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Husky safaris in Levi for families

A ginger sled dog sitting in the snow beside a white one standing on its hind legs against a weathered wooden dog house

Illustration photo: sled dogs at a kennel, not from one of the kennels named here.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

Start with your youngest child and whether you want to drive. With a toddler, choose a ride whose listing takes children from one or seats them in a sledge behind the guide. From four, the self-drive runs open up, with a child riding in the sled while a parent drives. If nobody wants to steer, pick the ride where the guide holds the sled.

How the operators compare

Prices are the operators' own published starting prices as of the date this guide was updated, and they change through the season.

Levisafari & co: 5 kmPolar Lights Tours: comboArctic Circle Snowmobile Park: dayLapland Safaris: 10 km
Youngest child 1 Not stated Not stated 4
Who steers the dogs You The guide Not stated You
Husky distance 5 km 1.5 km 500 m 10 km
Price €150 – the lowest price per person €169 €198 €247
Four people at the listed price €600 – the lowest total for four €676 €792 €988
Winter clothing Bring your own Not stated Included Not stated

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: the lowest price per person and the lowest total for four. All four price per person and our record of each listing holds one price, so the family total multiplies it by four; ask for a child fare. Only the prices are marked.

Where these figures come from
  • Levisafari & co: 5 km: A self-drive run whose listing turns away only babies under one. You bring the snow clothing, and the kennel is in Kittilä without a transfer.
  • Polar Lights Tours: combo: The guide steers the dogs for 1.5 km, then a reindeer ride of 500 m, with pick-up from the centre. The listing sets no age.
  • Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park: day: A four-hour day with a 500-metre husky ride, a reindeer ride and a snowmobile, where children travel in a sledge behind the guide. Overalls and boots are lent.
  • Lapland Safaris: 10 km: A longer self-drive safari with a child place from four to 14, sold on the operator's own site. The dearest of the four for a family.

A family choosing a husky ride in Levi usually has two questions the price cannot answer: will the kennel take our youngest, and does one of us have to drive the dogs? The listings answer both, but in different places and not always.

With a toddler

Levisafari & co’s five-kilometre run is the one self-drive ride here whose listing turns away only babies under one. It costs 150 euros a person, 600 for four, you bring your own snow clothing, and the kennel is in Kittilä with no transfer, so a family without a car needs a taxi. The listing does not say how a small child rides, so ask before booking.

Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park’s four-hour day is the other way in: its listing seats children in a sledge behind the guide’s snowmobile, and the husky part is a 500-metre ride. With overalls and boots lent and pick-up included, it costs 198 euros a person, 792 for four.

If nobody wants to drive

Polar Lights Tours’ combination puts the guide on the sled for a 1.5-kilometre husky run, then a 500-metre reindeer ride, with pick-up from the centre, for 169 euros a person, 676 for four. The listing sets no age, so check with the operator before booking with a very young child.

From four

The longer self-drive runs start here. Lapland Safaris sells a child place from four to 14 on its ten-kilometre safari, at 247 euros for an adult, and gives instructions on controlling the sled before you set off. Keo Wilderness and Polar Lights Tours’ fifteen-kilometre run also take children from four.

Which kennel suits your group on everything but age is argued in the best husky tour in Levi, and what each run costs per kilometre in husky safari prices in Levi. The rest of the resort is on the Levi destination page.

Tours you can book

Questions people ask

Can a child ride in the sled while a parent drives?

The listings do not describe it in those words, but two point that way. Lapland Safaris sells a child place from four to 14 on its ten-kilometre self-drive safari, and Polar Lights Tours puts two people on each team on its fifteen-kilometre run and takes children from four. Ask the kennel how a child rides before booking, because a sled carrying a child and an adult handles differently.

Is there an upper limit for grandparents?

On one listing. Keo Wilderness marks its five-kilometre ride as unsuitable for people over 70 and over 95 kg. Levisafari & co sets a weight limit of 140 kg and no upper age, and the other listings we read set neither. If a grandparent is coming, the rides where the guide steers are the gentler choice.

What should small children wear?

More than they need in the resort. Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park lends overalls, boots and gloves on its husky and reindeer day, and Levisafari & co asks you to bring snow clothing yourself. A sled ride is sitting still in moving air, so a child who is warm walking can be cold within minutes. Bring a spare pair of mittens for each child.

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Lapland Handbook Staff

Lapland Handbook is written by its editorial staff in Rovaniemi. Every price, age limit and group size in a comparison is read from the operator's own page and marked "Not stated" when the operator does not publish it. Each guide names who should not book, and names the operator that suits each kind of group, whichever it is.

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