Driving a Dog Sledding team in Varangerhalvøya - Week Long Raid - Varangerbotn

Join us on our incredible dog sledding raids across the frozen tundra of Varangerhalvøya National Park. With sledding excursions that last 7 days, you will discover this great frozen Norwegian wonderland, alongside David, his team of English and French-speaking experts, who will provide you with interesting insights and information about the jaw-dropping surrounding ecosystem. All offers will involve heading out for approximately 30 km per day. Depending on the conditions, you should arrive at different chalets chosen by David in the national park in around 2–4 hours. Here you will then set up camp and prepare yourself for the evening. You will then resume your dog-sledding adventure the following day and repeat a similar process but with a different path and a different destination.

The tour can be taken by kids as young as 8, who will even be able to take the reins for themselves under your guidance and supervision. Both adults and children will be provided an introductory session to familiarise themselves with the dogs and how to handle them during the activity.

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Tour programme
Meeting point and time:
- The meeting point is in the town of Varangerbotn where David will come and collect you for your adventures. The meeting time will be agreed between you and David after you have booked your dogsledding trip.
Exact address: Bus Stop in Burnes, Varangerbotn, 9840 Nesseby, Norway.

Tour:
You arrive in Varangerbotn at the end of the day, or we pick you up and drive you to your accommodation. A meal awaits you; we all take it together to get to know each other.

The next morning, wake up at 8 a.m. and have breakfast. We pick you up at 9:30 am and take you to our kennel for a presentation of the 30 dogs and teams. This is an opportunity for you to try on the wetsuits, boots and mittens that we make available to you. Then come the explanations: how to put the harnesses on the dogs and place them in the team, how to attach them, how to drive the sleds, how to follow the instructions during the raid and for each bivouac. These instructions are important, because you will repeat these gestures throughout the raid. Then, once the sleds are loaded, we go directly to a cabin in the taiga, located at a distance of 25-30 km. Arrived at the first bivouac, we tie up the dogs for the night, set up our quarters and heat the water to prepare the dogs' food and our evening meal.

We wake up at 6 a.m. the next morning. After our breakfast and that of the dogs, we put away our belongings, clean the chalet and prepare the sleds and the dogs. The departure is scheduled for 9:30 am. Here we go for the second day of the raid, in the direction of a refuge.

This is how the days will unfold, until the last day of the raid. At the end of the raid, we arrive at Nanouak Dogsledding in the afternoon. We remove the harnesses from the dogs, bring them back to their kennels and unload the equipment. It's time to say goodbye to the dogs! You will then find the chalet of your first night, and we will all have dinner together. We will accompany you the next day to bus stop N°64 for the airport.

On certain bivouac sectors, you can try ice fishing on a frozen lake. There will be one or more nights that we will spend under the lavvo tent, with its stove.

From mid-April, there is a good chance that we will have to get up earlier (4 a.m. or 5 a.m.), to take advantage of the best snow. We will then arrive in the middle of the afternoon at the refuge or at the camp. Know that it is always daylight from this time onwards.

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Included Services
- All meals and accommodation is provided
- Boots and ski suits if needed

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Bring along
- Winter gear

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Requirements
- Minimum age: 8 y.