Kilpisjärvi: activities, tours and guides
Every tour the booking platforms sell in Kilpisjärvi itself comes from one safari company in the village; a few tours listed under the name start across the border in Norway.
What the booking platforms sell in Kilpisjärvi itself comes from Kilpissafarit, which meets its guests at its office in the village. Besides four snowmobile day tours, compared in snowmobile safaris in Kilpisjärvi, it sells an ice fishing trip with a snowmobile ride, a visit on Sámi culture and reindeer herding, a guided snowshoe walk and an evening snowmobile ride to a tundra lake away from the village lights, where you wait for the aurora by a campfire and the guide takes your picture.1
The company’s timetables are in Finnish time, an hour ahead of Norway and Sweden, which matters to anyone driving in from Tromsø for the day. Two tours the booking platforms list under Kilpisjärvi start in Tromsø and are not shown here.
Off the platforms, three more companies sell on their own sites: Kilpis Reindeer reindeer visits a short walk from the hotels, and a private Santa visit on enquiry; Grayling Land a private ice-fishing guide and a tundra aurora evening; Destination Kilpisjärvi private snowmobile and sled trips. The activity guides for Kilpisjärvi compare them with Kilpissafarit.
Guides by activity
Northern lights
- Best northern lights tour in Kilpisjärvi: which evening for whom
- Northern lights tour price in Kilpisjärvi: what a family actually pays
- Family northern lights in Kilpisjärvi: which evening takes which child
- Private northern lights tour in Kilpisjärvi: three ways to have the night alone
- Northern lights in Kilpisjärvi: what the evening holds
Husky safaris
- Best husky tour from Kilpisjärvi, by how you are travelling
- Husky safari price from Kilpisjärvi: fares, totals and what is included
- Family husky safari from Kilpisjärvi: what children can do
- Private husky tour from Kilpisjärvi: what exists and how far
- Husky safari in Kilpisjärvi: where the nearest sleds leave from
Snowmobiling
- Best snowmobile tour in Kilpisjärvi, by who is riding
- Snowmobile safari price in Kilpisjärvi: what a seat costs
- Family snowmobile safari in Kilpisjärvi: where each child sits
- Private snowmobile tour in Kilpisjärvi: fee or private product
- Snowmobile safaris in Kilpisjärvi: which route to book
Santa Claus
- Best Santa Claus visit from Kilpisjärvi: it depends on the trip
- Santa Claus price from Kilpisjärvi: the figures that are published
- Santa with children from Kilpisjärvi: what a family needs to know
- Private Santa visit in Kilpisjärvi: the farm, and the nearest priced ones
- Santa Claus in Kilpisjärvi: what exists and how far the rest is
Reindeer
- Best reindeer tour in Kilpisjärvi: one pick for each kind of party
- Reindeer safari price in Kilpisjärvi: what 70 and 95 euros buy
- Reindeer with children in Kilpisjärvi: age, clothing and the walk
- Private reindeer tour in Kilpisjärvi: what each route costs you
- Reindeer in Kilpisjärvi: what the two hours include
Ice fishing
- Best ice fishing in Kilpisjärvi: one pick for each kind of angler
- Ice fishing price in Kilpisjärvi: what sets the figure
- Family ice fishing in Kilpisjärvi: who can come and where they sit
- Private ice fishing in Kilpisjärvi: what having the guide to yourselves costs
- Ice fishing in Kilpisjärvi: shared trip or private guide
Snowshoeing
Tours you can book
Priced per person
An hour with reindeer and a wooden sleigh ride round the farm
Run by Kilpis Reindeer
From €70per person
Length1 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)A guided two-and-a-half-hour snowshoe walk with gear
Run by Kilpissafarit
From €95per person
Length2.5 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)A two-hour visit on Sámi culture and reindeer herding
Run by Kilpissafarit
From €95per person
Length2 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)Two hours at a Sámi family's reindeer farm in the village
Run by Kilpis Reindeer
From €95per person
Length2 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)The aurora evening booked direct, with a sleigh seat from 115 euros
Run by Kilpissafarit
From €115per person
Length3 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Price not stated
A private sledge ride behind the guide to the Three-Country Cairn
Run by Destination Kilpisjärvi
From €115pricing basis not stated
Length3 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Sources
- GetYourGuideKilpisjärvi: Northern Lights Snowmobile Tour with Photosgetyourguide.com ↩