Itinerary
You will head away from Rovaniemi to find the perfect peaceful place to start your trip. Before heading into the forests, you will be given some instructions on how to walk with the snowshoes. As you snowshoe through the quiet snowy landscapes, you will already feel the harmony of Lapland nature that surrounds you.
Soon you will end up on the frozen expanse of a lake. It is time to find a promising spot to try to catch your lunch! Your guide will help you drill your hole in the ice, and will teach you the basic techniques of how to ice fish. Then, it is just a matter of time and patience before you can feel the first bite of the fish!
While you are fishing, your guide will prepare a fire on the shore of the lake for you. Some typical Finnish snacks and hot drinks will be waiting for you around the fire. If you manage to catch a fish (of a decent size), your guide will happily prepare it, cook it straight over the fire and add it to the menu of the day! If the fish are undersized, we will quickly return them to the lake without unnecessarily harming them.
After this ice fishing experience, it will be time to put back on the snowshoes and head back to Rovaniemi!
Stop At:
• Lapland, Lapland
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Wild About Lapland, Rovakatu 24, 96100 Rovaniemi, Finland
Traveler pickup is offered
Your guide will come to pick you up from your hotel between 5 and 50 minutes prior to departure. Your exact pick-up time will be confirmed by email at least one day prior to each activity. Please wait at the reception so your guide can easily find you.
N.B. There is € 40 / oneway surcharge for transfers to and from Apukka Resort.
4 hours(approx.)
Returns to original departure point
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : olafd837
A nice trip with the tour guides Frederiko and Thoma .
The fish were sleeping but it was a great experience.
Olaf and the girls
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Posted On : 2024-02-18
Posted By : ken
Feeling good and relax ,Guide is perfect . The weather and the place is comfort. I will try once again when I have time to travel ! ☺️☺️☺️
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Posted On : 2023-03-08
Posted By : Voyager62346150186
Good coordination. Well planned.James and team helps us a lot in greeting back the refund due to ice conditions. The information and changes was well informed in advance. Definitely worth the money
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Posted On : 2022-11-24
Posted By : Jing_L
Definitely a very unique experience but probably more like once in a life time event. Given we came in April, tourist season was almost over. Because of that, the guide said the private park the company normally rents is no longer available so we went to a public park with no indoor facility to warm up, which is probably the key factor in giving this less and a 5 star. While small group tours are generally nice, being alone for this tour was a bit lonely. Snow shoe was really interesting. Even with the snow shoe we sometimes sunk knee deep but without we would probably be waist deep. You never know where you’re going to land and falling is part of the fun. As for ice fishing, we came on a heavy wind and heavy snow day. Even with their overalls it was still very hard to sit still. Thank goodness for face masks in this instance. Also we were probably not there long enough in a quiet state to catch anything so it is definitely more for the experience. I would say definitely don’t expect to catch anything especially anything significantly large to eat haha.
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Posted On : 2022-04-18
Posted By : Claudia_W
Was nice doing snowshoeing on the lake while no one except our small group was there. Ice fishing was also fun even if none of us caught a fish.
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Posted On : 2022-02-27
Posted By : Amy G
Fantastic trip. Loved the snow shoeing, just wished we had done more. Ice fishing was fun. Didn’t catch any, but didn’t expect to. Snacks and fire in a teepee. Great Finland experience.
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Posted On : 2022-01-15
Posted By : vinodiquai
Very funny to walk with the snowshoes. It was very even if you are not sporty.
Unfortunately no fish.
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Posted On : 2020-02-25
Posted By : shaejose
This is definitely what you are looking for if you want a unique winter experience. Wild About Lapland is focused on small groups which will make your experience more memorable. Our guide, Božo, was also amazing. He made sure that we have engaged with each other while sitting next to the fire, grilling sausages, having a hot cup of drink and of course, cookies. Definitely one for the books!
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Posted On : 2020-02-18
Posted By : Sim S
I went to snow shoeing and ice-fishing to get to know something about the culture of Lapland. We were a small group of 5 persons on 22nd of January, so it was a nice and individual adventure. First we went through a forest to a frozen lake with our snowshoes. Over there we did our holes into the lake ourselves and we had a great view when the sun got up. We got all materials we needed. Our guide (sorry, I forgot her I was very nice and carefully. All went well and I liked it very much although I didn't catch a fish 😂. After fishing we got a little Barbecue with bread and sausages and a warm drink to warm up before we went the way back to our car with our snowshoes. So everything was like I thought before and my guide brought me back to the hotel although I didn't "book" a pick-up and bring back service. Thanks a lot for this experience and the lovely day!
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Posted On : 2020-01-26
Posted By : jessicazheng1812
great and unique experience. the forest was so quiet and peaceful! fishing was once in a lifetime experience as well. Greta made lots of good jokes and told us about local lifestyle. good job!
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Posted On : 2019-12-23
