Crossing Lapland with dog sled
Dogteam-crossing-lapland
This is a tour for you who want to experience a travel straight through Lapland’s great areas, from the snow covered forest up to the bare mountains! Â We bring snowshoes on the tour and track wild animals as wolverine, reindeer, moose, lynx, hare, ptarmigan etc.
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Day 1 Arrival to Jokkmokk. We meet and give you information about the program for the following days. Together we have a nice dinner and check the equipment.
Day 2 Jokkmokk – Juoksaure, the start of our wilderness adventure. After breakfast we go by car to our husky kennel. Here we will introduce you to the dogs and give you instructions in how to handle and drive a dog team. You will harness your dogs and make your sled ready for start. During this first day we will travel to a small hut located by a small river. Approx. 30 km
Day 3 Laxholmen. We start from Juoksaure with the dog teams and travel west. Today we will cross over the big lake Laddon and we will also pass an area where moose usually stays. With the snowshoes we can track moose and other animals. Approx. 30 km
Day 4 Ã…rrenjarka, the small mountain village. Our journey goes further west through the low mountains and pass the mountain Farforita that go steep down 400 m straight into the lake Karats. This day will be tougher and we travel approx. 50km. During the day we stop for lunch over an open fire. In Ã…rrenjarka we will be served a nice dinner and here we have the luxury with showers and sauna. Approx. 50km
Day 5 PÃ¥rte, on the boarder to Sarek National park. We steer the dogs west up to the next mountain village, Kvikkjokk. We pass Kvikkjokk and go north along the Kings Trail. The cabin in PÃ¥rte lies next to the border of Sarek National park. Approx. 36 km Ca 36km
Day 6 Aktse, the gate to Sarek. We turn our faces north and travel through old forests and over frozen lakes. All the time we will be surrounded of beautiful mountains. Aktse is maybe one of the most famous and well-reputed places in the Swedish mountains. Approx. 30km
Day 7 Saltoluokta, over the tundra and back to “civilisation”. This day’s run goes up over the timber line. There will be no trees as long as we can see and we travel over windswept plateaus and mountain moors. We head back to Saltoluokta Mountain Station. A hot sauna, showers and a three-course dinner in the restaurant await us. Â Approx. 33 km
Day 8 Departure day. Breakfast and then departure from Saltoluokta.
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FACTS
Dates: 21-22 February  2010. Other dates on request.
Group size: Minimum 2 persons Maximum 6 persons.
Included in the price: Thermo overall, warm shoes, hat, gloves. Sleeping bag and equipment for the tour. Wilderness guide, one dog team per person. Fullboard from dinner day 1 untill breakfast day 8. (Typical Lapland and Swedish food). Accommodations (1 nights at Hotel Jokkmokk or Skabram Stugby, 5Â nights in wilderness cabins and 1 night at Saltoluokta Mountain lodge).
Not included in the price: Travel insurance, alcoholic beverages, international and domestic air fare.
Tour conditions: Demanding and sometimes hard. This tour is more like a real expedition in a wild area without marked trails. In wilderness cabin we sleep on bunk beds in mixed room with both gentlemen’s and women’s. Dry toilet is available around the cabins. The wilderness cabins are heated with wood/gas and have no electricity or running water.
Price:
Accommodations at Skabram Stugby: 18Â 475SEK per person (included Swedish V.A.T.) Cabins close to nature, four beds in each cabin.
Singel room supplement 150SEK/night/person. Breakfast basket. Singel room supplement Saltoluokta Mountain lodge 280SEK/night/person.
Accommodations at Hotel Jokkmokk: 19Â 200SEK per person (included Swedish V.A.T.) Hotel standard central located in Jokkmokk. Breakfast buffe.
Singel room supplement 260SEK/night/person.
Singel room supplement Saltoluokta Mountain lodge 280SEK/night/person.
