Rovaniemi: Snowshoeing & Forest BBQ with Photos

★★★★★★★★★★ 5.00 (4 reviews)

Free cancellation

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Duration4h 30m

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Walk through snow, sit by fire, leave with photos

You walk through snowy forest on snowshoes for roughly ninety minutes, then sit by an open fire to grill sausages and warm up with coffee. The guide photographs you throughout and sends the images afterward. Pickup from your Rovaniemi accommodation, snowshoes, winter gear on request, and a few photographs are all included — you just show up and walk.

4h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Snowshoe walk and BBQ in forest

Walk with snowshoes in forest
Take photographs in winter scenery
Sit by open fire
Prepare and enjoy sausages

The Experience

So you're standing in actual Finnish forest, snowshoes on, and the guide's already laughing because you're moving like a newborn giraffe — but honestly, after about ten minutes your legs figure it out and you stop thinking about your feet. The snowshoe walk itself is maybe ninety minutes, nothing steep, and the whole point is just being in that quiet white space where the trees are so thick and the snow so clean that your phone camera can't really catch it. You'll want to try anyway.

After the walk you stop at a clearing where there's already a fire going. This is the part that feels less like a tour and more like someone invited you to their winter cabin. The guide sets up sausages on sticks — locals do it this way, apparently — and you're holding them over actual flames while drinking coffee or tea, and the snow is still falling or it's not, but either way you're warm enough and the light is doing something strange through the trees. Groups stay under eight people, so it doesn't feel crowded. If you eat vegetarian, let them know when you book and they'll have that ready.

The guide takes a few photographs during the day — not a professional shoot, just moments of you in the forest, by the fire, that kind of thing — and sends them to you afterward. It's the one thing you don't have to arrange yourself, which matters when you're traveling and don't have a tripod or someone to hand the camera to. Pickup and drop-off are included if you're staying within about ten kilometers of central Rovaniemi, and the whole thing is a half-day activity, so you're back by early afternoon.

What’s included

Hotel or accommodation pickup and drop-off within 10km of central Rovaniemi.
snowshoes for the walk.
sausages (vegetarian available on request).
coffee and tea.
winter clothes and boots if you request them in advance.
a few photographs taken during the activity, sent to you afterward.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Into North

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the quiet of a Finnish forest and a real fire without arranging transport, gear rental, or figuring out where to go — the fixed route and small group size mean you're walking with people, not a crowd, and you leave with actual photos instead of blurry phone pictures taken with frozen fingers.