General information

Our ready made longer safaris are easier and more demanding excursions We use our own "demanding levels" in scale 1-3. Scale can change by influence of weather conditions.

Demanding levels: 1. Normal, 2. demanding 3. extreme.
Lenght of excursions effect for safari and its demanding. Driving distances are between 70 and 200 km/day.

In easier safaris, trails which we use are main- and connecting trails (official snowmobile trails) between villages and centres. So those are more used and sometimes fixed trails. Normally safaris are priced so there drives 1 person / snowmobile. For example there is one, "THREE-DAY SAFARI" which is priced also for driving 2 persons/snowmobile, because it follows main trails and isn't so demanding. Accomodations are usually better quality cottages and hotels.

More demanding safaris are more extreme things and there need normal good physical condition, but no necessary former experience with snowmobiles. For example on those trails there is more change to try drive in deep snow, just because, we are perhaps first group on trail in that winter. Trails are sometimes like narrow paths through forest but anyway official snowmobile trails. Accomodations are in wilderness log houses and cottages, in most cases with saunas.

In longest safaris there are one or couple overnight in hotels or good quality cottages with showers and saunas. Naturally we can arrange overnight experience in heated tent or in simple wilderness shelter with open fireplace or traditional lumberjack`s log fire.

During safaris clients carry their personal things and extra clothes onto snowmobiles burden rack in back bags. Sometimes, depend on group size and type of safari our guide pull sledge for the gears.

Our guides are trained and get needed experiences and knowledge of local winter conditions. They have demanded skills for give first aid help.

We secure safaris with modern technology like mobile phones and GPC devices, but still mostly trust for real paper map.

Before safari start our customers get needed gears for snowmobiling, briefing for safari plan and destinations, security things and handle snowmobiles.

We use modern "middleweight" snowmobiles, normally with double seats and space for personal things.

Pricing

Prices include transportation from the hotel and back, program, guide services, snowmobiles, fuels, driving gears (thermal suit, boots, gloves, helmet and balaclava) insurance for the snowmobile and other needed equipments according to the programs.

Coffee and meal breaks are also included in the prices, if it is mentioned in programme.

Prices include value added taxes (VAT).

As the responsible organizer of all treks, Safartica reserves the right to possible price changes, duration and ways of transportation without prior notification. This also applies to cases in which the weather conditions are disadvantageous.