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Sรกmesijdda โ a little insight into the Sami culture and what reindeer husbandry looks like today
Visit the Lรคnta family just outside Jokkmokkย
About 15 km south from Jokkmokk you can visit a Sami family and their reindeer. The family Lรคnta is the family who own the shop Sรกpmi Ren & Vilt. In this shop, you can buy reindeer meat, moose meat and several kinds of fish. Also, they offer some smoked and dried types of meat.
Feel welcome to visit this winter residence, where you get to meet a small reindeer herd. You are able to get be very close by the reindeer while your host feeds them to get them close to you. They can come so close that it might be possible to caress them. Your host will tell you about their culture and about reindeer husbandry. After meeting the reindeer the tour proceed in the Lรกvvu where you all sit around an open fire on reindeer skins, drink coffee and taste gรกhkko (a Sรกmi flatbread) with reindeer meat.
The Lรคnta Family is also arranging the reindeer races on Lake Talvatis during the famous Jokkmokk Market. In the year 2020 Helena Lรคnta and her family had the honors to host the King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia who visited the winter market.ย
Booking at least one day before.
Price per person; 1390 SEK
Children up to 12; 50% discount
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Itineraries
Good morning
Time : 09:30
A short drive to location
After about a 15 minutes drive to location, your host will welcome you and will take you into the coral where the reindeer are.
After feeding them you will be having a lovely time in the Lรกvvu where the fire will warm you up again. Fresh boiled coffee, together with some local typical Sรกmi tastes will be presented to you.
Includes
- Visit winter stay of small group of reindeer from the Lรคnta family
- Feeding reindeer
- Gathering in Lรกvvu with storytelling and where a lighter wilderness lunch will be presented to you
(souvas =smoked reindeermeat, gรกhkko =Sรกmi bread, lingonberry juice, coffee, tea, and some extra Sรกmi tastebites) - Possibility to throw the lasso
- English and Swedish speaking host of Sรกmi family
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Excludes
- Transportation to and from accommodation
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If you feel sick or show any symptom, you stay at home. Off course we keep our distance from each other.
During the gathering inside the Lรกvvu we also keep distance. Please feel free to bring your own face mask if you wish to use it.
Yes absolutely. Ask us if your child is younger than 6, it should not be a problem, depending a the temperatures during midwinter, the coldest period.
Once the tour is booked and confirmed you receive all the info you need to get there.
Ann Mussche– :
It was a great visit with a warm welcome and an unforgettable experience to be so close to the wild reindeers and that special family who still lives together with them.
Even though I love animals and I hardly eat any meat, I had to taste the rendier meat and it was delicious, cooked on a fire in front of us. Back to basics, in nature with natives, A DREAM โค๏ธ
Olga Stam– :
Hej Ann,
so nice to hear that it was an unforgettable experience. I can imagine, since the reindeer are special to me also.
Hope we meet again someday in Jokkmokk!
Byebye, Olga
Jรถrgen Forsberg– :
This review came in per email on 2020-01-12;
Hej Olga
Vi hade en fantastisk upplevelse.
Skooter turen var underbar med tur up och ner for berget. Vi sรฅg mรฅnga renar och drack kaffe med utsikt Kan verkligen rekommenderas. Speciellt barnen รคlskade det.
Lรคntas Renar
Var 1000 gรฅnger bรคttre en vi trott.
Helena รคr en riktigt genuine Same som verkligen vill visa och dela med sig av hennes familjs historia. Hon lรคrde oss: om var renarna hรฅller till, vad de รคter. Hur man mรคrker dem, och olika ren typer. Visade hur de trรคnar dem. Vi matade mรฅnga renar. ร kte autentisk ren pulka som var 100 รฅr gammal.
Sedan lagade Helena en otroligt lunch med rรถkt kรถtt och korv till fรถrrรคtt fรถljt up med stekt renskav pรฅ varmt brรถd och lingon sylt.
Vi hade en otroligt bra upplevelse.
Kan rekommenderas 100 procent.
Jรถrgen
Huiyan Zhang– :
It was a great tour that we had during those two hours. We got the chance to feed the reindeers, learn how to catch a reindeer, and had a great lunch of reindeer soup and reindeer meat. I would recommend this tour to my friends without any doubt.
Olga Stam– :
Hej Huiyan!
Lovely to hear that you had a great time during this activity. I hope you can come to Swedish Lapland again sometime and that we may help you again to find your activities.
Hope you have a save journey home!
Warm regards,
Olga
Zaccaria– :
We had a great time with Helena!! We learned a lot about the Sami culture, fed the reindeers and did many other activities.
We also had a great lunch in the traditional tent, around the fire. Overall, a super recommended experience!
Also, Olga has been super helpful in organizing the experience and accommodating our needs/time constraints.
Will recommend to friends visiting the region
Olga Stam– :
Hej Zaccaria & Elisabeth!
So happy we could book the tour for you.
Spending time with the reindeer and Helena is real quality time, magical moments.
I really hope we can meet if you are visiting Jokkmokk area again. Love to help you again or your friends if they visit Swedish Lapland.
Stay safe, stay healthy and i send you warm regards from Jokkmokk.
Olga