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Husky safari price in Salla: what each ride costs a family

A large grey and white sled dog with its tongue out in falling snow

Illustration photo: a sled dog in the snow, not in Salla.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

For two adults and two school-age children the two-hour rides cost almost the same, so choose on privacy and clothing rather than price: the family kennel for your own group, the park if you need the overalls and boots it lends. The four-hour safari costs half as much again but is the cheapest by the hour.

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.

Family kennel, 2 hWilderness park, 2 hWilderness park, 4 h
Adult €125 €138 €209
Child €80 €69 €104.50
Adult, per hour €62.50 €69 €52.25 – the lowest price per hour
Two adults, two children €410 – the lowest family total €414 €627

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: the lowest price per hour and the lowest family total. The family total assumes two children aged five to twelve, the ages both kennels price. Per-hour figures divide the adult fare by the listed length. The park's price includes winter clothing; the kennel's does not.

Where these figures come from
  • Family kennel, 2 h: The private ride for one group of two to six, with a child fare from five and your own clothing.
  • Wilderness park, 2 h: Scheduled departures with overalls, boots and mittens lent and children from three at half price.
  • Wilderness park, 4 h: The same dogs for four hours from January to March, with the same half fare for children.

The two kennels in Salla charge almost the same for a family on a two-hour ride, and the difference lies in what the fare includes.

The two-hour rides

The family kennel charges 125 euros an adult and 80 a child from five to twelve, for a ride your group has to itself, in your own warm clothes.1 The wilderness park charges a little more per adult and half fare for children from three, and its price includes the overalls, boots and mittens.2

The longer ride

The park’s four-hour safari costs half as much again as its two-hour one for twice the time with the dogs, which makes it the cheapest per hour of the three.3

Tours you can book

Questions people ask

What does the five- to six-hour day cost?

The park sells it at 329 euros a person, with children from three to twelve at half price, from January to March. It adds lunch to the trail, so it is priced as a day out rather than a longer ride. It is left out of the table because its length is given as a range.

Can we pay on arrival?

The family kennel books by appointment and says it prefers payment by the common credit cards, without saying when. The park asks for reservations by four in the afternoon the day before. Ask either one when payment is taken and what happens if you cancel, since neither page prints its terms.

Is a child under three free?

Neither kennel says. The park's child fare starts at three and the family kennel takes no one under five, so a toddler is not catered for on these rides. If a baby is part of your party, one adult may have to stay behind with them, which changes the family total.

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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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