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12D A URORA F INLAND & ORWAY + ORTH ape N In collaborationN with L.G.E Travel C Helsinki • Glass Igloo • Rovaniemi • Northern • • • Alta • Tromsø

features. Then, experience riding on an exhilarating MEALS PLAN: husky dog sledge, first-hand! 9 Buffet Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners • Visit Santa Claus Village where you will have an

Note: Non-Singaporeans may require multiple-entry tourist opportunity to send a postcard from the Main Post visas to Europe, please refer to our tour consultant for further Office. All postcards sent from there will get a special details. Arctic Circle Stamp on them! • Collect an Arctic Circle Certificate with your name and D1 SINGAPORE Q HELSINKI date to prove you have crossed the Arctic Circle. • Photo-taking opportunity with Santa Claus (at your own • Begin your vacation with your flight to Helsinki, the expense). capital of Finland. • Northern Lights Hunting #2 by Tour Manager. A walk of (Meals On Board) about 15 minutes is required. (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner) D2 HELSINKI b OULU b RANUA WILDLIFE PARK b GLASS IGLOO D4 ROVANIEMI b WINTER HORSE SLEDGING • Take an excursion to Ranua Wildlife Park, the world’s b REINDEER FARM VISIT b NORTHERN northernmost zoo. It consists of approximately 50 wild FINLAND animal species and 200 individual animals. You will have the chance to see various Nordic and Arctic • Ride a traditional horse sledge (400m), pulled by an Irish animals like bears, reindeers, wolves and Finnish polar cob and learn its life and habits from the instructor. bears! • Then, visit the Reindeer Farm. • A ranger will guide you and impart in-depth knowl- • A wonderful Sami guide will teach you about all the edge of the different Arctic animals characteristics of their reindeer. • Check into your Snow Igloo and enjoy a welcome • Enjoy a hands-on experience to feed the reindeer! drink of hot chocolate (valid only with the opening of • Ride the traditional Reindeer Sledge (400m) and be the Igloo estimated at 1st Dec – 31st Mar. If the Snow rewarded with a ‘Reindeer Driver’s License’! Igloo is not available, hot chocolate will be served in • End the visit with a taste of traditional Reindeer Soup, the restaurant) served the Sami way. • Stay the night in the newest, 10th Generation Glass • Northern Lights Hunting #3 by Tour Manager. A walk of Igloo - The only Luxurious Lakeside Igloo in Finland about 15 minutes is required. which offers unparalleled view across the Northern (Buffet Breakfast/Light Lunch) Horizon that comes attached with wi-fi and a private sauna! D5 NORTHERN FINLAND b KIRKENES • Northern Lights Hunting #1. No walking required as • Cross the border to . the location of the Glass Igloo is the perfect spot for • Embark on a snowmobile safari to the Siberian Taiga to await the Aurora. forest with your experienced guide. (Buffet Lunch/Dinner) • Northern Lights Hunting #4 will be done during your King Crab Safari! As we hunt the Northern Lights, we will also b D3 GLASS IGLOO HUSKY DOG FARM have an opportunity to see how a King Crab is caught. b SANTA CLAUS VILLAGE b ROVANIEMI • End the safari with an ‘all-you-can-eat’ King Crab Feast, • Husky Dog Farm (10km) – Meet the adorable husky dogs served the Norwegian way with mustard and wine. and learn more about their habitat, characteristics and (Buffet Breakfast/All-You-Can-Eat King Crab Safari) *Visit to North Cape is very dependent on weather, if the Snow Convoy does not operate due to bad weather, North Cape visit and activity will be North Cape replaced by a visit to Honningsvag. NORWAY KIRKENES (Breakfast/Lunch)

D8 ALTA b TROMSØ TROMSØ ALTA • Pass through beautiful Wintry scenery and fjords as we KARASJOK make our way to Tromsø. NORTHERN FINLAND • After dinner, embark on Northern Lights Hunting #7, a 5-hour Northern Lights Hunting bus tour, with your tour manager. (Buffet Breakfast)

ROVANIEMI D9 TROMSØ b HELSINKI • Today, take a domestic flight to Helsinki (Do note that there is no direct flight to Helsinki and you may have to transit Oulu 1-2 times.) (Buffet Breakfast)

FINLAND D10 HELSINKI • Helsinki city tour: Visit Senate Square, White Cathedral. Continue to Market’s Place, the coastal streets of Helsinki. Photo stop at Sibelius Monument, created by Eila Hiltunen in honour of composer, Jean Sibelius. Visit the Temppeliaukio Church, constructed magnificently of solid rock. HELSINKI (Buffet Breakfast/Lunch)

NUMBER OF NIGHTS: 1 2 D11 HELSINKI Q SINGAPORE • You are free at leisure until your transfer to the airport for D6 KIRKENES b RUSSIAN BORDER your return flight to Singapore. b KARASJOK • There is an opportunity (subject to flight departure time) for you to join a full day excursion to Tallinn, Estonia (lunch • Make a photo stop by the Russian Border, the closest included, excursion at your own expense). we can be to Russia without a visa. • We hope that you have had an enjoyable time! • Transfer to Karasjok and make a photo stop at the new (Breakfast/Meals On Board) Karasjok Church as well as the old Karasjok Church, which is the oldest Lutheran Church in . Remarks: • Northern Lights Hunting #5 by Tour Manager. A walk of *The sequence of itinerary may change due to limitation of glass igloos, about 15 minutes is required. domestic flights or weather conditions **Money Back Guarantee – The Northern Lights are a natural occurring (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner) event and we will try all humanly possible ways to ensure you can catch the lights. However, if none of the group members nor tour manager b b manage to catch the Northern Lights during this trip, we will offer a refund D7 KARASJOK NORTH CAPE ALTA of SGD$800/couple via travel vouchers. • After an early breakfast, we will depart for the highlight ***Weather conditions in Lapland & Finmark are very unpredictable and roads and attractions may close at short notice. We will proceed with the of your trip to North Cape. Located at the very end of alternative routings in such scenarios based on the best possible situation. the world, it is widely referred to as the Northernmost ****Lapland & Finnmark Hotels have no star grading and equivalents will point in Europe! be provided. *****Some accommodations may not have specific twin or double room • Just before reaching the cape, our bus has to join a types. convoy led by a snow plough. The North Cape plateau ******Tour Manager will make the best possible decision when hunting the itself rises 307 meters, almost vertically, from the Arctic Northern Lights and if the weather conditions are not favourable, the walk will be cancelled. Ocean. “The globe” sculpture has become the symbol *******Winter itinerary may have 5-10% differential due to weather of the North Cape, and is always a popular place to get dependent attractions/activities that all-important picture. • See the North Cape Hall (entrance included), where Service Fee + Additional Total you can see an impressive 180° panoramic film about Hotel + City Tax Excursions & Meals Finnmark and the North Cape. Euro139 Ranua Wildlife Park Euro310 • Enjoy a 2-course lunch in North Cape featuring the unique dessert, the cloudberry panna cotta. Domestic flight • End the day with a personalised certificate to prove that airport tax you have conquered North Cape! • Transfer to Alta to stay the night. • Northern Lights Hunting #6 by Tour Manager. A walk of about 15 minutes is required.