Springtime migration with the reindeers (trip)

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Springtime migration with the reindeers

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from $1,872* per person6 DaysMarch
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Pathfinder Lapland 10 people max

We will meet you in Gällivare, where we start with a lesson about reindeer herding in past time and today. We will also give you a detailed briefing about what is going to happen during your week. As we know that the best way of experience is to participate, you are supposed to help us with herding and camp-life.

The work will be to safe and calm bring the reindeers gathered to the mountains in the west. We will use snowmobiles and skies, so be prepared for both. A days distances will be between 5 - 15 kilometres. The daily work will, except from moving the herd, consist of building camps and corrals, feeding and guarding the herd and some transportation with food and material. Are there any predators around? In the area there are both Wolverine and Lynx.

You will learn what reindeers eat and where they can find food. And being this close to the animals will give you an unique knowledge about the relation between us, the reindeers and nature.

There will be a lot of storytelling around the campfire - an excellent way to learn more about the saami way of life. We want to welcome you to a truly unique and once in a lifetime experience together with your saami Pathfinder and the herdsmen from Unna Cerus Saami Community. Not to mention all the reindeer your will get to know and learn to care for..

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Itinerary

Day 1 GELLIVARE AND STUBBA OR RUOKTO
Trip start in Gellivare 10 am. Tour briefing and packing, lunch will be served on our way to migration start point. Your Pathfinders will help you to pack, and you can leave parts of your gear in Gällivare.
Around lunchtime, transport with bus/car up to startingpoint of the migration. First day migration will be quite short, apx. 3 – 5 kilometers. (Tent/lávvu, LD)
Day 2 SPRING TIME MIGRATION IN LAPONIA WORLD HERITAGE
Gather the reindeers for todays migration, apx. 20 – 50 km. We are in Sjaunja Nature Preserve or Great Lake Falls Nationalpark. Both are a part of Laponia World Heritage Area. This is the heart of the winter pasture land of Unna Cerus Saami Community, and your Pathfinders will tell you all about the saami culture in the area. This is also the land of big predators, and there are a small chance that we can see Lynx or Wolverine.
(Tents and lávvu, BLD).
Day 3 MIGRATION
You will travel with the family reindeer herd on skiis, snowmobilesled or on a snowmobile as a passenger. You can try to toll on skiis after the snowmobile. Participants are expected to help out with setting up the camp, feed the reindeers, gather wood for fire, watch the reindeers if necessary so no predators gets to close. Together with your Pathfinders you will learn a lot about the life of the saami people.
(Tents and lávvu, BLD)
Day 4 MIGRATION
Idem (Tents and lávvu, BLD)
Day 5 MIGRATION
Idem (Tents and lávvu, BLD)
Day 6 Today we will finish this part of the migration around lunchtime and say goodbye to the reindeers. We will be in Gällivare in the afternoon, so do not plan any departure before 15.00 this afternoon (BL)

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