Rainbow Winter Days Kuhmo, Finland

Hotel Kalevala
from 9/03/2019 until 14/03/2019
Magic and Traditions
From 9 until 14 March 2019 the hotel has reserved all the rooms exclusively for LGBT guests to spend 5 days you will certainly remember!

+Plenty of exciting activities in the gorgeous Finnish winter landscape, like snowshoeing, snowmobile and husky safari tours
+Full board including Finnish delicacies like reindeer, bear and elk meat*
+2 saunas, indoor and outdoor Jacuzzi’s and special sauna treatments
+And a mystical magic evening that will bring you back into the olden days

*Vegetarians are also welcome. Please inform us when booking

The hotel
Hotel Kalevala is a small, private lakeside hotel with 47 rooms, 3 km from Kuhmo center, located in the eastern Wild Taiga. The building is so unique that it is a protected listed building by The Finnish National Board of Antiquities. The “Wild Taiga” is perfect for wilderness and activity adventures.

Day 1: Arrival Day
-Transfer from Kajaani airport.
-Welcome drink at the fireplace.
-Welcome dinner including the Finnish delicacy elk meat.

Day 2: Snowmobile safari & snow fun
-Full board.
-Guided 2 hour snowmobile safari along the taiga forest, 2 persons/snowmobile.
-Winter survival games in the afternoon. You will be competing in teams!
-Sauna time with indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis. Possibility to try out the peat sauna.
-Dinner with local salmon as main course.
-After dinner, “DJ Tero” will guide through the evening.

Day 3: Cross-country skiing & Kota evening
-Full board
-After breakfast: cross-country ski school; learn the national sport of Finland.
-In the afternoon you will have some free time to continue skiing; easy tracks at Kalevala Ski-center and on the lake side are suitable for beginners. Ski tracks for persons with more experience are available, too.
-Dinner in “Kota” teepee at the hotel shore. Enjoy a tasty reindeer meat dish around the open fire.
-Late evening saunas & Jacuzzis. You‘ll get a Finnish sauna treatment with birch branches.

Day 4: Husky sleigh tour & smoke sauna
-Full board.
-Transfer to a husky farm. Husky sleigh tour. Everyone will get the chance to drive a husky sleigh, 2 persons/sleigh. Picnic lunch at the farm.
-Sauna time – possibility to try real Finnish smoke sauna!
-The main course of the dinner will be a special delicacy: bear meat.
-The evening will continue with DJ and dancing till the early hours.

Day 5: Snowshoeing & winter fishing, mystical magic & olden days dinner
-Full board with late breakfast.
-3 hours guided snowshoe & winter fishing tour starting at the hotel.
-Time for sauna and relaxing in the afternoon.
-In the evening “Finnish Mystical Magic”. A fortune teller or shaman is waiting for you deep in the forest. We will make our way there with snowshoes or by foot, depending on the snow level. She will offer you love potions and Deer Antler Velvet and she will predict your future.
-In the House of North you will be served an “Olden Days Dinner”. Forget about etiquette, white tablecloths and fancy eating. Eat with your fingers or wooden spoon and enjoy the dinner like in the olden days.
-Karaoke evening at the hotel restaurant.

Day 6: Goodbye Finland
-After breakfast transfer to Kajaani airport.