The 11 1-Day Tours in Finland That Pay for Themselves

1.Nuuksio National Park Half-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 688 reviews · 5 hours · from $66Our pick

Review the Nuuksio National Park half-day trip from Helsinki, with forest trails, lakes, public transport tips, guide details, and honest value advice.

“A wonderful couple of hours hiking through the wilderness of the Nuuksio National park. Our guide Mikheil was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the landscape, the foliage, mushrooms, birds and animals on the forest. If you like nature trails then this is a must to do. This is a bit of an intensive hike with lots of climbs (I think the highest was ~340 stair steps) up and down though so at least medium level of fitness and very good knees required.”

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2.Riisitunturi National Park Day Trip with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 313 reviews · 9 hours · from $223

Review of the Riisitunturi National Park day trip from Rovaniemi, with snowy spruce trees, a guided hike, campfire lunch, and practical tips.

“Lola was a great guide. We had a lot of fun in our group and a great time in the snow. Beautiful landscape”

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3.1 Day Pass Lapland Winter Park in Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 36 reviews · 1 day (approx.) · from $83

Review of Lapland Winter Park in Rovaniemi, with ice slides, reindeer, skiing, sledding, shuttle details, costs, and practical tips.

“Lapland Winter Park is packed with lots of fun activities in a beauuutiful setting. Included in the price we had fun sledging, x country skiing, warming up in the kotas, ice-skating, feeding the reindeer, and generally enjoying the surroundings. We also paid extra for my daughter to go mii-snowmobiling. We had a FANTASTIC day!”

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4.Luxury Day Trip to Tallinn with superior cabin VIP guide and lavish buffet

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 27 reviews · 10 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $361

Review of a Helsinki to Tallinn day trip with hotel pickup, private ferry cabin, buffet meals, guided Old Town walk, and practical value advice.

“Boat is very nice and having a cabin was great! We slept on the ride over. The tour guide once we got there was very good and the tour was fun - definitely recommend.”

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5.VIP Private Half-Day Trip to Medieval Porvoo from Helsinki

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $395

Review of a private Porvoo tour from Helsinki, with hotel pickup, a local guide, Old Town walks, cathedral, shops, and practical tips.

“Amazing guide, very knowledgeable and flexible, was happy to show me things I was interested in seeing in Porvoo and discuss other off topic subjects related to Finland in general. I highly recommend this tour to Porvoo, especially the museum and Holm House. A quaint little village full of charms and nostalgia, an important city in Finland's history. Well worth a visit.”

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6.Day Trip to Santa Claus Village with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 8 reviews · 8 hours · from $423

Review of Levi’s Santa Claus Village day trip, with Rovaniemi transfers, lunch, Snowman World, family tips, timing, and value advice.

“Payer aussi cher pour finir dans une cantine le midi Peu de temps sur place. Le prix ne vaut pas du tout ce qui est réellement proposé. Je déconseille fortement cette activité sauf si vous souhaitez perdre beaucoup d’argent On est resté 3h sur place, puis finir à la cantine le midi, la nourriture était mauvaise, et c’est inacceptable de payer 700e pour 2 personnes et manger de la si mauvaise nourriture Donc si vous souhaitez prendre cette agence, c’est à la condition de finir plumer, c’est grotesque”

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7.Ranua Wildlife Park Private Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 6 reviews · from $146

Review of the private Ranua Wildlife Park trip from Rovaniemi, with polar bears, Arctic animals, guide details, price, timing, and practical tips.

“We liked the guide very much, he was helpful and sociable. The park is not that great, many animals were not seen, not even the polar bears that we hoped to see.”

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8.Guided Day Trip to Tallinn by Ferry & VIP Car

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $446Top rated

Cross the Baltic from Helsinki to Tallinn by ferry, then explore the Old Town, Balti Jaam Market, Kadriorg Park, and coast by VIP car.

“The guide and driver were wonderful and very informative/funny. They took us around Tallin and explained each neighborhood and stopped at key sites so we could walk around before taking us to the Medieval City. She also pointed out places to go when we had free time and made sure we knew the route to the pickup spot and where our restaurant was for our dinner reservations. We learnt a lot about Estonia, its history and culture during our visit.”

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9.Bear and Arctic Animals 2 Day Trip from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $940

Meet reindeer, Greenland dogs, Arctic wildlife, and bears on a two-day Rovaniemi trip with an overnight wilderness cabin stay.

“An amazing trip visiting carefully selected locations which gave us a truely memorable experience. Both the Reindeer and Greenland dog owners clearly love and care greatly for their animals. The overnight bear hide/cabin experience was Read more”

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10.Day Trip to Ranua Arctic Wildlife Park from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $158

Review of the Ranua Arctic Wildlife Park day trip from Rovaniemi, with transport, winter gear, barbecue lunch, guides, price, and practical tips.

“The trip was seamless with full transport and bbq lunch and interesting tour given by our guide Gustav. He is knowledgeable and kind to offer to take pictures for all of us.”

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11.Half-Day Trip to Ranua Wildlife Park from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $194

Visit polar bears, reindeer, wolves, and more at Ranua Wildlife Park on a small-group trip from Rovaniemi with lunch included.

“Interesting visit with the guide (Léo) who gave us all the necessary explanations and who made the experience rich and very pleasant.”

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