Laxforsen sleddog - Tours in a wooded landscape and over a frozen river with our happy and eager dogs.
Sleddog tours
LAXFORSEN SLEDDOG - DAYLIGHT OR EVENING TOUR
With max 6 guests to giving you a more familiar and personal experience. We pick you up from your hotel in Kiruna, and drive home to our kennel for taking on warm clothes before meeting the happy and eager dogs for the tour. You are sitting on a sled with a guide driving the dogteam through a wooded landscape and over a frozen river. We stop at our tipi, sitting round an open fire, for coffee/tea and a sandwich. You have time asking a lot about the dogs, and have also a chance for hugging them and taking some pictures, before sitting on the sled home again. After the tour we drive you back to the hotel. Departure: 9.30 or 17.00 from your hotel Duration: about 2,5-3 h Price: 1200 SEK/person Included: A guide, transfer, changing to warm clothes and a break with coffe/tea and a sandwich Welcome booking a tour in a wooded landscape and over a frozen river with our happy and eager dogs!
LAXFORSEN SLEDDOG – LUNCH TOUR
With max 6 guests to giving you a more familiar and personal experience. We pick you up from your hotel in Kiruna, and drive home to our kennel for taking on warm clothes before meeting the happy and eager dogs for the tour. You are sitting on a sled with a guide driving the dogteam through a wooded landscape and over a frozen river. We stop at our tipi for lunch (soup), coffee/tea and a sandwich, sitting round and open fire. You have time asking a lot about the dogs, and have also a chance for hugging them and taking some pictures, before sitting on the sled home again. After the tour we drive you back to the hotel. Departure: 9.30 your hotel Duration: about 3-4 h Price: 1500 SEK/person Included: A guide, transfer, changing to warm clothes and a break with lunch coffee/tea and a sandwich Welcome booking a tour in a wooded landscape and over a frozen river with our happy and eager dogs!
LAXFORSEN SLEDDOG – DRIVE SWITCH AND SIT
With max 4 guests to giving you a more familiar and personal experience. Drive your own sled together with your friend One driving 4-6 dogs and one sitting, changing during the tour. For this tour you must have some balance, strength and physical condition. We pick you up from your hotel in Kiruna, and drive home to our kennel for taking on warm clothes, before meeting the happy and eager dogs for the tour. The guide gives you instructions how to drive the dogs, before you can stand on the sled and drive the dogteam. You take turns with your friend during the tour. When you are sitting on the sled and your friend drives, it is a good opportunity taking pictures. The tours went through a wooded landscape and over a frozen river. We stop at our tipi for lunch (soup), coffee/tea and a sandwich, sitting round an open fire. You have time asking the guide a lot about the dogs, and have also time for hugging them and taking some pictures, before standing/sitting on the sled home again. After the tour we drive you back to the hotel. Departure: 9.00 from your hotel Duration: about 4-4,5 h Price: 2000 SEK/person Included: A guide, transfer, changing to warm clothes and a break with lunch, coffee/tea and a sandwich Welcome booking a tour in a wooded landscape and over a frozen river with our happy and eager dogs!
GALLERY
Team
Elin Tano
One day an 11 year old girl knocked on Tommys and Susannes door. Her name was Elin and she asked if she could help out with their dogs. Tommy took her under his wings, and she was with him and learned about the sleddogs. She was taught everything, from picking up feces to giving the dogs food and also how to drive a dog team. In the beginning she drove after Tommy with a small dog team consisting of only two dogs. Today 8 years later she is an accomplished sleddog driver, and also a great guide.
Tommy Pettersson
Tommy was born with, and brought up by dogs. He came to Kiruna in 1978 and moved to Abisko a few years later. He has had sleddogs since then, first as a hobby, and then eventually he began to work with his dogs for other dog sledding companies. Since a few years he works in his and Susannes own company.
Susanne Ohlsson
Susanne grew up with dogs and is generally crazy about animals. She got her first dog in 1992 and the first Alaskan husky 1998. It was through that dog Susanne met Tommy. It is Susannes fault that the home is also inhabited by cats, chickens and ducks. She started a dog hotel in 2006 and together with Tommy they also started their company Laxforsen Sleddog.
About us
Biography
We are a small company and kennel that is run by us, Susanne and Tommy, with the help of our loved huskies. We also have Elin helping us a with the dog training.
We offer familiar and personal dogsled tours in the beautiful winter landscape that is the wonderful nature of the North of Sweden. The sleddog tours starts directly from our home and goes out into the gorgeous nature with our happy Alaskan Huskies.
The company name “Laxforsen” is the name of the village we live in, located about 15 km outside Kiruna and 5 km from Jukkasjärvi. It means Salmon River in English.
