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Sparkling Summer Amethyst Mine Visit
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Sparkling Summer Amethyst Mine Visit

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Ages 2-99, max of 16 per group
Duration: 6h 30m
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Live guide: English
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  • Guide in English (other languages available on request: Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese)
  • Pick-up and drop off to your accommodation within 15km (driving distance) from Rovaniemi city center
  • Visit to the amethyst mine
  • You get to keep an amethyst you find (that fits in your closed fist)
  • Campfire BBQ : reindeer sandwich and blueberry juice (vegetarian/vegan alternative upon request)
  • Entry/Admission - Amethyst Mine, Pyhä-Luosto, Lapland


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
  • Maakuntakatu 29, 96200 Rovaniemi, Finland
    The meeting place will be at the our office, Maakuntakatu 29 (next to subway), Rovaniemi 96200. Please meet us at the reception 10 minutes prior to the scheduled meeting time.
Pickup details
  • Pick-up and drop off to your hotel or accommodation within 15 km (driving distance) from Rovaniemi city center. Please be ready and waiting in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time.
Hotel pickup offered
During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
    Airport pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.
    • Rovaniemi Airport, Rovaniemi Finland
    End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

      • Not wheelchair accessible
      • Infant seats available
      If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 65490P64

      • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
      • Departure time may vary depending on the seasons and availability, please double-check with the local partner
      • At least 2 people are required for this tour to take place on weekdays and Saturdays
      • At least 4 people are required for this tour to take place on Sundays and public holidays
      • Children under 12 year old must be accompanied by adults paying the full price
      • Please be ready and wait in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time
      • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
      • Most travelers can participate
      • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
      • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
      • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 16 travelers

      • All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

      If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 65490P64

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      Brijou
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      Feb 2023
      Nous avons passé une semaine à Rovaniemi du 29 janvier au 4 février 2023
      Nous avons optimisé notre séjour en multipliant les activités le plus intensément possible
      C'est au cours de notre excursion pour la Mine d’améthyste au sommet de Lampivaara
      que nous avons rencontré notre guide Oscar
      Un jeune globe-trotter avide de grandes contrées
      qui nous a fait partager sa passion l'amour de cette magnifique immensité immaculée.
      Son aisance de la conduite sur les routes enneigées verglassées nous a laissés admiratifs.
      L’arrêt près d’un lac gelé où nous avons pu constater sa facilité à allumer un feu avec 3 bûches nous a bien épaté.
      Les saucisses grillées autour du feu nous ont bien réconforté.
      Oscar nous a guidé lors d’une longue et magnifique marche dans la neige juste empreintes des pas de petits animaux habitués des lieux où des arbres d’une hauteur incroyables chargés d’une épaisse couche blanche semblaient avoir été statufiés laissant libre cours) à notre imagination, interprétation.
      Certains très fluets, d’autres plus étendus, éparses semblaient nous saluer.
      Nous avions l’impression d’entrer dans le décor d’un livre de contes.
      Une randonnée magique.
      Nous avons pris pour la première fois de notre vie, cet engin entre chasse neige et chenille appelé « Pendolino » pour monter jusqu’à la mine.
      Tout là-haut au-dessus de la forêt immense que désormais nous surplombions le soleil a décidé de nous inviter à le contempler se coucher et nous a offert un sublime cliché.
      L’entrée de la mine illuminée allait peut-être nous livrer ses mystères mais à chacun d’écrire sa propre émotion.
      Nous étions un petit groupe de 4 ce qui était très sympathique et nous avons partagé échanger énormément de choses tout au long du trajet : émotion contemplation.
      Tout s'est parfaitement déroulé et notre petit groupe conservera de formidables moments de convivialité prodigieux souvenirs
      Une magnifique balade dans l'immensité de cette belle nature arctique
      Nous n'avons qu'une hâte pouvoir retrouver un jour ce lieu majestueux
      qui a su nous faire aussi découvrir Oscar !!!
      Brigitte et Thierry
      Les jeunes seniors francais
      Nous envoyons ce message traduit en finnois et anglais mars les mots ne sont pas forcément identiques avec la traduction alors paedon si cela ne correspond pas très bien.

