Reindeer farm in Muonio: what the two hours include
Illustration photo: a reindeer beside a wooden fence at dusk.
The short answer
Book it for the farm as much as for the reindeer. Fifty-five euros is where the price starts, and it buys two hours at Torassieppi, a working reindeer farm of nearly two hundred years, with a guided tour of the old buildings and a museum, time to feed the reindeer, a go at throwing the herder's lasso, and a hot drink by an open fire in a kota at the end. Part of the visit is outdoors, so dress for the weather.
The reindeer visit in Muonio goes to Torassieppi, a working farm of nearly two hundred years, and it spends as much of its two hours on the place as on the animals.
What the two hours hold
A guided walk through the farm’s own buildings, including the old Lapinkartano manor, and a museum about how people lived here; then the reindeer, to meet and to feed; then a go at throwing the suopunki, the lasso a herder uses to catch an animal from the herd; then a hot drink by an open fire in a kota. Fifty-five euros covers all of it.
Why it costs more than a farm entry
Because the farm is the exhibit. Most reindeer visits in Lapland sell time with the animals and leave the setting as background; this one tours the setting with a guide and keeps a museum for it. Whether that is worth the difference depends on what you came for: a family that wants twenty minutes of feeding will find cheaper elsewhere, and anyone curious about how a northern farm was actually run will not.
What to wear, and when to book
Part of the visit is outdoors, among the buildings and the farm’s own yard, and the listing asks you to dress for the weather. No winter clothing is included, which matters more here than on a snowmobile trip because standing still is most of what you do. Book with a few days in hand as well: cancelling two days or less before the visit is charged in full.
The husky kennel run by the same company is on husky farm in Muonio, and the rest of the village is on the Muonio destination page.
Tours you can book
Two hours at a 200-year-old reindeer farm, museum included
Run by Harriniva Hotels & Safaris
From €55per person
Length2 h
See it on the operator’s site(opens in a new tab)
Questions people ask
Is there a sleigh ride?
The listing does not promise one. What it lists is the guided tour of the farm and the old Lapinkartano manor, the museum, feeding the reindeer, throwing the lasso and a hot drink by the fire. If a ride behind a reindeer is the reason you are travelling, ask the operator what it runs in the season you are visiting rather than assuming it is part of this visit.
What is the museum?
The farm is nearly two hundred years old and keeps its own collection of buildings, which the visit tours with a guide alongside a museum about life in the north. That is what separates this from the reindeer visits elsewhere in Lapland, which usually put the animals first and the history nowhere, and it is where a good part of the two hours goes.
What should we wear?
Weather-appropriate clothing, because part of the visit is outdoors among the traditional buildings and the farm's outdoor area, and the listing says so itself. No winter clothing is listed as included, which is worth noting at a price that covers a guide, a museum and a fire but not a thermal suit.