Canyon and waterfall hikes in Rovaniemi
By Jani Alakurtti · Updated
This page covers 26 of the 102 snowshoe and hiking tours in our Rovaniemi data: the ones that are canyon and waterfall hikes. Snowshoeing and hiking in Rovaniemi explains how each tour ends up in one type and lists them all, and snowshoe and hiking tour prices in Rovaniemi compares what the types cost. Other types with a page of their own: fell and national park hikes, forest and wilderness walks and walks combined with another activity. Every activity in Rovaniemi, side by side: Rovaniemi in winter.
What is a canyon and waterfall hike like?
- Tours
- 26 canyon and waterfall hikes with a working booking link, from 17 operator names.
- Price per person, not private
- From €120; typical not shown (fewer than 5 tours state one). n = 3 of 21 non-private tours
- Typical duration
- 6 h 15 min (n = 16)
Canyon or waterfall tours: the title names a canyon or a waterfall (Korouoma, Auttiköngäs, Vaattunkiköngäs, Kätkävaara and similar). Typical = median. Prices are the lowest listed per-person prices; private tours and group prices are left out. Details and sources below.
These are the walks whose title names a canyon or a waterfall, and sixteen of the 26 name the same place: the Korouoma canyon. They are day trips rather than walks: the typical trip lasts over six hours, against three hours for a forest walk. Nine of the 26 say how far you walk, and where the distance is stated it is usually four to six kilometres. Twenty say a guide comes along, and sixteen grade the difficulty: moderate on nine, easy on six and demanding on one.
All canyon and waterfall hikes
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Grouped by duration; within each duration group, per-person prices and prices without a stated basis come first, lowest first, then group prices, then tours without a price.
Up to 3 hours
- Rovaniemi: Snowshoe Tour in Vikaköngäs Wilderness & BBQ - Small Group
Arctic GM · 3 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupSnowshoes includedGuidedGraded easyWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Over 3 and up to 5 hours
- Private Pieskänjupukka Hiking Experience
Johka Oy · 4 h–5 h · €99 / person
PrivateGraded moderateFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Auttiköngäs Waterfall Hiking Tour from Rovaniemi
Lapland Escape · 5 h · €115 (basis not stated)
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Vaattunki Hiking Experience
Johka Oy · 4 h · €139 / person
PrivateGuidedGraded easyFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Summer Nature Hike & Campfire Pancake Experience at Vaattunkiköngäs
Lapland Royal Adventures · 4 h · –
Hotel pickupGuidedGraded easyFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Over 5 and up to 7 hours
- Korouoma Frozen Waterfalls Hike
Arctic Attitude · 7 h · €120 / person
Small groupGuided
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Frozen Waterfalls Hiking Trip - Northern Future Travel
Northern Future Travel · 7 h · €125 / person
Small groupGuidedWalk 5 kmWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Canyon Nature Reserve Area Summer Hike
StayLapland · 6 h · €149 (basis not stated)
Listed for Jun–Oct
GuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Korouoma Canyon Hiking Experience
Johka Oy · 6 h–7 h · €159 / person
Hotel pickupPrivateGuidedWalk 5–8 kmGraded moderateWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Rovaniemi Korouoma Canyon Frozen Waterfalls Hike with BBQ
Rovaniemi Tours · 7 h · €166 / person
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4–6 kmGraded moderateWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Korouoma Frozen waterfall’s experience
Johka Oy · 6 h–7 h · €189 / person
Listed for Sep–Apr
PrivateGraded moderateFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Canyon Summer Hike & Wildlife - Rovaniemi 🌲
Nordic Adventures · 6 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4.5–5 kmGraded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Korouoma Canyon Frozen Waterfalls Hike
Nordic Odyssey · 7 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupPrivateGuidedWalk 5 kmGraded easyWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Rovaniemi: Auttiköngäs Waterfalls Hike Tour & Barbeque - Small Group
Arctic GM · 6 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4–6 kmGraded easyFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Rovaniemi: Korouoma Canyon Frozen Waterfalls Hike Tour & BBQ
Arctic GM · 7 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4–6 kmGraded moderateWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Rovaniemi: Korouoma Canyon Hike Tour & Barbeque - Small Group
Arctic GM · 7 h · –
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4–6 kmGraded moderateFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated
- Hiking Tour to Vaattunkiköngäs
Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park · – · €89 (basis not stated)
Graded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Auttiköngäs Nature Trail
NordicUnique Travels · – · –
Winter clothing
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Insider Korouoma Frozen Waterfalls
Rovaniemi Insider · – · –
Listed for Oct–May
Guided
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Canyon Experience – Rovaniemi
Lapland Welcome · – · –
Listed for Dec–Apr
GuidedGraded easy
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Canyon Frozen Waterfalls
Wild About Lapland · – · –
Listed for Nov–Apr
GuidedWalk 5 kmGraded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Frozen Waterfalls
Beyond Arctic · – · –
Listed for Nov–Apr
GuidedGraded demanding
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Korouoma Frozen Waterfalls Hike
StayLapland · – · –
Listed for Nov–Apr
Guided
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - NortsaV Tours - Lapland - Korouoma Canyon Hiking Tours
NortsaV Ky · – · –
Food or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Summer Auttiköngäs Hiking Tour
Rovaniemi Insider · – · –
Listed for Jun–Oct
Guided
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Vikaköngäs Hiking Tour with BBQ
NordicUnique Travels · – · –
Winter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
What the marks mean
- Hotel pickup
- pickup from your accommodation stated as included.
- Small group
- at most 8 participants, or "small group" in the listing.
- Private
- "private", "yksityinen" or "VIP" in the tour title.
