Rovaniemi: Drive Your Own Husky Team (5–8 km) & BBQ
Description
Drive your own husky team through Lapland’s snowy wilderness on a small-group experience designed to feel personal and authentic. Operated by The Original Aurora Hunters®, Arctic GM is a family-run company with roots in Lapland dating back to the 1600s, combining local knowledge with a strong focus on quality and guest experience. After pickup, you’ll arrive at a secluded husky farm on private land, away from busy tourist locations. Meet the energetic huskies, learn how to handle the sled, and set off on a 5–8 km self-driven safari through forests and across frozen landscapes. Each sled is shared between two guests, with the option to switch drivers. After the ride, spend time with the dogs and capture photos before relaxing by the fire with hot drinks and a traditional Lapland barbecue.
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Itinerary
Begin your experience with pickup in Rovaniemi and transfer to a secluded husky farm located on private land, away from busy tourist areas. On arrival, you will meet the huskies and receive clear instructions from your guide on how to handle the sled. No prior experience is required. You will then set off on a self-driven husky safari, covering approximately 5–8 km through snow-covered forests and across open landscapes. Each sled is shared between two guests, with one driving and one sitting, and the option to switch roles during the ride. After the safari, spend time with the dogs, take photos, and learn more about their training and daily life. The experience continues around the fire, where you can warm up with hot drinks and enjoy a traditional Lapland barbecue. After the visit, return transfer to Rovaniemi. Total duration is approximately 3–4 hours.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
To ensure a smooth journey, we kindly ask you to be in the lobby 10 minutes before your scheduled pickup time. Our friendly guide will wait for up to 15 minutes after the scheduled pickup time before departing. Thank you for your cooperation!
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(149)
Firstly be prepared to bundle up. Lapland in Feb is cold, this was such a fun time. As a dog lover getting to see the care the team provided to the dogs and that they would make sure each team was not tired between groups was reassuring. The guide made some lovely hot dogs with warm juice or hot cocoa and was very nice. This was the highlight of my trip, the management of driving the sled wasn’t too hard and a lot of fun.
Wonderful experience. Polite and happy dogs. Fun sleigh ride with possibility to change driver halfway. Food and hot drinks very welcome and good! Absolutely recommended
Very disappointing. Was told less than 24 hours before that due to the weather, the tour was cancelled. Completely understandable as the safety of the dogs it’s important. I was told a refund would be issued - a significant amount for this tour in December. I had to continually chase this until January and it wasn’t until I opened up a case via PayPal that my refund was issued. A very stressful experience.
A super fun experience made even more special by our guide, Andrew, who introduced us to the world of dog training and built a fire for a little barbecue to warm us up after the ride!
Amazing experience, you can cuddle the huskies both before and after the tour and the ride was fantastic. The visit was a bit short, but because of the weather conditions. Staff was really friendly and available to answer to all questions. The BBQ was good (hot dog, hot chocolate and tea), but considering the price paid, they could have had more than one hot dog per person.
Dave and Lisa’s husky farm is incredible. They were perfect hosts. The organizers of the tour (Artic GM) was not very helpful and the cold hotdogs at the campfire experience was ridiculous. That being said, the husky farm and Dave more than made up for the organizers deficiencies.
Experience organized very well, sociable animals and kept very well.
The tours were amazing 😍 Natalie and Andrew are the best hosts everrrrr
If you want to have fun on the sleds with the huskies, Andrew is the perfect guide, just for his love of the Huskies and the enthusiasm he puts into this amazing event. Andrew is a true husky lover and an amazing guide! We had so much fun and learnt a lot about the dogs and their life in Lapland.
The experience was unique, the only blemole is the endless wait before doing the Husky Tour, and what I liked was the BBQ which was for me soft, compared to the price quality, they could have done better than hot dog.
