WINTER
5 days/4 nights Season: 1 November - 15 December
PROGRAMME
DAY I
Arrival in Alta. Lunch and information at a hotel, where participants
will be given the equipment for the journey. Drive to dramatic Stilla,
then departure by snowmobile across the plateau. Visit to reindeer
herd and the siida (village) of Mikkel Nils. Lunch with the
reindeer herders in their lavvu (tent) camp. Snowmobile to
Nedre Mollisjok.
Traditional Sami dinner consisting of reindeer meat, marrowbone
and tongue. Accommodation at the mountain lodge.
DAY II
Breakfast. Departure by snowmobile to Iesjavri, where you can try
your hand at pulling a fishing net under the ice and ice fishing
with a jig rod. Return to Nedre Mollisjok, where you will be served
a lunch consisting of baked fresh char and potatoes, with cloudberries
for dessert. After lunch you will go ice fishing with a hand line
in a lake nearby. And after a long day of fishing there is nothing
better than a jacuzzi or a sauna.
Dinner and accommodation at the mountain lodge.
DAY III
Breakfast and departure for Karasjok. Tour of the Sami Parliament,
the Sami Museum and *Sápmi Theme Park as you wish. We will
drive along the Tana River, into Finland and east to Polmak, where
we will check into Polmakmoen Inn. Here Ester can offer wonderful
stories, healing/massage and the tastiest dishes. After dinner we
will get into the wood-fired outdoor hot tub and wait for the Northern
Lights to flare across the sky.
Dinner in the inn’s star-shaped gamme or turf hut. Cultural
program. Accommodation at the inn.
DAY IV
Breakfast and departure for Sør-Varanger, where you will
don a survival suit and go sea-fishing in Varanger Fjord (weather
permitting). This is a bleak, windswept ocean area, but one rich
in resources, and there is a good chance of catching a really large
fish. And what about a swim in the Arctic Ocean?
Visit to Bugøynes – the Finnish-speaking municipality
that in the 1980s advertised itself for sale. Today Bugøynes
is flourishing, not least because of the "invasion" of
the king crab from the east. Our host is Else Haldorsen and lunch
will consist of king crab. Return to Neiden Mountain Lodge, where,
in accordance with Sami tradition, the day ends with a bath in a
wood-fired hot tub and a sauna.
Dinner consisting of specialities from Neiden. Accommodation at
the mountain lodge.
DAY V
Departure for Kirkenes, the gateway to Russia. Tour of Kirkenes.
Lunch at the famous restaurant "Vin og Vilt")(not included
in tour price).
Departure.
Price: 11,440 per person.
Price includes: • Guide and
rented car during the whole trip. • Snowmobile
during the visit to the siida and ice fishing on Iesjavri. • Accommodation
and food (apart from lunch on the last day). • The following
activities:
- Visit to reindeer herd at Mikkel Nils’ siida.
- Ice fishing/net fishing under the ice with Per Edvard
on Iesjavri.
- Visit to lavvu and ice fishing with Toralf
Holmestrand at Jergul Asttu.
- Ocean fishing and king crabs in Varanger.
- Polmakmoen Inn/sweat lodge sauna, the star-shaped
gamme (turf hut)
(dinner/cultural program) and accommodation in gamme (turf
hut). • Network of
Mountain Lodges and hosts help guarantee the program.
• THE TRIP CAN
START EITHER in ALTA or KIRKENES. • THE TOUR CAN
BE ADAPTED OR ARRANGED TO FIT THE WISHES OF PARTICULAR VISITORS
OR GROUPS.
Contact: AKU FINNMARK AS Ulf Thomassen Konglev. 11
N - 9510 Alta, Norway
Tlf./Phone: +47 78 43 48 40
Fax: +47 78 44 04 80
Email: ulf@thomassen.priv.no
URL:www.aku-finnmark.no
