Mar2011 TRAVEL TOPIC
Your family invitation to visit Santa in Lapland
Can you image celebrating Christmas with your family at Santa’s hometown Rovaniemi Finland? Wake to snow on the ground, have the real SANTA give your children a present; decorate a Christmas tree with Santa’s helpers and husky sleigh ride over the snow. Does this sound like a Disney movie? This is not just for kids!
Australians wake on Christmas Day to heat and humidity with the kids up early looking anxiously under the Christmas tree. Aussie Christmas Day tradition includes a roast in the oven, fresh prawns or a BBQ and to cool off we jump in the pool or visit the local beach.
Your family will think all their Christmases have come at once on this unforgettable experience set in the blue twilight of the Arctic Circle where starry skies and the colourful dance of the Northern Lights create an enchanting atmosphere.
On Christmas Eve, children will visit Santa’s secret forest hideaway down a winding trail where fresh sledge trails and the occasional “spilt” gift indicate the magical presence of the man himself. In a little decorated hut, Children will enjoy a Christmas Eve snack of chicken paella, dessert rice pudding with berry juice soup and hot drinks with gingerbread cookies. A personal letter from Santa promises them that if they help feed his forest friends of birds and other animals, he will pay them a special visit in the evening.
Other highlights include joining Santa’s helpers searching for and decorating Christmas trees, obtaining an “International Reindeer Driver’s Licence” and partaking in a special Lapp ceremony of crossing the Arctic Circle. During the tour children will also meet Santa and receive a present as well as visit the Snowfun site for awesome activities such as mini-snowmobiles, four-wheeled forest scooters, kick sledges, tobogganing, ice fishing, ice golf, snow hockey and more – all washed down with hot drinks served by the campfire throughout the day.
Experience the wonders of snow and ice at Lake Lehtojärvi, Rovaniemi! Arctic SnowHotel offers you an exotic opportunity to spend a night sheltered by snow and surrounded by picturesque and placid Lappish nature.
The SnowHotel – as the name suggests – is made of snow and ice. You can sleep in a warmsleeping bag safe from the cold and dark winter night. Frost will not spoil the enchanting peace and quiet of the rooms because the temperature always stays between 0 and −5 ºC, even in extremely cold weather. Live the dream with your family before they grown up and have a white Christmas in Santa’s hometown Rovaniemi Finland.
Don’t forget that only Travelscene American Express at Samford lets you travel anywhere, any time and pay with your membership rewards points so contact us on 3289 3700 and let us help you turn your American Express membership rewards points into your next trip.
Your family will think all their Christmases have come at once on this unforgettable experience set in the blue twilight of the Arctic Circle where starry skies and the colourful dance of the Northern Lights create an enchanting atmosphere.
On Christmas Eve, children will visit Santa’s secret forest hideaway down a winding trail where fresh sledge trails and the occasional “spilt” gift indicate the magical presence of the man himself. In a little decorated hut, Children will enjoy a Christmas Eve snack of chicken paella, dessert rice pudding with berry juice soup and hot drinks with gingerbread cookies. A personal letter from Santa promises them that if they help feed his forest friends of birds and other animals, he will pay them a special visit in the evening.
Other highlights include joining Santa’s helpers searching for and decorating Christmas trees, obtaining an “International Reindeer Driver’s Licence” and partaking in a special Lapp ceremony of crossing the Arctic Circle. During the tour children will also meet Santa and receive a present as well as visit the Snowfun site for awesome activities such as mini-snowmobiles, four-wheeled forest scooters, kick sledges, tobogganing, ice fishing, ice golf, snow hockey and more – all washed down with hot drinks served by the campfire throughout the day.
Experience the wonders of snow and ice at Lake Lehtojärvi, Rovaniemi! Arctic SnowHotel offers you an exotic opportunity to spend a night sheltered by snow and surrounded by picturesque and placid Lappish nature.
The SnowHotel – as the name suggests – is made of snow and ice. You can sleep in a warmsleeping bag safe from the cold and dark winter night. Frost will not spoil the enchanting peace and quiet of the rooms because the temperature always stays between 0 and −5 ºC, even in extremely cold weather. Live the dream with your family before they grown up and have a white Christmas in Santa’s hometown Rovaniemi Finland.
Don’t forget that only Travelscene American Express at Samford lets you travel anywhere, any time and pay with your membership rewards points so contact us on 3289 3700 and let us help you turn your American Express membership rewards points into your next trip.
