Gamme Cabins at the Snowhotel

Stay at one of the Snowhotel’s luxurious wooden cabins, designed with large windows to enjoy summer sunsets and winter’s Northern Lights.

  • Spend a night in the Snowhotel’s cozy and luxurious Gamme Cabin.
  • Rent snow shoes, skis, or a bicycle to explore the local wilderness.
  • Access the surrounding park, home to reindeer and nearby husky kennels
  • Savor a three-course dinner and breakfast at the hotel.

  • Season

    All year

  • Duration

    2 days

  • Booking Code

    KKN2

  • From

    $ 400

These cozy homes follow the example of the traditional hunting and fishing huts, called “gamme”, which can be found all over the arctic Sami areas. The cabins are specially designed with large windows for scanning the skies for the Northern Lights from autumn to spring, or enjoying the glow from the Midnight Sun in summer. In winter, the cabins are covered in snow, giving them the appearance of igloos from the outside.

All cabins are equipped with a kettle, air conditioning, floor heating, twin beds, and a modern bathroom with toilet and shower.

The meals are served in the adjoining restaurant “Låven”, which is situated only 50 metres away from the cabins (dinner and breakfast are included in the price). In the same building, you will also find a sauna.

    • Photo: Kirkenes Snowhotel / Hurtigruten

 

Planned itinerary

Day 1

An English-speaking representative from Kirkenes Snowhotel will meet you either off the ship at the Hurtigruten pier (pick-up time: 09:00), or at the reception of your hotel (Thon Hotel Kirkenes; pick-up time 13:00). We also offer a transfer from/to Kirkenes Airport at an extra cost (min. 2 persons). Please check your itinerary for what has been confirmed, no separate voucher is required. Transfer is by minibus to the Snowhotel, situated 10 km from Kirkenes in Sandnes.

Check-in to the cabins is from 15.00. Depending on your arrival time, you have the possibility to join some of the optional excursions leaving from the Snowhotel. Alternatively, you could rent snowshoes, skis, or a bicycle to explore the local wilderness. With some luck, you might spot reindeer!

In the evening enjoy a traditional, locally sourced three-course dinner from 19.30, served by the hotel’s roaring fire, before retiring to your cabin for the night.

Day 2

After spending the night in your wooden cabin, you can enjoy breakfast at “Låven”. A transfer will pick you up at 09:00 to take you to either Thon Hotel Kirkenes or the Hurtigruten quay.

Luggage will be picked up at a designated time, and your bags must be securely packed and put on the porch outside your cabin by then.

    • Photo: Kirkenes Snowhotel / Hurtigruten and Photo Competition

Practical information

  • Start point: Kirkenes dock/Kirkenes hotel
  • End point: Kirkenes dock/Kirkenes hotel

Included:

Included:

  • Overnight at Gamme Cabins
  • Breakfast
  • Three-course dinner
  • Transfers to/from Thon Hotel in Kirkenes or ship to/from Snowhotel
  • Wi-Fi

Notes:

  • This overnight tour is operated daily and all year round. Long underwear, pullover, warm hat and socks are recommended.

  • For guests with limited mobility on request

  • Extra nights on request

  • Minimum number of participants: 1

  • During the winter season, you will have the opportunity to visit the Kirkenes Snowhotel which will be built next to the cabins. Here you will be provided free of charge with a set of warm winter clothing if desired. 
  • Luggage can be stored at the cabins. If moving from Snowhotel to cabin: bags will be moved from the luggage room to the cabin or vice versa.
  • Hurtigruten Global Sales AS reserves the right to make changes.