FINNISH DOGSLEDDING WEEK
8 days at GBP1,845 including flights
Tripcode: CFD
Mushing husky teams in remote Finland close to the Arctic Circle
There is something very special about travelling by dogsled. Once running the dogs need little care, leaving the 'musher' free to enjoy the scenery and the silence. During the week you will learn how to harness and feed your own team of huskies. Once on the trail the teams can travel up to 20 kilometres per hour, so you'll need to learn to take the corners. Our tour begins in Finnish Lapland, in the region of Kuusamo, just south of the Arctic Circle and close to the Russian border. On this exciting trip we take a five-day expedition, travelling from cabin to cabin, staying in a variety of accommodation such as a former frontier station and a wilderness cottage.
| Day 1 | Fly from Gatwick to Kuusamo; transfer to Motel Rukatupa (30min). |
| Day 2 | Begin our five-day cabin-to-cabin dogsled expedition. We start with instruction and getting to know the dogs, followed by a 27 km tour along the Finnish Frontier Zone Trail towards Russia. |
| Day 3 | A longer tour, approx 45 km, as we head further north to Salla and our accommodation for the next 2 nights at Hirvasvaara Wilderness Hostel. |
| Day 4 | Long day tour, returning to Hirvasvaara. |
| Day 5 | Continue the trip with a 55km journey to the Kayla area. |
| Day 6 | Final day of dogsledding from Kayla to Ruka. |
| Day 7 | Free day at Rukatupa; there is an optional snowmobile safari, snowshoe hike, reindeer safari or downhill skiing at nearby Ruka. |
| Day 8 | Transfer to Kuusamo airport; fly from Kuusamo to Gatwick. |
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Wilderness cabin in Finland
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