Dog Sledding in Kiruna

In January 2014 I visited Kiruna, Sweden and went Dog Sledding!

Booking in advance is helpful, as I learned, since all of the dog sled companies were  booked up for the nights, and only two were available during the day (we stayed for three days). You can click here or here to find more information on dog sledding in Kiruna. It costs us about 850 SEK per person (but we did get a student discount).

We found out that all of the dog sled companies are basically the same, although some market themselves differently than others. We took the one marketed as “fast” and where you stay at a Sami tent for fika.

However, all of them let will you pet the dogs before heading out on your sledding tour, they all offer some kind of fika (a light sandwich and coffee or tea) and a place to rest. Some are cabins, ours was a teepee like tent.

And they all provide you with clothings, a hat, and gloves that you wear over your own clothes (and you still can get cold).

There were four of us that sat on the sled (two couples), plus the driver.

The driver let us “drive” with him for a few minutes, which was a cool experience and a totally different view when standing up.

The only real difference is the time of day you travel: either you can go in the early afternoon or you can go at night (often marketed as the Northern Lights tour). The Northern Lights tour must be a fun trip to ride around the dark on a dog sled. However, don’t get your hopes up about seeing the Northern Lights. They’re elusive and you can’t see them all the time. Click on my link below for more information on the Northern Lights.

Dog sledding was a lot of fun!

Click here to read about the Ice Hotel in Kiruna, click here to read about Cross Country Skiing in Kiruna, click here to read about how to see the Northern Lights, and click here to read about the town and my hotel/hostel accommodation experience.