Discover ancient Sami culture and let your hosts show you their world.
Start your Sami experience by hand-feeding a herd of 300 reindeer before entering the gamme for a hot traditional meal cooked over the fire. Finish the day by gathering around the fire to enjoy joiking (traditional Sami songs), Sami history and stories.
Itinerary
- 25 min bus drive to the reindeer camp
- Feeding of wild reindeer around the reindeer camp
- Guests can test lasso throwing (not on real reindeer)
- Hot drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate) around the fire inside a warm candle lit gamme (traditional Sami hut)
- Warm lunch of bidos (a traditional Sami stew) with more hot drinks and cookies (vegetarian option possible)
- Storytelling of Sami culture
- A joik performance (traditional Sami folk songs)
- 25 min bus ride back to Tromsø city centre
Included
Guiding, transfer (25 min. each way), lunch, cultural experience, reindeer feeding, thermal suits on request.
Meeting time/place
20 minutes before tour start time at the bus terminal at Tromsø Havn Prostneset
Tromso Arctic Reindeer camp if you come by your own transport.
Departure
10:00 or 13:00
Duration
4 hours
Please Bring
Comfortable clothes, shoes
