Salla Wilderness Park

Salla Wilderness Park

Salla Wilderness Park
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Nature & Wildlife AreasParks
09:00 - 18:00
Monday
09:00 - 18:00
Tuesday
09:00 - 18:00
Wednesday
09:00 - 18:00
Thursday
09:00 - 18:00
Friday
09:00 - 18:00
Saturday
09:00 - 18:00
Sunday
09:00 - 18:00
About
Nature’s experience hub and a gateway to Salla National Park. Step into a world of adventure where rush has no place: lead a reindeer, drive a dogsled and enjoy northern natural beauty as far as your eye can see. With us, you’ll spend your holiday carefree the way you want: let our expert guides broaden your horizons with stories of the Salla way of life or hike at your own pace with our free-roaming reindeer. Sit down by a peaceful pond and enjoy a lunch break in perfect stillness. Taste local salmon and reindeer on our guided tours and in our restaurant. Looking for something truly special? Our tepee dinners are a feast of Lapland flavours and trademark Salla atmosphere by open fire. Salla Wilderness Park is a starting point to the gorgeous landscapes of Salla National Park. Our Nature Centre provides you with all necessary information on hiking, routes and services in the national park.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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  • Wilhelm A
    Frankfurt, Germany405 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Good offer for various activities
    We did several activities over different days. Reindeer excursion, dog sled team, a night hike and a Lapland evening. All of the offers were really nice and eventful. The small downside to the night hike was the large number of participants.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 25 March 2024
  • Paul O
    15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Salla night reindeer safari
    Fantastic night of reindeer sleigh ride. Ok we didn’t seen the Auras. But the night sky wash fantastic seeing shooting stars and the Milky Way. Stops on this trip included feeding the the reindeer and there young. Such gentle and beautiful animals. Also stopped for a camp fire. With hot drinks. The staff are excellent right from booking the excursion through to the very end of the trip. The excursion also included overalls, mittens and thick winter boots. Originally we went to the centre to have a look around, as according to the web site the excursion didn’t start for another week. I asked the very lovely lady behind the information desk who informed us that due to having snow the excursions were running, she the told us of all availability on different trips.
    Visited November 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 28 November 2024
  • David Gass
    6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Hight time Reindeer Safari
    18:00 to 21:00 This safari had 19 people plus Guides who are very experienced knowledgeable and gave good clear instructions in English and Finnish. One adult per sleigh one reindeer per sleigh.Two breaks in safari 1. to feed mothers and their babies 2. To have warm drink and cake around roaring camp fire.Sky was very clear and beautiful sadly no Northern lights on this trip but still a wonderfully experience. All additional warm clothing was provided by the center it was -16 degrees celcuis but did not feel the cold.Friendly accommodating staff throughout the center which makes this a must do excursion while staying in the area.
    Visited November 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 28 November 2024
  • Margot L
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great experience!
    Everything was up and running from our winter wonderland trip booked through Voight! Great knowledgeable and top guides in all our activities reindeer sledding trip, cross country skiing, husky Safari and snowshoe hike! Snowmobile Safari was also top! What a view of the mountain. We want to mention Sini especially she has so much knowledge of the Finnish landscape and such a quiet great guide who we think never gets stressed. We will definitely be back!
    Visited February 2025
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 6 February 2025
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MaikkiN
Kotka, Finland45 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2020 • Couples
This place has a nice cafe with good selection and friendly staff. There is also a little souvenir shop (which has a lot local products) and little "forest museum". Reindeers are cute and well-kept. I warmly recommend to go to the "reindeer feeding trip", there you can feed the reindeers and hear a lot more information about the reindeers 😊 The tour guide was really nice and a real professional when it comes to the reindeers!
Written 28 December 2020
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Susihukkanen
Porvoo, Finland28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Family
Wilderness park offers really excellent dinner with local specialities. Mushroom soup for starter, then plenty of cold and warm delicates, traditional poronkäristys for main course and delicious cranberry based dessert. Superb tasting dinner and nice staff telling stories about life in Salla and reindeers.

This place is a true hidden gem. It is somehow difficult to find from their web site and online booking seem to be out of order. Use email or phone instead. There is only serve per day, the dinner starts at 17.45 local time and lasts about 3 hours.
Written 24 February 2023
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Hans L
Ludwigsburg, Germany219 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2022
The trip with the dogs was just great and the two women that were leading our sledges were both great and love their job and dogs.
If you prefer reindeer trips, also possible. Or just with a motor sledge, also done, but with a trailer then (less attractive).
Written 15 January 2022
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Trottola
Dublin, Ireland313 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Family
We booked a reindeer northern light Safari with them and we have been very happy.
3 hours from 6.00pm to 9.00pm at -20 C in the middle of the wilderness with a shiny full moon to enlighten our way.
The guides were very experienced and contributed to a unique experience.
Along the way we stopped for a cup of hot chocolate or tea in front of a magical bonfire.
We got very lucky because before heading back we saw her majesty the “northern lights”.
Kids (5 and 7) were very excited from the experience.
Overall and boots has been provided to all participants. So, all great.
Really recommended!
Written 5 January 2023
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Kim
14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022
My husband and I took our children (age 8 and 5) on a 3 hour reindeer safari, we had an amazing time! We really enjoyed learning lots about the reindeer from the lovely people that led our excursion. The staff were very friendly and actively encouraged us to ask lots of questions. The staff were really happy to chat to us and share their knowledge of the reindeer and the area. We loved feeding the reindeer and earning our reindeer drivers licence on our 5km sleigh ride! We really enjoyed our hot drink, sausage and bun in a fire hut which was a lovely way to warm up! Thank you for a wonderful time and an experience we will never forget!
Written 15 March 2022
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Mahejaha
Helsinki, Finland48 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2020 • Couples
Fun half day with the reindeer safari.Riding your own sledge with the reindeer. Pretty relaxed and easy driving, compared to the huskies. Lars and Teemu were great, very fun to explain everything and very helpful with all info you can wish for. Nice and warm with the provided overall. Recommended for everyone also if you are living in Finland and may think this is just tourist stuff :-)
Written 15 March 2020
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Reindeer safari is super relaxing thing to do!
Written 31 August 2020
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Conny J
19 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Couples
Booked entrance through Voight travel. Super fun and very friendly guide. Informative with a power point and a short visit to the exhibition. Then with the guide to a place in the forest where the reindeer gathered and we fed them. Afterwards, in a kind of wooden tippi, coffee with Finnish delicacies.
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Written 26 August 2023
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Alison W
Cardiff, UK5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
Went on the three hour reindeer check, was such a wonderful experience, the reindeer's were majestic as was the scenery. The trip was well planned and the guides were knowledgeable and just added to the wonderful trip.
Was a family gathering of 9 adults and 4 children (10, 4, 3 and 1).
Would recommend to all who are visiting Salla.
Written 4 January 2020
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Sirpa K
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
We are a Finnish family. We went to feed the reindeers. Amazing trip. Really exellent value for the money. First with skidoo sledge through the snowy forest to the reindeers. Then lovely time with reindeers and their cuffs. Guides were really nice and knowledgeable. We have never had better activity. Total surprise. Our warm recommendation to this.
Written 29 December 2023
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Piet
Roosendaal, The Netherlands1,158 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Family
Salle Wilderness Park has everything to offer if you want an arctic experience. We went sledding with reindeer, went on a huskey safari, went on a snowshoe walk and took a snowmobile tour. Fantastic location, bizarrely beautiful. Very knowledgeable and friendly guides and supervisors who thought nothing was too much and made everyone happy. Spectacular nature.
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Written 30 January 2024
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