Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort 2021/2022 from £3470
Venture north into the Arctic Circle and the far reaches of Finnish Lapland for a holiday experience like no other at the Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort.
Kakslauttanen is a truly unique resort. An arctic village comprised of 31 log cabins and an assortment of ice-made buildings (constructed from new each winter) and their world famous glass and ice igloos! This represents one of the most remarkable ways to get close to the majestic nature of the north while revelling in the cosy luxury afforded by this exclusive retreat.
What's Included
• Return flights from London to Ivalo
• Return airport/hotel shuttle bus transfers
• 1 night in a glass igloo
• 3 nights accommodation in a cabin (2/person) in the East
Village
• Breakfast and three-course set menu dinner throughout
• Reindeer safari
• Northern Lights by snowmobile excursion
• Husky Safari
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
DAY 1 Ivalo
Fly to Ivalo (via Helsinki), located in the heart of Finnish Lapland. Transfer and check-in to your private log cabin and enjoy a hearty dinner at the resort restaurant.
DAY 2 Reindeer Safari
After breakfast, you will learn about the life of a Sami reindeer herder, then set off on a leisurely 4-hour safari with these beasts of burden. Travelling in your own sled, you will have ample time to absorb the atmosphere of the Arctic forest, as you snuggle under the warm blankets. A picnic lunch in a wilderness cabin is served, before returning back to Kakslauttanen. Dinner is at the hotel restaurant. Be sure to look out for the Northern Lights before returning to your cosy cottage.
DAY 3 Northern Lights by Snowmobile
Today is at leisure. Try tobogganing, snow shoeing, cross-country skiing, or even alpine skiing in Saariselka. Early evening, you will gather to receive a snowmobile induction, before heading out (driving in pairs), to a spot on the fells, known locally as being an Aurora hot spot. Return to Kakslauttanen for dinner.
DAY 4 Husky Safari and a Night under the Stars
After breakfast today, you will enjoy a thrilling 4-hour husky safari. Travelling two to a sled, you each take it in turns to mush a six-team pack of huskies across the enchanting wilderness of the Urho Kekkonen Park. Lunch is al-fresco, around an open fire. On your return to Kakslauttanen, gather your belongings and head to your ‘igloo’. Heated to 21°c and constructed with thermal glass, the starstudded night sky is always on display, should the dancing lights appear, the Aurora Borealis too.
DAY 5 UK
Enjoy a sauna and breakfast before your shuttle transfer back to the airport in time for your return flight to the UK.
Your Lodgings
Kakslauttanen East Village
The cabins at East Kakslauttanen are the handiwork of Jussi Eiramo who went there as a young man for a summer’s fishing and has stayed ever since. The cabin village, originally known as just Kakslauttanen, is probably Finnish Lapland’s most exquisite example of deadwood log cabins there is, and the giant one at its centre unique in every respect. The 31 cabins and restaurant are all testimony to Jussi's passionate attention to detail and come in varying sizes. All are equipped with shower, toilet, kitchenette, open fireplace and sauna, and set amongst trees around the central building. This has a fully licensed restaurant with an open fireplace around which local specialities are cooked, and a small handicraft/souvenir shop. Kick sleds are available free, gratis and for nothing & cross-country skis & snowshoes can be hired on the spot. It's very much a matter of personal opinion which village you might prefer but the East is perhaps more authentically Lappish in style.
Kakslauttanen West Village
As with the Jussi Eiramo's* East village, which is some 3 km away, the deadwood log cabins here look just as you would want a log cabin in Lapland to look like with a similar profile and amenities but generally larger: 52sqm ones for up to 5 people and 82sqm with two separate bedrooms for up to 6. Each is equipped with shower, toilet, kitchenette, open fireplace and sauna. The village also has two restaurants, one serving traditional Sami food and the other a touch of Asian fusion (don't ask!). *Owner and architect Jussi went to Kakslauttanen as a young man for a summer’s fishing and has stayed ever since;building first his original cabins, then an ice gallery and snow igloos, glass igloos, a smoke sauna and latterly the West Igloo village.
Combi Cabin Igloos
The cabin bit looks like you want a log cabin to look like: built from the rare ‘dead standing’ pine known as kelo which, needing no machining, retains all its natural texture, colour and even pine smell. The igloo bit is made of a unique heated glass which keeps its clarity and through which you can see the stars and Northern Lights for as long as they appear and you can stay awake. The Cabigloos located in the West Village are 57 m2 with a twin sofa bed and bunk beds in the living area and twin beds in the Igloo bedroom part. Each has an open log fire, WC/Shower & private sauna.
Kakslauttanen Igloos
The original glass igloos in the Kakslauttanen East Village, along now with newer larger ones in the West Village, are yet more testimony to Jussi Eiramo's obsession with detail. All are built with a thermal glass domed ceiling that insulates the interior to keep it warm and whose frost preventative element maintains crystal clear panoramic views even with outside temperatures as low as minus 30 Celsius. The smaller ones which are tiny, tiny have twin beds, hanging locker and a WC/hand basin, whilst the new larger ones at 32sqm have 4 single beds, shower and WC. Of course, if you are opposed to all this genuflection to modernity and want to go for the real thing, there are also snow igloos which maintain an inside temperature of between minus 3 and 6 degrees Celsius, and in which you bury yourself in a thermal sleeping bag for the night. Within a short walk of all igloos there are gender separated showers and saunas, perfect for washing and warming up in the morning before breakfast.
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