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Husky safari prices in Pyhä-Luosto

Two huskies in harness on snow, one standing and one lying down, with no sled in view

Illustration photo: huskies in harness in the snow, not on any of the tours priced here.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

Count the children before the kilometres. A child of four to fourteen pays three quarters of the adult fare on the Luosto safaris, so a family of four pays about 700 euros for the ten-kilometre trip and over a thousand for the fifteen. Per kilometre the long runs are much better value: the thirty-kilometre day costs 13.13 euros a kilometre against 20.40 for the ten. The Pyhä farm's own shop sells child tickets too, at about half and two thirds of the adult price, so with its transfer a family pays a little less there for the long run than for the ten kilometres from Luosto, and about the same once winter clothing is rented.

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.

Pyhä farm: 4–5 kmPyhä farm: 7–10 kmLapland Safaris: 10 kmLapland Safaris: 30 km
Adult price €149 – the lowest adult price €189 €204 €394
With the transfer from Luosto €169 €209 €204 €394
Child fare €79 (4–12) €119 (4–12) €153 (4–14) €296 (12–14)
Trail 4–5 km 7–10 km 10 km 30 km
Adult price per km, with transfer €37.56 €24.59 €20.40 €13.13 – the lowest price per kilometre
Youngest 4 4 Over 4 12
Two adults and two children €536 with transfers €696 with transfers €714 €1,380

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: the lowest adult price and the lowest price per kilometre. The per-kilometre figures use the middle of each listing's trail range and, for the farm, the price with its 20-euro transfer. The farm's figures are from its own shop; its GetYourGuide listings show 140 and 199 euros for adults and no child fare. Lapland Safaris' child fares appear only when children are added to the participants.

Where these figures come from
  • Pyhä farm: 4–5 km: The lowest ticket and the dearest kilometre once the 20-euro transfer is added, with a child ticket at about half the adult price.
  • Pyhä farm: 7–10 km: Three quarters of an hour to an hour on the sled for 189 euros, or 209 with the transfer; winter clothing is 10 euros extra.
  • Lapland Safaris: 10 km: The only trip here with a child fare for a four-year-old, at 153 euros. Transfer and clothing are in the price.
  • Lapland Safaris: 30 km: The highest ticket and much the cheapest kilometre, a five-hour day for twelves and over with basic fitness expected.

Husky prices in Pyhä-Luosto look like a straight line from 149 to 394 euros. Two numbers bend it: the kilometres each ticket buys, and what the operator charges for a child.

Three quarters, not half

Lapland Safaris sells child places on all three Luosto safaris, and each one costs three quarters of the adult fare: 153 euros against 204 on the ten kilometres, 216 against 288 on the fifteen and 296 against 394 on the thirty. The same company charges children half on the snowmobile and reindeer trips we read from the same village, so a husky day is where a child costs nearest to an adult. Two adults and two children pay 714 euros for the ten kilometres and 1,380 for the thirty.

The Pyhä farm’s own shop charges a child of four to twelve 79 euros on the short run and 119 on the long one, about half and two thirds of its adult fares. With the 20-euro transfer from Luosto for all four, two adults and two children pay 536 and 696 euros there.

What a kilometre costs

Divided by the trail, the thirty-kilometre day is much the cheapest at 13.13 euros a kilometre. The fifteen comes to 19.20 and the ten to 20.40. The farm’s runs, once the transfer is added, cost 24.59 and 37.56 a kilometre using the middle of the ranges its listings give, which makes the short farm run the dearest kilometre and the cheapest ticket at the same time.

Where the money stops buying trail

The thirty-kilometre day takes five hours and expects basic fitness, and neither it nor the fifteen takes a child under twelve. For a family with a four-year-old the choice is the ten-kilometre safari from Luosto or the farm’s short run, and the farm run is the cheaper ticket only if you can get there and dress yourselves.

Which of them suits you on transfer, clothing and cancellation is compared on husky safaris in Pyhä, and the rest of the area is on the Pyhä-Luosto destination page.

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Questions people ask

When two of us share a sled, who drives?

You take turns. Lapland Safaris says that on its safaris one person stands behind the sled as the driver and one sits in it, and both its longer trips are sold on that basis. Two tickets therefore buy one team between you, which is worth remembering when you divide the price per kilometre: each of you drives about half of it.

Can a pregnant parent come?

Lapland Safaris advises against it. Its husky pages say the excursions can be physically demanding and that husky programmes are not suitable for pregnant women because of the vibration on uneven tracks. The Pyhä farm's listing on GetYourGuide also names pregnant women among those the safari is not suitable for, so treat a short run as no different.

What does the farm charge for winter clothing?

Its own shop rents warm winter clothing and shoes for 10 euros a person on both runs, and the transfer from Luosto is 20 euros a person. The Luosto safaris include the outfit and the transfer in the ticket, so add both to the farm's price before you compare, unless you drive and bring your own clothes.

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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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