The 3 Zoo & Park Visits in Finland That Earn Their Price

1.Ranua Zoo Entry Ticket w/ Walking Tour and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 143 reviews · from $146Our pick

Travel from Rovaniemi to Ranua Zoo in a small group of up to eight. Your English-speaking driver and guide handles the transfer, then you explore the zoo for about 1.5 hours, with chances to see polar bears, Arctic foxes, wolves, lynx, owls, and moose. Lunch and a Fazer chocolate welcome are included.

“absolutely fantastic, we had a great day saw lots of animals and had a lovely lunch 😀 so glad we did this activity.”

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2.Arctic Animals Sleigh Rides and Wildlife Zoo

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 91 reviews · 7 hours · from $340

Join an English-speaking guide from Rovaniemi for a full-day Arctic outing. Meet huskies and reindeer, take two short sleigh rides when snow allows, eat a Lappish buffet, and explore Ranua Wildlife Park, home to polar bears and more than 50 Arctic species. Guides such as Simona and David have been praised for their care and local insight.

“Great day out.. even though had a fall in the snow (my fault missed the footing .) they couldn’t help me enough. Both guides are awesome well spoken.”

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3.Trip to Ranua Zoo with Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 87 reviews · from $102Best value

Travel from Rovaniemi to Ranua Zoo with Uncle Alex, an English-speaking driver who provides pickup, round-trip transport, and skip-the-line admission. Allow about five hours in total, including a 1 to 1.5-hour drive each way and roughly two hours at the zoo. Look for lynxes, wolves, moose, birds of prey, snow owls, and Finland’s only white bear.

“For us it was the most comfortable way to visit Ranua, as we were picked up at our hotel (some activities offer pick-up only in some places mainly in the center). It was really just a transfer and the entrance tickets but I read reviews of a guided tour and for some it was too quick and for others too slow so we decided to enjoy it with my Mom on our own speed. In the van it was a quite bumpy and I’m pregnant, luckily 2nd trimester but I do not recommend it in the 1st, especially with complications and/or previous miscarriages! Also this tour gave us a bit…”

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