Top Rovaniemi Natural Attractions

Learn how to survive in the nature with guide's assistance. Build an emergency shelter. Learn how to make fire without matches. Gather eatable ingredients from the nature and prepare them in an open fire. Friendly and knowledgeable guide.

Combine a Northern Lights search with a snowmobile ride—and enjoy two activities in one all-inclusive, time-saving trip—with this tour from Rovaniemi. Book ahead to ensure your place, and race across the snowy expanses on a 2-person snowmobile to a camp. With luck, see the lights here over sausages and drinks around the campfire. The tour includes hotel transfers, with an upgrade option to ride a snowmobile solo. Please be advised the price of your ticket is per person - twin driving. You will ride the snowmobile in pairs (twin riding), a driver and a passenger on each snowmobile, with the opportunity to switch during the ride. Before the tour you can buy a solo driving option.

Experience the magic of Lapland’s untouched wilderness by moonlight with this nighttime snowmobile safari outside of Rovaniemi. Take off behind your guide to zip across the snow-covered countryside under a canopy of stars and see if you can spot the Northern Lights. Stop to warm up around a bonfire with hot snacks and juice and learn about the legends and science behind the Aurora Borealis before the thrilling ride back to the trailhead.

Hunt for the northern lights in style on this evening trip from Rovaniemi. Leave behind the stress of navigation and benefit from having guides to accompany you as you glide through the Lappish forests on a husky-pulled sled. Going on a guided aurora hunting trip ensures you won't miss a thing, whether you're traveling through the forest or by car to a lakeside vantage point, depending on the weather.

The Arctic might seem an inhospitable landscape but it’s home to a wealth of creatures, from moose, polar bears, and reindeer through to wolves, owls, and arctic fox. See them in action at Ranua Wildlife Park, without the stress of self-driving Arctic roads, on this small-group guided tour. After watching the animals eat, build a forest campfire then feast on salmon sandwiches, wild boar sausages, and blueberry juice.