Fishing · SAARISELKA FISHING TRIPS
Every trip has one spare morning. These 7 saariselka fishing trips justify it, priced and timed so you can decide over breakfast and still make the boat.
Spend six hours in Saariselka’s Arctic wilderness with guide Christina or another English-speaking guide. Snowshoe through powder, drill a fishing hole, try for local fish, then warm up with grilled food, drinks, and a light lunch by an open fire.
“We really enjoyed our tour with Christina and had a lovely time snowshoeing, barbecuing and trying to fish. The landscape was amazing.”
Meet at Lapponia Tours Safari House, suit up in thermal gear, then ride a snowmobile or sleigh through snowy forests and open fells to a frozen lake. Guide Anni has led this outing, which combines ice-fishing instruction, quiet lake time, and a campfire picnic.
Safartica takes you from Saariselkä to a local lake for a 2.5-hour ice fishing lesson. Your English-speaking guide, such as David or Bazil, supplies warm clothing, gear, bait, hot drinks, and a patient introduction to this quiet Finnish pastime.
“Everything was absolutely perfect,an amazing experience,only thing that could have made it better was if we caught a fish haha,the other family in our group caught three though so we shared their excitement!”
Set out from Saariselkä with an English-speaking guide such as Max or Miko, collect thermal clothing, then ride a snowmobile-pulled sled to frozen Lake Inari. Try ice fishing, warm up beside a campfire with lunch, and feed reindeer before returning.
“Such a fun experience! Our guide, Miko, was amazing and so accommodating. It starts off by getting equipped with warm clothing and equipment, then getting driven to the lake which is like a 20 minute journey. Then you ride on the sleigh on the lake, such a cool yet cold experience (the wind) ! Then the fishing starts! He demonstrates how to make the hole and you take turns trying to make your fishing hole (he ends up making them when we’re all tired). Then he demonstrates how to fish and you spend 30 minutes trying to catch something - seems short but it’s a long time when it’s cold.…”
Leave Kakslauttanen or Kiilopää at 8:40am for Lake Inari. Your fisherman guide leads you by snowmobile sleigh to a quiet fishing spot, supplies thermal gear and shoes, and shows you how to fish through the ice before a campfire lunch.
“Great guide with lots of local history and expertise, really nice equipment, easy pickup and travel, also tasty lunch.”
Join an English-speaking guide from Arctic Timetravels for a beginner-friendly ice fishing trip near Saariselkä. You’ll ride a minivan to a frozen forest lake, drill through thick ice, fish with supplied gear, and warm up with hot drinks by a fireplace. Angela and Antonin are among the guides praised for their patient, friendly help.
“Our guide was responsive when we were in arranging the pickup, he was accommodating in the timing and showed us step by step how to fish and we caught one! interesting activity to try it at least once.”
From Saariselkä, a local guide takes you by vehicle to an Arctic lake or river for an introduction to ice fishing, snowshoe travel, and cooking over an open fire. The small group is capped at 10, with transport, lunch, coffee, and tea included.
“Our tour guide did not seem as coherent in the itinerary. He asked us what we wished to do a number of times, instead of having it planned out. We started off the tour with a good 30-40 minutes drive, only to fish for”
Pick a coast, a lake, or a hole in the ice.
