Pyhä-Luosto National Park and Amethyst Mine by Car from Inari-Saariselkä
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Pyhä-Luosto National Park and Amethyst Mine by Car from Inari-Saariselkä
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Ages 0-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 7h
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Live guide: English
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- Guidance services
- Snacks and meals mentioned
- Organizer's liability insurance
- Safari desk support
- Lunch
What's not included- Private tours available for additional charge
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.Pickup details
- We will confirm the exact pick up time upon booking.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 57914P79- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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- Most travellers can participate
- Please contact us if you wish to have a guide in other language
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travellers
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- codnyc0 contributionsWonderful time at the Sami Siida museumWe had a wonderful time at the Sami museum. It is beautiful museum and we learned so much about the landscape and Sami culture and the connections to the land. Our guide, David, had a lot of local knowledge and gave us additional dimensions about what we learned. He also brought us to a special stop to have our picture taken with a signpost to Murmansk! I highly recommend this tour. In addition to all the other things to do in Lapland, it’s important to learn about the culture of the local people, plus, it’s really interesting!Written 8 December 2024
- jspot20170 contributionsCouldn’t have asked for a more perfect experience!We had the experience of a lifetime! The forecasts suggested we would not see the aurora but we were lucky and it turned out to be unbelievably active. Our guide, Linda, was fantastic! She was relatively new but seemed like a seasoned pro. She took us to a beautiful spot with no other people (and out of the Arctic wind) and we shot photos for over an hour. The cabin/fire/dinner experience was amazing and we had the added good fortune of beautiful falling snow while cozy in the cabin eating yummy food and drinking hot chocolate. Linda’s background as a biologist and her knowledge of the environment and local fauna really rounded out what was a perfect experience.Written 30 October 2024
- easys20170 contributionsGuide Anthony!!Guide Anthony was exceptional ! I have joined the northern light tour twice with him, he is enthusiastic ! I have also been to several place for northern light trip, he is the best guide I have ever met!Written 23 March 2024
- andreasnG5200KB0 contributionsNot recommended!Unfortunately the tour was a complete failure.The meeting point is totally confusing. We had to search the driver for the tour. We asked every people where we can find the driver. 20 minutes later the driver came to us and asked if we have booked the tour. He should hold a sign for the tour. This makes it easier for us to recognize. When we arrived, the changing room was freezing (it was minus 20 degrees outside). We had to request the owner to turn on the oven.That was totally a minus point. We have expected that the owner should be prepared for this. According to the tour description, there are no additional costs. But for the whirlpool costs 30 euros per person extra. An absolute no-go. For this activity we booked for 4 hours but after 2 hours the driver suddenly came saying we have to leave now. We were completely perplexed.We were irritated. We are forced to stop the activity. That was very disappointing. Unfortunately we have to say that we will not recommend the tour und can not give up 0 stars.Written 17 March 2024
- mgF8327IH0 contributionsExpensive AuroraPure northern light tours can be a complete waste of money if there are NO LIGHTS. The craze for these tours are not because of the barbeque in the tepee or log cabin in the cold dark nights but purely for the hope of seeing the aurora . Unfortunately in the most COMMON occasion of no show , these are pure waste of money. If we all know that's it's a very unpredictable occurrence depending on several factors, why schedule these tours on daily basis and HOPE for the best!! Lapland is costly anyways and all these aurora tours are non refundable tours but are exorbitantly priced and there are no options for a repeat / refund. I have experience of 4 such tours who all ran it on hope but probably was pretty sure there will be no auroras. My advice to all aurora chasers would be to first research the weather and the aurora activity and book any of these at the very last minute. Aurora predictions are unreliable if checked 1-2 days ago and hence prior bookings can just waste all hope, effort and money.Written 15 February 2024
- juec20220 contributionsGreat tourFirstly, I want to express my gratitude to the company for their exceptional service. I didn't pay close attention to the instructions and ended up not reaching the meet-up point on time. Remarkably, they went out of their way to return and pick me up without any communication from me. At that moment, I was on the verge of giving up and heading back to my car to return to the hotel. However, the driver approached me and asked if I was waiting for the tour. I am truly thankful for their assistance. As for the night itself, the sky was remarkably clear, creating the perfect setting for observing the aurora. The drive to the cabin took approximately 15 minutes, followed by a short hike up a small hill in the woods. An open area in front of the cabin allowed us to capture the mesmerizing beauty of the northern lights, and the clarity of the night sky also offered the opportunity for some breathtaking stargazing.Written 6 February 2024
- _N1901QU0 contributionsRefundGuide did not show up and didn't notice me. I went there to see the northern light and they just blew up the change. I need my money back where can I get refundWritten 21 December 2023
- Priya D0 contributionsNo northern lights due to weatherThe tour operator should have advised the customers the weather was not ideal for northern lights viewing before. Our guide tried hard, but it ended up as an evening inside a Smokey Tippie.Written 25 November 2023
