Nature Tours - Winter
Family Christmas Holiday
The Family Christmas Holiday in South Lapland is arranged for families who want to share an unforgettable nature-based Christmas time together, eat well, and relax!
You will find the spirit of Christmas inside Finnish nature.
This exciting seven-day holiday includes all the transfers, three tasty meals a day, accommodation in a hotel or a cosy log house, activities, and guidance in Syöte National Park area.
The Christmas holiday in South Lapland includes a lot of traditional Finnish Christmas food delicacies, singing Christmas songs in the cabin, guided skiing and snow shoeing tours, optional Northern Lights tours with headlamps on, baking Christmas cookies together and a great husky-safari to the snow-white forest!
At the same time, you will have an opportunity to enjoy the peaceful and beautiful Nordic nature and learn about the Finnish culture and style of living. As you know, Finland has been nominated as the world's happiest country in the world for many years in a row! So, be happy with us!
Welcome to a real winter wonderland, Merry Christmas!
The accommodation is arranged in the KIDE Hotel or our beautiful Taigalampi log cabin, in twin/bunk bedrooms with all the modern facilities and a warm and cosy atmosphere. The sauna is warm for your family in the evenings.
Breakfasts will be served in the restaurant or in the cabin, lunch soup, and sandwiches on the daily trips. Delicious Christmas dinner is served in the restaurant or from the cabin buffet table.
Facts
Place: Syöte, Pudasjärvi, Finland
Availability: Christmas 2026 & 2027
Dates: 20.–26.12.2026, 20.–26.12.2027
Duration: 7 days, 6 nights
Number of participants: Min 4, max 16 persons
Prices:
2026: Cabin 2360 €/person, children under 12 years 1880 €/person. Hotel 3300 €/person, children under 12 years 2630 €/person.
2027: Cabin 2470 €/person, children under 12 years 1976 €/person. Hotel 3460 €/person, children under 12 years 2768 €/person.Meals: Full board. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are included in the price.
Accommodation: In KIDE Hotel in twin rooms or in a log cabin, in twin/bunk bedrooms
Price includes: Return transport from Oulu/Kuusamo/Rovaniemi Airport to Syöte, activities due to the program, guidance, transport to the places of activities, meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), accommodation, sauna.
The price doesn’t include flights.
Equipment: Participants have their own outdoor clothing due to the weather. Please ask for the whole list of equipment after booking.
Equipment included in the price: All the special outdoor equipment for activities.
By an additional cost: Single room 400 €/holiday (when available). Winter clothing set, mittens, headwear, boots 90 €/set/person/tour.
Supplements: Aurora hunting by car 35 €/person, extra night in cabin or hotel 220 €/person. Transport Kuusamo/Rovaniemi 129 € / car.
Extra nature guide for groups less than twelve persons costs 375 €/day.
Payment: Invoice, cash, credit card
Tour level: Moderate. Participants are required to have normal basic fitness.
Languages: Finnish, English
Insurance: We require participants to have their own insurance for outdoor activities in arctic weather conditions in Finland.
Itinerary
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Arrive at Oulu Airport or bus/railway station, where your guide is waiting for you. Approximately two hours transport to Syöte and Taigalampi cabin or KIDE Hotel. Meeting the group and accommodation.
Welcoming dinner, short briefing, introduction of Syöte National Park, and the program after dinner. Safety issues and discussion about sustainable tourism and how we put it into practice during our trip. Warm sauna and sweet dreams surrounded by peaceful and quiet nature.
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Activities begin after a complete Finnish breakfast with many local delicacies. Dressing up for the day outside of the cabin, in pure white nature.
A short snowshoeing trip to the snowy hills, during the trip you hear basic knowledge about Finland, and old Christmas traditions. Lunch after the trip.
In the afternoon making of Christmas cookies and traditional Star-pastries together.
Dinner from the buffet, sauna, and accommodation in your room. Optional Northern Lights trip to the hill or the lake ice.
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After breakfast, it is time to explore Finnish nature and its special features with your local guide by foot or snowshoes, if needed. Transport to the Syöte National Park gate.
Hiking to the Teerivaara wilderness hut enjoying the beautiful nature and nice views. The trail goes on varied terrain, on snowy forest paths. After the hiking tasty soup is served outside the Visitor Centre by open fire.
Transport back to the accommodation. In the evening dinner and sauna. Optional Northern Lights trip to the hill or the lake ice.
Day's distance is approximately 4 kilometers hiking/snowshoeing.
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Soon after a refreshing and tasty breakfast, we take wide and short, skin based backcountry skis and start skiing trip to the lake ice and on the hills! Lovely picnic lunch outside on the trip.
After the outdoor lunch, skiing back to the accommodation.
Meet Santa Claus who brings the presents for the guests gathered around the beautifully decorated Christmas tree! Christmas dinner together, hot sauna, relaxing in the evening.
Optional Northern Lights trip to the hill or the lake ice.
Day's distance is approximately 4 km with skin-based skis.
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After a tasty breakfast transport to the husky farm to meet the huskies. Safety instructions, driving lesson and nice tour with friendly huskies. Pure fun and joy!
Transport back to the accommodation, lunch. Sauna, dinner in the evening. Maybe it’s possible to see and photograph the magnificent Northern Lights!
The day's distance is maximum 15 km in 3 hours, depending on the snow conditions.
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After nice breakfast a rest day, or day with optional activities: 1. self guided cross-country skiing trip, 2. self guided snowshoeing trip, 3. snowmobile tour, 4. downhill skiing day in Iso-Syöte fell.
Self-made picnic lunch.
Transport back to the accommodation from the activities (if needed). In the evening fairwell dinner and sauna . Optional Northern Lights trip to the hill or the lake ice.
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After a nice and nutritious breakfast transfer to Oulu Airport or bus/railway station.
We reserve all the rights to change the activities' order or the program's content due to the weather or other conditions.
Highlights of this trip
Christmas feeling
Enjoy Christmas with your family, it brings you and other family members closer and gives new enthusiasm to everyday life!
Finnish culture and good food
It is said that Finnish culture is extraordinary and unique and the people are the happiest in the world! The reason for happiness might be the fresh and natural food, which you can enjoy at least enough during this holiday!
Relaxing moments
Our guides have been educated as a nature mindfulness instructors. Take a change to learn a new way of experience the nature around you.
Quality time the family
Activities have been chosen for you after many years of experience. Activities, wonderful nature, good food and your own family around. What else can you wish for an unforgettable Christmas holiday?