Optional Excursions

Duration: Full day. Price: £145 per person

Richard Branson plans to send the first tourists into space in 2012 from the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna in North Sweden, and you can enjoy an excursion to visit the base from which Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will be launched. The Esrange Space Center has already been the base for over 400 rocket launches. This excursion also includes a visit to the LKAB InfroMine at Kiruna, the largest and most modern underground iron ore mine of the world, including a tour 540m below ground.

Duration: 3 hours. Price £15 per peron.

A great excursion for those who enjoy being active. You start with a 4x4 safari into a quiet corner of the wilderness. There you will have a talk and demonstration on essential bushcraft skills, including gathering and making your own fire. After a barbecue cooked on your campfire, the excursion concludes with a wilderness trek accompanied by eager huskies who will carry supplies.

Duration: 2.5 hours. Price: £70 per person.

A fascinating visit to the Jarama World War II Fortification Museum at Maanu. It was built by German pioneers and Russian prisoners of war in 1942 and was part of the German's Sturmbock Stellung defence line, built to protect the harbours of the Arctic Ocean. The camp is dug partly into the bedrock. Altogether there are about 120m of renovated battle, connection and crawling trenches, with ten different types of shootiong point for heavy and light machine gunsand normal rifles.

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £85 per person.

A wilderness lake, which in the wintertime becomes a snow-topped sheet of ice, is a picture of verdant tranquility in the summertime, with wildlife flocking to its banks to enjoy the oasis of calm. Now it makes a perfect venue to practice your canoeing skills. Here, as you dip your paddle into the sparkling clean waters, you will be surrounded on either bank by the sights, scents and sounds of teeming summer.

Duration: Full day. Price: £225 per person.

As the easternmost countyr in Europe, Finland has many species of birds that are not easy to see elsewhere, such as Blyth's reed warbler, the red-flanked bluetail, the Arctic warbler, the pine grosbeak the yellow-breasted bunting or the little bunting. Game birds, woodpeckers and owls are also in abundance, while Finland's largest eagle population lives in Lapland. Ornithologists can hope to spot many species during their full-day trek, accompanied by an expert guide.

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £60 per person.

The ancient fells in this region make a spectacular vantage point from which to drink in the glorious vistas of the wilderness and you will enjoy a guided walk amid abundant nature to the very top of the nearby Sakkaravaara Fell, where you will be able to relax and enjoy a well-earned picnic lunch before returning down the hillside.

4. Painting and Drawing *

Duration: Full day. Price: £225 per person.

The magnificent land of the midnight sun is so beautiful it leaves many wishing they could capture it themselves, with paints or pencil. You can learn to do just that on a one-day art excursion under the guidance and tutelage of an accomplished artist. All equipment and materials are included, so you just need to concentrate on creating that perfect piece of art!

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £115 per person.

Relax and enjoy a Swedish massage in the inspirational setting of Finland's unspoiled natural vistas, an experience designed to fill you with relaxation and a deep sense of wellbeing. During Swedish massage, massage therapists use massage oils to facilitate smooth, gliding strokes, applying firm but gentle pressure to promote relaxation, ease muscle tension and create other health benefits.

5. Sami Interlude

Duration: 3 hours. Price: £85 per person.

A wonderful opportunity to learn about the lives and traditions of Europe's only aboriginal people. Many Samis earn their livelihoods from reindeer farming and you will begin by spending time with some Sami reindeer herders, hearing tales about their traditions and way of life, and sampling some reindeer meat, cooked over an open fire. Later, you will hike into the wilderness, accompanied by a reindeer carrying supplies, just as the migratory Sami reindeer farmers have done for centuries.

13. Hot Stone Massage

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £135 per person.

Hot stone massage uses smooth, heated stones. The heat is both deeply relaxing and helps tight muscles release. The therapist warms up the body with traditional Swedish massage, then massages you while holding a heated stone. The therapist might also leave heated stones in specific points along your spine, in the palms of your hand, on your belly, or even between your toes to improve the flow of energy in your body.

6. In Search of the Moose

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £60 per person.

In Finland, the moose is the king of the forest. The largest species in the deer family, the moose, or European elk, is common in Finnish Lapland. A solitary, gentle creature, the moose can also be very large, the males reaching up to seven feet in height and weighing as much as 720kg. Your exerienced guide will lead you on a trek through the forest in the hope of encountering these magnificent creatures. Make sure you bring you cameras!

14. Outdoor Yoga Class

Duration: 3 hours. Price: £145 per person.

What better place to practice yoga's Salute To The Sun than in the land of the Midnight Sun. Our small and relaxed classes are guided by an experienced yoga teacher. Yoga is a great way to reduce stress and promote health, and many have incorporated it into their lifestyles. The Salute To The Sun is a series of postures designed to limber up and tone and strengthen the body.

7. Fishing

Duration: 3 hours. Price: £105 per person.

The lakes and rivers here abound with fish, from trout and salmon to grayling, perch and pike. Our angling guide will organise everything for you, from your permit to your fishing equipment, as well as providing tuition if necessary, so that you can simply surround yourself with peaceful summer landscapes as you seek to catch a memorable supper.

15. Traditional Smoke Sauna & Lake Swimming

Duration: 2.5 hours. Price: £95 per person.

For Finnish people, the sauna is a place for physical and mental relaxation. The traditional smoke sauna (savusauna), which has no chimney, is considered superior by connoisseurs. Wood is burned in a large stove and the smoke fills the room. When the sauna is hot enough, the fire is allowed to die and the smoke ventilated out, leaving a residual hot stove for a blissful sauna. Afterwards, you can step outside and plunge into the cool waters of a summer lake for a swim amid the beauty of nature.

8. Mountain Biking.

Duration: 2 horus. Price: £85 per person.

The wilderness is crisscrossed with tracks that lead you deep into the heart of unspoiled nature. You are provided with a bike that is designed for this terrain and accompanied by an experienced guide to ensure you get the very most from your two-wheeled exploration of Europe's last untouched wilderness.

16. Fell & Forest Quadbiking

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £95 per person.

In the summer months, the quad bike provides the same motorised way of traversing the wilderness of Lapland as the snowmobile did during the winter months. Agile and powerful, these off-road machines will cope with whatever terrain you encounter during your guided excursion. Only available to holders of a full UK or EU driving licence.