Autumn northern lights short break

Planet

Both hotels recycle glass, PET bottles, cans, and paper. As the distances are long in Lapland, it is not sensible to recycle bio waste. The towels are changed during the visit daily only when the client requests. One of the hotels uses geo-thermal heating.

Food served in the hotel is as local as possible. Local fish, berries and mushrooms are used. Reindeer herding is the local source of livelihood. Reindeers live free in tundra and eat lichen from nature. Reindeer meat is as pure and ecological as meat can be.

Our guides taking guests to the wilderness or on lake Inari pay special attention to protecting nature. No garbage is left behind. A guided hiking tour to see the nature preparing for winter is included. Northern lights are magical but natural phenomenon and by choosing a wilderness hotel, the guests only have to walk out to see them.

The route has been planned so that the guests are able to take the longest transfer from Inari to Tankavaara by public bus.

People

All our hotels in Lapland, privately owned and run by local families, They employ a lot of local people and invest in their local society.

The emphasis of the tour is the indigenous Sámi culture. The exhibition of the Sámi museum Siida will tell you about the life of the indigenous people of the area, their life in the Arctic circumstances, and their holy places. Siida was chosen as the best European museum in 2024. After visiting the museum, you will make a boat tour to the holy island of Ukko on Lake Inari. If you want, it is possible to hike back and visit the Piepaljärvi wilderness church on the way back.
Optionally, you can also meet Tuula-Maija Magga-Hetta, a local Sámi woman, who is a teacher, an artist, and a hostess of a reindeer farm. You will visit her private Sámi Gallery, where you will have a workshop concentrating cultural heritage of the Sámi culture.
Besides the Sámi culture, you will learn about the northern lights during your museum visit as well as the Aurora Camp. You will also visit the Pyhä-Nattanen fell with a guide and learn about the Lappish nature.