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From Rovaniemi · 3 hours · By day
Ice Floating Rovaniemi
Nordic Adventures collects you from your hotel, dresses you in a thermal rescue floating suit and takes you to a frozen lake to float, with hot drinks and cookies afterwards. At least two people book together.
By day or after dark
Which Ice Floating Tour in Rovaniemi?
For ice floating in Rovaniemi, book Nordic Adventures’ Daytime Ice Floating in Rovaniemi, Frozen Lake Experience: 3 hours with hotel pickup, a thermal rescue floating suit, an English-speaking guide, and hot drinks and cookies in a cottage after the float. It costs US$131.17 a person, US$262.34 for two (checked November 2026), at least two people book together, and it is rated 4.8 from 304 reviews on GetYourGuide.
Daytime Ice Floating in Rovaniemi, Frozen Lake Experience
Nordic Adventures: starts at 10:30 AM or 12:30 PM, hotel pickup, the suit, a guide, hot drinks and cookies. From 14 years and 150 cm.
Check float dates →Rovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating and Northern Lights Tour
Nordic Adventures' 7:00 PM float: the same suits and pickup, cookies and hot berry juice, and the northern lights if they show, which is never guaranteed.
See the evening float →Rovaniemi: Ice Floating in Forest Lake with Combo Options
NordicUnique Travels' 2.5-hour float in a forest lake from 7:30 PM, with gingerbread and hot drinks. It runs with at least two people, four on Sundays, and refunds in full if that number is not met.
See the forest lake float →Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). The price for your date and group shows before you pay, so treat these figures as a guide, not a quote.
Travelling alone? Wonderlapland’s daytime float and Nordic Adventures’ own two floats on Viator take one adult; the table below has Wonderlapland’s float and the evening one on Viator.
- 4.8 / 5 304+ Reviews
- 3 hours Duration
- 3 hours The float takes 3 hours, with hotel pickup and drop-off in the price
- Suit in The thermal rescue floating suit, the guide, hot drinks and cookies are in the price
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Daytime Float Includes
Hotel pickup, the thermal rescue floating suit, an English-speaking guide, the float itself, and hot drinks and cookies after.
Nordic Adventures' own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- Experience ice floating in Rovaniemi
- Adults only activity
- Enjoy ice floating with no special skills required
- Create a once-in-a-lifetime memory
- Share a unique group experience
What's Included
- Floating program
- Thermal rescue floating suits
- Professional English speaking guide
- Hot drinks and cookies
- Hotel pickup & drop off
Good to know: Snow and ice on the lake are not guaranteed in October–November, as this depends on natural conditions · The minimum height to participate in the program is 150 cm and the minimum age is 14 years. Maximum height is 210 cm. Maximum weight is 110 kg · Please note that regular physical and mental health is required to participate in this experience. Participants must be able to follow safety instructions and move in the water · You will be more comfortable if you know how to swim, but this is not a "must" for participating in the program · Not suitable for: Children under 14 years, Pregnant women, People with back problems, Wheelchair users, People under 4 ft 9 in (150 cm), People with mobility impairments · Not Included: Camera
How the Float Runs
The 3-hour float: hotel pickup, the suit and the guide's instructions, time in the water, then a warm-up indoors.
Pickup from Your Hotel
Nordic Adventures collects you from your Rovaniemi hotel; you choose yours from its pickup list when you book. Starting times are 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM, plus 2:30 PM on some dates (13 January and 17 March 2027 among them).
Suit Up and Listen
You put on a thermal rescue floating suit and the guide gives the safety instructions. Bring socks. Swimming is not a must, though you will be more comfortable if you can swim.
Float
You step into the water and lie back. The suit is made of light, waterproof material to keep you warm and dry while you float.
Warm Up, Then Back
Hot drinks and cookies in a cottage by the lake, then the drive back to your hotel.
