A guide behind the camera, tips for your own pictures, and the light you can expect in winter.
The short answer
The snowshoe tour from Rovaniemi built around photography is Beyond Arctic's: a professional photographer leads the walk, gives tips for your own landscape pictures and shares a collection of edited photos for download afterwards. Into North includes a few photos the guide takes of you. Aihki Adventures lists a landscape photography spot on its evening walk, where the group waits for the northern lights, which are never guaranteed.
Pick one day, or the first and last day of your stay in Rovaniemi. We look up the booking calendar of every snowshoe tour on this site and list the ones with places left.
Clothing: Clothing, boots if needed
Clothing: Clothes, boots on request
Clothing: Winter clothes
Many guides take a picture of your group in the snow. The tours below put it in writing. The table shows what else they include, because a good photo is no use if you spend the walk cold.
| Photo | Tour | Time of day | Pickup | On snowshoes | Total time | Clothing | Min. age | Price p.p. | Reviews | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-group forest walk with BBQ and photos Into North | not stated | Within 10 km | not stated | 4.5 h | Clothes, boots on request | 10+ | €98 | ★ 5.0 (46) | Book now |
| Snowshoe trip with a photographer guide Beyond Arctic | not stated | Your hotel | A few km | 3 h | Clothing, boots if needed | 6+ | €105 | ★ 5.0 (8) | Book now |
| Quiet northern lights snowshoe walk Aihki Adventures | Evening | Centre or set points | not stated | 3 h | Winter clothes | 7+ | €89 | ★ 5.0 (6) | Book now |
Each snowshoe price is per adult and is read from GetYourGuide or Viator when the page opens, so a listing with a hotel surcharge or a second option can cost more on the booking page.
Each card starts with pickup and clothing. Open it for the full list of what is included and who the operator turns away.
A professional photographer leads the walk, gives camera tips and shares edited photos afterwards. Break in a teepee, from age 6.
A people carrier drives from Rovaniemi to a forest, where the group puts on deep-snow snowshoes and walks a few kilometres. The guide is a professional photographer and gives tips for landscape and nature pictures. The break is in a teepee by the fire. The operator sets the minimum age at 6 because the tour is photography-based and fairly demanding.
Pickup, clothing, food and age limits as the operator lists them on the booking page.
At most 8 guests, sausages and warm berry juice by the fire, and a few photos from the guide afterwards. Ask for clothes and boots when you book.
The guide drives to a forest area not far from Rovaniemi for a snowshoe walk, with a look at animal tracks along the way. Afterwards the group sits by the fire for sausages and hot juice while the guide talks about Finnish nature and local culture. The operator rates it easy.
Pickup, clothing, food and age limits as the operator lists them on the booking page.
The route is chosen each night from the weather and aurora forecast, with a stop to wait at a viewpoint and a warm cabin to use.
After the drive out of town, the group walks on snowshoes through forest and open ground, partly in silence, to a viewpoint chosen for the night. There the guide serves warm drinks and snacks while everyone watches the sky. A cabin with Wi-Fi is available to warm up. The operator states that the aurora cannot be guaranteed and that the walk needs basic fitness.
Pickup, clothing, food and age limits as the operator lists them on the booking page.
Beyond Arctic drives out of Rovaniemi in a people carrier to a spot in the woods and walks a few kilometres on high-quality snowshoes made for deep snow, with poles. The guide is a professional photographer who teaches tricks and techniques for landscape and nature photography as you go. The break is in a teepee by a campfire with snacks and hot drinks. Afterwards you get a password for a collection of edited photos. The minimum age is 6 because the tour is, in the operator's words, photography based and quite demanding; groups stop at 8, and solo travellers should ask the booking platform for a single booking.
Into North sends you a few photographs the guide took of you on the walk. The focus is the walk itself: four and a half hours in total with pickup within 10 km of the centre, sausages and warm berry juice at the fire, at most 8 guests and a minimum age of 10. Winter clothes and boots come only on request. Reviewers of other tours, NordicUnique Travels, Nordic Escapes and Arctic GM among them, also mention guides who took pictures for them, but those listings do not promise it.
Aihki Adventures lists a landscape photography spot on its northern lights walk and says you will not be pushed to pose. Its groups are small and the route changes nightly with the forecast. More evening options are on the northern lights snowshoe page.
On 21 December the sun rises in Rovaniemi at 11:08 and sets at 13:22. Visit Rovaniemi describes the middle of the day in that season as a blue glow, and reviewers from December and February write about watching the sunrise from the forest. By 1 March the sun is up from 7:33 to 17:28. The best-time page has the full table.
Solo travellers and small groups mention the photos in particular. None of the critical reviews we read is about the pictures.
“We really enjoyed this activity! Our guide Emilia brought us to an amazing forest with beautiful views and gave us lots of information while walking around. She made may pictures of us and the nature, as well as providing us with tips for our own camera. Due to the small group size, she had a lot of time for us. Finishing with a campfire and sausages completed this experience. We would definitely recommend to book this tour 😊”
“Great activity. Our guide Mehbub (apologies if I’ve spelt his name wrong) was knowledgeable and friendly. We went to a gorgeous hiking area and he took some beautiful photos of us that we love. Had a delicious Finnish sausage BBQ afterwards. Highly recommended”
“Rafael is an excellent guide. He took us to a perfect place with no one else around and we had the whole place to ourselves. We enjoyed the snowshoeing experience through the forest and the views from the top were spectacular. He also made sure to take some awesome pics and videos for us.”
“It was a very nice trip with a very friendly guide named Bruno. He did it very well and gave the information we asked. He was constantly asking to take photos so we can keep them as a memory and that was very nice, specially as a solotripper. At the end, we did a little barbecue and every was made very well. Thank you Bruno!”
Reviews of snowshoe tours from Rovaniemi, quoted from GetYourGuide.
Beyond Arctic, whose guide is a professional photographer and shares edited photos for download after the tour. Into North sends a few photos the guide took of you.
On the Beyond Arctic tour, yes: the listing promises tricks and techniques for your own landscape and nature photography.
Beyond Arctic accepts children from 6 and offers private tours for younger ones. Into North starts at 10, Aihki Adventures at 7.
If they appear. Aihki Adventures stops at a landscape photography spot to watch the sky, but no operator can guarantee the aurora.