- Golfmomma10 contributionsFun evening!Spending the evening hours in a wilderness teepee, enjoying the company and Irena/Maris enriching us with the history of the area and the northern lights. We enjoyed roasting food over the fire. While the cloud cover was too much for us to see the rare northern lights, the evening was fun overall!Written 23 November 2023
- Mayra M0 contributionsHonest, but unfortunateTour was cancelled at the time of pick up due to a change in weather conditions. We did appreciate the honesty that we were not going to be able to see the lights, given the tour was quite expensive.Written 2 September 2023
- Kyriacos C0 contributionsAwesome TourProfessionals and very organized tour. They guides were friendly and kind. They explained us a lots about aurora. And at the end of the night we finally saw them!Written 3 January 2023
- Ujjal_Ray0 contributionsMust go placeThis is an excellent place. This village is full of activities in winter; you can do Aurora hunting by bus, snowmobile, in foot as well, Lapland Safari is a good option for that. Husky tour is excellent by Husky & Co. Skiing is perfect from here, the lifts are there in the village, they have renting place for skiing which is huge and excellent and have beginners classes as well. Riekonlinna Hotel by Lapland Hotels perhaps is the best option as a hotel there, otherwise Holiday Inn, Saariselka Inn and Hotel Tunturi are good options for Hotel and Apartment. You should have layers on for the cold there, it's easily -11 - - 20 at the winter, however you can rent jumpsuits from Lapland Safari's office which is downstairs to Riekonlinna Hotel. CheersWritten 1 January 2023
- shedajv0 contributionsFirst snowmobile of the season!We booked the late night aurora hunting snowmobile excursion of the season leaving from Saariselka and had an excellent time. We appreciate the itinerary which included some snowmobiling, adequate time looking for northern lights, camp fire with local fare and constellation orientation. Highly recommend!Written 6 November 2022
- ozancavus0 contributionsGreat tour with great guideJukka is a cool guide. We enjoyed his company. Seeing the amazing Northern Lights was the hit. Hope you see it too.Written 2 January 2022
- O83ACryanh0 contributionsSnowmobiling and Ice Fishing with JukkaTwo of my friends and I went snowmobiling with Jukka. We had a great time snowmobiling and even saw a reindeer and the northern lights. Ice fishing was a new experience for me, but after brief instructions, I felt confident and comfortable out on the ice. Out of my 10+ years of adventuring, Jukka might just be the best guide I've had venturing out into the bush. From the very beginning, he gave instructions clearly, being sure that everyone in the group understood. When, because of conditions outside of his control (i.e. the weather and trail conditions), our situation became dangerous, Jukka decided to end the safari before we reached our original destination. In my experience, only top-notch guides are able to access a situation, recognize dangers, and change plans accordingly without getting overwhelmed. Jukka did all of this quickly and got us out of a potentially dangerous situation. Our excellent guide made for a fantastic safari out in beautiful Lapland.Written 2 January 2022
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia146 contributions
Oct 2018
It is about 2.0-2.5 hours drive from Ivalo and the car cannot enter to the mine area because is a National park. The car park is about 2.6 km away from the Amethyst mine and takes about another 100 meters by wooden board steps up to the mine. So the whole return journey to the car park is about 5-6km walk on a gentle uphill slope pathway. However, they had devised an interesting quiz along the route having about 10 questions about the national park about every 200 meters there is a question tagged to the tree. If you get all correct you get a prize.
Also note and check that the entry to the mine has scheduled time and is closed on one of the days which l had forgotten. We went on one of the days that was closed and had to make another trip.
It is a small mine and there is no commercial mining activity, it is still done through manual conventional mining of chiselling with spikes and hammer since it is now a national park. The guide will explain about the amethyst and visitors at the end are given a chance to dig amethyst themselves. If you could find one that could be covered by your fingers when you close your palm, then you can take away that piece. Anyway dont expect to get big piece.
There is also a store where they sell their Amethyst but is not cheap for a good one. The Biggest piece of Amethyst that was dug out in this mine is in ARTIKUM museum in Rovaniemi which we went to see also.
Would certainly recommend to visit this site and then head on to put a night in Rovaniemi to visit Santa Village before driving back to Ivalo which takes 3.0-3.5 hours drive the next day.
Also note and check that the entry to the mine has scheduled time and is closed on one of the days which l had forgotten. We went on one of the days that was closed and had to make another trip.
It is a small mine and there is no commercial mining activity, it is still done through manual conventional mining of chiselling with spikes and hammer since it is now a national park. The guide will explain about the amethyst and visitors at the end are given a chance to dig amethyst themselves. If you could find one that could be covered by your fingers when you close your palm, then you can take away that piece. Anyway dont expect to get big piece.
There is also a store where they sell their Amethyst but is not cheap for a good one. The Biggest piece of Amethyst that was dug out in this mine is in ARTIKUM museum in Rovaniemi which we went to see also.
Would certainly recommend to visit this site and then head on to put a night in Rovaniemi to visit Santa Village before driving back to Ivalo which takes 3.0-3.5 hours drive the next day.
Written 15 November 2018
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Great interaction from the host and definitely a must try for everyone in mining your own stone! View from the top of the mine station is also marvellous
Written 4 December 2024
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Thanks for the honest review!
Written 5 December 2024
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