Winter wedding at Kakslauttanen, Finland

from £2,495 per person

A Winter Wonderland Wedding

Imagine a winter wonderland setting, where the Arctic landscape is covered in a thick blanket of snow.

Amidst this is a chapel made completely of ice and snow - the setting is magical and the atmosphere is enchanting - where better for this experience of a lifetime on the most memorable day of your life!

Kakslauttanen Hotel offers genuine log cabins. In the Igloo village there are Igloos built of ice and snow, an ice suite for the wedding night and unique Igloos built of heated thermal glass.

There is also a chapel decorated with ice sculptures. You can choose to get married in the ice chapel or in a romantic wooden chapel located close to the hotel. You can arrive in a sleigh pulled by reindeers or huskies, or if you prefer a faster mode of transport.....by snowmobile!

The price is based on 2 adults travelling together and includes return flights from London Heathrow/Manchester to Ivalo via Helsinki, all airport taxes and fuel surcharges, return airport transfers within Ivalo, 4 nights in a small log cabin (one of which as a back up for snow igloo night), wedding night in honeymoon snow igloo, breakfasts and dinners of which one is a 4 course special wedding dinner, basic wedding package (civil ceremony, marriage certificate, organisational & co ordinational fees, basic decoration of wedding venue with flowers & candles, special table at wedding evening dinner, toastmaster service) and rental of the Ice Gallery. It is possible to book photographer, hair dresser, reindeer or husky transfer to/from ice gallery and wedding flowers with an additional cost. Upgrades to larger log cabins, Queen suite and glass igloo on request.

If you have guests joining you, please contact us for guest quotations.

Departures from 26 January to early April 2011.

ITINERARY

Day 1
Fly to Ivalo via Helsinki with Finnair
Transfer and check into your log cabin with own sauna and fireplace for 4 nights.
Dinner at the hotel

Day 2
After breakfast meet with your wedding co-ordinator from the hotel to go through the programme for the wedding day. This is when you can iron out all the small details that you might have questions about. The rest of the day is at leisure (optional safaris)

Dinner at the hotel

Day 3
Your big day!

The wedding will take place in the afternoon in the ice gallery. You can choose to arrive the by a sleigh pulled by reindeer or huskies.

Special 4 course wedding dinner is served after the ceremony.

Spend the night in honeymoon snow igloo. You will have your log cabin as a back up where you can leave your luggage. Alternatively upgrade to honeymoon glass igloo.

Day 4
After the night in an Igloo it is time for a warming sauna. Breakfast is served in hotel’s restaurant.

Today is for leisure. 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?

Dinner at the hotel

Day 5
Breakfast and transfer to Ivalo airport

Fly home via Helsinki with Finnair

Hotel, Activity and Local Information

Hotel Kakslauttanen

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.

Activities and Local Information
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• Husky safari at Kakslauttanen
• Ice breaker Sampo day excursion
• Reindeer safari at Kakslauttanen
• Snowmobile safari at Kakslauttanen

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