Northern Lapland, Levi: Finland Trip
Had the once in a lifetime opportunity to go all the way to the top of Finland to visit the Northern Lapland, see the Northern Lights, and stay at the Levi Ski Resort. Spent most of this trip in 0° F to -5° F weather but I was surrounded by the most beautiful scenery, experienced the most incredible excursions, and meet the most amazing people. This was one of the most magical and unreal experiences of my life and I am so happy to have gone on this trip. It was truly a Winter Wonderland!
Highlights:
- Ranua Zoo
- Santa Claus Village
- Reindeer Safari
- Arctic Ocean Swim
- Husky Safari at Rami's Huskies
- Saw the Northern Lights
- Snow Shoe Hike
- Snow Sledding
- Levi Spa
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1) Don Diablo - Don't Let Go (feat. Holly Winter)
2) Galantis - Firebird
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Road Trip & Things to do in Lapland, Finland
In search for the best winter spots Kristin & I went on a road trip through Lapland in Finland and checked out all the things to do in Lapland and it was magical!
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I know it took a while to finish editing this video as I had to struggle with the 4k video data I got from my new toy: the drone. I'm now able to shoot lovely aerial footage to give you an even broader picture of the destination.
Our trip to finnish Lapland started in Rovaniemi with the visit of the Santa Claus village where we said hi to Santa himself and had some fun tubing and drinking at the ice bar in Snowman World.
Snowmobiling was a great way to start our second day & I would say it's one of the must dos in Lapland for sure!
Next stop was the area of Ylläs where we spent most of our time: ice sculpturing, snowshoeing, skiing, dog sledding, a reindeer safari, sauna and northern light sightings made this trip to once in a lifetime winter experience!
--- equipment used to produce this video ---
Cam1:Sony A7 II
Cam2: Sony NEX 5
Cam3: GoPro
Amazon Tripod
Joby Gorillapod
Opteka SteadyCam
Zoom H2n Audio Recorder
SDHC Memory Card
Waterproof Memory Card Case
Backpack Osprey Farpoint 40
This road trip was executed in only a week with a rental car and a well planned itinerary - following I list all the places we visited & things to do in Lapland (Finland):
- Santa Claus Village, Rovaniemi
- Snowman World, Rovaniemi (part of Santa Claus Village)
- Snowmobile Tour with Lapland Safaris, Rovaniemi
- Snow Village, Kittilä (igloo, ice sculpturing)
- Ylläs Ski Resort, Ylläsjärvi & Äkäslompolo
- Aurora Estate, Ylläs
- Safartica Reindeer Safari, Kitillä
- Snowshoeing, Äkäslompolo
- Huskie Safari with Rami's Huskies, Kittilä
- Sauna Gondola, Ylläs (Ylläsjärvi)
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Hotels:
Rovaniemi - Sokos Hotel Vaakuna
Ylläs - Aurora Estate
Tour Operators:
Lapland Safaris
Rami's Huskies
Safartica
Locations:
Snowman World
Snow Village, Kittilä
Sauna Gondola, Ylläs
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Rami`s Huskies
Schöner Ausflug mit den Schlittenhunde von Rami im National-Park Pallas-Yllästunturi
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Siberian Husky Tour in Lappland an einem wunderschönen Traumtag, bei minus 30 grad.
Sleddog-tour Lapland
Husky ride, Lapland, Akaskero wildness tour, January 2010
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Husky Safari in Lapland
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Sergio is doing a husky safari near to kemijärvi (Lapland, Finland)
trailer northernlights
Trailer about northern light film. Two northern light photographers from Lapland, Finland. One night at Pallas-Yllästunturi national park. Full video coming soon! AV-Lappi.
Construction of Lapland Hotels SnowVillage 2017 - 2018. Game of Thrones® -themed.
Construction of SnowVillage, with Game of Thrones® -theme. Created in co-operation with HBO Nordic.
Credits Lapland Hotels SnowVillage / Tuomas Kurtakko.