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Private ice fishing from Salla: how to arrange a trip of your own

A lone angler seen from behind fishing from a snowy bank into a wide, partly frozen river

Illustration photo: a winter angler on a river, not in Salla.

Lapland Handbook Staff How we research this

The short answer

To stay in Salla, ask Sallatunturin Tuvat for its snowmobile and ice fishing safari as a bespoke trip for your group, and ask for one total. If a published price matters more than the drive, book Lappi Creative's private day in Kemijärvi, which is priced for up to four and can be built around ice fishing and a fire.

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.

Sallatunturin Tuvat, SallaLappi Creative, Kemijärvi
Sold as private No, bespoke on request Yes – a private day with a published price
Group size Not stated 1 to 4
From Salla In Salla 50 min by car

Highlighted figures are the best in that row: a private day with a published price. Only the listing sold as private is marked. Its price, and the Salla trip's prices, are on the ice fishing price page for Salla.

Where these figures come from
  • Sallatunturin Tuvat, Salla: Runs the snowmobile and ice fishing safari and says it organises bespoke safaris to your wishes.
  • Lappi Creative, Kemijärvi: Sells a private tailored day for one to four people at one price, with ice fishing among its activities.

A private ice fishing trip in Salla has to be asked for; the nearest one with a price on it is in Kemijärvi.

In Salla

Sallatunturin Tuvat, which runs Salla’s snowmobile and ice fishing safari, says it also organises bespoke safaris tailored to your wishes.1 Name the fishing safari and ask for it for your group alone.

In Kemijärvi

Lappi Creative sells a private day for one to four people at a single price, with ice fishing among the activities it builds its days from.2

The shared trips are compared on the best ice fishing from Salla.

Tours you can book

Priced per person

Priced for the whole party

Questions people ask

Is the evening fishing in Kemijärvi private?

Not as sold, but it takes at most four people per booking, so a party of four fills a departure on its own. It lasts two and a half hours by a campfire in the evening. If you want the evening to be yours, book all four places, or ask the company to confirm that nobody else will join.

Could a private trip in Salla skip the snowmobile?

Only if you ask. The resort's trip reaches its pond by snowmobile, two to a machine or alone, and that ride is most of the half day. A bespoke trip is the chance to ask for a sleigh behind the guide's snowmobile instead, which the resort already uses for its aurora evenings.

What does a private day in Kemijärvi include besides fishing?

The company lists snowshoeing to the fells, a visit to a local reindeer farm, lunch by the fire and a chance of the northern lights among the activities it combines, and says each day is tailored to your wishes and the conditions. Tell it the fishing is the priority when you book.

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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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