Meet Father Christmas at Kakslauttanen from £995 per adult and from £755 per child (under 11 when sharing with 2 adults)
Take your family to a private log cabin deep within Finnish Lapland. Visit Santa and his elves, take your pick of the activities on offer or even spend a night in a heated glass igloo, staring up the stars or perhaps – if you’re lucky – the Northern Lights.
Both of our featured Santa trips include private meetings for just you and your family with Father Christmas and allow you to chose your own additional activities, so you can have a holiday just the way you want it.
PRICES & DATES
Price includes Inclusive return economy class flights with Finnair to Ivalo via Helsinki, all airport taxes, transfer from Ivalo airport to hotel (shared), 3 nights in small log cabin at Kakslauttanen with private facilities, sauna and fireplace, 3 breakfasts, 3 dinners, Visit to Santa’s Resort and meeting with Father Christmas, thermal clothing for the whole stay and transfer from hotel to Ivalo airport.
Departures from London Heathrow and Manchester: daily 1-21 December 2011 and over Christmas
Please contact us for available dates and optional activities during your stay.
ITINERARY
Day 1
Fly with Finnair from London Heathrow or Manchester to Ivalo via Helsinki, transfer to Kakslauttanen Hotel and Igloo village. Check in to your log cabin for 3 nights. Dinner is served in the hotel restaurant. You will get thermal clothing on arrival.
Days 2-3
Breakfasts and dinners at the hotel.
Days are free for optional activities. Maybe snowmobile safari, husky safari, cross country skiing or perhaps you feel like something more relaxing like a snow shoe trip into the forest or a reindeer safari? We will advise you what excursions are available during your stay.
In one evening you will visit Santa’s Resort. The resort includes Santa’s own house, where Santa receives visitors. Elves serve hot drinks and ginger biscuits during your visit. Near Santa’s house there is a large reindeer pen, where you can see some of Santa’s and his elves’ reindeer and even drive a reindeer-drawn sledge (with a supplement). Santa and his elves have built a 50 metre-long and 10 metre-high bridge over a bog to Gold Creek, where Gold Elves live in their own hut. Near the bridge there is a 10 metres high tower, home to the Bridgekeeper Elf. In summer Gold Elves dig for gold together with the other elves in Gold Creek. Santa, Gold Elves and the Smith Elf have a secret recipe that allows them to create millions of presents from the gold dug by the Gold Elves. You can see the light sparkling, when the smith Elf pitches gold nuggets into his forge and presents fly around the world just like text messages.
Please note that we will confirm exact time of Santa visit at the time of booking.
It is possible to upgrade one night to glass igloo.You will be able to marvel the amazing Northern Lights and the millions of stars in the sky while lying in the bed! The experience is also unforgettable when there is a snowstorm. The glass igloos are built of thermo glass which is why the temperature in the igloo stays around +20 C degrees
Day 4
Breakfast and check out and transfer back to Ivalo airport and flights home.
Hotel, Activity and Local Information
Surrounded by stunning and exotic Lappish scenery, Kakslauttanen offers private first class log cabins. Each cabin has its own fireplace, kitchenette, private facilities and sauna and is scattered sufficiently apart from each other. The cabins are made of rare dead standing pine, typical to Lapland. Choose between small log cabin, which sleeps up to 4 people in twin bedroom and 2 bunk beds or large log cabin sleeping up to 5 people in 2 separate bedrooms (twin and bunk beds) and 1 extra bed in living room. Meals are served in the main building in fully licensed restaurant. The famous Igloo village has Ice Gallery with an ice chapel decorated with ice sculptures and bar made of ice, perfect for snowy weddings! The village also has snow igloos and unique glass igloos built of heated thermal glass. Hotel Kakslauttanen also features luxurious Queen suite log cabin which comes with a private outdoor hot tub, luxurious bathroom and four poster bed.
• Husky safari at Kakslauttanen
• Reindeer safari at Kakslauttanen
• Snowmobile safari at Kakslauttanen
• Upgrade to Glass Igloo