Had pre-booked the king crab excursion with Snow Hotel.
Pick up was timely and right away upon reaching Snow Hotel (they were busy building their 2018 Snow Hotel expected to commence 20/12/2018.
We were guided to the changing and gearing up room where winter overalls, boots, gloves, helmets and “ninja balaclava” are also selected according to sizes and after general safety instructions we were quickly on our way to understand the giant king crab origin and to play our role to control the population by eating them. One of Norway export with commercial fishing only in Sept and Oct.
Still contributes 500 mil euros per annum in export.
After an amazing inspirational snowmobile driven sleigh ride through the white, fresh winter wonderland we arrive at our crab hole where traps were laid for tourism.
Our guide was comical in sharing the intricacies of the king crab with very detail and interesting facts on the crab. After pictures and our lesson we made our way back to the Snow Hotel Restaurant where our catch was cooked fresh into the boiling pot.
After waiting (with very nice hot ginger lemon drink) our huge crab legs au natural was delivered where we savoured to our needs all that you can eat.
The freshness is top notch and this contributes to the wonderful meal.
Word of caution as you cannot overeat as the crab legs are huge and very filling.
After lunch we took more pics of the very nice cabins, the reindeers and the huskies (quite a lot of them) and Snow Hotel allowed the various groups to play and interact with the huskies and other breeds to the delight of both the guests and the dogs.
What a day, it’s this moments that make the tour so much to treasure