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Icehotel Excursions

Sweden

Jan-Apr & Dec

Overview

No trip to the Icehotel is complete without taking part in some of the amazing winter activities available.

Enjoy traditional pastimes such as cross country skiing, husky sledding and ice fishing. For those wanting something with a little more adrenaline, try your hand at one the snowmobile excursions on offer. And of course many ways to witness the northern lights.

We highly recommend that you pre-book excursions and activities with us before you arrive. For the full range of excursions are available at the Icehotel please take a look below and then talk to our Travel Specialists about how best to fit these into your holiday.

It’s not just about where you go, but how you experience it. I’m here to turn that trip into an adventure you’ll cherish.
Plan Your Trip

Snowmobiling

Feeling adventurous? Discover the Swedish wilderness on an exciting snowmobile tour. You will receive full driving and safety instructions before a short lesson and then once ready, take to the trails through the forests and over frozen lakes in the beautiful winter surroundings.

  • Snowmobile Adventure – 3 hours
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Husky sledding

In the winter-touched reaches of Swedish Lapland, a journey by husky sled really is the best way to travel. Icehotel offer the opportunity to travel as a passenger in a sled driven by an experienced musher, and also the chance to be a musher in control of your own team of dogs.

  • Husky Sledding – 1.5 hours
  • The Ultimate Husky Tour – 4 hours (including lunch)
  • Husky transfer from Kiruna Airport to the Icehotel
  • Husky transfer from the Icehotel to Kiruna Airport
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Northern lights

Experience nature’s best lightshow in a remote location far from light pollution. There are many ways in which to search for the Northern Lights* while learning about science behind the phenomenon.
*Northern Light sightings cannot be guaranteed

  • Northern Lights Snowmobiling – 4 hours
  • Northern Light Photography – 4.5 hours
  • Northern Lights on Horseback – 5 hours
  • Starlit Dinner at the wilderness Camp – 4 hours

Winter experiences

Explore one of the traditional Lappish past times such as Ice Fishing or Cross country skiing through the Swedish wilderness, or try your hand at Ice sculpting; the best creations will be displayed around the Icehotel resort.

  • Ice Fishing by Snowmobile with wilderness lunch – 4 hours 
  • Ice Sculpting – 1.5 hours
  • Cross country skiing – 2.5 hours

Arctic wildlife

The Swedish wilderness is home to many Arctic animals including moose, reindeer and birds.

  • Moose Safari on Horseback – 6 hours
  • Arctic Wildlife Safari by Snowmobile – 6 hours
  • Wildlife and Nature Photography – 4 hours
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Wellbeing

The sauna has a long tradition in northern Sweden and the contrasts between hot and cold are said to have wholesome effects. Learn how to use the sauna like a Scandinavian with the Icehotel‘s ten-step sauna ritual.

  • Sauna Ritual – 2.5 hours – from £439 per group (1-6 people)

Overnight adventures

Travel through the winter wonderland to a remote wilderness camp for a relaxing overnight stay.

Overnight Snowmobiling Tour  

Overnight Husky Sledging

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