Inari: activities, tours and guides
Inari is the lakeside village on Lake Inari known for Sámi culture. Two companies in the village sell a full winter programme on their own sites, which the booking platforms do not show.
Inari sits on the shore of Lake Inari, which the regional tourist site also calls the Sámi Sea, and is home to the Sámi Museum Siida and the Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos.1 Ivalo Airport is about 50 minutes away by car.2
Most of what is sold in Inari is not on the booking platforms. Visit Inari runs husky, snowmobile, reindeer, aurora and fishing trips from its safari office in the middle of the village and collects guests from the village hotels, and Wilderness Hotel Inari sells huskies, snowmobiles, reindeer, aurora evenings and, around Christmas, a meeting with Santa. Both sell on their own sites.
What the platforms do show is smaller: a reindeer ranch and a fishing guide near the village, a Sámi herding family’s workshop, and several outings from Muotkan Ruoktu, a fell lodge on Route 92, the road towards Nordkapp, which you reach by car. The guides below cover all of them.
Guides by activity
Northern lights
- Best northern lights tour in Inari, by the night you want
- Northern lights tour prices in Inari, for one or for a family
- Family northern lights in Inari: which evenings take children
- Private northern lights tour in Inari: asking, or driving south
- Northern lights in Inari: which evening to book
Husky safaris
- Best husky tour in Inari: which ride suits whom
- Husky safari prices in Inari
- Family husky safari in Inari
- Private husky tour in Inari: the options for one group
- Husky rides in Inari
Snowmobiling
- Best snowmobile tour in Inari: which trip for which driver
- Snowmobile safari prices in Inari
- Family snowmobile safari in Inari
- Private snowmobile tour in Inari
- Snowmobile safari in Inari: which trip to book
Santa Claus
- The best Santa Claus visit from Inari, by the kind of trip you want
- What meeting Santa from Inari costs a family
- Santa in Inari with children: ages, getting there and preparing them
- Private Santa visit in Inari: what the village offers
- Santa Claus in Inari
Reindeer
- The best reindeer tour in Inari, by what you want from it
- Reindeer safari prices in Inari, and what they cover
- Reindeer in Inari with children: ages, seats and getting there
- Private reindeer tour in Inari: what can and cannot be arranged
- Reindeer in Inari: the sellers and what they offer
Ice fishing
- Best ice fishing in Inari, by the day you want
- Family ice fishing in Inari: which trips suit children
- Private ice fishing in Inari: how to get a trip of your own
- Ice fishing prices in Inari, for one or for a family
- Ice fishing in Inari: which trip to book
Snowshoeing
Tours you can book
A smoked salmon workshop by the fire, watching the sky
Run by Muotkan Ruoktu
From €95per person
Length3 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)Ice fishing at Muotkan Ruoktu, by wooden sleigh
Run by Muotkan Ruoktu
From €100per person
Length2 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)A night walk on snowshoes through the forest, watching for the aurora
Run by Visit Inari
From €106per person
Length2.5 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)A slow two-hour snowshoe walk in the Muotkatunturi wilderness
Run by Muotkan Ruoktu
From €120per person
Length2 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)Two hours of ice fishing, reached by snowmobile sleigh from Inari
Run by Wilderness Hotel Inari
From €122per person
Length2 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)Two hours of ice fishing on Lake Inari with sonar
Run by Galddoaivi Safaris
From €125per person
Length2 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)
Sources
- Lapland NorthInari – Lake Inari and Sámi culturelaplandnorth.fi ↩
- Lapland NorthHow to get to Lapland Northlaplandnorth.fi ↩