Photo Gallery
Floating on a Frozen Lake
Snow on the shore, an open stretch of water in the ice, and the thermal rescue floating suits.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Nordic Adventures' daytime float from Rovaniemi: hotel pickup and drop-off, a thermal rescue floating suit, an English-speaking guide, and hot drinks and cookies afterwards. 3 hours; at least two people book together. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Before You Book
Ice Floating in Rovaniemi, One Question per Page
The price, day or evening and the northern lights, whether it is worth it, who can go, what to wear and where to stay.
Prices are each page's featured tour: GetYourGuide checked November 2026. Tour prices are in US dollars (US$) per person unless a card says otherwise.
Four Ice Floating Tours from Rovaniemi on One Table
Two daytime floats and two evening floats: when each starts, who can book alone, who can take part, what is in the price and how you get there. Prices with the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE Daytime Ice Floating, Nordic Adventures | Ice Floating Experience, Wonderlapland | Evening float with northern lights, Nordic Adventures | Evening float, Nordic Adventures Oy (Viator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$131.17 per person (checked November 2026) (at least two people book together: US$262.34 for two, US$131.17 each; one person alone cannot book) | From US$132.27 per person (checked November 2026) (one adult can book) | From US$136.68 per person (checked November 2026) (at least two people book together: US$273.36 for two, US$136.68 each; one person alone cannot book) | From US$144.92 per person (checked November 2026) (one adult can book on Viator) |
| Starts | 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM; 2:30 PM added on some dates | 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM | 7:00 PM | 7:00 PM |
| Length | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours | 3 hours |
| Book Alone? | No: at least two people | Yes | No: at least two people | Yes, on Viator |
| Getting There | Hotel pickup and drop-off | Pickup and drop-off | Hotel pickup and drop-off | Pickup from listed hotels |
| Who Can Take Part | 14 and over, 150 to 210 cm, up to 110 kg | Suits fit 140 to 190 cm and 40 to 95 kg; know how to swim | 14 and over, 150 to 210 cm, up to 110 kg | 14 to 70, 150 to 210 cm, up to 110 kg |
| After the Float | Hot drinks and cookies in a cottage | A hot drink and fresh cookies | Cookies and hot berry juice in a wooden cottage | Warm drinks and cookies |
| Northern Lights | A daytime float | A daytime float | If they show; never guaranteed | If they show; never guaranteed |
| Best For | Two or more who want a float in daylight with hotel pickup | Travelling alone, or a 2:00 PM start | Two people who want the evening and a chance of the lights | One person who wants the evening float |
| Check float dates | See the float | See the evening float | See on Viator |
Other Floats
Morning Floats, Evening Floats and Viator
Wonderlapland's and Safartica's daytime floats, Safartica's evening float, and Nordic Adventures' two floats on Viator.
WINTER CLOTHING INRovaniemi: Arctic Ice Floating Experience
Safartica's daytime float at 11:00 AM: transfers, winter clothing, the rescue suit, hot drinks and biscuits, and guiding in English. No swimming skills needed; from 120 cm; one adult can book.
EVENINGRovaniemi: Ice Floating under Aurora Borealis
Safartica's evening float on a frozen lake, with transfers, winter clothing, hot drinks and guiding, and the northern lights only if the sky is clear and they appear. From 120 cm; it runs with at least two adults.
ON VIATOR, BY DAYDaytime Arctic Ice-Floating in Rovaniemi, Small-Group
Nordic Adventures Oy's daytime float on Viator: 3 hours with hotel pickup and drop-off, thermal rescue floating suits, and hot drinks and cookies. From 14 years and 150 cm, up to 110 kg; one adult can book on Viator.
Ice floating in Rovaniemi
How the Floats Differ
What a float is, the daytime float step by step, day or evening, who can take part, the season and the ice, and what guests say.
Ice floating in Rovaniemi: what you actually do
You put on a thermal rescue floating suit, step into the water of a frozen lake and lie back. The suit keeps you afloat and, in Nordic Adventures’ words, warm and dry. The lakes are not named: the tours collect you in Rovaniemi and drive you out. Visit Rovaniemi, the city’s tourism office, lists ice floating among its ways to experience the frozen waters: “you can put on a floating suit and try ice flotation” (14 November 2026).
