Kemi: activities, tours and guides
Kemi is a coastal town on the Bothnian Bay, and in winter the frozen sea is its landscape: most of the snowmobile rides and the ice fishing here run on the sea ice rather than on fells or lakes.
Kemi is a town on the Bothnian Bay, and in winter the sea freezes into a white plain that the snowmobile rides and the ice fishing here run on. Most of the tours below start from one safari house on Lumilinnankatu, the same street as the SnowCastle area, or collect you from your hotel.
The icebreaker cruise checks in at the same SnowCastle area and runs shuttles from Kemi, Rovaniemi, Tornio, Haparanda and Oulu.1 It is a day out of its own and is not compared in the guides below.
Huskies, reindeer, snowmobiles, the northern lights and ice fishing are all sold here. Santa is not: no programme turned up for Kemi on the booking platforms, so the Santa guide below points to the nearest visits inland, in Ylitornio, Ranua and Rovaniemi.
Guides by activity
Northern lights
- Best northern lights tour in Kemi, by what the night throws at you
- Northern lights tour prices in Kemi
- Northern lights in Kemi with children
- Private northern lights tour in Kemi
- Northern lights in Kemi: which evening to book
Husky safaris
- Best husky tour in Kemi: one pick for each kind of visitor
- Husky safari price in Kemi: what a family actually pays
- Family husky safari in Kemi: what works with children
- Private husky tour in Kemi: what is private and what is not
- Husky safari in Kemi: which ride to book
Snowmobiling
- Best snowmobile tour in Kemi: one pick for each kind of rider
- Snowmobile safari prices in Kemi
- Family snowmobile safari in Kemi: what works with children
- Private snowmobile tour in Kemi: what each option keeps to yourselves
- Snowmobile safari in Kemi: which ride to book
Santa Claus
- The best Santa Claus visit from Kemi, by what you want from it
- Santa Claus price from Kemi: what each visit costs a family
- Family Santa trip from Kemi: which ages, which hours, which way
- Private Santa visit from Kemi: the one reserved for your family
- Santa Claus from Kemi
Reindeer
- Best reindeer tour from Kemi, by how much sleigh you want
- Reindeer safari price in Kemi
- Reindeer from Kemi with children
- Private reindeer tour from Kemi
- Reindeer farm from Kemi
Ice fishing
- Best ice fishing in Kemi: which trip for which day
- Ice fishing price in Kemi: what each trip costs and covers
- Family ice fishing in Kemi: which trip takes the children
- Private ice fishing in Kemi: a pond, a snowmobile or a trip
- Ice fishing in Kemi: which trip to book
Snowshoeing
More to do
Tours you can book
A short family husky ride at a farm in Keminmaa, 15 minutes on the sled
Run by Old Pine Husky Lodge
From €89per person
Length1.5 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)A family snowmobile park with a warm cabin, pickup included
Run by Lapland Salmon Lodge
From €99per person
Length4 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)An aurora evening at a fireside hut on high ground in Keminmaa
Run by Lapland Salmon Lodge
From €99per person
Length4 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)An aurora hunt by car from Kemi, with a bad-weather refund
Run by e-Coach
From €99per person
Length3–5 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)A daytime snowshoe walk from Kemi with a stop in a Lappish hut
Run by Sea Lapland Safaris
From €105per person
Length2.5 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)Driving away from the town lights to a campfire under the sky
Run by Sea Lapland Safaris
From €115per person
Length2.5 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)
Articles about Kemi
Sources
- The Icebreaking CompanyIcebreaker Sampo cruise in Kemiicebreaking.com ↩