Top Rovaniemi Travel & Transportation Services

Plan a stress-free visit to Ranua Zoo with a pre-booked admission ticket and convenient round-trip transfer from your Rovaniemi accommodations. A pre-booked ticket allows you to skip entrance lines and ensures you have plenty of time to view the artic animals in their protected environments, as well as grab lunch and shop for souvenirs (own expense).

Plan ahead and book a reliable transfer from Rovaniemi Airport or a railway station to your accommodations in Rovaniemi, Finland. Choose a 3- 8- and 16-seat vehicle for your group. If you are traveling with children, car seats are available (upon request). Skip the lines and get help with your luggage at the airport with this transportation option.

Maximize your chances of seeing the Northern Lights on a small-group wilderness tour from Rovaniemi, accessing remote viewpoints easily with included round-trip transfer from your hotel. Admire the Finnish landscape by night, hear local insights by a traditional fire, and enjoy grilled sausages as you watch for the natural phenomenon.

This Northern Lights hunt is your best opportunity to properly chase the precious aurora borealis and observe them. Because the trip is based on the weather forecasts and conditions, you will drive in the most promising directions, away from the light pollution of big towns and villages. Your professional aurora hunter will also teach you about arctic nature, local lifestyle and northern lights to offer you a complete Lapland experience. The hunt is meant to be both educational and adventurous! Pictures will be taken by your guide with their professional camera. It is a very useful tool to anticipate the apparition of auroras, find them and capture them!

See some of Finland’s beautiful native animals close-up on a 5-hour trip to Ranua Zoo from Rovaniemi. Stroll around the forest trails of the family-friendly wildlife park, and observe Arctic animals such as lynx, bears, reindeer, owls and more, plus Finland's only polar bears. Then, visit the zoo’s restaurants and shops, including a souvenir, candy and wine store. The trip includes zoo admission ticket, round-trip transport and hotel pickup and drop-off.

Travel through the snowy Lappish forest like a local—on a snowmobile—on this half-day tour. Keep warm with provided gear, far superior than anything you may have packed in your suitcase, and some blueberry tea and gingerbread.

See the best of Rovaniemi, the official hometown of Santa Claus and the capital of Lapland. Make the most of your limited time, as your professional guide takes you to the best lookouts, Arktikum Arctic Museum, reindeer and husky farms, and Snowmobile Museum. End your day at the Santa Claus Village with a meeting with Santa himself.

Experience time in the great outdoors of Lapland on this exciting snowmobile safari. Save time planning transport by having hotel pickup and drop-off included. It’ll be the ultimate stress-free day with snowmobile equipment rental, and a delicious campfire lunch in the Arctic wilderness of Kota included. No need to worry about navigating, as a guide will lead the way.

Visit the northernmost zoo in the world, Ranua Zoo, on this organized trip from Rovaniemi. With tickets purchased in advance and all transportation arranged, this is the easiest way to visit the zoo. During the tour, learn about the more than 50 Arctic species living in natural enclosures on the property through guided commentary.

Try the local tradition of ice fishing while on vacation in Rovaniemi. With a local guide to assist you, you'll be dropping your line on an arctic lake or river, bordered by a snowy landscape. Before you drop a line, you'll get an introduction to how to move on the ice safely, techniques for drilling, and the history of the ice fishing tradition.

Ride a reindeer-pulled sleigh through the snow and meet these gentle animals on a 2-hour tour from Rovaniemi. Travel to a reindeer farm in the wooded fells, and learn from the friendly herders how they care for these beautiful animals. Then, sit back in a cozy sleigh and enjoy the glittering scenery on a ride through the woods. Take the opportunity to try handling a sled and afterward, warm up with hot berry juice. Everyone — even the little ones — leaves with an international reindeer driver license as a souvenir.

Short on time in Lapland? This 2.5-hour reindeer sleigh and husky sled experience from Rovaniemi is just the ticket. Meet and learn about friendly reindeer at a reindeer farm, and settle on a reindeer sleigh for a wonderful ride through the snowy woods. Receive a souvenir reindeer driving licence, enjoy a hot drink, and visit a husky farm. See the beautiful sled dogs, and take an exciting husky-sled ride through the wintry forests. Finish with a coffee or sweet hot berry juice before returning to Rovaniemi.

Finland’s landscape is best explored up close, but it can be difficult to traverse the wild terrain. Get an intimate experience of Korouoma with a hike through the valley, discovering cliffs, frozen waterfalls and wildlife, including moose and reindeer, under the supervision of a guide. Enjoy hot drinks and snacks beside an open fire, and relax after a day’s activity with pickup and drop-off to your Rovaniemi hotel included.

