Hey everyone! I'm Rebecca from NSW. My hubby Stanley and I did a ripper during Finland tour from Australia back in January 2024. Just wanted to share our experience with you all. We booked our itinerary through finlandtour.fi, a top-notch local Finnish tour company. Big shoutout to Denny for making it a memory of a lifetime. The whole trip was organised brilliantly. Cheers!

About our Finland tour from Australia

Me and Stanley were really keen on visiting Finland before planning for a baby, but somehow, we just couldn't get it sorted for years. In 2023, I took it upon myself to push things forward. I started researching for the tour, and it quickly became clear that Lapland in January would be freezing. January was the only month that worked for us due to our work commitments. I'm usually alright with cold weather, but Stanley absolutely hates it. We had a long chat, and I finally convinced him to give it a go.

I thought that was the hardest part sorted, but I was wrong. When I began looking into itineraries, availabilities, tours, and flights, I realized it wasn't easy at all, and we'd need professional help. I work at Westpac, and my busy schedule made it tough to plan it properly.

We decided to find a travel company that could handle everything for us. Stanley tried contacting a few agencies in Sydney, but to our surprise, the quotes were way too high. So, we continued our search online and found finlandtour.fi's 13 nights, 14 days Finland tour itinerary. I sent them a message, and that was the turning point of our tour.

Our Finland tour itinerary

Denny helped us sort out our itinerary and handled all the bookings. We felt quite reassured because they were from a local Finnish company, and we already knew that Finnish people are very trustworthy – and they certainly proved it. Below is our itinerary, which might help other travel seekers, do drop me your questions at comments, i will be happy to help:

• Day1: Arrival at Helsinki Airport + pickup and transfer to Helsinki Hotel + explore on your own + start of our Finland tour from Australia
• Day 2: Breakfast + Transfer to Porvoo + 1:30 hours guided tour + return to Helsinki + explore day own
• Day 3: A free day in Helsinki to explore on your own
• Day 4: Breakfast + Checkout from Hotel + Transfer to Helsinki Airport + flight to Ivalo + transfer to Saariselka Igloo resort from Ivalo + checkin to Igloo room
• Day 5 - Breakfast + 2 hours Snowmobile Safari + Explore on your own
• Day 6: Breakfast + checkout + private transfer to Rovaniemi + Checkin to Hotel + Northern lights tour
• Day 7: Breakfast + Santa Claus village (Meet Santa + Snowman world entry + 500 meters Husky ride + Lunch) + End of the day
• Day 8: Breakfast + Polar Explorer Ice breaker cruise
• Day 9: Breakfast + Ranua Zoo entry + Sauna Bath
• Day 10: Breakfast + Checkout from Hotel + Keep Luggage in Hotel Cloak room + Explore on your own + Transfer to Rovaniemi station + Overnight train to Helsinki
• Day 11: Arrival at Helsinki in the morning + Keep Bags in Hotel + 2hours Helsinki City tour from 12-14:00 hours + Checkin to hotel + Rest for the day
• Day 12: Breakfast + transfer to Helsinki Port + Ferry / Cruise to Tallinn + Transfer to Tallinn hotel + 2 hours Guided tour in Tallinn
• Day 13: Breakfast+ checkout from Hotel + transfer to Tallinn port + ferry/cruise to Helsinki + transfer to hotel from Helsinki port + Checkin to hotel +Explore on own
• Day 14: Breakfast + checkout + transfer to Airport + end of our Finland tour and depart for Australia

Our Hotels in Finland

Nights	City	Hotel	Room Type	Meals Included
3	Helsinki	Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel	Standard Room	Breakfast
2	Saariselkä	Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort	Standard Room	Breakfast, Dinner
4	Rovaniemi	Santa Claus Hotel	Standard Room	Breakfast
1	Rovaniemi / Train	Overnight Train	Sleeper Cabin	None
1	Helsinki	Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel	Standard Room	Breakfast
1	Tallinn	Mertion Old Town Hotel	Standard Room	Breakfast
1	Helsinki	Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel	Standard Room	Breakfast