Nordic Safaris Experiences
Nordic Safaris offers full-service programs both in winter and summertime
Winter & Spring
The safariroute runs along traditional forest tracks, winter roads, and frozen rivers in wilderness in two country – Finland and Sweden.
- Tour Duration: two hours
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price: 175 € /person and two person per snowmobile, children 4-12 year with parents price 75 € (in a sleigh)
- Price: 286 € when driving one person per snowmobile
- Destination(s): Finland / Sweden
Season from 15th of December (weather permitting) to end of March
Tornionjoki river is the biggest free-flowing river in Europe in which whitefish and salmon spawn. Kukkolankoski rapids are a crown jewel of Tornionjoki river. It flows unobstructed even in winter.
Would you like to try your luck in ice-fishing? Ice fishing is the activity of catching fish with lines and hooks. Our guide will teach you how to drill a hole in the ice and prepare the ice-fishing rod and baits. Then it’s time to test your skills.
- Tour Duration: 2–3 hours
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price: 95 € / person
Season from 15th of December (weather permitting) to end of March
e-Fatbiking is very fun and relaxing way to enjoy nature. You’ll get to see more of our beautiful landscapes in less time. What e-fatbiking is all about?
As long as you can pedal a normal bike, you are ready to enjoy the trip.
Electric bikes give cyclists a 'helping hand', or push to get them up and over hills.
- Tour Duration: two hours
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price is 90 € / person
Season: all year.
The tour leads you to witness the Lappish nature magic. Night, winter hike on snowshoes walking in deep snow, in the woods and on the ice. The beginning of the night we move the forest in search of the northern lights playgrounds in the northern sky.
Always remember that the Northern lights are a natural phenomenon and therefore sightings cannot be guaranteed!
- Tour Duration: total duration of the program is two hours – time 20:00-22:00 (UTC+2)
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price: 95 € / person
Season from 15th of December (weather permitting) to end of March
Summer & Autumn
Shooting the rapids is done in a rubber raft, and the customers participate on steering by paddling. The first shooting is called the ”basic track”, and it follows the Finnish- Swedish border which is also where the river runs deepest. The second run will be an action track. Programm including all necessary rafting equipment, wetsuits and neopren boots, life jackets, helmets. We use self bailing rafts and licensed river guides.
- Tour Duration: 90 minutes (two runs)
- Price is 60 € / person
- Group size: minimum 6 person
- Destination(s): Finland / Sweden borderline
Season normally from May to end of October (weather permitting)
As a standalone program or for those who don't want to go down Kukkolaraft. The river trip is made on a river ferry, which resembles a log ferry, right on the Finnish-Swedish border, Torne River. Traditional rural landscapes can be found on both sides of the river.
During the expedition, stories are told about the lives of the people of the area, traditional fishing, farming and smuggling over the border.
Suositeltava ryhmän koko on vähintään 6 henkilöä.
- Tour Duration: one hour
- Price is 60 € / person
- Group size: minimum 6 person
- Destination(s): Finland / Sweden borderline
Season normally from June to end of October (weather permitting)
Canoeing is a very diverse hobby and develops a wide range of skills.
Canoeing is suitable for people of different ages and sizes. It is a hobby that raises both physical fitness and offers the mind a moment of rest. Canoeing is an outdoor exercise and sport in which everyone can choose the level and duration of exercise that suits them.
The kayaks used in the program are comfortable, safe and easy to control.
Kayaking equipment; rain or neoprene outfit, single kayak, paddle, safety vest and helmet.
- Tour Duration: two hours
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price is 95 € / person
Season: normally from 20 th May to end of October (weather permitting).
e-Fatbiking is very fun and relaxing way to enjoy nature. You’ll get to see more of our beautiful landscapes in less time. What e-fatbiking is all about?
As long as you can pedal a normal bike, you are ready to enjoy the trip.
Electric bikes give cyclists a 'helping hand', or push to get them up and over hills.
- Tour Duration: two hours
- Group size: minimum two person
- Price is 90 € / person
Season: all year.
Whitefish roasted on a spit (a wooden stake) is the delicacy of the Kukkola Rapids. We´ll grill your freshly caught whitefish over an open fire in the traditional Kukkola fashion. While you wait for your fish to be done, you can sit by the fire and listen to stories. Once your fish is ready, you can enjoy it straight from the fire.
The taste will amaze you!
Programme include: meet the fisherman at Kukkolaraft and try to fish whitefish by Lippo net. See traditional way to grill the whitefish and whitefish eating.
- Tour Duration: two hours
- Group size: minimum 10 person
- Price is 95 € / person
Season from June to September.