点评:I spent ages researching reindeer tours as they are not all created equally. Many tours you can book through 3rd parties include the time it takes to travel there as part of the duration and you only end up doing a ride for 10 minutes yet pay a lot. As we had a rental car, I decided to look further outside Rovaniemi and found Jaakkola Reindeer Farm at 1.5 hours away and am so glad I did! We booked the lunch tour with reindeers where you have half an hour meeting and feeding the reindeers before going on a half hour sleigh ride before warming up with a lunch consisting of reindeer soup (vegetable option available), bread and pastries. It was followed with stories about reindeers and the Saami people.
Great tip, if you look to buy a reindeer hide, DON’T get it in the shops but here! We paid €150 for a really beautiful one when a hide the same size was going for €250-€300 in tourist shops.
All in all, this was an incredible experience. Reservations is absolutely a requirement and it is clearly stated on their website. Do note you are very exposed to the elements and we saw temperatures change dramatically from day to day.
From -8 to -26 overnight so when booking, do ask yourself whether or not you can manage it at that temperature.
We will cherish our visit for the rest of our lives as it was a long held wish to do a proper snowy reindeer sleigh ride in Lapland.
翻译:我花了好长时间研究驯鹿之旅,因为并非所有的体验都一样。很多通过第三方预订的行程,把路程时间也算进了行程时间里,结果实际乘坐驯鹿雪橇的时间只有短短的10分钟,却要价不菲。因为我们租了车,所以我决定去罗瓦涅米郊外看看,最终找到了距离罗瓦涅米1.5小时车程的雅科拉驯鹿农场,真是太明智了!我们预订了包含驯鹿午餐的行程,行程包括半小时的驯鹿互动和喂食,之后乘坐半小时的雪橇,最后享用热腾腾的午餐,包括驯鹿汤(也有蔬菜汤可选)、面包和糕点。午餐后,农场工作人员还讲解了关于驯鹿和萨米人的故事。
友情提示:如果你想买驯鹿皮,千万别去商店买,一定要来这里!我们在这里只花了150欧元就买到了一张非常漂亮的驯鹿皮,而同样大小的驯鹿皮在旅游商店要卖250到300欧元。
总而言之,这是一次令人难以置信的体验。务必提前预订,他们的网站上也明确说明了这一点。请注意,您将完全暴露在恶劣天气下,而且我们亲眼目睹了气温的剧烈变化。
夜间气温从零下8度到零下26度不等,因此在预订时,请务必考虑自己是否能够适应这样的低温环境。
我们将终生珍藏这次旅行的美好回忆,因为在拉普兰体验一次真正的雪地驯鹿雪橇之旅是我们长久以来的梦想。