Are you planning a Finland tour and wondering if you could do King crab Safari along with ? Well, let us discuss about it in details. King crab hunt Safari is becoming famous among travelers. For the matter of fact, the King crab Safari happens in Kirkenes which is in Norway and we are talking about doing it with Finland tour package. But it isn’t that difficult to get, in-fact if some one is visiting Finland especially for northern lights hunt in Lapland, he or she should definitely put some more efforts and time to do Kirkenes King crab hunt Safari.

King Crab hunt Safari, though looks attractive however, brings some challenges when it is to be planned with Finland tour, let us discuss in details with facts:

When you plan for Finland, there are already many activities to explore that sometimes one does not consider visiting other country for doing an activity. In this case, King Crab hunt happens to be organized in Norway and visit Norway from Finland in winters can be a challenging task to do.

One at-least needs minimum 2 days to plan King crab Safari tour even if they are closest from Kirkenes in Finland. Ivalo is the nearest airport, and it takes around 4-5 hours from the Ivalo to Arrive at Kirkenes, doing King crab Safari and come back is nearly impossible if you are there in winters. Also, when travelers plan their itinerary, they plan it for Finland, adding, Kirkenes some times feels like an hassle.

King Crab Safari in Lapland is all about Hunting, cooking and eating. It is an amazing experience for those who enjoy this type of activity. However, it is not always enjoyable for everyone. Some people do not enjoy hunting and even some are vegetarians leaving them with no motive to do this tour. The nature of this activity makes it doable for only certain type of people, not for all.

As per one of the local Finnish company, cabs or taxi’s from Finland are not allowed to enter Norwegian border and vice versa. This restriction, put a certain level of limitations for travelers who are not confident in driving when it is snowing. They are left only with the option of visiting Kirkenes from Ivalo/Rovaniemi by cab or Taxi’s.  However they will still be having an option to switch cabs from borders.

Kirkenes is geographically King crab’s home and snow adds an extra layer of adventure over it. Grabbing a snowmobile to the areas where King crabs can be found, hunting them with equipment non violently, bring them to restaurant of snow hotel, lear to cook them and after all these efforts have them as a meal. You wont find this adventure and activity anywhere in the world. If this attracts you, trust me an extra day will be worth it in your tour.

King crab hunt safari is authentically organized by snow hotel in Kirkenes. Snow hotel is one of the most popular hotel in the city with acres of land and forest trails in its premises. When you do this hunt safari, you anyways visit Snow hotel in Kirkenes, Use their kitchen and have meals at their restaurant which should be a good experience.

When you visit Finland with a motive of witnessing northern lights, adding a stay in Kirkenes increase your chances of witnessing northern lights. The occurrence in Kirkenes for northern lights is usually quite strong.

if you are visiting Finland for northern lights hunt, it is the best chance for you to visit Kirkenes because Finnish Lapland is more near to Kirkenes. If even you plan to visit Norway next time for your trip, chances of adding Kirkenes would be very less and it is quite far from other Norwegian tourist destinations. So visiting Kirkenes with Finland tour itinerary is easier than doing it with Norwegian tour itinerary.