Reindeer Visit, Sami Culture Exchange and Traditional Sami Meal from Tromso
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311 Ratings
Tromsø
Immerse yourself in the rich Sami culture and experience a traditional Sami meal while visiting a reindeer camp in Tromso. Feed the wild reindeer, enjoy a warm candlelit meal, listen to stories, and hear a traditional Sami song.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Tromsø - After meeting in front of the Radisson Blu Hotel take the bus for a 25-minute drive by the nice coast of Tromsø to arrive at the destination, the Sami camp, where the reindeer and the rest of our guides will be waiting for you.
What's Included
- Warm overalls provided
- Convenient pickup and drop-off at meeting points
- Lunch included
- Snacks provided
- Transportation to camp
- Tea and coffee available
- Experienced guide for the tour
What's Not Included
- Anything not covered in Inclusions
Additional Information
For ages, the Sami and their reindeer have inhabited and worked this territory, just recently opening their lives to visitors. At their encampment, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with a group of nearly 300 wild reindeer, some of whom will come close enough to eat from your hand. Following your encounter with the reindeer, you’ll be welcomed into a warm, candlelit traditional Sami hut known as a gamme for hot beverages and a serving of bidos, a typical Sami stew often served at weddings and other notable events, cooked directly on the open flame.
Post-lunch, you’ll be ushered into a lavvu (a Sami tent) to sit by the fire and hear tales of Sami culture and the realities of life as a reindeer herdsman. Your Sami host will also treat you to a rendition of a joik, a traditional form of Sami song.
- What to bring or wear: Warm clothes (at least two layers), gloves, hat, and good winter boots
- Vegetarian / vegan option available
- Gluten free option available
Location
Tromsø Arctic Reindeer Pick Up point
Samuel Arnesens gate
- Pick up 9.45 (morning tour) / 12.45 (afternoon tour) at the corner of Bankgata and Fredrik Langes Gate
- Our pick up guides wear blue 'Tromso Arctic Reindeer' jackets.
- Please arrive with time to spare so we can ensure a prompt departure of 10.00 / 13.00.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(311 Ratings)
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Patrisiam2024
Apr 18, 2024
Great! - The restaurant is amazing, great service, food was amazing, full of flavour and will be back! The poppadoms were lovely, the korma was perfect! Thankyou!
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Ema_p
Apr 18, 2024
Seeing the raindeer is amazing - It was amazing seeing the raindeer, definitely worth taking the tour! We first fed the raindeer, then ate a raindeer stew and listened to some Sami people stories.
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Rikkilp
Apr 17, 2024
Amazing experience - We had an amazing time meeting and feeding the reindeer. We were lucky enough for a large amount of them to come down to the feeding area even though the snow storm was quite heavy. Learning about Sami culture after the feeding was also amazing, so interesting and our guide Daniel was so lovely and funny! Such a great experience, highly recommend
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Karinra
Mar 31, 2024
such a beautiful and happy experience - such a beautiful experience! even though it was a big group of people in a big bus, it always felt personal and very chilled. the staff and the Sami people were super friendly and always up for a chat. we could ask all out questions and had really nice conversations with them. we spent quite some time feeding the reindeers and were able to walk around the land as far as we wanted. The traditional reindeer stew for lunch was delicious and the hot chocolate as well. the story telling from the Sami man was so sweet and funny. overall a very beautiful, fun and happy experience. was absolutely worth the money and i would totally recommend it to anyone visiting Tromsø during this time of the year.
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Travellight721
Mar 29, 2024
Reindeer - Reviews are accurate in their description of the days events.
Clean bus picks you up on time. Very organized with pleasant staff. Feed the reindeer, take a ride in a reindeer sled with a warm reindeer "blanket", hot chocolate and cookies in a tent with fire anytime you like, Reindeer stew for lunch and a talk from one of the Sami who gave a talk about their culture and would answer any question you have. We had great weather and I can imagine how a different scenario could affect the day. Also website show they were fully booked for our only availability but after I sent an email they accommodated us! Highly recommended.
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Jcevet
Mar 29, 2024
Must see, must do, must experience - A magical sight to see so many reindeer clustered together. A truly unique and absolutely ahh-mazing experience to be in such close contact with the reindeer and to be able to feed them. They are so adorable and cute! Some would even try and get your attention by touching you with their hoof so that you would turn around and feed them. The two lovely Sami ladies were fabulous and they enlightened us with some facts about the Sami culture. Although the sleigh ride had to be canceled due to icy conditions, we had a wonderful time altogether!
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Raquelhess
Mar 27, 2024
Great tour - Great experience with the reindeers and Sami people. The company is very organized and the place with the reindeers is amazing.
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Ma_gorzataf584
Mar 26, 2024
Interesting experience - There is a large terrain with the reindeer where you can walk and feed them from the bucket. The problem with our tour was that at that time the terrain was like a lake of melted snow with reindeer poop floating everywhere.
Our shoes soaked and we spent two more hours in the tent, having a meal and listening the story of a Sami lady.
We were cold despite the fire and my son got a fever after this trip.
We were also smelling like smoke after sitting all this time inside the tent with a fire.
The meal did not taste us.
The best part of this trip for me were the stories told by the Sami lady.
Of course reindeers are interesting as well, but they don’t like cuddles, and they are quite insistent when it comes to food;)
But overall it was a good experience ;)
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Lisa_j
Apr 1, 2024
Sami Experience and Reindeer Feeding - Such a wonderful few hour's. Highly recommend this trip. Feeding the Reindeer was amazing, as was our Sami host (I’m so sorry but l don’t remember your name; l do remember that you speak Northern Sami and are 21 years old). She was very knowledgeable and informative. Highlight of the trip was her talk and joik. The reindeer stew, Bidos and chocolate cake were also both excellent. My only reason for dropping one star was that the check in with the tour operator was confusing, unclear and disorganised which resulted in departing late, the lack of direction from them at the venue, meant that we ended up in the wrong tent along with many other guests.
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Neus_r
Mar 27, 2024
turist trap - It’s not bad, but nothing special either. We think it’s better to explore yourself than to go on these kind of tours.
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