Samii people in Norway, kayaking in fjords across the arctic circle




Arrival:
xxxx- flight xxxx. Transfer to Lauklines 30 minutes from Langnes airport. Stop at Solberg Pettersen grocery shop to get your own groceries, or to pick up pre-booked meal trays from our list.
Accommodation:
Lauklines Kystferie: Modern high-standard shoreline cabins.
Our shoreline cabins are located in idyllic Kattfjord, right under Vasstind mountain and near to Kvitora waterfall. We are surrounded by a rich animal and bird life, total serenity, Arctic light, Northern lights, the smell of the ocean and hospitable hosts.
There is a car available at Lauklines for shopping. Included 3hrs/ 80km. Nok 300.
www.lauklines.no
Activities:
1 night: Optional – not included in package price.
Evening dinner adventure: We would like to great you welcome to our beautiful part of the world with a unique dinner adventure. Depending on the weather and availability we present our dinner in the waterfront Lavvo, or the old grocery store on the pier. Your transport to the dining “table” is kicksledges, operated by your own feet. The distance of 200m should get your appetite running – and you might be able to see the northern lights on the way.
Operation: 8pm-midnight
Cost: Nok 1795 pp
Duration: 4hrs
Included: Kicksledge transport, local guide, dinner.
Info: Max 4 persons or a family. Dress warmly! Preferably woollen underwear, woollen socks, winter shoes, thermal jacket and pants, hat, gloves and scarf// neck warmer.
Day 1:
Night time activity possible on request. Please check our activity list: http://www.arcticpathfinder.no/temareiser
Snowshoeing: We are delighted to invite you to participate on this fun activity. You are picked up at your hotel and brought out to areas where snow conditions are super for snowshoeing. Enjoy learning the particular technique to handle walking with bigger feet. This is challenging, fun and playing in the snow.
Operation: 7pm-11pm
Duration: 2hrs
Included: Private transport, snowshoes, hot drinks.
Info: Dress warmly! Preferably woollen underwear, woollen socks, winter shoes, thermal jacket and pants, hat, gloves and scarf// neck warmer.
Day 2:
Day time activity possible on request. Please check our activity list: http://www.arcticpathfinder.no/temareiser
Northern lights ferry cruise in the island district: Search for the northern lights on the local ferry which traffics the island district of Tromso city. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to the ferry all islanders use as daily transport. The ferry departs Bellvik ferry quay in the afternoon. The first port of call is the fishing village Vengsoy. The village still has a lively, yet not very large, fishing industry. Around 80 people live at the island and a number of city people have cabins here. The next port of call, if the ferry is summoned, is the village Laukvik, this is now merely a holiday village. The island which is inhabited is Musvar, an archipelago of islands where the biggest island houses a family of five and one single man. This island is a remainder of the old culture which is now vanishing, a culture where people fed themselves through fishing and farming. The outermost island before we visit Vengsoy again is called Sandoy – population two. A historic village populated since the Viking age.
Night picnic on the ferry.
Operation: 4.15pm-10pm
Duration: 6hrs
Cost: Per person Nok 1750
Included: Private transport, local guide, facts and myths about this mystical phenomenon, Arctic evening meal.
Info: Dress warmly! Preferably woollen underwear, woollen socks, winter shoes, thermal jacket and pants, hat, gloves and scarf// neck warmer.
Day 3:
Dog sledding in Arctic Tromso: Picture yourself sitting on your sled as it glides through the snow covered tundra being pulled by excited huskies. The snow capped peaks are off in the distance and its easy to imagine you are following in the footsteps of Amundsen. Then you stop. You can feel the fresh air bite your cheeks and you can smell the snow in the air, as you sit on your sled through the winter night. This adventure is quietness, howling of huskies, darkness, snow and cold. Being out in the cold, it is nice to know that a bonfire is waiting to defrost you. Dinner included.
Operation: 10am-2pm/6pm-10pm// 9am-4pm/ 5pm-midnight
Duration: 4hrs// 7hrs
Included: Private transport, dogsled, thermal clothing, hot drinks and cake(warm meal on the expensive one)
Info: Dogsledding is only possible if enough snow and weather provides it!
Evening activity available on request. Please check our activity list. http://www.arcticpathfinder.no/temareiser
Day 4:
Departure. Transfer to the airport.
Note!! Prices are subject to change if suppliers alter prices or if we have increased gas prices, vat etc.
We will tailor your package on request. Please check our activity list to see if there are other activities you would like to participate inn. http://www.arcticpathfinder.no/temareiser. If you wish you can add another day or two at Lauklines or in Tromso.