6 jours en séjour équestre multi-activités hivernal à Svansele, Laponie suédoise

During this winter adventure, Horses of Taiga offers you a real adventure in the wilderness, three rides on Icelandic horses, dogsledding, encounters with reindeer, as well as local and traditional food at every meal. The whole experience is certified by Nature's Best Sweden, the Swedish label for ecotourism.

Daily itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

Arrival at Skellefteå airport in the afternoon. Horses of Taiga will pick you up and drive you to your accommodation, the lovely campsite of Rännudden. You settle into your cabin for the week and have a relaxing first evening. Dinner is served in a small restaurant.

Day 2: First ride in the snow and play time

Breakfast at the camp. They pick you up in the morning for a whole day at the farm. After getting all the necessary warm equipment, you will meet their fluffy Icelandic horses, prepare them for the ride and get to know a little more about their specificities. When everyone is ready, we take directly the direction of the forest for a 2-hour ride. Tölting in the snow is a unique feeling!

After the tour, you will enjoy a nice lunch around the fire, cooked from the most local products.

In the afternoon, you get to bond even more with your new fluffy friend thanks to a fun play-time in the riding arena. In teams, your horse at liberty will have to understand your signals to go through small challenges.

After a warm drink in the kåta, we drive you back to the camp where you will enjoy a nice diner.

Day 3: Full-day ride

Breakfast at the camp. Today, you spend the whole day with the horses. You drive to the farm, pick the horses, pack your lunch in the saddle bags, and get everything ready for the ride. You ride through snowy landscapes, between frozen lakes and hopefully spotting a few animals. Reindeers, mooses, and foxes - you never know who you can meet on the way. You stop by a lake for lunch and make a warming fire. Then you take the road again with fluffy companions. Dinner and night at the camp.

Day 4: Dog sledding and meet the reindeer

Breakfast at the camp. In the morning, you drive to the kennel, in Dragnäs. There you will meet Jenny and Basti and their sled dogs. They will first give you all the instructions for the adventure. Then you will go for an exciting experience: driving your own dog team. You share a sled with another participant, so everyone gets to try driving as well as sitting in the sled. After this exciting adventure, you drive to Börje, a reindeer herder.

He will serve you a nice warm lunch around the fire and tell you about the life and ancestral customs of his people, the Sami, who were once nomadic, traveling according to the movements of the herd. In the afternoon, you get the chance to observe the reindeer up close. Dinner and night at the camp.

Day 5: Snowshoe hike with a sleddog, moonlight ride

After breakfast, you drive to Jenny and Basti’s farm again for your next adventure: a snowshoe hike accompanied by sled dogs. They will show you how to enjoy the hike at its most. It can be a bit challenging, but the pace will always be adapted to the participants and the weather. A nice homemade lunch will take place in the forest or at the farm, according to temperature.

Later in the afternoon, you head back to the farm for a moonlight ride. There is no feeling like riding in the dark, letting your horse guide you through the night. The moonlight, pitch dark, or sometimes even northern lights - every weather condition makes this experience unique. After the ride, you warm up with a nice woodfire sauna and a warm dinner around the fire at the farm. You then drive you back to the camp for the night.

Day 6: Departure

Already the last day. After breakfast, they drive you back to Skellefteå where you can catch your transport towards home or your next adventure.

Riding information

• Level: Comfortable in all gaits and good physical condition needed

Important information

Winter in Lapland is quite demanding for the body. Thus make sure you are in a good physical condition when you come there. Walking, riding, playing outside in temperatures that can be from minus 10 to minus 30 Celsius degrees, and with heavy clothes on: your heart needs to be prepared.