Christmas at Basecamp Oulanka

Basecamp Oulanka Christmas Week

Basecamp Oulanka welcomes you to our traditional Finnish Christmas week. A fun week of snowy adventures including a husky trip for all the family but with time to decorate your handpicked Christmas tree with your own self-made decorations, ginger cookies and relax around the roaring open fire!

Basecamp Oulanka has been providing winter adventure holidays since 2005 for British guests. Now it is your opportunity to experience Basecamp, voted as the best Adventure destination in the world in 2010. At the same time, you are supporting nature conservation work and maintain Basecamp’s TripAdvisor Green Leaders GOLD honourable award, which is the only Arctic sustainable development destination in the world to have achieved this.

Highlights you will experience

• The amazing rapids of the Kitka River, Myllykoski and Aallokko. The frozen waterfall at Jyrävä.

• The beauties of the Arctic winter as you explore the Small Bear Trail.

• Snowshoeing through the forest in the unique “blue” twilight.

• Traditional Finnish Christmas dinner and experience.

• Long Husky adventure in Riisitunturi National Park.

• A chance if there are clear skies to see natures very own Christmas lights, the Aurora Borealis.

Itinerary

• Day1 Welcome drink and Dinner at Basecamp Oulanka.

• Day 2 Introduction to snowshoeing and guided snowshoe walk to Lake Juuma and the forest of the Oulanka National Park

• Day 3 Introduction to Cross Country Skiing on Lake Juuma

• Day 4 Husky adventure

• Day 5 Christmas Eve, the Finnish Christmas Day

• Day 6 Castle Rock Snowshoe Walk

• Day 7 Departure or Extra night and Optional Riisitunturi 5 km Snowshoe Walk

Trip includes

• Accommodation for 6 nights

• Full board

Trip Start Date

• 20th December 2020

• Adults €1278 per person

• Children €958 per person (8 to 12 years)

For full details of the Blue and Stars Christmas Week and a copy of the full itinerary please contact the Basecamp team by email: [email protected]