Santa Claus price in Muonio: what the money actually buys

A silver gift box tied with a wide gold ribbon, topped with a painted white Christmas bauble

Illustration photo: a wrapped Christmas present, not a gift from any visit named here.

The short answer

Compare like with like. The Muonio package costs from 1,124 euros a head and is a whole Christmas stay, so its Santa visit has no price of its own and only makes sense if you want the stay. A single Santa visit in Levi costs 139 to 201 euros a head. None of these prints a child price, so ask for one before adding up a family, and remember that the package is non-refundable once paid.

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.

Harriniva Christmas packageAlex Tar Production, LeviArctic Shaman Adventures, LeviPolar Lights Tours, Levi
Price from, per person €1,124 for the stay €139 €150 €201
Two adults €2,248 €278 €300 €402
Child price Not stated Not stated Not stated Not stated
What the price covers Stay, meals, clothing, transfers, 4 activities The walk and a barbecue The ride and the meeting The ride, the meeting, Levi transfers
Cancellation Whole amount kept once paid Not in our record Not in our record Not in our record

The prices are not ranked because the package is a whole holiday and the Levi figures are single visits. Only adults are added up, since none of the four prints what a child costs.

Where these figures come from
  • Harriniva Christmas package: Three or four nights with full board, winter clothing, transfers and four activities, one of them the Santa visit.
  • Alex Tar Production, Levi: Four hours on snowshoes to Santa's cabin with a sausage barbecue, for four people at most and no child under ten.
  • Arctic Shaman Adventures, Levi: Two and a half private hours with a snowmobile sleigh ride and about thirty minutes with Santa.
  • Polar Lights Tours, Levi: One private hour by husky or snowmobile sleigh to a hidden cabin, with transfers from the centre of Levi.

The only Santa sold in Muonio has no price tag of its own, and that shapes every comparison.

What the package figure buys

The Christmas package starts at 1,124 euros a head. For that you get three or four nights, full board, winter clothing, the transfer from the airport or the station and four guided activities, of which the Santa visit is one.1 The operator does not say what the Santa part is worth on its own, so the honest comparison is between the package and a whole holiday you would otherwise put together yourself.

What a Levi ticket buys

In Levi you pay for the visit and nothing else: a walk, a ride, the meeting. The drive from Muonio, 46 minutes each way, is not in any of the prices, and none of the listings mentions a pick-up there.

The terms

The package is paid in full when booked and becomes binding at that point, after which the whole amount is kept if you cancel; moving the date has to be agreed separately and may cost extra.2 This site’s records of the Levi listings do not include their cancellation terms, so read them on the listing before paying. The Levi visits are priced for four people on Santa Claus price in Levi.

Questions people ask

Is there a cheaper Christmas package without Santa?

There is one at the same dates that starts lower, at 1,005 euros a head, but it is the aurora package designed for adults and children of twelve and over, and it swaps the Santa visit for evening aurora trips. For a young family the Santa package is the one that fits, so the 119 euro difference in starting price is not a saving you can really take.

Which Levi visit gives the most time for the money?

The snowshoe trip, by a wide margin: it works out at under 35 euros a head for each hour, against 58 for the elf park, 60 for the private sleigh visit and 201 for the cabin visit, which lasts a single hour. If what you are paying for is a long outing with Santa at the end of it rather than the meeting alone, that order matters more than the headline prices.

Who provides the presents?

It depends on where you book. The Muonio package includes a small gift for each child in its price. The private sleigh visit in Levi asks you to bring the gifts Santa hands over, or to arrange them in advance, so budget for them yourself. The cabin visit and the elf park do not say either way in this site's records, so ask before the day.

Written by

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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