Lappish Lifestyle – Day at a Traditional Wilderness Cabin: Sauna, Snowshoe Tour and Grilling
Experience highlight
Embark on an epic Lapland adventure and live a day like a true local - your dream northern escape awaits!
Experience overview
Location: Ylläs
Duration: 6 hours
November to April
Departure: 11:00
Minimum age: 13 years old
Small group (max. 8 participants)
Guided languages: French, English
Difficulty: Easy
Operated by our trusted local partner
This is how we locals actually spend a winter day in Lapland — and now you can live it too. A full day at a private wilderness cabin on the bank of the Ylläsjoki river, with snowshoes, a wood-fired sauna, open-fire cooking and the kind of deep-forest silence that you carry home with you.
We drive out from Ylläsjärvi to the cabin — about 25 minutes through the winter landscape — then set off on snowshoes into the forest, tracking the signs of moose, reindeer, hare, fox and capercaillie in the snow. Back at the cabin, we fetch river water through a hole in the ice, fire up the wood stove and grill sausages in the kota — the traditional Lappish teepee — with a warm drink. Then it's time for the sauna: a real, wood-heated riverside sauna, finishing with a roll in the snow for the brave. Taken in small groups of up to 4 at a time, so you never share the sauna with strangers.
An authentic Lapland experience unlike anything else on offer. Minimum age 13. Minimum 4, maximum 8 participants.
Bring your own swimwear. Available from 06.01.2027.
What is included
- Car transfer (~25 min each way), snowshoes, ~2 hours wilderness snowshoeing, sausage grilling in kota, warm drink, traditional wood-heated riverside sauna experience, towel
What is not included
- Swimming suit for the sauna
Please note
Operated during winter season (snow and weather permitting). Minimum number of participants required for this tour is 4 people.
Pick-up and drop-off information
- Pick-up times may differ from the safari start time depending on your accommodation. Please check your ticket for the correct pick-up time. Pick-up and drop-off services are included in Ylläs.
- Instead of pick-up and drop-off, you can arrive to our Safari Office also by your own car, by skibus and by foot.
Where is the meeting point
The meeting point for this experience is North Wind Lapland, Tirroniementie 2 C, 95980 YLLÄSJÄRVI, Lappi, FI.
This tour starts from our Safari Office located in the centre of village Ylläsjärvi. You can arrive at our Safari Office by foot, by skibus or by car. You can park your car in front of our Safari Office at Tirroniementie 2C, 95980 YLLÄSJÄRVI Skibus stops in Eelin kauppa, 100 metres from our Safari Office. Arrive at least 15 min before the activity starts. Pick up your winter gear from our Safari Office. Wait until the tour begins.
Can I be picked up from my accommodation
Pickup is included in the tour price from the standard pickup locations listed below.
When booking, you can choose pickup or meet at the designated meeting point.
If your accommodation is not listed, enter its details during booking. The pickup request is subject to confirmation by the activity operator.
Any extra charge or meeting-point arrangement is stated in the pickup-location name when this information is available.
Hotel List
- Holiskontie / Made Basecamp
- Hotel Ylläsrinne, outside in front of the hotel reception
- Kuosto Cabin
- Lapland Hotel Ylläskaltio, outside in front of the hotel reception
- Lapland Hotel Äkäshotelli, outside in front of the hotel reception
- Lapland Hotels Ylläs Saaga, outside in front of the hotel reception
- Loimu Resort (walk to North Wind Lapland office, 200 meters from Loimu resort)
- Miilu Resort, outside behind the restaurant
- Äkäslompolo Jounin Kauppa (Big Reindeer)
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