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It
is special to travel by dogsled on the mountains in Arctic. The coastal weather is very changeable, from bright blue
skies with the sun dazzling to horizontal snow blizzards with white
all
around. The tour provide interesting experiences for outdoor people
who looking for something special. Our first stop is our
house
"Stenbukt" at the Arctic sea where we are spending two night. Possibility
for snow-shoeing and snow
cave digging - even sleeping in a snow cave.
On the tour, the nights will be spent in
a tent.
The mountains' diversity and unpredictable snow
conditions make it necessary to require good physical shape from the
participants on this tour. The route will be adapted to the given
conditions. This is the real way to go dog sledding.
The last night we spend in a cosy guesthouse in the small fishing
community - Repvaag.
Detail program
Day
1:
Program start with dinner.
The
guide will have the first briefing
regarding
the expedition.
Day
2-3:
The morning is spent provision of snowsuits, boots and other
equipment. Transfer
by car heading
Stenbukt
fish camp.
Organizing the teams of huskies and learning the basics of caring for
your team and driving the sleds.
Checking that mushers are matched
with their teams of huskies on the first trip with your "own"
team of
6
dogs
from the road to Stenbukt. It will be an "discovery ride" in beautiful
area. If
you like you can do snow-shoeing
and snow cave digging - even sleeping in a snow cave.
Day 4-8.
By now mushers and the huskies have usually got to know each
other’s ways and the safari can start. We
set the compass north and drive the dog teams until we reach the very
end of the mainland. We
go far off the beaten track on a fascinating landscape, no trees, scanty
and windswept.
The
nights will be spent in tent.
We
reaching the coastline again and spend the last night in a cosy
guesthouse in the small fishing community - Repvaag. Shower and sauna
is waiting for us and we end the tour gathered in the warm atmosphere
to have a dinner. Transfer
by car back to Engholm Husky Lodge Karasjok.
Day
9: The program end at breakfast.
It's worth considering whether to
stay some extra days,
before
and/or after the tour,
for
interesting activities
at Engholm
Husky design lodge out side Karasjok
- in the
heart of the Sámi culture.
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