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Reindeer farm visit in Levi: from a short stop to half a day

A reindeer farm visit in Levi comes in two sizes: a compact visit with herders and a short sleigh ride, or a half day at a small farm in the wilderness with snowshoes and a fire.

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Editorial team, reindeerfarmlevi.comUpdated October 22, 2026Read time: 6 min17 sources

The tour behind this guide Levi reindeer farm visit with a short sleigh ride 4.1 (503 reviews) 1.5 hoursLocal herders explain reindeer herdingShort sleigh ride, hot juice and cookies from$130per person Check availabilityNo charge to cancel until 24 hrs before the farm visit

Short answer

01Compact visit: This site's tour: herders, a short ride, hot juice, 1.5 hours.
02Top wilderness pick: Soma Adventures' farm by a lake: 4 hours, 4.96 from 95 reviews.
03With ice fishing: A Lompolo farm with perch fishing and soup lunch, 4 hours.
04Longest day: Raattama farm, snowmobile sleigh and snowshoes, 5.5 hours.
05Age limits: Several wilderness visits exclude children under 12 or 13.

Two kinds of farm visit

A reindeer farm visit in Levi usually means one of two things. The compact version takes about an hour and a half: a transfer, time with the herders and their reindeer, a short sleigh ride and something hot to drink. That is the format of this site's tour, and of several sleigh rides bookable from the village.

The other kind is a half day at a small farm out in the wilderness. Here the reindeer are part of a longer program: a walk on snowshoes across a frozen lake, a campfire, a lunch, sometimes ice fishing or a climb up a fell. These visits run 3 to 5.5 hours, keep groups small and cost more.

Neither is better in itself. If your days in Levi are full of skiing and you want to meet reindeer and hear how herding works, the compact visit fits into an afternoon. If you want to feel how quiet Lapland is away from the slopes, a wilderness farm gives you hours, not minutes, with the animals and the landscape.

A half day in the wilderness

The lakeside farm visit in order

Pickup

From your holiday home

A family member collects you in the Levi area.
On the way

Van to the farm

About 30 minutes each way.
At the farm

Meet the herd

Touch the reindeer, feed them lichen, walk one.
Outdoors

Snowshoes on the lake

Across the frozen lake into the forest.
At the cabin

Campfire

Sausages, pastries and a hot drink.
Return

Back to Levi

4 hours after pickup.

The compact visit this site recommends

This site's tour is the reindeer experience run by Arctic Circle Snowmobile Park Levi. You meet your guide, are driven to the reindeer in Levi, and spend the visit with local herders and farmers who explain the traditions of reindeer herding and answer questions about local life, including how herders know which reindeer belongs to them.

There is time for photos with the reindeer, a short sleigh ride and hot juice with cookies; pickup and drop-off from set locations and a guide in English are included. It lasts 1.5 hours and starts from $130, cancellable at no charge until 24 hours ahead, and you can book now and pay later.

With 503 reviews it is the most reviewed reindeer visit from Levi, rated 4.14. Reviewers praise the guides and the information about the animals, and some found the ride short; treat it as a farm visit with a ride, not a long sleigh journey. Children aged 4 to 12 pay a child rate, and anyone 13 or older pays the adult price.

Hours

How long each farm visit lasts

hrs

Total time from pickup to drop-off as each listing states it.

Side by side

Reindeer farm visits from Levi

Visit	Time	Beyond the reindeer	Minimum age	Rating
Herders' visit	1.5 hrs	Short sleigh ride	Child rate 4-12	4.14
Lakeside family farm	4 hrs	Snowshoes, campfire	13	4.96
Lompolo farm	4 hrs	Ice fishing, soup lunch	4	5.00
Farm and fell walk	3 hrs	Lassoing, fell hike	13	5.00
Raattama day	5.5 hrs	Snowmobile sleigh, snowshoes, lunch	12	4.61

From each GetYourGuide listing; the fell walk has 2 reviews and the Raattama day 3.

