Finland Norway Aurora 11D8N

• Start Stockholm City Tour which includes photo stop at:-
• The Royal Palace (out view only) and Drottningholm Slott.
• Photo stop at the Old Town (Gamla Stan) - one of the largest and best preserved medieval city centres in Europe;
• Next, visit the Stockholm City Hall.
• Later, transfer to pier for Viking Line to Helsinki.
• Overnight on cruise. (2 in an inside cabin room with shower attached)

• Upon arrival transfer to Helsinki city tour with visit Senate Square, Helsinki Cathedral.
• View the Goverment Palace, Unversity Helsinki, and Uspenski Orthodox Cathedral.
• Continue visit to Temppeliaukion Church (inside visit) which is constructed out of solid rock.
• Photo stop at Sibelius Monument.
• After dinner, transfer to Railway Station for your Santa Express. Overnight Train to Rovaniemi.
• (2 persons in one cabin with toilet)

• Upon arrival at Rovaniemi, transfer to hotel for breakfast.
• After that transfer to Santa Claus Village where you will have an opportunity to post a postcard from the Main Post Office. All postcards sent from there will get a special Arctic Circle Stamp on them.
• Photo opportunity with Santa Claus (own expenses)
• Collect an Arctic Circle Certificate (included) with your name and date to prove you have crossed the Arctic Circle.
• Transfer to Husky Farm (5km activity) - meet the dogs and have a closed look at them. The guide tells you about their life habits and particular features of the husky dogs. The culmination of the tour is a ride in a dog sledge.
• Laplish dinner will be serve at local restaurant. After dinner transfer to hotel for check in.
• Overnight in Scandic Pohjanhovi Hotel or similar. **Northern Light Hunting by the tour leader.

• Morning excursion to the Rauna Wildlife Park (World’s Northern Most Zoo) which consist of approximately 50 wild animal species and 200 individuals. You will have the chance to be in closed contact with the various Nordic and Arctic animals like bears, reindeer's, wolves, moose, birds and Finland polar bear.
• Welcome drink of Hot chocolate in the Rauna Zoo. Local lunch at Wild Arctic Restaurant.
• Evening you have not seen the Northern Light, we will arrange an additional Northern Light hunting excursion for you. This will highly increase your chance to see the Northern Light during this holiday. Northern Light hunting - A journey through the beautiful, snowy landscape take us to a hut deep in the wilderness.
• Overnight in Scandic Pohjanhovi Hotel or similar. **Northern Light Hunting by the coach.

• Today Free at leisure. You may join an Optional Tour (Icebreaker Experience With Buffet Lunch)
• Transfer to Cruise Terminal at Aexlsvik (Sweden).
• Get on board the Icebreaker Cruise at the frozen sea of Sweden. Experience the massive ice breaking power at the vessel and join a guided tour that will lead you from the engine room all the way to the captain’s bridge. The Icebreaker creates a pool free of ice for all adventures to experience the dark city water in flotation survival suit. The captain will present Swim Certificates to everyone as a memorable gift. (The degree of frost/freezing and thickness of ice will highly depend on the current climate/weather conditions.)
• End of the Optional tour and return back to Rovaniemi.
• Overnight in Scandic Pohjanhovi Hotel or similar.

• Transfer to Reindeer farm, the guide will teach you about all the characteristics of their reindeers.
• Ride the traditional Reindeer Sledge (1 hour) and rewarded with a Reindeer driving licence.
• End with visit with the most traditional Reindeer soup will be serve.
• End of the tour and transfer to Saariskelka, check into the Glass-Roof Aurora Cabin for your night of wonder as our special arrangement.
• Be mesmerized by the Finland night sky and if you are lucky, you will be able to see the Norther Lights flashing above you as you lie on your bed.
• Overnight in Northern Light Village (Aurora cabin 2 in a room with bathroom)

• Cross the border and transfer to Norway - Kirkenes.
• Arrival at Kirkenes, inside visit of Snow Hotel with a welcome drink.
• Evening transfer to Snow Mobile Base. With our experienced guide, we will go on a Snowmobile Safari to the Siberian Taiga Forest. As we hunt the Northern lights, we will also have an opportunity to see how a King Crab is caught.
• We end the safari with an all you can eat King Crab Dinner served the Norwegian way.
• Overnight in Thon Hotel Kirkenes or similar. **Northern Light hunting with King Crab Safari.

• Morning transfer to Kirkenes Airport for your domestic flight to the capital of Norway - Oslo.
• Upon arrival, transfer to Oslo city center. The rest of the day is free at own leisure.
• After dinner transfer to hotel for check in.
• Overnight in Scandic Fornebu Hotel or similar.

• After breakfast, city orientation tour which included Oslo City Hall, visit to Oslo Opera House, The Royal Palace.
• Transfer to the airport for your return flight back home.

• We hope you had enjoyed your holidays and we look forward to see you again.