Kakslauttanen - Finnish resort

Today’s snow adventures have already included a husky safari, having frozen nostrils (because it’s so cold at -25c this morning) and sore ear tips. The snow resort is made up of an east and west village. Each village has glass igloos, log cabins and combo cabins (half igloo, half cabin). There is also a restaurant, bar and small shop, with loads of activities to keep everyone busy. The huskies are kept nearby, and they have about 200 dogs. All they do is pull tourists along. When they’re not working they are individually chained up near their kennels. I’m not sure if I actually agree with this. The dogs seem happy enough and eagerly greet visitors and are keen for the run. The guide told us that they are working to build individual enclosures for each dog, but this is an expensive process. Tonight we move to a log cabin which has its own sauna.Read more