Our weekly program starts on Sunday and lasts until Friday morning. It includes 4 day trips with the dogs. Each participant leads their own team.

All nights are spent in a wilderness cabin by Lake Madejärvi. This simple but cozy cabin is a typical Finnish log cabin without electricity or running water. For meals we meet in the local “Kota” with an open fire. There is also a sauna directly on the shore of the lake, with easy washing facilities. An ice hole right next door ensures that you can cool down afterwards. The toilet is outside.

Sunday: Arrival

Transfer from the Kittilä airport to Rauhala/Madejärvi. Pick-up from Kittilä airport or Levi possible from 2:00 p.m. You spend all five nights in the “Madejärvi” wilderness cabin in a shared room with an outside toilet and daily sauna.

Dinner and overnight stay.

Monday: Outfitting, instruction and first husky tour

After breakfast there is a five-minute transfer from “Madejärvi” to our husky farm. Then equip yourself with the necessary winter equipment (winter jacket and trousers, winter boots, gloves, hat). Afterwards there is an expert briefing on how to handle sleds and dogs. Your finished dog team awaits you with a deafening noise and is ready for the first ride through the wintry moor and forest landscape. During the tour we will stop for lunch by the open fire with warm drinks and grilled sausages on a stick. The tour ends in the already well-known wilderness hut in Madejärvi.

After the work is done, the dogs happily accept your petting as a reward. Everyone is responsible for their own team and also helps with feeding and caring for the dogs.

Afterwards we have soup with coffee and tea in our Kota. We heat up the sauna and later in the evening we come together in our Kota for dinner around the open fire.

Tuesday - Thursday: Husky tours in Pallas National Park

Teamwork is required in the morning. In a wilderness camp there are some daily tasks. This includes caring for dogs as well as refilling sauna water and cabin wood.

Today you will learn how to put on the harness and harness the dogs to the sleigh. Dealing with “your team” becomes more and more familiar every day. The dogs can hardly wait to leave, which they indicate loudly by barking. When everything is ready, it starts: the silence literally explodes when the dogs stop barking and finally start running. As we get to know Pallas National Park by dog sled, we enjoy the silence, which is only accompanied by the crunch of the runners in the snow. During the breaks around the campfire there are again warm drinks, bread and sausages.

Every day we return to the rustic, cozy wilderness cabin to spend the night, go to the sauna and enjoy typical Finnish home cooking, which is freshly prepared every day. The husky adventure ends on Thursday at the husky farm in Rauhala, where the dogs take their well-deserved break. This is followed by the handover of the winter equipment provided, followed by a transfer back to the wilderness camp. After the sauna, we can remember our favorite moments of the past few days at the final dinner and make plans for the next tour...

Friday: Departure

After breakfast, transfer to Kittilä Airport or Levi.
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The price includes: 

  - transfers from/ to Kittilä Airport

  - 5 nights in a log cabin (shared accommodation)

  - 4 days with the huskies

 - full board

 - high quality winter equipment (winter boots, thermal jacket and trousers,

fur hat, gloves + inner mittens, sleeping  bag)

 - guiding in English, German

For your personal use you should bring: 

 - warm, fast drying thermal underwear or merino longsleeve/ pants

 - mid layer for insulation: warm garments that are flexible and comfortable

 - thin fleece gloves/ working gloves (for handling and feeding the dogs)

 - several pairs of wool socks

 - a balaclava and/ or a buff

 - sauna utensils (towels, biodegradable shower gel etc.)

 - hut shoes

 - cotton or silk liner for the sleeping bag

 - headtorch

 - sunglasses/ sunscreen (in March and April)

nice to have:

 - ski goggles, bathrobe, bathing sandals, hot water bottle

Please let us know if there are any allergies or specific dietary restrictions so that we can adjust accordingly.

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