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Reindeer with children in Ylläs: the ride that suits your youngest

A small wooden cabin glimpsed behind spruces bowed under heavy snow

Illustration photo: a cabin in a snowy forest, not in Ylläs.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

With a two- or three-year-old, book the short ride at the Konijänkkä farm: it sells a child fare from two, the ride is short and ends with feeding the reindeer. With children of four and more and no winter gear, the ride near Ylläsjärvi lends the clothing and is sold for all ages. For older children who will enjoy a longer ride, the wilderness ride gives the most time in the sleigh.

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.

Konijänkkä farm rideRemote farmFarm near YlläsjärviWilderness ride
Child fare from 2 4 4; sold for all ages 4
Time in the sleigh 10 to 30 min 15 to 20 min Not stated About 30 min
Warming up Hot juice in a kota Hot drink in a kota Hot drinks and biscuits Berry juice by a fire
Winter clothing Not listed Not listed Included Included

Nothing is marked: a shorter ride is better for a toddler and worse for an older child. Where clothing is not listed, ask before relying on it.

Where these figures come from
  • Konijänkkä farm ride: Ten to thirty minutes in the sleigh, feeding the reindeer and hot juice in a kota.
  • Remote farm: Fifteen to twenty minutes in the sleigh and hot drinks with a snack in a kota.
  • Farm near Ylläsjärvi: A two-kilometre ride sold for all ages, with clothing lent and hot drinks after.
  • Wilderness ride: About half an hour in the sleigh under fur blankets, then berry juice by a fire.

For a family the reindeer rides around Ylläs differ most in the youngest child they price and the time that child spends in the sleigh.

Toddlers

Ylläs Experiences sells a child fare from two on its short ride at Konijänkkä, where the reindeer are fed after the ride; its remote-farm ride prices children from four.1

Four and older

North Wind Lapland’s ride near Ylläsjärvi is sold for all ages and lends the winter clothing,2 and Snow Fun Safaris wraps its guests in fur blankets for the longest ride of the four.3

What each ride costs a family is worked out on reindeer safari prices in Ylläs.

Tours you can book

Questions people ask

Do children sit with a parent in the sleigh?

The listings do not say how the sleighs are shared, only that guests sit in them wrapped in fur blankets on the wilderness ride. With a small child, ask when you book whether you will share a sleigh with them, and how many sleighs there are for your party.

Can a toddler under two come?

The Konijänkkä farm prices children from two, and the other three from four. None of them lists what a younger child pays or whether they can come. The Ylläsjärvi ride says it suits all ages, so that is the one to ask first about a baby. Ask them before you book, not at the farm.

What should children wear?

On the rides near Ylläsjärvi and into the wilderness the winter clothing is lent. The two rides sold by the Konijänkkä operator do not list clothing, so bring the children's own warm layers or ask whether the operator can lend them. Dress them for sitting still, which is colder than walking.

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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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