The reindeer and the Sami have been living and working on this land for centuries and they have only recently invited guests to be part of their daily life. You will visit their camp and have a chance to feed the herd of around 300 wild reindeer who will swarm all around and some will even eat from your hands. You will then be invited for hot drinks around the fire inside a warm candle lit gamme (Traditional Sami Hut) where a relaxed three course meal will be served, including bidos cooked over the open fire (a traditional Sami stew).
After dinner you will be invited into a lavvu (Sami tent) and gather round the fire to listen to stories about Sami culture and how it is to be a reindeer herder. The Sami guide will also perform a joik (traditional Sami song) for the guests. If you are lucky and the sky is clear you will have a chance to see the northern lights above the reindeer camp.
Posted By : Katarzyna_G
A nice way to see reindeers up close and to learn a bit about the Saami people and their culture - we especially enjoyed the joik (song). We were super lucky to see a little bit of aurora during the visit in the camp.
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Posted On : 2024-03-25 07:15:14 
Posted By : 340shawnes
My daughter really liked the reindeer. I would have like to hear more Sami history. It was just average for me.
Other tours that we went on were better than this one.
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Posted On : 2024-03-10 12:14:12 
Posted By : colletteg2018
Awesome experience! The reindeer were so much fun to feed and we got to spend a lot of time doing it. The food was good and hearing about the Sami people was so interesting. Highly recommend this tour!
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Posted On : 2024-03-05 06:45:03
Posted By : Kristen_P
I went on this tour solo and had a nice time. Feeding the reindeer was fun and made me feel like a kid again. I think that activity lasts too long, so I waited inside by the fire with a hot chocolate until dinner time. The dinner was tasty. The Sami reindeer herder’s story was probably my favorite part, it was really interesting to hear about that job and culture.
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Posted On : 2024-02-27 09:17:00
Posted By : Manuel E
The guides provide an amazing explanation, the people are super kind and welcoming, they are open to questions and open to go into the details for your questions. The experience overall was great. I loved that if you are not prepared for the cold night, they can borrow some jackets.
I am sorry for the noisy people who were interrupting the Sami guide during the story telling, The amazing cultural information that the Sami people shared was also something very valuable.
I totally recommend it!
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Posted On : 2024-02-10 08:44:36
Posted By : Dina_P
Nice and kind program, nice people, must have if you love animals and culture. :)
The reindeers are cute and a little stubborn, and also beautiful creatures.
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Posted On : 2024-01-23 16:58:08
Posted By : Doosis65
This was an amazing experience with my 19 and 17 year old children and my wife. Very well organised, not overly touristy. A short, warm bus ride out of Tromso to the reindeer farm. There, we had so much fun feeding reindeer from buckets. Surrounded by majestic reindeer with big antlers, jockeying for position for their feed. Then into the traditional Sami Lavvvu, a large teepee type structure with a bonfire. Coffee, tea and biscuits. On to the delicious dinner, then the highlight of the evening was hearing Danil teach us about the Sami reindeer culture. Amazing, gentle, insightful, funny individual. Very poignant discussion of the culture being changed by technology, the Norwegian governments pressure to convert traditional lands to windfarms, and the challenges of traditional reindeer herding in the modern world. Beautiful evening.
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Posted On : 2024-01-21 15:56:25
Posted By : Klaudia_B
The most memorable and worth to experience was the Sami talking. It was interesting, funny, lots of facts and so friendly at once. We really enjoyed it. The feeding was nice to try but some of us were a bit uncomfortable between hungry pushy reindeers. The food wasnt bad but the time inbetweenn activities was too long and there was not enough space near the fireplace, all of us 4 were freezing and nobody bothered to change. It would be nice to be in a smaller group so everybody would be able to get warm.
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Posted On : 2024-01-18 10:47:57
Posted By : 71tmk
We had a memorable time listening to our Sami guide sharing stories about his life, Sami culture and about the reindeers. The hot drinks and stew provded were yummy. We were also really fortunate to see the northern lights. It was truly amazing!
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Posted On : 2023-12-22 04:45:19
Posted By : Curious18859135294
We had a wonderful time interacting with the reindeer and learning about the Sami people and their culture. It was a short distance from the city and made for a very pleasant evening! Very memorable experience
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Posted On : 2023-03-26 09:30:20
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