Stockholm: Evening Wildlife Safari with Campfire Dinner & Pickup

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Moose sightings, forest hikes, and campfire dinner outside Stockholm

You’ll leave Stockholm behind for an evening wildlife safari where you might spot moose or deer as dusk settles over Swedish forests. With a local guide leading hikes and sharing stories by campfire, you’ll try kokkaffe and warm stew under endless northern twilight. Expect laughter over fire-making attempts and quiet awe when wildlife appears — it’s more about feeling part of the landscape than ticking off sightings.

Step-by-step itinerary

Evening wildlife safari and hike

Meet guide and travellers at basecamp
Receive itinerary details and use restrooms
Enjoy open-fire dinner with lake views
Hike forest to learn about wildlife habitat
Drive countryside to spot wildlife with binoculars
Use flashlights to observe animals in dark

The Experience

We’d barely left Stockholm when the city lights faded and the woods pressed in — that quick shift always gets me. Our guide, Erik, met us at basecamp with this quiet energy (the kind you get from people who spend a lot of time outdoors). He handed out binoculars and did a quick run-through about what to expect. I remember someone asking if we’d really see moose — Erik just grinned and said, “Let’s see who’s home tonight.” There was this smell of pine needles and something sweet in the air, maybe wildflowers or the mud cake they were prepping for later.

The hike wasn’t long or hard — more like wandering through mossy patches while Erik pointed out tracks in the dirt (he could tell deer from boar just by looking at the shape). At one point he stopped to show us how to spark a fire with flint and steel. I tried it, messed up twice, then got it right on the third go. Felt oddly proud. The sun never really set — it just sort of hovered behind the trees, turning everything gold. We sat on these vegan skins around a campfire on a hilltop, eating stew and drinking kokkaffe (which is way smokier than regular coffee). Someone passed around slices of sticky chocolate cake. The silence was thick but not awkward; you could hear birds settling down for the night.

After dinner we piled into the van for a slow drive through backroads. It was almost dark when Erik flicked on this huge torch (supposedly animal-safe), sweeping light across fields. Suddenly there were two moose standing at the edge of some birches — massive but gentle-looking. Everyone went quiet except for one guy who whispered “wow” like he couldn’t help himself. We saw deer too, their eyes catching the light before they disappeared into shadow. Didn’t spot any boar that night but honestly I didn’t mind; that moment with the moose is still stuck in my head.

What’s included

Your evening includes pickup and dropoff from central Stockholm, guided wildlife tracking with an expert local guide, use of binoculars to spot animals after dark, vegan skins to keep you warm during dinner on the hilltop, plus a hearty campfire meal with traditional kokkaffe coffee and homemade mud cake before heading back to town together.

Good to know

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