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Husky rides in Inari

A black and white husky with blue eyes looking to the side, its face close to the camera in the snow

Illustration photo: a husky in the snow, not from an outing near Inari.

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The short answer

Book one of the two village rides. Both give about an hour on the sled inside a three-hour outing, drive you to the farm and back, and seat two to a sled. Visit Inari's is the one with a child fare, a hotel pickup and a sled of your own on request; Wilderness Hotel Inari's builds a change of driver into the ride. For a walk with the dogs instead of a sled, go to Ivalo.

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.

Visit InariWilderness Hotel InariIlonka husky walk, Ivalo
What you do Sled ride Sled ride Walk with a dog
Swap driver Not stated Halfway, built in Not applicable
Sled of your own €260, on request Not stated Not applicable
Season 1 Dec to 7 Apr Not stated Not stated
Price per adult €198 €230 €99 – the lowest price per adult

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: the lowest price per adult. Only price is marked, and the cheapest is a walk in Ivalo, not a sled ride: it is here for those who want the dogs without the sled.

Where these figures come from
  • Visit Inari: Daily from the safari office in the village: about an hour on the sled, then a hot drink by the fire at the farm.
  • Wilderness Hotel Inari: From the hotel: about an hour on the sled, one guest driving and one seated, changing places halfway through.
  • Ilonka husky walk, Ivalo: A walk through the forest with a dog each on a belt, not a sled ride, about 32 minutes' drive from Inari.

The booking platforms list no husky outing from Inari, and every husky product they file under Inari starts in Ivalo. Two rides do leave from the village, sold by the sellers themselves.

The two village rides

Visit Inari drives its guests from the safari office to its husky farm daily at half past eleven for about an hour on the sled, followed by a hot drink by the fire in a wooden hut.1 Wilderness Hotel Inari’s ride is built the same way around the same hour on the runners, and makes a rule of what the other leaves open: one guest drives, the other sits, and you change places halfway.2

Which of the two suits which party is on the best husky tour in Inari, and what a family pays on each on husky safari prices in Inari.

Without a sled

In Ivalo, about half an hour’s drive away, Ilonka sells walks where each guest is led through the forest by a dog on a belt.3 They are compared with the farm’s other outings in the Ivalo husky guide. The rest of the village is on the Inari destination page.

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Questions people ask

Where do we meet?

Visit Inari's safari office is at Inarintie 38 in the middle of the village, next to its Hotel Inari, and the company collects guests from hotels in the village before departure; luggage and things you will not need on the trail can be left at the office. Wilderness Hotel Inari is at Inarintie 2, and its ride includes transport to the farm.

Do the Saariselkä husky safaris collect from Inari?

Ask the kennel before booking, and give your Inari address. A pickup from the village, where one is offered at all, is a long detour for a Saariselkä kennel, so expect either to drive yourself or to pay for the transfer, and allow for the drive when choosing a start time.

Can we see huskies without booking a whole outing?

The Ivalo operators sell shorter visits as well as their walks, from a one-hour evening at a husky farm to a kennel visit. In summer and autumn, Wilderness Hotel Inari sells a husky farm visit of an hour and a half from the village. Check what is on sale for your date; these are the cheapest ways to meet the dogs.

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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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