Three half days

Lake, ice hole or sleigh to Saivo

Arctic Reindeer Farm Experience with Snowshoeing in the Wild

Most reviewed

Lakeside farm

Soma Adventures

Time: 4 hrs
Group: Up to 8
Rating: 4.96 (95)

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Authentic Reindeer Experience, Ice Fish & Lunch in the Wild

With ice fishing

Lompolo farm

Soma Adventures

Time: 4 hrs
Lunch: Soup
Rating: 5.00 (26)

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Levi: Reindeer Farm Visit and Snowshoe Adventure with Lunch

Longest day

Raattama day

Saivo Wild Lapland

Time: 5.5 hrs
Group: Private
Rating: 4.61 (3)

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Decision helper

Which farm visit fits your trip?

Start from the time you can give it

An afternoon between ski days A half day with lots of reindeer Younger children in the group A private, full program

Herders' visit

1.5 hours, with pickup from set locations.

Lakeside farm

A private farm with hundreds of reindeer, rated 4.96.

Lompolo farm

Open to children from 4 years, with ice fishing.

Raattama day

Private groups, 5.5 hours, lunch included.

Please remember to treat the animals respectfully: they do not like loud noises, sudden movements or petting.

Visit Finland (Business Finland's national tourism organisation)Source 1

A family farm on a wilderness lake

The most-reviewed wilderness visit near Levi is Soma Adventures' Arctic reindeer farm experience, 4.96 from 95 reviews. A member of the family business picks you up from your holiday home in the Levi area and drives about 30 minutes to a private reindeer farm and cabin on a wilderness lake, with hundreds of reindeer.

At the farm you can touch the reindeer, feed them lichen and take one for a walk, before a snowshoe walk across the frozen lake into the forest. The visit ends at the family cabin with a campfire, sausages, pastries and a hot drink; snowshoes, thermal long jackets, guidance and photos are included.

It lasts 4 hours, takes groups of up to 8 and starts from $218. It is not suitable for children under 13, and the listing suggests bringing cash if you want to buy souvenirs such as reindeer antlers.

Map

Levi, its reindeer farms and the Sámi Homeland to the north

Where Levi sits in Finnish Lapland, the camps and farms its reindeer rides drive to, and the meeting points in the village.

Map of Finnish Lapland from Rovaniemi north to Levi, Kolari, Sodankylä, Raattama, Enontekiö, Inari and Utsjoki — Levi in Finnish Lapland

Map of the area east and north of Levi with the reindeer camps at Rautusjärvi, Sokkaporantie and Muoniontie — Reindeer camps near Levi

Street map of Levi village with Levi Summit, Hissitie and the Burger King parking place — Levi village

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Rovaniemi
About 170 km from Levi's centre, with numerous reindeer farms in and around the town.² ³
In Google Maps ↗
2
Levi
Levi's home village is Sirkka in Kittilä, some 170 km above the Arctic Circle; the municipality keeps 12,000 reindeer.⁴ ⁵
In Google Maps ↗
3
Kolari
The nearest railway station, about 80 km from Levi.²
In Google Maps ↗
4
Sodankylä
Its northern part around Vuotso belongs to the Sámi Homeland; the polar night here lasts four days.⁶ ⁷
In Google Maps ↗
5
Raattama
The wilderness village of the 5.5-hour farm visit with a snowmobile sleigh ride, snowshoes and a soup lunch.
In Google Maps ↗
6
Enontekiö
One of the municipalities of the Sámi Homeland; Kittilä, where Levi lies, is not among them.⁶
In Google Maps ↗
7
Inari
Home of the Sámi Museum Siida, whose pages trace the herding year from the calf month of May.⁸ ⁶
In Google Maps ↗
8
Utsjoki
On the northern border, inside the Sámi Homeland; its polar night lasts almost two months.⁶ ⁷
In Google Maps ↗
9
Rautusjärvi
The camp of the 800 m sleigh rides with a Sámi herder, 10 to 15 minutes by van from Levi.
In Google Maps ↗
10
Sokkaporantie
The farm of the 1.5-hour reindeer safari with lichen feeding, 15 minutes by car.
In Google Maps ↗
11
Muoniontie
The camp of the 3-in-1 day with reindeer, huskies and a snowmobile-towed sleigh.
In Google Maps ↗
12
Samiland
The exhibition at Levi Summit, whose paddock reindeer stay from November to April.⁹ ¹⁰
In Google Maps ↗
13
Hissitie 11
The Levi Center meeting point of the Polar Lights Tours rides, next to Kotipizza.
In Google Maps ↗
14
Burger King Levi
Where the black minivan to the Rautusjärvi camp waits.
In Google Maps ↗

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Checklist

For a long visit at a wilderness farm

Clothing

Base layer, fleece and a hooded windproof jacket
Boots that fit snowshoe bindings
A dry spare layer in a small backpack

Before you go

Check the minimum age on the listing
Cash for antler souvenirs at some farms
Ask the operator for the start time

Cost calculator

Price a farm visit for your group

Choose a visit and the number of people.

