Go Camping by Dogsled
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Jämtland lies in the middle of Sweden. Here you will find majestic mountains and forests extending for mile upon mile, great lakes, small ponds, babbling brooks and whirling rivers. The Jämtland/Härjedalen area accounts for 12% of the total area of Sweden, but only 1.5% of the country’s total population.
The water is fresh and you can drink it and fish in it everywhere in the province. Jämtland is rich in flowers and has a diverse fauna. Here live all of the four greatest predatory animals in Scandinavia: the brown bear, the wolf, wolverine and lynx. The moose and reindeer are common and often seen by the side of the road.
Duration: 7 days
Dates/Period: 12.04-18.04.08
Price: from £840/person
Groups of min.3 can book this experience on other dates by arrangement.
Accommodation: 2 nights at guest house and 4 nights in tented accommodation.
Required: general good level of fitness, minimum age 13.
A 7-day dog sledding holiday with 5 days' dog sledding, driving your own husky team and camping wild in the mountains.
A real winter adventure, combining the thrills of dog sledding with the freedom and challenge of winter camping. Drive your own dogsled through the mountains of Jämtland, spending the night in tents beneath the stars! You will be travelling through a quiet and unspoiled landscape, home to reindeer, lynx, wolverine and arctic fox.
The dogs you'll meet on your trip are Alaskan Huskies. The Alaskan Husky is a friendly dog that runs fast, pulls hard and likes it. Everyone on this experience will get their own team of 4-6 dogs, and you will care for the needs of the dogs along the way, building snow shelters to protect them from the wind and melting snow for them to drink.
During the night you will stay in tents or teepees and cover between 20-30 km/day. You drive through mountain birch forest and over the vast mountain plains. The area you will travel through has a snowmobile restriction - so it will be just you and your dogsled teams in the white wilderness.
Comments on Go Camping By Dogsled:
"Camping by dogsled was definitely an experience! It was exactly what I wanted to go for." Kevin
"...it was a brilliant experience, exactly what I wanted...for me one of the best experiences I've had. Please pass my thanks on to Tommy, who was great and also had a wicked sense of humour. The people in the pension were also very helpful, even loaning me some cross country skis on our day of arrival...Thanks for all your help and I won't hesitate to either use Nature Travels again or recommend you. Lastly, loved Sweden, beautiful country." Paul
"Fantastic experience and would recommend to others. Great for my two kids (13 and 15) but they are very extreme outdoory types and have been brought up that way....experience was well worth the effort as we took in Stockholm for 2 nights. Tommy was great!" Wayne