Optional Excursions

1.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.

9. 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.

Duration: 2 hours. Price: £90 per person.

This exciting excursion offers two hours spent with Reindeer Farmers, learning the secrets of their way of life. You will meet some of the reindeer and learn a little about them from their Sami owners. There will be an opportunity for photographs, before you try your hand at lassoo throwing, followed by some hot sausages cooked over an open fire.

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

As the easternmost country in Europe, Finland has many species of birds that are not easy to see elsewhere, such as Blyth's reed warbler, the red-falnked bluetail, the Arctic warbler, the pine grosbeak, the yellow-breasted buntin 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:  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.

11. 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.

4. Bushcraft Safari

Duration: 3 hours. Price £15 per person.

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 hours. Price: £90 per person.

Unusual opportunity to get up close to Huskies during the Summer whilst visiting a Husky Camp. While these wonderful animals are famed for their hard work in winter pulling sleds through snowscapes, you will discover that they are trained during the summer too. And after a coffee round the fire, you will be able to experience summer husky walking, attached by a belt-like contraption to a team of huskies as they pull you along through the summer landscapes.

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.

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!

7. Esrange Space Centre & World's Biggest Iron Mine

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.

8.  Canoeing

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.