Santa's Village Tour: Small Group & Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi 🎅

Santa's Village Tour: Small Group & Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi 🎅

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Overview

Discover Rovaniemi's Santa Claus Village on a small-group tour. Meet Santa, send mail with an Arctic Circle postmark, participate in the crossing ceremony, and capture memorable photos. 3-hour authentic Lapland experience.

Highlights

✔️ Meet Santa Claus

✔️ No special skills required

✔️ Small group experience

✔️ The tour is family friendly

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Availability

Year round

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Duration

3 hours

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DepartureS

~ 09:30

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Pickup & Drop off

Yes

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Minimum age

3 years

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Price from

105.00

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ABOUT THIS TOUR

Rovaniemi Santa's Village Tour: Small Group & Arctic Circle

Looking for the most magical visit in Rovaniemi? Join a small-group Santa’s Village tour and meet Santa Claus in his official Lapland home! This Santa's Village Guided Tour & Meeting with Santa Claus offers a personalized and intimate experience for those who wish to meet Santa Claus in Lapland. Located in Rovaniemi, the official hometown of Santa, this 3-hour tour is designed for small groups (limited to 8 persons), ensuring an authentic and memorable visit any time of the year.

What to Expect on Your Magical Rovaniemi Visit:

Your journey to the magical Santa Claus Village begins with a convenient hotel pick-up in Rovaniemi using a comfortable minivan (ride takes approximately 10-15 minutes). Upon arrival, our friendly guide will provide insights into the village and its attractions.

Part 1: Explore Santa Claus Village & Elves' Post Office

  • Guided Village Tour: Enjoy a guided tour of the official Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, which is open year-round, allowing for a unique Christmas experience at any time.
  • Elves' Post Office: Visit the official Elves' Post Office, a key part of Finland's national postal service. Here, you can send original postcards to friends with a special Arctic Circle postmark, exclusively available from this location. Elf assistants are available to help.
  • Shopping Opportunities: There will be ample time to explore the various shops in Santa Claus Village for unique Lapland souvenirs and gifts. Guests will find a good selection of souvenirs, often considered among the best in town.

Part 2: Arctic Circle Crossing Ceremony

  • Ceremonial Crossing: Participate in a special ceremony of the Arctic Circle crossing. The Arctic Circle runs directly through Rovaniemi, and you can cross it right within Santa's Village.
  • Certificate of Crossing: Receive a certificate of the crossing as a souvenir. Legend states that the Arctic Circle is a stress-free zone, and crossing it brings a lifetime of joy.

Part 3: Meet Santa Claus

  • Meet the Man in Red: Visit Santa's official office to meet Santa Claus himself! You will have time to chat, take photos, and share your Christmas wishes.
  • Free Time: There will be ample time to explore other village facilities and gift shops for souvenirs.

Our small group size ensures personalized attention, making your experience with friends and family intimate and authentic.

Key Features of This Rovaniemi Santa Tour:

  • Small Group Experience (Max 16 Persons): Ensures a personal and intimate visit with full attention from your guide.
  • Meet Santa Claus: Direct opportunity to meet Santa, chat, and take photos.
  • Arctic Circle Crossing: Participate in a special ceremony and receive an official certificate.
  • Elves' Post Office: Send unique postcards with an exclusive Arctic Circle postmark.
  • Year-Round Availability: Experience the magic of Christmas any time of the year.
  • Convenient Transfers: Pick-up and drop-off from listed hotels in Rovaniemi and Santa Village area are included.
  • Shopping Opportunities: Access to Santa Claus Village shops with a good selection of souvenirs, known as the best in town (Marttiini, Marimekko, Iitala, Pentik and other local brands, as well as handcrafted items).

Practical Information for Your Santa Claus Village Tour:

  • Duration: Approximately 3 hours (total program duration).
  • Location: Rovaniemi, Lapland. The tour takes place at Santa Claus Village.
  • Availability: Operates year-round.
  • Departure Time: 09:00.
  • Included: Comfortable minivan transportation, professional English-speaking guide, guided tour of Santa Claus Village, visit to Elves' Post Office, Arctic Circle crossing ceremony & certificate, meeting with Santa Claus.

Looking for the most magical visit in Rovaniemi? Join a small-group Santa’s Village tour and meet Santa Claus in his official Lapland home!

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Included

✔️ Arctic Circle crossing certificate

✔️ A visit to Elve's Post Office

✔️ Guaranteed meeting with Santa Claus

✔️ Guided Santa Village tour

✔️ Professional English speaking guide

✔️ Hotel pickup & drop off

What to bring

⚡ Seasonal outdoor clothing

⚡ Camera and drinking water

Not included

❌ Meals

❌ Photo with Santa

Please Note

  • All tours listed are for a minimum of 2 persons paying a full (adult) price, unless mentioned otherwise
  • The tour operates in all weather conditions
  • Tours include a pick up & drop off transfer from your accommodation in the area of central Rovaniemi. Time for meeting point and place will be confirmed upon the reservation.
  • Missing the pick-up does not entitle you to a refund of the price paid for the services. You are responsible to be ready for pick up at the assigned pick up point from the start of the pick up time in order to not miss our guides when they arrive to pick you up
  • Nordic Adventures reserves the right to make alterations to the programs, price, duration or form of transportation without prior warning. This is also applied  to changes in programs due to weather conditions

Cancellation terms 

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  • More than 3 days notice – 90% refund. 10% is non-refundable, as this represents our direct cost of booking and preparing your tour.
  • Less than 3 days or no show notice – no refund.

