This once-in-a-lifetime trip shares Christmas with Santa Claus and his reindeer. Spend four days at the Arctic Circle in Lapland in the north of Finland. You can share customs of the Sami culture, learn how to drive a reindeer sledge, ride a 4-wheel drive snow scooter, try out snow shoes and go ice-fishing or even ice golfing. Cruise on an icebreaker ship in the Arctic Ocean for a thrilling experience!

8 day escorted

Inclusions:

• 2 nights at the Radisson SAS Plaza Hotel in Helsinki
• 4 nights at the Rantasipi Pohjanhovi Hotel in Rovaniemi
• 6 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 6 dinners

Highlights:

• See Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio church, carved from solid rock
• Excursion to Porvoo, a 14 th-century provincial town and former residence of Russian royalty
• Stay four nights over Christmas at the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, Finland
• Visit Santa Claus Village
• Ride a reindeer-drawn sledge
• Attend the Snow Carnival on Christmas Day for snowmobiling, ice-fishing, ice-golfing or a snow shoe trek
• Cruise on an authentic icebreaker ship through the frozen Arctic Ocean