Meet Santa Claus, and ride a snowmobile and reindeer sleigh on this fun-filled, 6-hour adventure from Rovaniemi. Journey to the magical Santa Claus Village, and visit Santa's office, the post office, and the twinkling, Christmas-themed shops before savoring a delicious lunch. In the afternoon, ride a snowmobile to a reindeer farm, and enjoy an enchanting sleigh ride with the tinkle of reindeer bells filling the air. An Arctic Circle crossing ceremony and complimentary hot drinks add the final touches to this tour.

It took us many years to learn many things about the Northern lights...better places, what time it will be and where.. and now we are ready to give you an unique experience of Northern lights tour. We really hunt for the Northern lights, but not just sitting and waiting. If there are no chances, then we go to the better place. You just need to relax and we will do the rest.

Hot drinks and light snack are waiting for you in a warm, atmospheric kota tepee, a Lappish hut. You hear stories of the Lappish way of life and the traditional profession of reindeer husbandry. With a bit of luck, we get to witness the greatest light show the nature has to offer – the Northern Lights!

We will travel 20 minutes from Rovaniemi by minivan and take a short walk to reach the lake. The location is our own private place away from the crowds in the middle of the peaceful nature. The main activity is of course fishing itself, but the frozen lake also offers an ideal setting for landscape and wildlife photos. Once we reach the lake, we will teach you the basics of ice fishing and enjoy a pleasant afternoon fishing and photographing. We will also set up a campfire in traditional Lappish Kota shelter and enjoy some hot drinks and snacks – and of course fry our catch of the day!

Enjoy the best of Lapland in Winter with this two-full-day holiday package that combines arctic animal experiences, local activities and Northern lights hunting ! Departure from Rovaniemi (Finland). This package includes the following activities: • 2 x Northern Lights Wilderness Tours with camera (photos included) • Trip to Ranua Wildlife Park (buffet lunch included) • An activity to choose (with BBQ snack incl.): Ice-Fishing OR Wilderness Survival Tour OR Snowshoe Trip • Authentic Reindeer Farm Visit Also included : • Hotel pickup/dropoff • Professional guide • Winter clothing and boots if needed • Equipment and gear for the activities • Photos of the Northern Lights Wilderness Tour sent to you the next day • Snacks and meals mentioned • All taxes, fees and handling charges • A great discount compared to all activities booked individually • -10% discount for any additional tours offered by Wild About Lapland (except reindeer/husky experiences).

The spectacular Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, are not easy to spot or capture on film. Head away from the bright city to a dark observation point with a professional photographer to marvel at this natural light show and have your photo taken under its colorful glow. Warm yourself by the fire and learn about how the lights are formed while you wait for them to appear in the night sky.

Huskies & Northern Lights – could there be a better combination? We mush through the wilderness to our destination, where we make a fire at a traditional Lappish hut to grill some sausages and sip on warm juice. The chances to see Northern Lights get better and better as the midnight approaches, and with a bit of luck you get to share the special moment with your new furry friends!

No one’s going to believe that you saw the elusive Ms. Aurora Borealis so why not prove them wrong by going on this trip with our paparazzi! Let our photographer capture special moments of you, and with luck, of you with Ms. Aurora! Our experienced guide will take you out of the light pollution from the city and choose the best location for highest possibility of sighting the northern lights based on current conditions. Expect to hear the stories and myths behind the Aurora Borealis phenomenon over a campfire with a light BBQ snack. Hot drinks will also be provided. Photos will be provided afterwards with no additional cost.  Northern Lights is an unpredictable natural phenomenon, our professional will higher the chances of seeing it. 

During our two hour workshop, we will be sampling a fraction of our scent library and exploring the link between scent, memory, candles and how they relate to Rovaniemi. After learning the basics of candle making, we will guide you step by step while you create your own scented soy candle that you get to take home as a special souvenir and a reminder of your magical Lappish holiday burn after burn.

During the expedition we will hike through glorious Arctic nature and Nordic forests. We pass through three massive frozen waterfalls, which are sure to impress and create extraordinary landscape for photography. Frozen rivers and rugged gorges pierce the snowy scenery as we hike on the trail through wilderness. We rest on top of the canyon where we are afforded a splendid view over the whole canyon looking down on frozen waterfalls standing out from authentic and pure Arctic wilderness. During the expeditions we will stop at a lean-to and build a fire, over which your expedition guide will prepare a light lunch for the group. This adventure is your top choice to experience versatile Arctic nature including forests, ice falls, rivers, cliffs and wilderness. Always heading out in a small group, ensures that we can offer you the most exclusive way to experience Korouoma. We take pride in making sure you capture the best photos from your holiday with help of our professional photographer

Northern lights is a natural phenomenon and you cannot predict if it will happenю It is more about luck and your guide. Working in tourism for many years we have huge experience in searching the Northern lights. Our guides know the best spots, needed camera setting, survival skills in the forest and etc. So, we will do our best to show you Aurora, just bring a little bit of luck with you :)