6 Day Itinerary in Finland - Saariselkä, Lapland

We had the best experience in the small town of Saariselkä, Lapland... amongst snowmobiling, husky sledding, cold river plunging, feeding reindeers, and hiking in a Winter wonderland, we witnessed an actively strong and vibrant northern lights.

In this visual, we share how we spent 6 nights in Saariselkä, what our glass cabin looked like, and why we love Finland.

Hotel we stayed at -

Snowshoe rental for day trip to Kiilopää -
Suomen Latu Kiilopää Rental Shop:

Trip taken: November 2021

Timestamps:
0:44 How to get to Saariselkä from Helsinki?
1:35 Northern Lights Village Saariselkä Glass Cabin Tour
3:12 Food at Northern Lights Village
3:31 Traditional Finnish Pastry - Karelian Pie
4:27 Finland's tap water
4:51 Saariselkä Town
5:27 Santa's Office in Lapland
6:40 Day trip to Suomen Latu in Kiilopää
6:50 Suomen Latu Rental Shop
7:08 Hiking Kiilopää Trail at Urho Kekkonen National Park
8:18 Arctic Sauna (Cold Plunge & Smoke Sauna) at Suomen Latu Kiilopää
10:01 Hiking through a Winter wonderland to the Aurora Hut
11:20 Sauna at the Northern Lights Village
12:59 Reindeer Feeding in Saariselkä
14:11 Snowmobiling
15:56 Aurora Hunting Tour with Northern Lights Village Saariselkä
16:58 Husky Sledding
18:06 Northern lights in Finland / Aurora Borealis in Finland
19:17 #Traveltip - Stay in Finland as long as you can to catch the northern lights
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19:51 Photos from our trip to Saariselkä

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[inkak.]

i'm so happy you enjoyed your stay here! If you wish to experience the opposite of this, come back at midsummer and stay in the southern Finland - the nature is in full bloom and everything is just so lush and GREEN!

[markogronfors]

It's great that you had a good time on the Saariselkä. And the biggest thing was that the northern lights showed up for you.Welcome back.

[SamiNami]

Aaw what a happy ending you saw the lights!

[LindyhopBill]

We just got back from Northern Lights Village, and this was by far the best video to help us prepare

[nottwo]

Most importantly, GO HAWKS! Noticed the proper hoodie.

[yolandasaligumba]

Wow, hopefully I can visit this amazing place someday!

[ricksaligumba]

Thanks for sharing this very informative and detailed video, it’s like I’ve been on this amazing place for free,

[dream.lifestyle]

Watching it from Australia and nice video with useful links

[Heidinski]

Such a great video! Thank youuuu ❤ Planning my trip to Finland this November!

[ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Kiitos for you guys. 😊 Im very grateful you have very great time in our country. 🤗 Our Lapland is very unique place in the world. In the winter it have low temperatures and lot of snow. Only few hours of daylight and if you are lucky you can see best cinema of the world, Northern Lights. In the summer Lapland is best place of the world because very clean air, hiking, biking, fishing and all of nature around you is amazing, Well, and of cousrse don't forgot our best food of the world. Many types of salmon and reindeer is best quality but we also have lot of nature mushrooms and berries with our foods. Best products of the world to vitamins and all other stuff because nightless night have a magig.

[marm.]

Soo cooool!!! Did you look into any specific resources to learn how to take such great photos of the northern lights? It would be great if you could share. My camera isn't the most sophisticated, but I hope I can manage to get some decent shots 😄

[thegozes]

Hoping to go experience this someday 😊

[limweipin]

Great video! Just wanna ask if we could see the aurora from the hotel without booking the excursion?

[deegee]

Hey. Great video. Looking to stay in Saariselka in late November. Is there much to do in that town? And was your excursions book at the hotel or separate company?

[Paul-sw]

Hi very beautiful video. Can you tell us where exactly is the spot at lake inari is where you haunted for the aurora? This would help us a lot. Thanks

[sebastianniittyvuopio]

Aurora borealis hunting😮,
Aurora is a mystical and romantic name that means "dawn" in Latin.

[hayatofury]

hot cold hot cold hot is good gfor your blood circulation, it has long term health benefits when done on regular basis. thats why Finland has more saunas than cars =D

[dala]

Hello Maui, how much was the total cost of there trip for the week? I'm not sure if I have saved enough.