The next morning was our checkout day :(
So we spent our morning finishing up our snowman.... and our end products! :)
Isit CUTE??? *loves*
So we headed off to get to our bus stop that will bring us to Saariselka. The resort drove us out and was kind enough to drop us at the bus stop. The bus stop is outside the main resort area. Just a simple sign....
Saariselka is further up North, the town is small, mainly a resort village, but it's really worth spending some time here to do your activities here! We kinda regret for staying so short.
We stayed at Saariselka Holiday Club, right at the centre of the town area.
We went to a café at the front corner of Holiday Club. It's called Café Porotupa, a small hut but so lovely, warm and friendly. The food was great too! And the berry juice here is just perfect. I fell in love with berry juice here in Finland, and I can't seem to find a place that sells this... :(
There are only 2 such tables inside this lovely café.
After that, we went for a tour around Saariselka. We hopped on the bus that is a loop, and paying 5euros, you can hop on and off through the day. We went to check out Saariselka Ski & Sport Resort, and I thought it was going to be boring... but I was wrong.
This ski resort is so huge and seeing them ski in the cold weather, i'm fascinated and wished I had learnt how to ski.
BTW … Saariselka Ski Resort is the northernmost ski resort in Europe!
Look at this kid. So young so smooth in skiing already.
We walked to the various slopes and admire them, before heading up to the summit of Kaunispaa. It's called KAUNISPÄÄN HUIPPU in Finnish.
You may refer to the Ski bus timetable for the stops and timing. Note subject to changes. Here's the link.
https://saariselka.com/saariselka/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ski-Bus-timetable.pdf
The summit was beautiful. Vast white land covered with snow overseeing the village.
So here, those who ski can take the chair lift up to the summit, and ski all the way down.
It looks steep …. and long.....
There's a restaurant as well.
Everything looks frozen here.
You can also take the toboggan down the slope, which is so cool. We couldn't because we didn't know, and the toboggan is self collection at the bottom. So you carry up the summit then go down.
It was getting quite cold and snowing with strong winds, so I headed to the restaurant to hide while waiting for the last bus to go back down.
We went back to our hotel and had dinner and got ready for our night activity - Night Snowmobile safari!
This cost us €145.00 per person... Not cheap but worth the experience. It is a 3 hr tour, with someone picking you up at your hotel. Depending on the weather, if it is snowing heavily, the tour might be cancelled/ postponed.
Suiting up was a tough job. The overalls are thick and heavy because it has to keep you warm, and they are very particular about ears cause that's where you will feel cold first and it will make you cold overall. We have to wear their shoes too, cause it's also thicker and waterproof. Strictly no go-pros or big cameras in the pockets cause you might lose them.
That's all the photo I have for the night snowmobile because it's dark, cannot take pictures.
The guide taught us how to use the snowmobile, it's like riding a bike except safer (stable). There are strict travelling speeds, so he makes sure these are adhered to during the journey and also1 single file. Off we went to hunt!
We went deep into the forest and it was really dark. We stopped at one of the hut in the jungle where he took out warm juices and bread for us as a pit stop.
We further continue deeper, hoping to catch a glimpse of northern lights.
Unfortunately we didn't. :(
But nonetheless, this tour is definitely exciting for me, riding a snowmobile for the first time.
If we had stayed one more day, we might have done this again or do another tour for aurora hunting!
We ended close to midnight and the tour operator dropped us off at our hotel.
So we spent our morning finishing up our snowman.... and our end products! :)
Isit CUTE??? *loves*
So we headed off to get to our bus stop that will bring us to Saariselka. The resort drove us out and was kind enough to drop us at the bus stop. The bus stop is outside the main resort area. Just a simple sign....
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| Scenic roadway |
Saariselka is further up North, the town is small, mainly a resort village, but it's really worth spending some time here to do your activities here! We kinda regret for staying so short.
We stayed at Saariselka Holiday Club, right at the centre of the town area.
We went to a café at the front corner of Holiday Club. It's called Café Porotupa, a small hut but so lovely, warm and friendly. The food was great too! And the berry juice here is just perfect. I fell in love with berry juice here in Finland, and I can't seem to find a place that sells this... :(
There are only 2 such tables inside this lovely café.
After that, we went for a tour around Saariselka. We hopped on the bus that is a loop, and paying 5euros, you can hop on and off through the day. We went to check out Saariselka Ski & Sport Resort, and I thought it was going to be boring... but I was wrong.
This ski resort is so huge and seeing them ski in the cold weather, i'm fascinated and wished I had learnt how to ski.
BTW … Saariselka Ski Resort is the northernmost ski resort in Europe!
Look at this kid. So young so smooth in skiing already.
We walked to the various slopes and admire them, before heading up to the summit of Kaunispaa. It's called KAUNISPÄÄN HUIPPU in Finnish.
You may refer to the Ski bus timetable for the stops and timing. Note subject to changes. Here's the link.
https://saariselka.com/saariselka/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ski-Bus-timetable.pdf
The summit was beautiful. Vast white land covered with snow overseeing the village.
So here, those who ski can take the chair lift up to the summit, and ski all the way down.
It looks steep …. and long.....
There's a restaurant as well.
Everything looks frozen here.
You can also take the toboggan down the slope, which is so cool. We couldn't because we didn't know, and the toboggan is self collection at the bottom. So you carry up the summit then go down.
It was getting quite cold and snowing with strong winds, so I headed to the restaurant to hide while waiting for the last bus to go back down.
We went back to our hotel and had dinner and got ready for our night activity - Night Snowmobile safari!
This cost us €145.00 per person... Not cheap but worth the experience. It is a 3 hr tour, with someone picking you up at your hotel. Depending on the weather, if it is snowing heavily, the tour might be cancelled/ postponed.
Suiting up was a tough job. The overalls are thick and heavy because it has to keep you warm, and they are very particular about ears cause that's where you will feel cold first and it will make you cold overall. We have to wear their shoes too, cause it's also thicker and waterproof. Strictly no go-pros or big cameras in the pockets cause you might lose them.
That's all the photo I have for the night snowmobile because it's dark, cannot take pictures.
The guide taught us how to use the snowmobile, it's like riding a bike except safer (stable). There are strict travelling speeds, so he makes sure these are adhered to during the journey and also1 single file. Off we went to hunt!
We went deep into the forest and it was really dark. We stopped at one of the hut in the jungle where he took out warm juices and bread for us as a pit stop.
We further continue deeper, hoping to catch a glimpse of northern lights.
Unfortunately we didn't. :(
But nonetheless, this tour is definitely exciting for me, riding a snowmobile for the first time.
If we had stayed one more day, we might have done this again or do another tour for aurora hunting!
We ended close to midnight and the tour operator dropped us off at our hotel.
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