Two kennels serve the Pyhä-Luosto resort, and the choice between them is mostly geography. The nearer one sits on the road between the two villages. The other, next to Pyhä, is a drive from Luosto, and its transfer costs extra for each person. Work out the transfer before comparing safaris: a safari sold from Luosto with the transfer included can cost less than a Pyhä farm ride that looks cheaper on the listing.
Luosto is a small fell resort, and its husky trade is small to match. The
resort’s own site lists two husky farms serving Pyhä and Luosto together, both
running sled rides in winter and farm visits in
summer.1 That is the whole market,
and the distance between the two kennels matters more than anything else about
them.
Two kennels, one of them 25 kilometres away
The first, Lapland Husky Safaris Luosto, is on the road between the two
villages, about ten minutes’ drive from either. The second, Pyhä Husky Farm,
sits beside the national park about seven kilometres from Pyhätunturi and 25
from Luosto.1
So from a Luosto hotel, one kennel is a short hop and the other is a drive to
the far end of the resort area.
What the Pyhä farm publishes
The Pyhä farm’s own site lists a two-hour experience with a ten-kilometre
safari and a farm visit, a shorter one of an hour and a half with five
kilometres, and a short family
safari,3 but no prices.
The prices appear on a reseller’s page for the two-hour tour, which puts the
trail at seven to ten kilometres depending on the snow and charges 179 euros per
person for adults and 119 euros per person for children aged four to twelve.
It runs from December to April; children under four join the farm visit but
not the safari; one sled carries two adults and possibly one or two small
children, and one adult must always drive. Transport to the farm is not
included and costs 20 euros per person on
top.2
That last line is the one to multiply. For a family of four staying in Luosto,
the transfer alone adds 80 euros to the day.
Tripadvisor ratings, 18 Rovaniemi operators
Highest first
Snowtrail Safaris 5.0
Nordic Odyssey 5.0
Nordic Adventures 4.9
Arctic GM 4.9
Book Lapland 4.9
Bearhill Husky 4.9
Arctic Attitude 4.9
StayLapland 4.8
Wild About Lapland 4.7
Wild Nordic 4.7
Lapland Winter Park 4.6
Safartica 4.5
Nordic Unique Travels 4.5
Apukka Resort 4.4
Lapland Welcome 4.3
Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park 4.3
Arctic Circle Husky Park 4.2
Raitola 3.4
<44.04.55.0
Ratings read from Tripadvisor. The shaded compartment left of the divider holds any score below 4.0. We record the score only; review counts and review text are not part of our comparison.
The Siberians turned out to be Alaskans
A 2024 summer listing on the resort’s site introduced the Pyhä farm as the
local Siberian husky farm.4 The farm’s own listing now says that all its
dogs are Alaskan huskies bred for racing, the
working type behind most Lapland teams,
so it is not the place to go looking for the breed. Levi has
a registered Siberian kennel of its own.
From Luosto itself: a safari company’s prices
Lapland Safaris sells husky safaris from Luosto to a kennel it does not name,
a short drive from the village, with the transfer and winter clothing in the
price: 10 kilometres for 204 euros per adult, 15 for 288 and 30 for 394. Its
terms are strict, with the full price due for a cancellation seven days or
less before the start. The priced tours from both ends of the resort are set
side by side in the Pyhä husky safari guide, and
the husky safari guide explains why the
kilometres matter more than the hours.
The decision in one line
If the nearer kennel’s trail is long enough for you, the transfer question
disappears. If you want the Pyhä farm, its tours or its dogs, cost the transfer
in before comparing prices.
This page is an independent guide, written from published sources. We have no
connection to any husky operator in the Pyhä-Luosto area.
The resale page for the Pyhä farm's two-hour tour says that at least one adult must always drive, and it sells a separate child fare for ages four to twelve, so a younger child rides rather than drives. For a teenager the rule is not spelled out beyond that, which makes it a question to put to the kennel before booking rather than on the morning. If driving is the point for your fifteen-year-old, get the answer in writing.
Can we visit the dogs in summer?
Yes. The resort says both farms run farm visits in summer, and the Pyhä farm's own site lists summer and pre-winter activities alongside the sled tours. A 2024 listing priced its summer visit at 100 euros for a family of up to five, or 20 euros a person in a group, on two weekdays at noon; that was two seasons ago, so treat it as a sign of the scale rather than today's price, and check before planning a day around it.
Is Luosto a sensible base for a husky holiday?
For a single safari inside a quiet fell holiday, yes. For a week built around dogs, the choice is thin: two kennels, one of them a drive away. Resorts with a larger husky trade give you more trail lengths and more departure times to choose from, and the page on where in Lapland to do a husky safari sets out what each of them is shaped for. Pick Luosto for the fells and the quiet, and treat the huskies as one good afternoon.
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