The daytime float, step by step
Nordic Adventures’ daytime float starts at 10:30 AM or 12:30 PM, and some dates add 2:30 PM, among them 13 January and 17 March 2027. The 3 hours include hotel pickup and drop-off, the floating programme with an English-speaking guide, the suits, and hot drinks and cookies in a cottage by the lake. A camera is not included, and you bring your own socks.
Two people pay US$262.34 together, US$131.17 each, on 28 November and 12 December 2026 and on 13 January, 17 February and 17 March 2027. One person alone cannot book it.
Check dates for the daytime float
By day or after dark
By day you see the lake, the snow and the forest around you. After dark you float for the chance of the northern lights, and no operator promises them: the lights are a natural occurrence, and neither Nordic Adventures nor NordicUnique Travels guarantees them. Nordic Adventures runs both: its evening float starts at 7:00 PM, costs US$273.36 for two (US$136.68 each), and operates in all weather conditions. Daytime or aurora ice floating goes through every start time and what the Finnish Meteorological Institute says about the lights.
Who can take part
Each operator sets its own limits. Nordic Adventures takes guests from 14 years and 150 cm, up to 210 cm and 110 kg, and not pregnant women, people with back problems or mobility impairments, or wheelchair users. NordicUnique Travels’ suits need you to be at least 130 cm tall, and Safartica’s 120 cm; Wonderlapland’s suits fit 140 to 190 cm and 40 to 95 kg, and it asks that you can swim. Who can go ice floating sets every float’s limits side by side.
The season and the ice
Visit Rovaniemi says “waters are generally frozen from December until March”, and “it is best to check safety of ice with local experts and attend a guided tour” (14 November 2026). Nordic Adventures sells its floats in November too; snow and ice on its lake are not guaranteed in October and November. Every float on this site can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before.
The City of Rovaniemi’s notice of 6 February 2026 says: “It is not safe to go onto the river ice in the central area of Rovaniemi.” and “Between Jätkänkynttilä and the railway bridge, the ice conditions are dangerous throughout the winter.” (City of Rovaniemi, 14 November 2026)
Ice floating in Finland: why Rovaniemi
Every float on this site starts in Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, and Nordic Adventures Oy collects from hotels in the city centre, on Ounasvaara and at Santa Claus Village. The village is eight kilometres north of the centre, where the Arctic Circle is marked in its square, in Santa Claus Village’s own words. If you have not booked a bed yet, Rovaniemi accommodation sets out the areas by the tours’ pickup lists.
What guests say about the daytime float
Nordic Adventures’ daytime float is rated 4.8 from 304 reviews on GetYourGuide (checked November 2026). Of its 192 reviews from 14 November 2025 to mid-November 2026, 10 gave three stars or fewer. The complaints were about the day around the float more than the float: on 28 November 2025 a guest found the driver late, no toilet on site, and about 20 minutes of activity inside a longer outing; on 17 March 2026 another called it overhyped, because under the suit you do not feel the cold. The five-star reviews talk about patient guides and the warm drinks in the cabin afterwards, and a guest on 14 January 2026 floated at minus 30 degrees with no trouble. Is ice floating worth it? weighs those reviews against the price.
Before you book
- Two or more. Nordic Adventures’ daytime and evening floats on GetYourGuide need at least two people; travelling alone, see Wonderlapland's daytime float.
- The price. Ice floating prices lists every float by its price and unit.
- Clothing. What to wear for ice floating covers the suit, the socks and the floats that lend winter clothing.
- Pickup. Nordic Adventures collects from hotels; NordicUnique Travels from hotels within 10 km of the city centre; Safartica's evening float meets at its office at Koskikatu 9 unless you ask for another pickup when you book.
