12D Aurora Lapland Sweden Finland &Norway +Abisko
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EWSN12 12D A URORA L APLAND S WEDEN INLAND & ORWAY + BISKO F InN collaboration with L.G.E Travel A SWEDEN • FINLAND • NORWAY b MEALS PLAN: 9 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 4 Dinners D4 NORTHERN FINLAND SANTA CLAUS b (Including 1 ‘All-you-can-eat’ King Crab meal) VILLAGE NORTHERN FINLAND • Visit the Santa Claus Village, where you will have an Note: Non-Singaporeans may require multiple-entry tourist visas to Europe, please refer to our tour consultant for further opportunity to post a postcard from the Main Post details. Office. All postcards sent from there will get a special Arctic Circle Stamp on them! D1 SINGAPORE Q HELSINKI • Collect an Arctic Circle Certificate with your name and a special Arctic Circle Stamp with the date, to • Begin your vacation with your flight to Helsinki, the prove you have crossed the Arctic Circle capital of Finland • Photo-taking opportunity with Santa Claus (Meals On Board) • Reindeer Ride (400m) - Enjoy a ride on a Reindeer Sledge and earn your ‘Reindeer Driver’s License’ at D2 HELSINKI Q IVALO b KIRKENES the end of the ride • Transit to the northernmost airport in Finland, Ivalo • Northern Lights Hunting #3 by Tour Manager. A walk of • Cross the border to Kirkenes, Norway about 15 minutes is required • Embark on a snowmobile safari to the Siberian Taiga (Buffet Breakfast) Forest in the Pasvik Valley with your experienced guide D5 NORTHERN FINLAND b RANUA WILDLIFE • Northern Lights Hunting #1 on King Crab Safari. As we b HUSKY DOG FARM b ROVANIEMI hunt for the Northern Lights, enjoy the opportunity to • Take an excursion to Ranua Wildlife Park, which consists see how a King Crab is caught! of approximately 50 wild animal species and 200 • End the safari with an ‘All-you-can-eat’ King Crab individual animals. You will have the chance to see feast, served the Norwegian way with mustard and various Nordic and Arctic animals up close, like bears, wine reindeers, wolves, lynxes and Finnish polar bears! • Tonight, upgrade to a Snow Hotel (selected dates). • Husky Dog Farm (2-hour activity in total) - Meet the All the rooms are decorated differently with beautiful adorable husky dogs and learn more about their snow art. The whole experience is once-in-a-lifetime! habitat, characteristics and features. Then, experience (King Crab Buffet Dinner) riding on an exhilarating husky dog sledge first-hand! D3 KIRKENES b NORTHERN FINLAND • Overnight in Rovaniemi, considered to be the home of Santa Claus. • Transfer to our High-end Deluxe Glass Igloo with Aurora • Northern Lights Hunting #4 by Tour Manager. A Alarm for your night of wonder, specially arranged for you walk of about 15 minutes is required. • If you are lucky, you will be able to see the Northern (Buffet Breakfast, Buffet Lunch) Lights above you while lying down on your bed • Northern Lights Hunting #2 by Tour Manager. A walk of D6 ROVANIEMI b ABISKO about 15 minutes is required • Cross the border to Abisko in Sweden (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner) • Due to its location in a low precipitation micro-climate, D10 HELSINKI KIRKENES • Helsinki City Tour - Visit Senate Square and the White Cathedral. Continue to Market’s Place and the coastal streets of Helsinki. Make a photo stop at Sibelius NORWAY Monument, dedicated to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius by Eila Hiltunen. Visit the Temppeliaukio church, NORTHERN FINLAND constructed magnificently of solid rock Ivalo (Buffet Breakfast/Lunch) NARVIK ABISKO D11 HELSINKI Q SINGAPORE • You are free at leisure until your transfer to the airport for your return to Singapore. There is an opportunity (subject ROVANIEMI to your flight departure time) to take a full-day excursion SWEDEN to Tallinn, Estonia (lunch included, excursion at your own expense). We hope that you have had an enjoyable time! (Breakfast/Meals On Board) FINLAND D12 SINGAPORE *The sequence of the itinerary may change due to limitation of glass igloos and domestic flights. In the event that a place of visit or attraction is closed to visitors, it will be replaced with an alternative, if possible. During major events/trade fairs/peak season, accommodation may not be in the city NUMBER OF NIGHTS: mentioned. ** Lapland Hotels have no star grading - equivalents will be provided. HELSINKI *** Money-back Guarantee - The Northern Lights are a natural phenomenon and we will try all humanly possible ways to ensure that you can catch the Lights. However, if NONE of the group members or the Tour Manager manages to see the Northern Lights during this trip, a refund of S$800 per Abisko has more clear nights than virtually any other of couple will be made via travel vouchers. the destinations and is one of the top destinations for **** The Snow Hotel in Norway has a minimum age requirement of 7 years old. A sleeping bag will be provided if you feel cold. The bathroom and catching the Northern Lights shower are located beside the Snow Hotel. The Snow Hotel stay is available • Tonight we will sleep in a traditional log cabin with a for selected dates only. In 2016, the Snow Hotel was available starting from spectacular view over Lake Torneträsk 20 December and it is subject to change year on year. Prevailing weather conditions affect the opening date of the Snow Hotel and availability (Buffet Breakfast, Dinner) cannot be guaranteed. *****Weather condition in Lapland is very unpredictable and roads and attractions may close at short notice. We will proceed with alternative D7 ABISKO (BJÖRKLIDEN) t NARVIK routings in such scenarios. • Board the Arctic Circle Train to Narvik – Europe’s ******Some accommodations may not have specific Twin or Double room types. Northernmost train station • The train line was initially opened to carry iron ore from Kiruna to Narvik, and is perhaps the most scenic train Service Fee + Additional Total Hotel + City Tax Excursions journey in the world • At night, follow our experienced local Northern Lights Euro73 Ranua Wildlife Park Euro230 Hunter/Photographer as he will bring you by Gondola Seaport Tax (cable car) up to Narvikfjellet to hunt the Northern Lights for Northern Lights Hunting #5. While waiting, he will share his professional tips on how to snap the best picture of the Northern Lights! (Buffet Breakfast/Dinner) D8 NARVIK • Today, you are free at leisure. • You may want to grab some last minute souvenirs or join a skiing lesson! (Buffet Breakfast) D9 NARVIK Q HELSINKI • Transfer to the airport for your domestic flight to Helsinki (Do note that there is no direct flight to Helsinki, and you may have to transit 1-2 times.) (Buffet Breakfast).