This is the big one. Eleven days from Manila to Finnish Lapland and back, with Helsinki at both ends, Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle at Rovaniemi, four nights in the far north at Saariselka and Kemi, and two nights on the VR overnight train, which is how Finns actually cross their own country.
Saariselka sits inside the auroral oval, which is the single best reason to go in December and January. Kemi is on the Gulf of Bothnia where the sea freezes solid and the icebreaker runs. Between the fixed days there is a lot of deliberate free time, because this is a trip where the good things happen at night and in the cold.
Two departures only: 20 to 30 December 2026 and 16 to 26 January 2027, both ₱278,720 per person, which is USD 4,288. Minimum ten travellers and the departure is guaranteed once that is met.
Read the exclusions carefully. The airline tax, the Schengen visa and all the Arctic activities are extra, and the activities are the reason most people go.
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Airfare – This package does not include your flights. Book your own, then tell us your arrival and departure times so we can set your transfers and your tour around them.
Hotel – Rooms are twin sharing. Standard check-in is 2PM and check out is 12NN unless the itinerary says otherwise. Early check-in and late check-out are subject to availability and fees. Children are arranged in the same room as their parents. If an extra room is needed, or for special requests, additional costs will apply.
Dates – The rate holds until 31 December 2026 and is not available over Christmas, New Year or public holidays. Rates are subject to change and all rooms are subject to availability.
Both departures are ₱278,720 per person on twin sharing, which is USD 4,288. The dates are 20 to 30 December 2026 and 16 to 26 January 2027. On top of that you need to budget the USD 180 airline tax, the PHP 12,000 Schengen visa, the Philippine travel tax and the activities.
Nobody can promise that and we will not. What we can say is that Saariselka sits inside the auroral oval and December and January give you long dark nights, which is the best combination Finland offers. Two nights there, with a guided hunt available at EUR 150 or EUR 220 by snowmobile, gives you a real chance. Cloud is the enemy, not latitude.
Because that is how Finns cross Finland. The VR overnight train takes you Helsinki to Rovaniemi and Kemi back to Helsinki while you sleep, which saves two days of driving and two hotel nights. You share a two person compartment and the toilet is shared along the carriage. It is comfortable rather than luxurious.
Honestly, a lot. The husky safari, reindeer farm, icebreaker, king crab safari and aurora hunts are the reason to go to Lapland and none of them is included. If you took the reindeer farm, one aurora hunt, a husky safari and the icebreaker you would spend about EUR 740. Pick two or three and plan for them rather than deciding on the day.
Yes. Finland is in the Schengen Area and Philippine passport holders need a Schengen visa, which this tour does not include. The fee is about PHP 12,000 and you apply yourself. Start four to five months out. December and January are the busiest application window of the year and appointment slots disappear.
On the way home you land at Pudong in the morning and the group applies for China’s 24 hour transit free visa, which lets you out of the airport for a half day city tour of the Chenghuang Temple market, The Bund and Nanjing Road before the evening flight. It is included in the programme.
Hotel breakfasts and the few meals listed in the itinerary, and that is it. Almost every lunch and dinner is yours across eleven days. Finland is expensive, so budget realistically for this rather than assuming you will find cheap food in Saariselka in January.
Saariselka in December and January runs below minus twenty and can reach minus thirty. Kemi is milder but the wind off the frozen gulf is brutal. You need expedition grade kit: a proper down parka, thermal base layers, insulated boots rated for the cold, two pairs of gloves, a balaclava. Most activity operators lend outer suits, but not the base layers.
The supplier has not quoted a single supplement for this tour yet. Tell us when you enquire and we will get the figure before you commit.
