Immerse yourself in authentic Finnish forest culture: a guided lakeside forest walk, a private smoke-sauna session, and an outdoor meal cooked over open fire using foraged and locally sourced Lapland ingredients.
What to expect
A private vehicle collects you from the port and delivers you to a riverside wilderness lodge surrounded by old-growth forest. Your guide leads a slow, sensory walk through the pines, pausing to identify Arctic flora and explain Sámi and Finnish relationships with the land. The traditional smoke sauna is stoked to perfection; you emerge glowing and plunge into the clean river before warming at the fire. Dinner is served outdoors on hewn-log benches: smoked vendace, slow-braised elk, lingonberry preserves, and Finnish rye bread baked that morning.
Good to know
Available year-round; the experience shifts beautifully with seasons — midnight sun in summer, snow-laden pines in winter. Transfer from port approximately 20 minutes. Confirm all-aboard time with your concierge and book at least 48 hours in advance.
Sail there
Luxury cruises that call at Kemi — book through us, the fare is identical and your concierge stays on your side.