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DAY I
Arrival to Ivalo Airport where your local guide is wishing you to welcome to Lapland. Transportation to Holiday Village Kakslauttanen. Accommodation in a comfortable log cabins at Hotel Kakslauttanen.

After lunch there will be a visit to the TANKAVAARA Gold Village. A visit to the gold museum, afterwards a possibility to try your luck in gold panning!

In the evening a traditional Lapp dinner will be served in a genuine Lapp Kota restaurant: reindeer stew with mashed potatoes and lingonberry, Finnish ice cream with cloudberries. After the dinner an evening trip will be made to Kaunispää Fell- from the beginning of July the sun does no set at all!

DAY II
After breakfast departure for a whole-day trip: First a bus ride via Ivalo along the shores of the Lake Inari to the Lapp village Inari. Then to Njurgalahti, from where the tour continues by open river boats 20 kilometers upstream along the untouched Lemmenjoki river to the Ravadas Falls. Picnic in the wilderness in the Lemmenjoki National Park. After return by boat to Njurgalahti the tour continues by bus to Inari, where a visit will be made to the open-air Sami Museum.

Dinner at the log restaurant of Kakslauttanen. The chef’s speciality includes a roquefort cheese soup savoured with smoked reindeer, charcoal-grilled salmon with creamy wild mushroom sauce served with boiled potatoes and fried vegetables, prepared in front of the clients, and a dessert of lingonberry parfait. Accommodation at Kakslauttanen.

DAY III
Breakfast at Kakslauttanen: The morning is free for outdoor activities and shopping. Transfer to Ivalo Airport.

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SUMMER GAMES AT REINDEER FARM
We depart from Saariselkä by coach or hiking to the reindeer farm, There we shall organise different events in the forest. We have delightful summer Olympics to test our skills for example with mountain biking, making fire, lasso throwing, building a kota tent, and archery.

After the competition lunch is served in the log house at the farm. Our host has made for us a delicious lunch! After the winners of the Olympics have been awarded, we will return by coach to Kakslauttanen. Duration of the Olympics is 4 hours by coach and 5-6 hours hiking one way, return by coach.

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