Lapland summer holidays, walking and cycling holidays, painting, photography and cookery course, log cabin and hotel accommodation, horse riding, short summer activities and longer summer safaris.

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Details of our summer trips to Lapland on www.laplandsummer.com. An outstanding choice and range of summer lapland holidays that offer different opportunities. Think of the land of the midnight sun where the sun never falls below the horizon 1 June to 15 JulyYes it’s bright 24 hours a day. What a unique lapland summer holiday experience. Choose a Motor home holiday or a hotel based holiday. We can organise anything from horse riding to a cooking holiday.

Click on the links below to view the various options in our summer lapland holiday programme

Midnight Sun Weekend (21-24 June 2007)     Short Summer Activities     Longer Summer Holidays  

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Midnight Sun Weekend

 
www.midnight-sun-lapland.com

A brilliant weekend exploring the beautiful country that is Lapland. Discover one of the last wildernesses on earth and experience 24 hour daylight. 21-24 June 2007.

Also available: Fishing in the land of the midnight sun. 4 days of Fishing in Lapland with professional guidance. 24-28 June 2007

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Short Summer Activities

 

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Walking Tours
on www.laplandsummer.com

For the recreational walker there are numerous walking and hiking trails. Through the pine forests, across marshlands, using cut log walkways, fells moors and mountains. These walks are suitable for all abilities and ages, are all with an English speaking guide

Adventures for all the family
on www.laplandsummer.com

From canoeing to a cowboy cookout, the activities under this heading are suited for all the family. Click on the link to your left for more details.

Down by the Riverside
on www.laplandsummer.com

This tour programme includes fishing trips and a visit to a reindeer farm.

Down at the horse farm
on www.laplandsummer.com

Spend an hour or even a day at the horse farm either riding a horse or anjoying a real cowboy campfire. Fun for the family, individuals, couples and groups alike.

A multitude of choice
on www.laplandsummer.com

Have you ever panned your own gold? Well in Lapland there is gold in them far hills. Choose from a goldpanning trip to a leasurely walk around the fell in this summer holiday programme.

Forest Scooters
on www.laplandsummer.com

One of the latest summer pastimes available in Luosto is the use of Forest Scooters for excursions within the surrounding area. For many this will provide a novel experience and enables those slightly more infirm the opportunity to indulge in off road activity without the need to walk. Full driving licences are required by driving participants. It is possible for a passenger to be carried behind the driver.

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Longer Summer  Activities

 

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8 Day Scenic Walking tour
on www.laplandsummer.com

A beautiful personalised introduction to the land of the Arctic Circle. Our tour operates with the minimum of 6 and a maximum of 8 persons each week and your driver acts as guide/ chauffeur throughout your stay introducing you to the many delights on offer in this region.

Recreational Motor Vehicle
on www.laplandsummer.com

Surely one of the most ideal solutions for any holiday is the combination of accommodation and transportation within one vehicle. This is particularly so in areas where the roads are totally un-congested and where there are many points of outstanding scenic beauty. Here in Lapland we offer the freedom of the road and a very acceptable level of accommodation suitable for the number in your group. From the smallest party of two through to vehicles catering for up to 7 adults we have the recreational vehicle for you

8 day Painting Tour in Lapland
on www.laplandsummer.com

Four tours are offered to this outstanding location. Our late May departure enables you to capture the last remaining signs of spring and the snows of winter on the hills. Our 2 Midnight Sun departures represent views totally unique to the Arctic Regions with a cornucopia of colours and our Ruska departure is best represented as being similar to the Fall in the USA. In addition Lapland being home to reindeers and huskies there is the opportunity for additional sketching opportunities available to capture these animals in their natural setting.

8 Day Photography Course
on www.laplandsummer.com

The Resort of Luosto located above the Arctic Circle provides an ideal venue for a picturesque photographic vacation. Here we are blessed with outstanding scenery ideal for landscape work. In addition by timing your visit to coinside with either the Midnight Sun or Ruska (fall Foliage) period there are many unique compositions available.
A full weeks programme is planned under the careful supervision of a professional photographer, enabling all participants to secure maximum benefit from this holiday.

8 day Hiking the Nature Trails
on www.laplandsummer.com

Lapland is governed by "Everymans Rights", which allows almost complete freedom of movement over all land public or private. So walking and hiking are a popular pastime. There are set routes, trails and paths or you can just wander where you wish. But one thing they all have in common - the ease in which you can imagine being the first explorer trekking to a new land through a new and exciting wild frontier. Here you can experience that true pioneering spirit.

8 day Mountain bike Safari
on www.laplandsummer.com

For keen cycling enthusiasts, this safari will test your stamina, durability and enthusiasm, but will reward you with a unique and rewarding experience. Taking a different direction each day across a range of surfaces - tarmac around the villages, forest tracks, rocky mountain paths, boggy peat, shingle and dirt roads through fells, moors and forests, and around lakes and rivers.You will be accompanied by an experienced English speaking guide throughout the safari (standard routing) and will overnight in cabins, hotels or guest houses along the trails.

8 day Cookery Courses
on www.laplandsummer.com

Our hands on cookery courses are taught by local Lappish chefs with excellent grasp of English enabling you to secure the knowledge to prepare Arctic Scandinavian Cuisine with an authentic Lappish flavour in a professional manner. Four courses are offered based on the fresh produce of the region. One will concentrate on fish dishes with particular reference to salmon and trout. Other courses will concentrate on the outstanding mushrooms of the forest, the varying uses of venison as a main meat and the uses of forest berries.

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