Frequently asked questions 

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No, lunch is not included in this tour. However, Santa Claus Village has several cafés and restaurants where you can grab a meal or a snack. There will be time to visit them during your time in Santa's village.

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Yes! You’ll have time to explore the many gift shops in Santa Claus Village. The area offers one of the best selections of local souvenirs in Rovaniemi - including Marttiini knives, Marimekko, Iittala, Pentik, and handmade crafts from Lapland.

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Absolutely! A highlight of the tour is a visit to Santa Claus’ official office in Santa’s Village. You’ll have the chance to meet Santa himself and take personal photos. Professional photos are available for purchase directly at the office.

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Please be on time! Our tours follow a strict schedule, and if you miss the hotel pick-up, you will not be able to join later. Arriving separately by taxi or private car is usually not possible, as it may disrupt the program and group safety. Plan ahead — we appreciate your understanding.

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Dress warmly! You’ll be outdoors for much of the tour. We recommend wearing thermal underwear, a fleece or wool mid-layer, a winter jacket and pants, a warm hat, gloves or mittens, and insulated boots. Temperatures can be cold, especially in December and January.

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Santa Claus Village and private meeting with Santa

January 19, 2020

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This was a lovely morning, my beautiful guide was very knowledgable and gave me a wonderful tour, using my camera to take photos of me crossing the Artic Circle and many many more super photos. She took me to the shops, never pressuring me to buy but showing me everything that was on offer, then she took me to the post office and encouraged me to write post cards and have them mailed back so that they had the official stamp. The highlight was my few minutes with Santa. When asked she told me what to expect so I was prepared and it made for a memorable video. Thank you very very much.
PS She gave me my official certificate for crossing the Artic Circle

Four friends trip!

January 15, 2020

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I would recommend this tour as it will save you a bit of time (rather than doing it DIY, one by one). It is do-able the three activities in one day in santa village becauseeverything is walking distance in there, but if you want to know more infos and trivias, and save time on searching the places where to do activities, and queuing to buy the tickets then i would recommend you to book this one. It includes everything and the guide will answet yout questions. Thanks to our guide Alex, we manage to do everything we want to do in 1 day. We didnt have to line to buy tickets in that cold weather. The trivias and his shop recommendations are interesting and useful!

Fantastic

January 14, 2020

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We had a brilliant day out with a very informative guide. Collected from our apartment and taken to feed the reindeer, we had a sleigh ride followed by a hot drink. Moved on to visit the Huskies,they were wonderful to see, the ride was brilliant. Met Santa and had lots of information throughout from our guide :)

LOVED IT!

January 12, 2020

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The tour itself was soo worth it. We got to ride in a husky carriage (I advise 5km distance), had a tour in the husky farm, got to pet beautiful huskies, sent letters from Santa’s Post Office, see Santa himself, rode in a reindeer carriage, and had an adventure on snowmobile, and entered the ARCTIC!!! Everything from 10:30 till 16:00. I wish we could spend more time in Santa’s Village but everything closed at 17:00.
Alex was a very very helpful and polite person. He was kind enough to arrange additional things that we wanted to add to the tour today! He was very understanding too. Also, he told us about the live video-cam that was installed right where you enter Arctic Circle. He helped us bu taking a lot of our pictures too!!

Good services

July 5, 2018

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In March 2018 I traveled with friends in Finland. The purpose of the trip was to see the beauty and fabulous places. They stopped in Rovaniemi, the capital of the province of Lapland.

To fully experience the atmosphere of winter, fairy tales and local beauties used the services of the agency Nordic Adventures. It was the right choice.

All tours were guided by guide Alex. It can be seen that the guy understands what he does. He reacted to all our questions and requests promptly and did his best to make his excursions so pleasant that it was just WOW.

Although, it can not be called excursions - it was really ADVENTURE!

Elegant and beautiful nature. We were in national parks, but at our request we went to the wild nature, Alex worked 100%.

In the village of Santa Claus, even I felt like a child in a fairy tale and began to believe in a miracle again) A wonderful feeling.

Also took the tour "Best of Lapland". A trip to Finnish saunas, evenings with northern lights and an abundance of delicious food. Super!

I can say that the agency Nordic Adventures - this is an agency that from a simple vacation can make a fairy tale! A professional guide who knows everything about Lapland and even more, adapts to the wishes of the client. Huge routes, just those in which you can feel all the beauty and color of Lapland.

And of course, I will recommend to all my friends Alex and Nordic Adventure!! Thank you!

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