- Snowshoes included
- the operator's own page (read directly, with a quote) says snowshoes are included or provided.
- Guided
- the operator's own page (read directly, with a quote) says a guide comes along.
- Walking distance stated
- the operator's own page (read directly, with a quote) states how many kilometres the walk is.
- Difficulty graded
- the operator's own page grades the tour easy, moderate or demanding (a page that grades it two ways is counted as not stated).
- Winter clothing
- winter clothing stated as included.
- Food or hot drinks
- a meal, snack or hot drink stated as included.
- Combined with northern lights
- the same tour is also listed as a northern lights tour.
- Family-friendly
- "family" in the tour title, or a stated minimum age of 4 years or less.
Features are marked from the text of the listings and the operators’ own pages. A missing mark means the listing does not mention it, not that it is left out. Duration groups use the midpoint of the stated range (a 3–4 hour tour counts as 3.5 hours): up to 3 hours, over 3 and up to 5, over 5 and up to 7, over 7 hours, and tours of several days. Season comes from the operator’s own availability calendar in Visit Finland DataHub, or from a season stated on the operator’s own page. The snow season means the months when snow covers the ground on at least half the days at the weather station used on this site. A tour without a season simply does not state one. Filters are offered only for features that the listings state for at least 70 % of the tours and at least 50 % of the tours from each source, so a feature can be marked on a tour without being offered as a filter. 7 more snowshoe and hiking tours in our data are not listed here because they have no working booking link yet.
Run a tour here that’s missing, or see an error? Email [email protected]. Reported tours are checked on the operator’s public website before they are added.
What is included
| Item | Stated in the listing | Not stated |
|---|---|---|
| Winter clothing | 9 included 1 not included or on request | 16 of 26 |
| Hotel pickup | 10 included 0 available / pickup points 1 not included | 15 of 26 |
Not stated = not found in the collected listing text (on GetYourGuide, the start of the "included" list), so a listing can say more than we found. Hotel pickup "available / pickup points" = pickup offered or pickup points listed, possibly at extra cost.
Price per hour
| Lowest | Typical | Highest | Tours with price and duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| €17 / h | fewer than 5 prices | €24 / h | 3 of 21 |
Only tours that are not private and state both a per-person price and a duration in hours. Duration = midpoint of the stated range; multi-day tours are left out. Typical = median; not shown when fewer than 5 tours. Price per hour does not account for what is included, so it is a rough comparison, not a measure of value.
Questions
How much do canyon and waterfall hikes cost?
3 of the 21 tours that are not private state a per-person price: from €120 and up to €166. 18 state a group price or no price basis, so the tour list can show higher prices than this range, and 5 private tours are left out because a private tour's per-person price depends on group size. These are listed starting prices on the collection date.
How long do canyon and waterfall hikes take?
16 of 26 tours state a duration in hours: typically (median) 6 h 15 min, from 3 h to 7 h. 10 do not state a usable duration.
Can children join?
3 of the 26 tours here state a minimum age: from 6 years to 14 years; 3 from the operator's own page. The other 23 do not state one, which is not the same as saying children can join — ask the operator.
Who are canyon and waterfall hikes for?
A canyon day suits you if you want one long trip rather than two short ones, and if you are ready to spend part of it in a minibus. In winter they are sold for the frozen waterfalls: of the 26, ten name ice or frozen water in the title.
Based on the 26 canyon and waterfall hikes in our data, from operators’ own websites, GetYourGuide, Viator or visitrovaniemi.fi.
Sources and method
Tour data
How operators were found: no single list is complete, so we combined 619 candidate companies from several sources (Visit Finland DataHub 137, GetYourGuide 88, the Finnish Trade Register (PRH open data, tourism-related lines of business) 424, Viator 6, visitrovaniemi.fi listings 38, the visitrovaniemi.fi company directory 89, web searches in seven languages 141; a company can be in several). Each candidate with a website was checked on its own website. Tour details are taken first from the operator’s own website (or Visit Finland DataHub (opens in a new tab)); booking platforms fill in what the operator’s page does not state.
The tables and tour lists include the snowshoe and hiking tours in our data that have a working booking link: 102 tours (101 with details from the operator’s own website; listed on: DataHub 41, GetYourGuide 3, operator site 75, Viator 1 — the same tour is often listed in several places, so these add up to more than 102), collected 2026-09-21–2026-09-22. Snowshoeing and hiking: walking on snowshoes or on foot named in the tour title, or (if the title names no activity) in the collected listing text. Pages that are not a single bookable walk — equipment rental, a day ticket, an overview page listing several tours — were left out after reading the page. 7 tours were left out because they have no working booking link yet. A tour whose operating base is more than 50 km from the centre is listed only when the tour page says it departs from, or picks up in, the destination; the distance is then shown on the tour. Distances are measured from coordinates in Visit Finland DataHub, or from the postal code of the company’s registered address (PRH open data (opens in a new tab); postal code areas from Statistics Finland (opens in a new tab)). Prices change daily; check them on the booking page.
Links to operators’ own pages were last checked on : 1404 addresses across every activity on this site, of which 21 did not answer with a working page and are not linked. GetYourGuide and Viator links are not fetched.
This page shows the 26 of them in the group “Canyon or waterfall” (the title names a canyon or a waterfall (Korouoma, Auttiköngäs, Vaattunkiköngäs, Kätkävaara and similar)). Each tour belongs to exactly one group.
No sort order on this site is affected by commission.
Data source files: data/operators_products.csv, data/operator_catalog.csv, data/discovery/datahub_experiences.csv. Company register data: PRH open data (avoindata.prh.fi) (opens in a new tab).
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