Forest and wilderness walks in Rovaniemi
By Jani Alakurtti · Updated
This page covers 24 of the 102 snowshoe and hiking tours in our Rovaniemi data: the ones that are forest and wilderness walks. 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: canyon and waterfall hikes, fell and national park hikes and walks combined with another activity. Every activity in Rovaniemi, side by side: Rovaniemi in winter.
What is a forest and wilderness walk like?
- Tours
- 24 forest and wilderness walks with a working booking link, from 17 operator names.
- Price per person, not private
- From €79; typical €89. n = 9 of 23 non-private tours
- Typical duration
- 3 h (n = 11)
Forest or wilderness tours: the title names forest, wilderness or nature and no more specific place; almost every walk here goes through forest, so this is the fallback. Typical = median. Prices are the lowest listed per-person prices; private tours and group prices are left out. Details and sources below.
These 24 walks name forest, wilderness or nature and no more specific place: the title gives no canyon, fell or city location. They are the short and cheap end of the cluster: the typical walk lasts three hours and the typical per-person price is about 90 euros. Nine of the 24 say snowshoes are included — the largest share of any type here — and twenty say a guide comes along.
All forest and wilderness walks
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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
- Nature walk and fireside break
Arctic SnowHotel · 3 h · €79 / person
GuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Wilderness Survival Tour – Summer & Autumn
Wild About Lapland · 3 h · €79 / person
Listed for May–Oct
Hotel pickupGuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Explore the Wilderness with Snowshoes
Access Lapland · 3 h · €96 / person
GuidedGraded easyWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Arctic Family Nature Hike with Picnic – Summer and Autumn
Beyond Arctic · 3 h · €105 / person
Listed for Jun–Oct
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedWalk 4 kmFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Pure Forest Hiking Adventure (Small-Group)
Pure Lapland · 2 h 30 min · €108 / person
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoeing to Scenic Hut & Signature Sausage
Soul of Lapland · 2 h 30 min · €125 / person
Hotel pickupSmall groupSnowshoes includedGuidedGraded easyFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Over 3 and up to 5 hours
- Snowshoe Trip in the Wilderness
Wild About Lapland · 3 h 30 min · €89 / person
Listed for Nov–Mar
Hotel pickupSnowshoes includedGuidedGraded easyWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoeing Hike in Wilderness from Rovaniemi!
Northern Future Travel · 4 h · €89 / person
Small groupSnowshoes includedGuidedWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Wilderness Survival Tour – Winter
Wild About Lapland · 3 h 30 min · €89 / person
Listed for Dec–Apr
Hotel pickupGuidedWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Hiking Tour in Rovaniemi with Wilderness Lunch
Lapland Escape · 4 h · €115 (basis not stated)
Hotel pickupSmall groupGuidedGraded easyWinter clothingFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Private Snowshoeing Experience – Explore the Silent Arctic Forest
Johka Oy · 3 h–4 h · €139 / person
PrivateSnowshoes includedGuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab)
Duration not stated
- SNOWSHOEING IN NATURE
Arctic Dreams House · – · €120 (basis not stated)
Snowshoes includedGuidedFood or hot drinks
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Arctic Family Nature Hike with Picnic
Beyond Arctic · – · –
Listed for Nov–Apr
GuidedWalk 2–4 kmGraded easy
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Arctic Forest Hiking with Lappish Hunting Dogs
NordicUnique Travels · – · –
Small groupWinter clothing
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Embrace the Forest
Wild Nordic Finland · – · –
Listed for Jun–Oct
GuidedGraded easy
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Feel the peace of the forest
Northern Whisper · – · –
Listed for all 12 months
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoe Adventure in the Wilderness
Beyond Arctic · – · –
Listed for Dec–Apr
Snowshoes includedGuidedGraded demanding
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoe Experience in Lapland Forest - Rovaniemi
Lapland Welcome · – · –
Listed for Dec–Apr
Snowshoes includedGuidedGraded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoe Walk to the Arctic Nature in Apukka, Rovaniemi, Lapland
Apukka Resort · – · –
Listed for Dec–Apr
Snowshoes includedGuidedGraded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoeing in Lapland Wilderness
Sunny Safari · – · –
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Snowshoeing in the Arctic Wilderness
Wild Nordic Finland · – · –
Listed for Jan–Mar
Snowshoes includedGuidedGraded moderate
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Trekking in the Heart of Nature in Apukka, Rovaniemi, Lapland
Apukka Resort · – · –
Listed for Aug–Nov
GuidedWalk 4 km
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Whispers of the forest
Northern Whisper · – · –
Listed for all 12 months
Operator's website (opens in a new tab) - Winter Wilderness Training
Rovaniemi Insider · – · –
Listed for Dec–Mar
Guided
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 | 6 included 0 not included or on request | 18 of 24 |
| Hotel pickup | 7 included 0 available / pickup points 0 not included | 17 of 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| €22 / h | €26 / h | €50 / h | 9 of 23 |
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 forest and wilderness walks cost?
9 of the 23 tours that are not private state a per-person price: from €79, typically (median) €89 and up to €125. 14 state a group price or no price basis, so the tour list can show higher prices than this range, and 1 private tour is 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 forest and wilderness walks take?
11 of 24 tours state a duration in hours: typically (median) 3 h, from 2 h 30 min to 4 h. 13 do not state a usable duration.
Can children join?
1 of the 24 tours here states a minimum age: 12 years; 1 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 forest and wilderness walks for?
A forest walk suits you if you have half a day rather than a whole one, or if you want to try snowshoes without committing to a canyon trip. Only three of the 24 say how long the walk is in kilometres, so plan by the stated duration instead.
Based on the 24 forest and wilderness walks 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 24 of them in the group “Forest or wilderness” (the title names forest, wilderness or nature and no more specific place; almost every walk here goes through forest, so this is the fallback). 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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