      Anglais
      We spent a week in Rovaniemi from January 29th to February 4th, 2023
      We have optimized our stay by multiplying the activities as intensely as possible
      It is during our excursion to the Amethyst Mine at the top of Lampivaara
      that we met our guide Oscar
      A young globetrotter eager for great lands
      who shared with us his passion the love of this magnificent immaculate immensity.
      His ease of driving on the snowy roads left us in awe.
      The stop near a frozen lake where we could see its ease of lighting a fire with 3 logs impressed us.
      The sausages grilled around the fire comforted us well.
      Oscar guided us on a long and beautiful walk in the snow just footprints of small animals accustomed to places where trees of incredible height charged with a thick white layer seemed to have been statufied giving free rein to our imagination, interpretation.
      Some very thin, others more extensive, scattered seemed to greet us.
      We felt like we were entering the setting of a storybook.
      A magical hike.
      We took for the first time in our lives, this machine between snowplough and caterpillar called "Pendolino" to climb to the mine.
      Up there above the immense forest that we now overlooked the sun decided to invite us to contemplate it setting and offered us a sublime shot.
      The entrance to the illuminated mine would perhaps give us its mysteries but it was up to everyone to write their own emotion.
      We were a small group of 4 which was very friendly and we shared a lot of things throughout the journey: emotion contemplation.
      Everything went perfectly and our small group will keep great moments of conviviality prodigious memories
      A magnificent walk in the immensity of this beautiful arctic nature
      We can't wait to find this majestic place one day.
      who also made us discover Oscar !!!
      Brigitte and Thierry
      Young French seniors
      We send this message translated into Finnish and English March the words are not necessarily identical with the translation so paedon if it does not match very well.

      finnois
      Vietimme viikon Rovaniemellä 29. tammikuuta - 4. helmikuuta 2023
      Olemme optimoineet vierailumme moninkertaistamalla aktiviteetit mahdollisimman voimakkaasti
      Se on retkellämme Ametistikaivokselle Lampivaaran huipulla
      että tapasimme oppaamme Oscarin
      Nuori maailmanmatkaaja, joka haluaa suuria maita
      joka jakoi kanssamme intohimonsa tämän upean tahrattoman äärettömyyden rakkauden.
      Hänen helppoutensa ajaa lumisilla teillä sai meidät hämmästymään.
      Pysäkki lähellä jäätynyttä järveä, jossa näimme sen helppouden sytyttää tulipalo 3 lokilla, teki meihin vaikutuksen.
      Tulen ympärillä grillatut makkarat lohduttivat meitä hyvin.
      Oscar opasti meidät pitkälle ja kauniille kävelylle lumessa vain pienten eläinten jalanjäljet, jotka olivat tottuneet paikkoihin, joissa uskomattoman korkeat puut, jotka oli ladattu paksulla valkoisella kerroksella, näyttivät olevan statufioituja, mikä antoi mielikuvituksellemme vapaat kädet, tulkinnan.
      Jotkut hyvin ohuet, toiset laajemmat, hajallaan olevat näyttivät tervehtivän meitä.
      Meistä tuntui kuin olisimme astumassa satukirjan ympäristöön.
      Maaginen vaellus.
      Otimme ensimmäistä kertaa elämässämme tämän koneen lumiauran ja toukan välillä nimeltä "Pendolino" kiivetäksemme kaivokseen.
      Ylhäällä valtavan metsän yläpuolella, josta nyt unohdimme auringon, päätti kutsua meidät miettimään sen laskua ja tarjosi meille ylevän laukauksen.
      Valaistun kaivoksen sisäänkäynti antaisi meille ehkä sen mysteerit, mutta jokaisen oli kirjoitettava omat tunteensa.
      Olimme pieni 4 hengen ryhmä, joka oli erittäin ystävällinen ja jaoimme paljon asioita koko matkan ajan: tunteiden mietiskelyä.
      Kaikki meni täydellisesti ja pieni ryhmämme pitää hienoja viihtyisyyden hetkiä upeita muistoja
      Upea kävely tämän kauniin arktisen luonnon äärettömyydessä
      Emme malta odottaa, että löydämme tämän majesteettisen paikan jonain päivänä.
      joka sai meidät myös löytämään Oscar !!!
      Brigitte ja Thierry
      Nuoret ranskalaiset eläkeläiset
      Lähetämme tämän viestin käännettynä suomeksi ja englanniksi maaliskuussa, sanat eivät välttämättä ole identtisiä käännöksen kanssa, joten paedon, jos se ei sovi kovin hyvin.
      Written February 22, 2023
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