15 Nature Reserve Tours in Finland Worth Booking

1.Small-Group Northern Lights Wilderness Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 1,515 reviews · 4 hours · from $136Our pick

Leave Rovaniemi with an English-speaking Aurora guide and up to seven other people. Wild About Lapland may visit three dark-sky spots, provide winter clothing, cook sausages and marshmallows over a fire, and email professional Aurora photos the next day.

“Highly recommended. Our tour guide, Nino was super motivated and patient to find the northern lights for us and it paid off. We had one of the most spectacular sightings with the lights dancing in the sky. He even took loads of pictures for us and never complained. All in all really good experience.”

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2.Guided Wilderness Snowmobile Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 741 reviews · 2 hours · from $121

Join Wild About Lapland for a two-hour snowmobile outing from Rovaniemi. You’ll learn the controls, share a snowmobile with another adult, and ride for about an hour through snowy forest trails, with photo stops and warm gear supplied. Guides such as Vero, Jeremy, Emily, and Thibault are praised for clear instruction.

“We loved it - small group - beautiful scenery - sunshine - perfect day for a snowmobil tour! French Guide very friendly - we can only recommend this tour”

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3.Guided Wilderness Snowmobile Safari & Barbeque

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 622 reviews · from $124

Meet at Valtakatu 26 in Rovaniemi for a small-group snowmobile safari on a private lakefront property. After safety training and winter gear, you’ll drive for about an hour, often in two 30-minute turns, with photo stops and a fire-side barbeque of grilled sausages, hot chocolate, and warm juice.

“Fantastic experience. Kids loved it too, 1 hour was perfect amount of time. Lovely to have BBQ and coffee at the end while enjoying the beautiful scenery along the frozen lake”

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4.Northern Lights Wilderness Small-Group Tour from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 290 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $155

Leave Rovaniemi with an Aurora guide and up to seven other people, then chase clear skies at as many as three wilderness locations. You’ll learn about Lapland and the Northern Lights, build a traditional fire, enjoy hot drinks and Finnish snacks, and receive guide-taken photos the next day.

“The most important thing to remember is that there can never be a guarantee that the Northern Lights will 'perform'. So much depends upon weather conditions as well as solar activity. There was a very modest amount of Northern Light activity during our excursion but we still enjoyed the trip out into the snow-covered landscape, the welcome snack over a crackling fire and the assistance and commentary of our very knowledgeable guide.”

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5.Snowmobile Safari into the Wilderness

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 254 reviews · 2 hours · from $129

Meet in Rovaniemi, travel to Apukka Resort, and learn to handle a snowmobile before riding 15 to 30 km through pine forests and frozen marshlands. You share one snowmobile with another adult, with guides such as Jere, Juusi, Erwin, and Max helping you ride safely.

“Absolutely fantastic. So happy we chose Apukka for our snow mobile safari. Proper wilderness safari. Amazing guides super friendly and knowledgable. Equipment super and all snow wear. Allowed to spend the day on resort free snow tubing, roasting marshmallows and seeing horses and reindeer. Excellent trip and company Apukka thank u for wonderful memories”

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6.Snowmobile Safari into Arctic Wilderness

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 201 reviews · 2.5 hours · from $152

Drive through snowy forests and open white plains outside Rovaniemi with an English-speaking guide. You’ll receive safety instruction, thermal gear, and hot drinks. Adults share a snowmobile and can switch drivers at the break, while children under 140 cm ride in a guide-pulled sled.

“Una auténtica basura y una estafa. En la descripción pone que son tres horas y nosotros estuvimos 50 minutos. Una decepción de experiencia y además estábamos dando vueltas en círculo todo el rato. La guía Paula una borde y encima casi nos mata en la carretera, porque casi se da con una furgoneta”

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7.Wilderness Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 192 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $104

Spend 3.5 hours in Rovaniemi’s forest with an English-speaking guide and up to seven other people. Learn to read wolf, lynx, moose, reindeer, and weasel tracks, then build a fire without matches and enjoy hot drinks and a campfire snack.

“Tour was awesome - landscape is just so stunning- learned how to make fire - find animal tracks and enjoy beautiful nature.”

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8.Levi: Winter Wilderness Husky & Reindeer Safari Combo Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 156 reviews · 2 hours · from $175

From Levi Tourist Office, ride a reindeer sleigh, hear Lapland stories, travel by snowmobile-towed sleigh, and drive through snowy forest with huskies. English-speaking guides, hot drinks, kota shelters, and Lovimainas’s no-kill and rescue programs are included.

“This tour was a really sweet and unique day. Learning and hearing about the reindeer was something we didn't expect, and the fire-lit huts at each stop helped with the extra cold snap! After the husky ride, we loved that we were welcome to sit in the hut for as long as we wanted to before returning to town.”

