Finland Winter Expedition Adventure Tour at Lakeland for outdoor sport lovers

Northern lights | snowshoe hike | Cross country skiing through Finnish wilderness | Winter fishing Aurora Workshop | Slow travel | Local travel companion | Reduced group of 8 men | LGBT friendly 8-day Finland Winter Expedition Adventure Tour with a local Finnish travel companion, starting and finishing from Helsinki. The base of all our operations will be Rantasalmi, a small town in eastern Finland located in Saimaa National Park in the Finnish Lakeland area. We go hunting for the northern lights. We will have an expert guide in hunting auroras and for the ice fishing or nature sighting road trip as well. We will also live with the people belonging to the local culture, where we can have several teamwork sessions, learn the history of their area and get to know how locals live here daily. We will heat the sauna every day, learn how to smoke trout like Finnish guys, visit several local areas, and have a good relaxed time together. At our Perfect Environment we will share and stay in a comfortable, 10-person lakeside cottage equipped with all kinds of amenities (fully furnished kitchen, sauna, heating, etc.). We will go on excursions in the area: cross-country skiing, ice skating slopes and enjoying the spectacle of the possible northern lights, or aurora borealis. You don't need to be an expert, you will be guided for everything. Slow travel, gastronomy, snow and the Northern Lights await on this active tour of winter. My frosty Finland tour makes the most of winter: skiing, snowmobiling, dog-sledding, ice fishing, Finnish survival skills workshops, tasting and making local gastronomy and sleeping in an authentic cabin at Saimaa National Park to admire the northern lights. Together we’ll get to know Helsinki on an exclusive walking tour. And finally, we’ll veer back to Helsinki for one last night, and if you’ve never swum in Helsinki city center—in the middle of winter no less—you can even scratch that off your list. The accommodations, rental car, husky tour, overalls, snowshoes, food during the aurora hunting tour and experienced guides are included in the price. The only separate costs are gas and food for the days before and after the tour, but we will create a Splitwise account and share the costs between us. Ideas for cost in this tour: - FOOD: I estimate €15 per person/day shopping at the local supermarket. We will make breakfast, lunch and dinner in the cabin. What you consume on your own on the outings comes out of your own pocket. Alcoholic beverages are not included. - GASOLINE: rental of a bigger car is €650/week and gasoline €150 per car to be distributed - OTHER EXPENSES: Some shopping, food in Helsinki, going out to a restaurant, or having a drink. Please note that anything separate from eating at the destination is not included EXPENSES EXCLUDED: - FLIGHTS from your origin to the destination or meeting place. I will be leaving from Malaga, but if you want to join us in Helsinki from any other part of the world, no problem: I will try to help you find the most advantageous option. HARRI OF FINLAND: Who Accompanies You On This Journey? 8 days of travel accompanied by an expert in responsible tourism travel who has designed this trip "MOI!" I am Harri, a Finn living in Spain who is passionate about travel, animals and outdoor adventures to seldom-traveled places, and I am always trying to do it in a responsible and conscious way for both the planet and local communities. I admit that I have always liked to travel, discover remote places and have new experiences. And yet, a few years ago, I went back to my roots and returned to my origins via active travels. I had the opportunity to have a daily sauna with a subsequent dip in the lake, paddle with the blue of the sky melting into the water, stop at a laavu to pick a few blueberries and eat something on the grill… It was a very intimate moment of contact with nature –not a cloistered nature– but alive, where people unfold. This is how the Finns feel their land. If one thing defines me, it is a passion for animals. I am a lover of nature and I believe that we should protect it especially when we travel, generating the minimum possible impact so as not to exploit it but rather to conserve it. Hope we have a nice time in Finland!