Snowmobile and Dog Sledding Experience from Rovaniemi

You should plan to spend around 6.5 hours on this activity:

• Pick-up at your accommodations within a 10-kilometre radius of the Rovaniemi city centre (starting 30 minutes before departure time)
• Drive to the meeting point
• Winter gear distribution and set-up
• Transportation to the starting point of the excursion
• Safety briefing and snowmobile instruction
• Start of your approximately 1-hour snowmobiling excursion from Rovaniemi!
• Enjoy a delicious salmon soup with fresh bread and hot drinks
• Dog sledding instructions and safety briefing
• 5-kilometre dog sledding ride through the Kuoksajärvi Forest
• Return to the starting point of the experience
• Return to the original meeting point
• Equipment return
• Drop-off at your accommodations and end of the activity

Please be ready to be picked up or arrive at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before your departure time.

No previous snowmobile experience is necessary to participate in this activity, but you must be at least 18 years old and hold a valid driver's license to drive one (bring a physical copy).

The minimum height to ride a snowmobile is 1.40 m. Participants that don't fulfill this requirement must ride on a sled pulled by the instructor's snowmobile.

All minors must be accompanied by an adult.

A minimum of 4 participants is necessary to run this activity. If this requirement is not fulfilled, your instructor will try to reschedule your activity or provide a full refund.

Your instructor offers a free transportation service from the following locations. Please get in touch with them once your reservation is confirmed to set up a meeting place and time.

• Postmaster Hotel
• Aurora Hill Resort
• Arctic City Hotel
• Arctic Light Hotel
• Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
• Bus station
• Central City Suite
• From your accommodation
• Hotelli Aakenus
• Korkalonkatu 36 – Snowflake suites
• Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaara
• Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Rovaniemi
• Rovakatu 3
• Rovaniemi Airport
• Rovaniemi Airport
• Rovaniemi City
• Santa Claus Holiday Village
• Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus
• Scandic Pohjanhovi
• Scandic Polar
• Scandic Rovaniemi City

If none of these locations work for you, please let your instructor know, and they will try their best to accommodate you within a 10-kilometre radius of Rovaniemi's city centre.

If you want to share a snowmobile with another adult, you should book 2 "Twin Driving" tickets.

The dog sleding excursion is a self-drive adventure, which means that you'll learn how to direct a husky team and drive the sled yourself.

This activity takes place mainly in English, but if you need a different language, your instructor can arrange an experience in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Macedonian & Finnish. Please reserve in advance, because there is limited availability for different languages.

This activity is not recommended for pregnant or disabled people.

Please note that the duration and itinerary of the activity depend on weather conditions. Due to unforeseen meteorological occurrences, your itinerary might be shorter or take a different path than usual for your safety.

Since wildlife is unpredictable, their presence is never guaranteed.

The activity is free for infants under 3 years old.