Herders' visit1.5 hoursfrom $130 Lakeside farm4 hoursfrom $218 Lompolo farm4 hoursfrom $287 Raattama day5.5 hoursfrom $218

People 2

Total from$260

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Totals: the lowest GetYourGuide price for each reindeer outing multiplied by your party, converted with today's ECB rate; GetYourGuide confirms the exact sum.

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Ice fishing at Lompolo, a fell walk, or Raattama by sleigh

The same family runs two more visits. One goes 35 minutes to the wilderness village of Lompolo, which the listing describes as home to 55 people and over 6,500 reindeer; after the farm visit you try ice fishing for perch and share a soup lunch in a hut. It lasts 4 hours, accepts children from 4 years, takes up to 8 and starts from $287, rated 5.00 from 26 reviews.

The other combines a traditional reindeer farm, with lassoing practice using a suopunki, with a 15-minute drive to a wilderness fell and a 20-minute hike to the top, then a campfire. It lasts 3 hours and starts from $299, but has only 2 reviews so far and excludes children under 13.

Saivo Wild Lapland takes private groups to the village of Raattama for a farm visit, then by snowmobile sleigh to Saivo for snowshoeing to a river and a lake and a homemade soup lunch in a cabin. At 5.5 hours it is the longest, from $218, with 3 reviews, a minimum of 2 participants and no children under 12.

What makes an ethical reindeer farm in Lapland

Searching for an ethical reindeer farm in Lapland is a fair instinct, and there are signs you can check. Visit Rovaniemi puts the principle simply: on responsible tours the animals are never forced to run or pull a sled, and activities are based on their natural characteristics and needs.¹¹

Watch how the animals are handled. Visit Finland asks visitors to treat reindeer respectfully, noting that they do not like loud noises, sudden movements or petting, and Finnish law forbids frightening them.¹ ¹² A farm where guides keep groups calm, step in when someone crowds an animal, and let reindeer rest is doing its job.

Read what a listing commits to. Small group limits, a family that lives with the herd, a clear account of what the reindeer eat and how the visit fits the herding year are all good signs. The Sámi Parliament adds one more test for any farm that presents Sámi culture: in Sámi tourism, the providers come from within the Sámi community.¹³

Dressing and planning for a long day outside

A wilderness visit means hours outdoors, much of it standing, walking slowly or sitting by a fire. The cold is real: at the Kittilä Airport station February averages a daily low of -16.4 °C and a high of -7.4 °C.¹⁴ Check what is lent: Soma Adventures includes thermal long jackets, while Saivo Wild Lapland lists clothes as not included.

Layer as Visit Levi advises: merino next to the skin for those who sweat little, fleece above it and a windproof hooded jacket outermost; a fur hat suits the deepest cold.¹⁵ ¹⁶ ¹⁷ Snowshoeing warms you up, and the fire at the end cools you down, so carry a dry spare layer in a small backpack.

Daylight shapes the plan in midwinter. The middle of December brings no sunrise in Levi, and the middle of January only 3.2 hours of daylight.¹⁴ A start in the middle of the day makes the most of the light; ask the operator which start times it offers.

Which visit to book

If you have one free afternoon between ski days, take the compact visit: 1.5 hours with herders, a short ride and hot juice, from $130. It is the simplest way to meet reindeer from Levi and hear how herding works.

If you can give the reindeer a full half day, Soma Adventures' lakeside farm has the strongest record of the wilderness visits, at 4.96 from 95 reviews. Families with younger children should look at the Lompolo ice fishing day, which accepts children from 4 years.

Groups who want privacy and the longest day can book Raattama with Saivo Wild Lapland, keeping in mind that its review count is still tiny. Whichever you choose, book early in the season: small farms take small groups, and a full date is full.

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