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ARCTIC ADVENTURES NORWEGIAN LAPLANDDiscover the intimate charmand intricate ice architectureof the Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel.Snowmobile across the Arctictundra; mush your own huskyteam under the Northern Lightsand feast on ptarmigan, smokedreindeer and crab.TheSorrisnivaIgloo HotelWith building beginning as the snow fallsthe Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel opens its door inJanuary each year and melts away again inthe spring. The structure includes just 20 orso rooms and a few suites; ice lounges andsculpture gallery; an exquisitely decoratedice bar and a consecrated chapel.Annexed to the hotel is something akin toa giant, tent shaped, pine cabin with anopen fire, sauna, changing cubicles andrestaurant serving Sami inspired dishes fromaquatic fowl to chanterelle mushrooms.Surrounding the Igloo Hotel in the heart ofNorwegian Lapland is the Finnmark plateauwith its undulating tundra marked only bythe old trekking trails and lushly scarred byriver valleys with their pine, spruce andbirch trees. This is where you can hear ‘thesound of silence’; be awestruck by thedensity of stars on a clear night in thecanopy above you; watch the cold air –blue, pink and yellow.VICA HOTELAfter some inhospitable hotel experiencesas a young music teacher, Knut Rydningenfirmly believes that a hotel should be ‘homefrom home’ and it shows. In thesympathetic renovation and extension ofthe original farmhouse building. In theindividual fabrics and decoration of the just24 rooms. In the ‘Haldde’ restaurant whereyou can have locally caught crab. And,naming the hotel after his daughters Vibekaand Camilla.DAY 1 UK – ALTA Scheduled SASflight(s) from Heathrow to Alta inNorwegian Lapland via Oslo. Self transferto the Vica hotel for two nights (seeopposite).DAY 2 HUSKY SAFARI Breakfast andprivate transfer to local Husky Kennels totry your hand at mushing with your ownteam of dogs along the banks of the AltaRiver.THE SORRISNIVA IGLOO HOTELDAY 3 SNOWMOBILING & IGLOOHOTEL Breakfast followed by morningtransfer to the Sorrisniva Igloo hotel for anexciting day and night. The day starts witha snowmobile safari following a forest andvalley trail out and across vast snowcovered plains. Late lunch at the IglooHotel. Afternoon at leisure in these idyllicsurroundings on the banks of the Alta river,take a walk, go for a kick sled ride orspend some time in the outdoor hot tubgazing at the starry skies perhaps evenseeing the Northern Lights. Dinner in theLavvu shaped restaurant specialising inSami cuisine, followed perhaps by afortifying drink in the Ice Bar beforesettling down for one of the more unusualnights of your life; sleeping in an igloo.DAY 4 ALTA – UK Breakfast at the AltaIgloo hotel. Transfer to Alta and the Vicahotel for a last taste of Norway, before selftransfer to the airport for return flight(s) viaOslo to the UK.DEPARTURE DATESDaily 16 Jan-20 AprTHE SORRISNIVAIGLOO HOTELAA2101PRICES FROM £1195ppWHAT’S INCLUDEDPrices are in £ per person and include returnscheduled SAS flight(s) from Heathrow to Alta (viaOslo) • All airport departure taxes and passengerservice charges • 2 nights at Vica hotel in twinroom(s) with private shower/WC • 1 overnight inSorrisniva Igloo hotel in standard snow room • 3breakfasts • 1 lunch • 1 dinner • SNOWMOBILEAND HUSKY SAFARIS AS PER ITINERARYINCLUDING TRANSFERS AND PROTECTIVETHERMAL CLOTHING • Luggage storage whilstovernighting at Igloo hotel.Nordic Experience21