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Glass Igloo Experience

Saariselkä · Inari
Duration
6 Days · 5 Nights
The route
Saariselkä · Inari
Style
Glass igloos and the Sami far north
Best season
December – March · best
The route

5 nights, 2 stops — glass igloos and the sami far north.

Saariselkä → Inari.

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What you're tracking

What you'll see

Reindeer
On the fells.
Golden eagle
Over the wilderness.
Ptarmigan
On the snowfields.
White-tailed eagle
Over the lake.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Helsinki → Saariselkä

Arrive Saariselkä

The journey begins.

Arrive in Saariselkä, met and transferred to your accommodation. Saariselkä's glass igloos let you watch the northern lights without leaving your pillow.

02Saariselkä

Saariselkä

A full day in the field.

Explore the Urho Kekkonen wilderness, with northern lights after dark. Arrive at Helsinki and transfer to Saariselkä. Husky and snowmobile safaris by day, an aurora night in a glass igloo.

03Saariselkä → Inari

To Inari

On to the next.

Transfer to Inari. Explore Sami culture at Siida and snowmobile across frozen Lake Inari, with aurora at night. Husky and reindeer time, and a remote aurora watch over the lake.

04Inari

Inari

A full day in the field.

Husky and reindeer time, and a remote aurora watch over the lake. Wilderness and culture by day, dark-sky northern lights by night. Inari is the cultural centre of Finnish Sami country — wilderness and living Indigenous heritage together.

05Inari

Inari

A full day in the field.

Wilderness and culture by day, dark-sky northern lights by night. Arrive at Helsinki and transfer to Inari. Explore Sami culture at Siida and snowmobile across frozen Lake Inari, with aurora at night.

06Depart Inari

Departure

The journey ends.

A final morning in Inari — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

December – March

Peak season

Deep winter — peak aurora, glass igloos and snow safaris.

September – November

Good season

Autumn 'ruska' colour and early aurora.

Destinations

Where this journey goes

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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