Lapland Ice Fishing Experience by Snowmobile from Rovaniemi
Lapland, Finland
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Trip Type: Family Friendly Tours & Activi
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Learn the ancient art of ice fishing on a round-trip snowmobile safari with this exciting tour from Rovaniemi. Speed along the frozen Ounasjoki River and forest trails to an ice-covered lake in the midst of Lapland’s wilderness. Then, with help from your guide, drop your line through an ice hole to try for fish such as perch and rainbow trout. If you get a catch, your guide will fry it on the campfire as a tasty supper. Enjoy it with a hot drink before racing back on your trusty snowmobile.
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Learn the ancient art of ice fishing on a round-trip snowmobile safari with this exciting tour from Rovaniemi. Speed along the frozen Ounasjoki River and forest trails to an ice-covered lake in the midst of Lapland’s wilderness. Then, with help from your guide, drop your line through an ice hole to try for fish such as perch and rainbow trout. If you get a catch, your guide will fry it on the campfire as a tasty supper. Enjoy it with a hot drink before racing back on your trusty snowmobile.
Wrap up well and make your own way to the snowmobile center in Rovaniemi, or enjoy a pickup from one of the selected hotels outside of town and travel to the center by coach by minivan.
When you arrive, meet your friendly guide, put on your supplied thermal suit and helmet, and get a safety briefing and instructions on riding your 2-person snowmobile. Once you feel comfortable, set off behind your guide.
Pick up speed and take turns to drive or ride pillion. Zip through the wilderness and race along the frozen Ounasjoki River, passing icicle-hung trees and frosty riverbanks. Continue up a wooded hillside and zoom through snowy fields to a small wilderness lake.
Park up your snowmobile at your guide’s chosen fishing spot and enjoy the silence that envelops you when the engine stops. As your guide prepares the fishing equipment and cuts a hole in the ice, get a safety briefing and pointers on this ancient, native skill. Then, simply drop your baited line into the water and hope for a bite.
As you wait, chat to your guide, absorb the beautiful scenery, and hear about the fish you might catch. Then, if you’re lucky, feel a tug on your line from what might be a fish such as a rainbow trout or perch.
Later, your guide will light a campfire and fillet and fry up your catch for you to eat. Otherwise, feast on sausages cooked on the fire instead. Either way, there’s a hot drink to warm you up, too.
Afterward, ride your snowmobile back to the snowmobile center. Your tour ends here or with a drop-off back at Rovaniemi.
Please note: Due to unpredictable weather conditions, daylight hours and other seasonable changes, the order of activities as described above may be subject to change on the day of your tour.
Please note: Due to unpredictable weather conditions, daylight hours and other seasonable changes, the order of activities as described above may be subject to change on the day of your tour.
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