Float on a Frozen Lake, By Day
Nordic Adventures' daytime float from Rovaniemi: hotel pickup, a thermal rescue floating suit, an English-speaking guide, and hot drinks and cookies afterwards. Three hours; at least two people book together. Starting from US$131.17 per person (at least two people book together: US$262.34 for two, US$131.17 each; one person alone cannot book).
Check float datesIce Floating in Rovaniemi: Questions
Which float, the price, booking alone, day or evening, the cold, who can go, what to wear, the season and the lights.
For two or more people, Nordic Adventures' Daytime Ice Floating in Rovaniemi, Frozen Lake Experience: 3 hours with hotel pickup, a thermal rescue floating suit, a guide, and hot drinks and cookies, at US$131.17 a person (checked November 2026). Travelling alone, Wonderlapland's daytime float takes one adult. For the evening and a chance of the northern lights, Nordic Adventures' 7:00 PM float is the same operator after dark.
From US$131.17 a person for Nordic Adventures' daytime float, booked by two or more (US$262.34 for two), to US$144.92 for its evening float on Viator (checked November 2026; Viator checked November 2026). The other floats on this site cost between those two figures a person. NordicUnique Travels' 6.5-hour day with ice fishing, floating and a BBQ is a different outing, at US$263.43 each for two. See ice floating prices.
Yes, but not on every tour. Nordic Adventures' daytime and evening floats on GetYourGuide need at least two people to book; its two floats on Viator take one adult. On GetYourGuide, Wonderlapland's and Safartica's daytime floats and NordicUnique Travels' evening float take one adult, though NordicUnique Travels' tour runs only with at least two people (four on Sundays) and refunds in full when that number is not met.
You float in a thermal suit made to keep you warm and dry. Nordic Adventures' rescue floating suits are light, waterproof material made to keep you warm and dry; on Safartica's floats you wear your own clothing under the suit. A guest of Nordic Adventures' daytime float on 14 January 2026 had doubts about minus 30 degrees and found it no problem; another, on 17 March 2026, said you do not feel the cold under the suit, which took the excitement out of it for them. See whether it is worth it.
Not for Nordic Adventures' or Safartica's floats; Wonderlapland's asks for it. On Nordic Adventures' floats swimming is not a must, though you will be more comfortable if you can; on Safartica's no swimming skills are required, as the suit keeps you on the surface. Wonderlapland is the exception: participants should be comfortable in water and know how to swim. See who can go.
Yes, and it differs by operator. Nordic Adventures: from 14 years and 150 cm, up to 210 cm and 110 kg. NordicUnique Travels: at least 130 cm to fit the suit. Safartica: at least 120 cm. Wonderlapland: suits fit 140 to 190 cm and 40 to 95 kg. See who can go ice floating.
By day if you want to see the lake and the forest around you; in the evening for a chance of the northern lights, which no operator guarantees. Nordic Adventures runs both: 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM by day, 7:00 PM in the evening. See daytime or aurora ice floating.
Warm clothes you can wear under a suit, and socks. Nordic Adventures lends the floating suit and lists socks to bring; Safartica lends winter clothing as well; Nordic Adventures' evening float on Viator does not include winter clothing. See what to wear.
The floats sell from November, but ice is not guaranteed at first. Snow and ice on Nordic Adventures' lake are not guaranteed in October and November. Visit Rovaniemi, the city's tourism office, says waters are generally frozen from December until March (14 November 2026). The season of Nordic Adventures' daytime float on Viator runs from 15 October 2026 to 11 April 2027.
No. Ice floating, in Rovaniemi and elsewhere in Finland, means lying back in the lake water in a floating suit. Ice swimming is a dip in the cold water without one, and it is sold as a separate activity.
The City of Rovaniemi says it is not safe in the centre. The City of Rovaniemi's notice of 6 February 2026 says: “It is not safe to go onto the river ice in the central area of Rovaniemi.” and “Between Jätkänkynttilä and the railway bridge, the ice conditions are dangerous throughout the winter.” (City of Rovaniemi, 14 November 2026).
Still have questions? Email us at info@icefloatingrovaniemi.com