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Frozen Waterfalls of Korouoma
1 day
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About this activity
Hopping on to the shuttle bus at your hotel for around 160 km ride, you will head to the Posio's virgin forest area located in the South-East of Rovaniemi. Escorted by professional guides, walk through the magical snow-covered forest that looks like a fairyland.
After mid-November, snow starts to cover the trails, getting thicker and thicker for more than 1 meter. You will see a sparkling white coated trees in tranquillity. Capture every moment of your journey of snow and ice for your precious memory.
If the snow is thick enough, the guides will provide snowshoes for your comfort and safety. Experience the unique and authentic way of traveling in the snow! In the middle of your hike, gather around a bonfire, where you will enjoy the barbecue lunch in a traditional style with steaming Finnish blueberry tea to warm you up.
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After mid-November, snow starts to cover the trails, getting thicker and thicker for more than 1 meter. You will see a sparkling white coated trees in tranquillity. Capture every moment of your journey of snow and ice for your precious memory.
If the snow is thick enough, the guides will provide snowshoes for your comfort and safety. Experience the unique and authentic way of traveling in the snow! In the middle of your hike, gather around a bonfire, where you will enjoy the barbecue lunch in a traditional style with steaming Finnish blueberry tea to warm you up.
Included
- Guide in English (other languages available on request: Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese)
- Pick-up from and drop-off to your hotel/accommodation
- Use of warm winter clothing and snowshoes
- Meal of pork sausage (or vegetarian/vegan alternative upon request), salmon soup, grilled salmon, Lappish bread and blueberry tea
- Lunch
- Coffee and/or Tea
Not included
- Transportation from outside Rovaniemi City Center
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Features
Adrenaline
45%
Tourism
40%
Sport
25%
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There were 4 of us on our tour. Our tour guide Malcom (aka ‘Malc’) was friendly and seemed very knowledgeable about Northern Lights. Unfortunately, Malc was clearly not very experienced in the Korouoma Waterfalls tour that we were doing. He entered the incorrect destination address into his GPS and drove for another 1.5 hours beyond where we were due to stop. With only 4 hours of daylight in Rovaniemi at this time of year, we had wasted precious daylight hours with that error. Malc was apologetic and promised to get us to the waterfalls and ‘make up for it’ albeit a little dark. Not 2km down the road, we then got a flat tyre. As it was snowing and quite cold, Malc was attentive to our comfort and worked hard to replace the tyre as quickly as possible (with the help of some locals passing by). Naturally, by the time this was done, daylight was pretty much gone. We assumed that the day was a write off and we would return to Rovaniemi town and perhaps try and join the tour again the following day. Malc insisted that we still go to the waterfalls, despite no daylight – as something is better than nothing, “If we were getting a full refund, least we have seen some of them”. We reluctantly agreed (though, didn’t see the point as it was almost dark). We finally arrived at the original destination. The forest looked beautiful but as you would expect, we couldn’t see much and darkness was setting in fast. Malc took us to 2 of the 13 waterfalls but assured us that this was due to the conditions, not the darkness. We did get some photos with low light that could be brightened (sacrificing the quality of the photo) and got very basic information about the waterfalls themselves. We started to turn back and then Malc once again insisted that we should stop at a campfire to have the tea and sausages ‘because we were already here,’ we reluctantly agreed and luckily some generous campers allowed us to use their fire. We eventually returned to Rovaniemi and spoke with Malc and the manager of Nordic Unique Travels. They naturally apologised for how the day panned out but refused a full refund as we had ‘still seen the waterfalls and got some photos’. We got just under 25% of our money back and some tea light candles. We can’t help but feel as though we had been taken advantage of; what felt like a ‘make the most of a bad situation’ turned into a checklist of rationale as to why we were not entitled to a refund. For a tour that cost approx. €150ea, we expected better.