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Things to do in Lapland

Nine activities, each with what it costs from the operators’ own pages, how long it takes and the age rules that decide whether your party can do it. A husky ride starts around 63 EUR, a reindeer sleigh ride around 30 EUR, a snowmobile safari around 97 EUR and a guided aurora night around 70 EUR.

Best months: February, MarchLast checked 18 September 2026
Snow-loaded pines and spruce on the north side of Lommoltunturi fell in the blue light of a January afternoon

Out on the snow

The four activities almost every Lapland package includes, and the rules that decide who can do them.

Husky safari

From about 63 EUR for a short ride to around 290 EUR for a half day. Driving your own sled needs someone aged 17 or over.

Reindeer sleigh rides

From about 30 EUR for a short ride in Rovaniemi. Slow, quiet, and the one that suits the youngest children.

Snowmobile safari

From about 97 EUR for an hour. Driving needs a licence valid in Finland and an age of 18; a passenger must be at least 140 cm.

Skiing

Downhill and cross-country at the fell resorts, with each resort’s own slopes, season dates and lift pass prices.

The night sky

Neither of these changes your odds of seeing anything. Read the Northern Lights guide before you book either one.

Northern Lights tours

An evening of 3 to 8 hours, from 69 EUR a person on the Rovaniemi tourist board’s listing on 24 September 2026, with a guide who drives to a gap in the cloud.

Glass igloos

A heated room with a glass roof, from 239 EUR a night at the lowest rate any operator publishes. From the bed you see whatever the sky is doing, cloud included.

Sleeping in the cold on purpose

Ice and snow hotels

A night in a snow room, what it costs, and why many people settle for a day visit.

Heat, and a hole in the ice

The slow end of the list. A Finnish sauna, and a line dropped through the ice of a frozen lake.

Finnish sauna

What happens in a Finnish sauna and the etiquette, then public saunas and ice swimming in Lapland, with prices from the operators’ own pages.

Ice fishing

When the ice season runs, what a guided trip includes and costs from the operators’ own pages, the minimum ages, and the permit rules.

What we will not tell you

We do not rank operators or take payment for placement, and no page here recommends a particular company. Each one sets out what the operators publish (price, duration, minimum age) and the questions to put to them before you pay, including about the animals where there are animals.

Every price these pages print is also in one file, lapland-activity-prices.csv, with the operator’s page and the date we checked it, free to reuse under the terms on using our figures.

Where each activity’s price starts The lowest published price for each activity on the cards above, from a 30 EUR reindeer ride to a 239 EUR night under glass.
Where each activity’s price startsReindeer sleigh ride: 30 EUR, from, a short ride in Rovaniemi. Husky safari: 63 to 290 EUR, about, short ride to half day. Northern Lights tour: 69 EUR, from, an evening. Snowmobile safari: 97 EUR, from, an hour. Glass igloo: 239 EUR, from, a night.Reindeer sleigh ride30 EUR · from, a short ride in RovaniemiHusky safari63 to 290 EUR · about, short ride to half dayNorthern Lights tour69 EUR · from, an eveningSnowmobile safari97 EUR · from, an hourGlass igloo239 EUR · from, a nightWhere each activity’s price startsReindeer sleigh ride: 30 EUR, from, a short ride in Rovaniemi. Husky safari: 63 to 290 EUR, about, short ride to half day. Northern Lights tour: 69 EUR, from, an evening. Snowmobile safari: 97 EUR, from, an hour. Glass igloo: 239 EUR, from, a night.Reindeer sleigh ride30 EUR · from, a short ride in RovaniemiHusky safari63 to 290 EUR · about, short ride to half dayNorthern Lights tour69 EUR · from, an eveningSnowmobile safari97 EUR · from, an hourGlass igloo239 EUR · from, a night

Skiing, the sauna, ice fishing and the ice hotels have their prices on their own pages.

Source: The operators’ own sites, as each activity page cites them. Checked 18 September 2026.

An activity gets a page only once an operator’s own site gives us its price, and none of these pages promises the aurora.

Who this is not for

Anyone who wants a finished week. This page lists activities. Still choosing a month? Read when to go first, because several of these only run when there is snow.

Sources

  1. Visit Finland, top things to do in winter in Lapland, checked 18 September 2026

Last checked 18 September 2026.

Photographs, all from Wikimedia Commons: Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park in January by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, colour-adjusted. Each is cropped and resized here, and our versions carry the same licence as the original.