Reindeer Sledding Experience and Sami Culture Tour from Tromso
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Enjoy the Sami experience of reindeer sledding, where you'll enjoy a long sleigh ride (30 mins) pulled by a wild reindeer. Then feed a herd of 300 reindeer at the camp, and gather inside a traditional Sami tent for a hot meal and to listen to stories about Sami culture around the campfire. A Sami guide will also perform a joik, traditional folk song, for you, before return transportation to Tromsø.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What to bring or wear: warm clothes (at least two layers), gloves, hat, good winter boots
Vegetarian / vegan option available
Gluten free option available
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Pickup and drop-off at designated meeting points
Lunch
Snacks
30-minute reindeer sleigh ride
Transportation to camp
Coffee and/or Tea
Guide
Anything not covered in Inclusions
Baby car seats on the bus (only booster seats are available)
What To Expect
After meeting at the Prostneset bus terminal 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.
Enjoy a 30-minute sleigh ride as the reindeer guide you around the valley and along the coast. Afterwards, you will have the opportunity to feed 300 of these magnificent animals before entering the gamme for a hot traditional meal cooked over the fire. Finish the day by gathering around the fire to listen to Sami history, stories and joiking (songs).
Options
Long sledding
Reviews
473 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Tromso raindeer sledding
Judithroyal,
Jun 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was the best experience of our euro tour in the winter! Everything was so magical and worth it! Everyone super kind and lovely, giving us local food to try! Recommend to all, so much better than what we expected.
Great tour, close encounters with reindeer.
Magda L,
Apr 7, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Very well organized tour, plenty of time to feed the reindeer, the sled is fun, too. Beautiful scenery. Authentic Sami tents available with fire, tea, coffee and cookies, as well as lunch. Highly recommend.
We absolutely loved this...
Merrill W,
Apr 5, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00We absolutely loved this tour! The reindeer were friendly and ready for you to feed them. The sledding portion was my favorite part, in addition to the hot soup and Sami culture.
The best tour - we loved it
debbiedA9684CW,
Mar 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We absolutely loved our Sami guide and all the reindeer. The reindeer were extremely friendly and photogenic : ) Our Sami guide told wonderful stories and answered all our questions and was so unbelievably patient with the rude visitor that answered a phone call from the front row and kept talking!!!
Highly recommended.
drlcs1,
Mar 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a lot more fun than we expected. You get to go very close to the reindeer (abt 300 of them) and interact with them by feeding them. The setting is beautiful. The reason why this herd is here in winter is cos the reindeer need to be fed during winter in recent times cos of ice layers. So this is a way to preserve the reindeer herd which is part of the Sami culture. The Sami culture talk and food were interesting and were really well delivered. I learnt something!
Just amazing! ✨
samanthas222,
Mar 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00this was an amazing tour! So much fun and new knowledge about Sami culture ✨ have a huge and the cutest reindeer herd 💕 super recommend!
Pretty expensive for what you’re getting!
Ute A,
Mar 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00Very different than what I expected. The reindeer sled ride was barely 15 minutes. Feeding the reindeer was nice. The bus driver who drove us was really rude. Overall, pretty expensive for what you’re getting.
Great experience
Gabriela M,
Mar 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Such great experience! Love feeding the reindeers and getting to know more about Sami culture. The sledding is also nice but the feeding was my favorite part. I strongly recommend it.
Unique experience
Veekshith R,
Mar 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It was a day full of reindeer! sled by one, fed another, and even had reindeer for lunch. 😄 It was one of the most unique experiences I’ve ever had, and everything was very well organized. Was interesting to learn and know more about Sami culture from the folks themselves.
Great Sami stories, poor organization.
JOANNE V,
Mar 25, 2025
- Review from Viator
3.00The location is nice, overall the experience is cool. The history of the Sami and stories were very interesting. However, the organization of the company is bad. I was tempted to give less of a review because of this. They were not very communicative, they did not explain what we needed to do, we could barely hear anything as they didnt seem to care enough. When we arrived we were not sure if we were feeding the reindeer first or going on the reindeer sled. They really didnt seem to care about anything they just responded, sure. The food was very good and the Sami stories made it worth it, the Sami history and stories were great and the Sami telling the stories as well. After everything was done there was a snowstorm and it was freezing, they were rushing us saying that the bus was ready, but then let us stand waiting freezing in the storm for over 10 mts, we could have left the warm camp when the bus was actually there, as it took less than 2 minutes to walk to it. Just again awful organization. Unfortunately, next time I would use another company, nothing againts the Sami owners more on the company "organizing it".
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