sledge safari ride at sunset in Levi, Lapland,

    11am

    Short, sweet, and jam-packed; this trip has been a magical whirlwind. This morning we made friends with the huskies before we went zipping through the trees on a sled. It got our excitement up but not like what’s to come later will…

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  • Reindeer pulling a wooden sled through a snowy forest

    7:28pm

    I’m not ashamed to say that, even as a grown-up, that was magical. Pulling up to a hut in a reindeer-drawn sleigh, we were greeted by an elf who told us that Father Christmas was inside waiting to say hello. The kids were overjoyed to meet jolly St Nick and he even gave a gift each, telling them they had special permission to open then before the big day.

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Where to stay

  • A wooden chalet lit up at night covered in snow
    Christmas Chalets
    In an eternal state of Christmas, this cosy family nook is the base for all things festive; there’s always a glittering tree in the corner, and an elf can be on hand for gingerbread baking and snowy adventures.


Where to stay

  • A wooden chalet lit up at night covered in snow
    Christmas Chalets
    In an eternal state of Christmas, this cosy family nook is the base for all things festive; there’s always a glittering tree in the corner, and an elf can be on hand for gingerbread baking and snowy adventures.


Where to stay

  • A wooden chalet lit up at night covered in snow
    Christmas Chalets
    In an eternal state of Christmas, this cosy family nook is the base for all things festive; there’s always a glittering tree in the corner, and an elf can be on hand for gingerbread baking and snowy adventures.


Where to stay

  • A wooden chalet lit up at night covered in snow
    Christmas Chalets
    In an eternal state of Christmas, this cosy family nook is the base for all things festive; there’s always a glittering tree in the corner, and an elf can be on hand for gingerbread baking and snowy adventures.

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    Octola Private Wilderness

    Immersed in forests and folklore, the vast estate of Octola Private Wilderness takes you away from the crowds for a mesmerising treat as enchanting as any child – or any grown-up for that matter – could wish for.

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Extraordinary
experiences

    • Red wooden snow covered hut in Finnish Lapland
      Visit a Lappish couple in their little red woodland home and create an antler work of art.

      Reminiscent of a gingerbread house, the home and workshop of Irene and Ari Kangasniemi is the stage for all things Lappish. Artisans by trade, the couple invites visitors in with snacks and tales of the local area, before hosting a workshop where they teach their craft and how to make a keepsake to take home.

    • Huskey dogs sledge safari ride at sunset in Levi, Lapland,
      Fly through the pines on a husky-drawn sled.

      Practically a rite of passage in these parts, meet some new four-legged friends at a husky farm and learn the ropes of sled driving. Once the hang of it has been grasped, glide through the trees behind pounding paws to a Lappish “kota” for warming drinks around a camp fire.

    • Winter Reindeer sled ride in Ruka in Lapland
      Visit Father Christmas in his cosy Christmas hut.

      Deep in the peaceful forest, there’s a very magical secret being kept. Pulling up to a hut in a reindeer-drawn sleigh, an elf comes bounding out in greeting, telling everyone that Father Christmas is inside waiting to say hello. He of course knows who has been good all year, handing out an early present that he gives special permission to be opened before the 25th.

essential infomation
  • 3
    NIGHTS
IDEAL TIME
  • Dec
    IDEAL
WHEN TO GO
  • 3hrs 30min
    LHR - RVN
FLIGHT TIME
  • 14min
    BY ROAD
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