Davvi Arctic Lodge

We’d booked a 3 night break through Transun, it was so well organised and we’d highly recommend them. In terms of Davvi Arctic Lodge we had an Aurora Deluxe room which was fabulous and only a few meters from the main hotel. It was clean, well maintained, heating was easy to control and there was hot water on tap in a wonderful bathroom. Food was better than we’d expected and plentiful. The setting is superb and apart from the organised activities we enjoyed many walks through the forest. It was a bonus to see the Northern Lights 2 nights out of 3! Overall we had an exceptional few days and would highly recommend it!

The accommodation was warm and extremely comfortable. The warmth of the hotel was matched by the warmth and helpfulness of the staff, nothing was too much trouble. Many holidays come and go but DAL has left a lasting impression. THANK YOU to all the staff xx

We visited 19 January 2025 for four nights on a “Northern Lights” tour. My TA review rating is based on the hotel alone. But I’ve included other info about the rest of the trip that I hope helps others. HOTEL Davvi Artic Lodge is about 45 mins from the airport. The hotel is basic but warm and clean. We had the Aurora Deluxe room which was fairly big, it had an electric fire and heating was also provided by the heat pump, so it was plenty warm all of the time. The bed was large and comfy. The room also had a wardrobe (I only mention this as some rooms do not), a small coffee table, kettle and one arm chair. The bathroom was very nice with a freestanding bath, walk in shower & sauna. We used the sauna to dry our hats & gloves a few times! There’s also a large boot room where you can hang up your supplied suits and boots, this area is shared with another room. The food at the hotel is basic, but nice enough, one let down was the food was never warm enough. Drinks were €19 for two local beers & €22 for two small red wines, so a little expensive. We did bring a couple of boxes of red wine for our room which was nice to enjoy after being out on excursions. All the staff at the hotel are super friendly and informative. Everything was super well organised and ran like clockwork. Your daily itinerary is pinned on a board in the reception area, it lets you know what time your meals and excursions are. You need to keep checking this as things can get changed around. EXCURSIONS The excursions that were included in our “Northern Lights” tour were all excellent. I especially enjoyed the Husky safari, and wish I’d done and optional extra husky tour. The reindeer safari was awesome too, as was the snowmobile adventure. The snowshoe walking was more enjoyable than I expected! But the forest trek was a bit lame, you won’t miss much if you skip that. In most cases you’re away from the hotel for about 2 hours for each excursion (forest trek is 1 hour) so you have plenty of time to do your own thing or just chill out when you’re not on an excursion. LOCAL AREA We saw the northern lights on three nights out of four. We are so grateful to see them!! The temperature in mid-January ranged between -11°c & -35°c. There’s not much going on outside the hotel. At the bottom of the hill is a cafe and gift store. You can walk over the border to Sweden, there’s a couple of photo opportunities at the border and Sweden’s most northerly church. If you walk further along there’s a grill called Tanate Kitchen… do yourself a favour and avoid, it’s basically a truck stop canteen. AIRPORT Enontekio is a very small airport. On arrival you go through customs and then sit/stand for maybe a half hour in a waiting area until your bags are delivered. You have to go fetch your cases from the trolleys. We waited until last so we could easily find our cases and it meant we didn’t have to sit on the bus for too long waiting for others. At departure there’s a couple of check-in desks a