Private reindeer tour from Kemi
Illustration photo: a lone reindeer by a road, not near Kemi.
The short answer
Ask the Kemi travel agency to run the farm visit for your party alone: it sells tailor-made programmes and charges 50 euros a booking for arranging one, though the price of the visit itself is quoted on request. For a party with a car, book all eight places on the Ranua farm's forest safari, 82 minutes inland, which comes to 600 euros whatever your number. For a couple, write to the Ylitornio farm that opens by appointment and ask for a time to yourselves.
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.
| Kemi visit, tailor-made | Vaara: every place | Vuolo: by appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sold as private | On request | No, but can be filled | By appointment |
| Price for the party | Quoted, plus €50 | €600 for eight | Not stated |
| Group | From 2 | 2 to 8 | Not stated |
| Getting there | Pick-up on the standard visit | 82 min by car | Drive to Raanujärvi |
| Cancelling | Charged in stages from 31 days | €10 fee, all of it inside 21 days | Non-refundable |
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Kemi visit, tailor-made
- Sold as private
- On request
- Price for the party
- Quoted, plus €50
- Group
- From 2
- Getting there
- Pick-up on the standard visit
- Cancelling
- Charged in stages from 31 days
The Kemi farm visit asked for as a tailor-made programme through the travel agency, which charges a fixed fee for arranging it on top of a quoted price.
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Vaara: every place
- Sold as private
- No, but can be filled
- Price for the party
- €600 for eight
- Group
- 2 to 8
- Getting there
- 82 min by car
- Cancelling
- €10 fee, all of it inside 21 days
The Ranua farm's half-hour forest safari takes eight at most, so a party of eight that books every place has the sleigh to itself.
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Vuolo: by appointment
- Sold as private
- By appointment
- Price for the party
- Not stated
- Group
- Not stated
- Getting there
- Drive to Raanujärvi
- Cancelling
- Non-refundable
A small farm at Raanujärvi in Ylitornio that opens by appointment and sells an hour with the reindeer; the time is yours to ask for.
Nothing is marked: none of these is a private product with a price, and which comes closest depends on the size of your party.
Where these figures come from
- Kemi visit, tailor-made taxari.com read Sep 23, 2026
- Vaara: every place vaaranporotila.fi read Sep 23, 2026
- Vuolo: by appointment vuoloreindeerfarm.com read Sep 23, 2026
- Kemi visit, tailor-made: The Kemi farm visit asked for as a tailor-made programme through the travel agency, which charges a fixed fee for arranging it on top of a quoted price.
- Vaara: every place: The Ranua farm's half-hour forest safari takes eight at most, so a party of eight that books every place has the sleigh to itself.
- Vuolo: by appointment: A small farm at Raanujärvi in Ylitornio that opens by appointment and sells an hour with the reindeer; the time is yours to ask for.
No reindeer visit near Kemi is sold as private. The question is which of the shared ones can be turned into one, and for what size of party.
Asking in Kemi
The Kemi travel agency that sells the farm visit also builds tailor-made programmes. Its terms reserve a charge of 50 euros a booking for arranging one,1 on top of a price it quotes on request. For a family who want the herder and the sleigh to themselves without driving anywhere, this is the only route, and the agency’s standard visit already includes collection from a Kemi hotel.
Filling a sleigh inland
The farm in Ranua caps its forest safari at eight people.2 A party that books all eight places pays 600 euros and has the whole half-hour ride to itself, 82 minutes from Kemi by car; for a smaller party that means paying for empty seats.
A farm that opens by appointment
The small farm at Raanujärvi, in Ylitornio, opens by appointment,3 which is an invitation to ask for a time when nobody else is booked. Its shop sells an hour with the reindeer, non-refundable. What the shared Kemi visit includes is set out on reindeer farm from Kemi.
Tours you can book
Priced per person
A half-hour reindeer sleigh ride through the forest from a Ranua farm
Run by Vaara Reindeer Farm
From €75per person
Length0.8 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)A reindeer farm visit near Kemi with a 1.5 km sleigh ride
Run by Sea Lapland Safaris
From €125per person
Length2 h
Book now on GetYourGuide(opens in a new tab)The Kemi reindeer farm visit with hotel pick-up and a child fare
Run by Taxari Travel Agency
From €145per person
Length2 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Price not stated
Meeting and feeding reindeer at a small farm in Raanujärvi
Run by Vuolo Reindeer Farm
Price not stated
Length1 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Questions people ask
Could we just book every seat on the Kemi visit?
Neither seller prints a maximum group size for the Kemi farm visit, so there is no number of seats that guarantees nobody else joins. The travel agency's minimum is two adults paying the full price, which tells you the floor but not the ceiling. Ask for the group size on your date when you book; an afternoon with no other bookings is private in all but name.
What does the tailor-made fee cover?
The travel agency's general terms reserve the right to charge 50 euros a reservation for tailor-made packages. They do not say what the programme itself costs, which it quotes on request, and the agency's own changes rule applies: changes later than 20 days before arrival can be charged extra. Ask for the full price in writing before confirming, because the agency takes the whole payment at confirmation.
Is there a private reindeer visit in Rovaniemi?
Rovaniemi, 87 minutes from Kemi, has far more farms than the coast, and it is where this site compares reindeer visits in depth, on the Rovaniemi reindeer farm guide. Whether any of them will host your party alone is a question for the farm; at this distance a private visit there is a full day out from Kemi for an hour or two with the reindeer.