Wilderness Sauna Experience in Winter (Private)
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Enjoy a very local experience! Your guide will take you into deep forests to a wilderness cabin with a log sauna. The traditional cabin has no electricity or running water ; the small lake and nature around is providing everything it needs! The place is beautiful and extremely peaceful – perfect for a relaxing moment! It naturally inspires a feeling of disconnection from reality, being lost in the middle of nowhere.
- Private experience (up to 6 people)
- Hotel pick-up
- Transportation (counted in the duration)
- Outdoor guide
- Hot drinks & snacks
- Log sauna with lakeside view
- Ice hole can be opened depending on the ice and conditions
- Towels, sauna towels, soap and sauna tar oil
- Ice-fishing experience as an extra option
- All handling fees and taxes
- Swimsuits – please bring your own
Please bring your own swimsuits unless you prefer going naked. We also recommend bringing extra drinking water to compensate the sweating in sauna. Bringing your own low-alcohol drinks (beers, long drinks, ciders…) is tolerated to complete the local experience but please note that alcohol overconsumption is dangerous for health.
Meeting point: Nordic Odyssey
Pickup is offered in following places
- Apukka Resort (20km) – Extra costs may apply
- Arctic City Hotel (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Arctic Light Hotel (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Arctic Resort Delight
- Arctic Snow Hotel & Glass Igloos (35km) – Extra costs may apply
- Arctic TreeHouse Hotel
- Glass Resort
- Golden Circle Suites (meeting in Nordic Odyssey office)
- GuestHouse Arctic Heart
- Guesthouse Borealis
- Guesthouse Outa
- Haawe Boutique Apart Hotel (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Hostel Café Koti (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Hostel Ibedcity
- Hostel Tikka
- Hotelli Aakenus
- Lapland Hotels Ounasvaara Chalets
- Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaara
- Lomavekarit Apartments
- Motelli Rovaniemi (10km) – Extra costs may apply
- Nordic Odyssey Office
- Nova Galaxy Village (20km) – Extra costs may apply
- Nova Skyland Hotel (Santa Claus Village)
- Ollero Eco Lodge – Extra costs may apply
- Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Ounasvaara Lakituvat
- Ounasvaara Sport Cottages
- Rovaniemi Bus Station
- Rovaniemi Train Station
- Saarituvat Cottages
- Santa Claus Holiday Village
- Santa’s Hotel Rudolf
- Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus (City Center – meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Santa’s Igloos Arctic Circle
- Santasport Hotel
- Scandic Pohjanhovi (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Scandic Polar (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Scandic Rovaniemi City (meeting in Nordic Odyssey Office)
- Snowman World
- Wherever Hostel
January, February, March, April
The experience is always private for intimacy reasons. We recommend to book in advance, as availability may be limited in peak seasons.
The price apply to the whole group (max. 6 participants). The wilderness sauna can accommodate up to 6 people. Please inform us beforehand if some participants are overweight, so we may arrange the sauna in a comfortable way.
Children from 5 years old are tolerated on this tour, but long sauna exposition is not recommended for children under 8 years old. In Winter, the conditions may be very cold (-30C) and the wilderness cottage cannot be warmed to standard temperatures.
Please dress appropriately according to the weather. We also recommend to bring extra drinks and an extra clothing set with you for after sauna. Adults may bring their own alcoholic drinks (like beers or local long drinks) for sauna time, but we require a moderate alcohol consumption.
About sauna: the sauna takes a very important place in the traditions and culture of Finland. Finns normally go to sauna naked but it is possible to use your own swimsuit. Sauna stands for the bathroom in the wilderness cabins ; after enjoying the steam sauna, you may then take a natural shower with the hot clean waters!
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