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9.Winter Wilderness Snowshoeing Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 111 reviews · 3 hours · from $104

Spend three hours snowshoeing through Rovaniemi’s Arctic wilderness with an English-speaking guide such as Noah, Marta, or Teo. You’ll learn snowshoeing, basic fire-making, and simple survival skills, then warm up with a campfire snack. Pickup, winter clothing, boots, and equipment are included.

“Wonderful time. Wes has been amazing, he made us feel comfortable, relaxed and took pictures for us everywhere. Perfect guide and human being 🔥”

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10.Lapland Wilderness Husky Safari 7,5 km

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 85 reviews · 4 hours · from $234

You’ll ride from Rovaniemi to a husky kennel, learn basic sled driving, then guide your own team for about 7 to 7.5 km through snowy forest. Meet the dogs, hear about their care, and finish with hot drinks, snacks, and stories by the fire. Pickup is included.

“Very badly organized - it was supposed to start at 11:30 an then at the end it was 12. Then after arriving to the husky farm there was another half an hour waiting time for nothing. Very brief explanation about how the husky farm operates and then very little time to go around the farm itself and see the dogs (we could walk by 4-5 kennels before we were called back to go to the sledges). There was a good explanation about how to ride the sledges, but then we had to wait again to be able to actually go. The husky ride was the best part - the dogs…”

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11.Levi: Snowshoe Adventure in the Wilderness

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 84 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $105

Join Beyond Arctic for a 3.5-hour snowshoe hike from Levi into the Arctic wilderness. Your English-speaking photography guide leads a small group of up to eight, with snowshoes, poles, hot drinks, campfire snacks, transport, and a few tour photos included.

“Esperienza bellissima. Nicola è stato una guida perfetta, gentile, simpatico, preparatissimo. Consigliatissimo.”

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12.Ivalo – Saariselkä: Husky Walk in the Wilderness

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 69 reviews · 1 - 2 hours · from $116Top rated

At Ilonka Farm near Saariselkä, you will meet the resident huskies, help harness one, and take an easy or medium forest walk with a guide. Choose one or two hours, with dog cuddles, a warm drink, and a homemade delicacy afterward. Groups are limited to six.

“really enjoyed this activity! lovely dogs and guide, super friendly. and it was nice to have your own husky to walk as well. recommend 100%!”

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13.Full-Day Snowmobile Safari into the Wilderness

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 32 reviews · 6 hours · from $293

Spend six hours riding through Rovaniemi’s backcountry with an English-speaking Safartica guide. Share a snowmobile, stop at a wilderness kota for reindeer soup and hot drinks, and look for wild reindeer, frozen lakes, and powder snow. Guides such as Ramón, Teemu, Alexie, and Marina have led recent outings.

“Het was erg leuk! Niet in een privé bos/terrein maar lekker door de openbare bossen. De gids, Teemu, is een super leuke gids, liet onderweg nog wat stunts zien. Het is 2uur rijden, 2uur pauze bij een kota met toilet en met een kampvuur (met een overheerlijke rendiersoep, waarna je savonds bijna geen diner meer nodig hebt) en dan nog 2uur terugrijden.”

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14.Guided Wilderness Kayaking Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 28 reviews · 3 hours · from $117

You’ll leave Rovaniemi by included transfer and paddle a calm Lapland lake for three hours with a guide and up to eight others. Miguel has led some departures. Expect Arctic scenery, wildlife watching, and a small-group outing, but confirm whether your trip uses kayaks or canoes and how much guiding is included.

“We were very disappointed with this tour. Miguel was friendly and picked us up from the hotel. Contrary to the description of the activity, this was not a river tour. We were driven to a lake about 30-40 minutes outside of Rovaniemi, where we were given a single kayak. These were not canoes either. After that, we were left to paddle alone on the lake for 2 hours at sunset. It was not a guided tour, and we didn’t learn anything about the area or Finnish culture. Additionally, there was no hot drink provided. After paddling around on our own, we were driven straight back home. For us, it was…”

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15.Cross Country Wilderness Ski Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 21 reviews · 3.5 hours · from $199

Meet Nordic Unique Travels in central Rovaniemi, then ride by minivan to the snowy Ounasvaara nature area. An English-speaking instructor helps you ski through forest tracks, watch for animal prints, and enjoy locally sourced extras such as artisanal cheese. The pace suits beginners best.

“Reading this, you must consider that we were two intermediate level cross skiing individuals so we picked this organized activity instead of getting on our own to a cross country ski resort. The description lead us to believe that we would be in a natural offsite area were we would see the true out of beaten path nature. Based on the price that we paid, this activity was far from what we expected. First, the two of us were grouped with 6 other absolute beginners. We ended up doing back and forth in an absolutely flat bottom open air part of a resort with nothing close to wilderness. Our guide…”

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