Our venue is Sörbyn Lodge, a small private lodge with only 8 hotel rooms, restaurant, lounge and dining area plus a sauna house overlooking the frozen sea. During your stay, the chef at the lodge will prepare delicious and healthy breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Sörbyn Lodge is located in Swedish Lapland only one hour north of the coastal Luleå and deep in the Swedish Lapland forest..
During your stay at the retreat a local guide will be on hand for part of the day and they will provide an insight into the arctic lifestyle as well as lead an easy daily 1 hour experience. Examples of these are snowshoeing, traditional skiing or perhaps northern lights watching. In addition there are a number of longer optional winter activities that you can choose to add to your itinerary.
If you are interested in deepening your practice and the journey to thyself while retreating into Swedish Lapland, then this is the retreat for you. Swedish Lapland is much more than a destination, but a way of life. Considered by many who live here as the Arctic Soul to a wild terrain. To really immerse yourself in the culture and lifestyle is to explore this magical wonderland.
Location
Sweden
Duration
6 Nights
Available dates
Sep - Nov
Price per person (excl. flights)
On request
Overview
Each full day will provide time for relaxation and/or meditation and a short activity with the local host on 4 days.
Includes:
- Transfers between Luleå airport and Sörbyn Lodge
- 6 nights accommodation at Sörbyn Lodge
- Full Board (flexitarian)
- Yoga instructor and one session daily
- Local host for a 1-2 hour lifestyle activity on 4 days. There will be a different activity each day.
- Sauna available
Does not include:
- Flights from your home to Luleå airport
- Drinks other than water and tea/coffee and those supplied with meals and activities
- Additional activities
NB: booking by application. These retreats require a minimum of 6 people.
Notes
All activities are part of a group tour unless noted as private.
Activities run on certain days so please reconfirm before sending a formal quote.
Price quoted is an example only, subject to availability and supplier changes and should be reconfirmed before sending a formal quote to clients.
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Day by Day Itinerary
Day 1
On arrival at Luleå airport guests will be met by your guide and transfered to Sörbyn Lodge in the Råne River Valley about 1 hour to the north west.
Accommodation is in a twin share or double hotel standard room and on this first night you will get to know your hosts and enjoy a wonderful 3 course dinner.
After dinner you will enjoy a short walk in the area to orientate yourself to the forest and start to take in the beauty and tranquility of the local nature.
Day 2 - 6
Each day starts with breakfast before a morning yoga / mindfulness session with your instructor.
Lunch is served and then each afternoon we will offer guests an included activity with your local host.
- Day 2: Make a local bracelet
- Day 3: Forest bathing
- Day 4: Wild Swimming
- Day 5: Foraging in the forest
In the evening you will enjoy a 2 course dinner in the restaurant. In the evening in Autumn you will also have the opportunity to go out in the evening and look for the northern lights / aurora which starts to appear along with the darkness at the end of August each year.
Optional Activities
The optional activities include the following:
- Hiking with huskies – 3 hours
- Guided fishing – 3 hours
- Guided canoeing – 3 hours
- Guided biking – 3 hours
- Visit to a local Sami family – 3 hours
- Massage 1 hour
- Flavour tour with essence of Lapland
Day 7
Breakfast is served in the morning and guests will be transferred to Luleå airport to catch their flight home.
Where You'll Stay
Sörbyn Lodge
Sörbyn Lodge is a small family owned lodge about 50 minutes to the north north west of Luleå.
A variety of accommodation options give you as a guest a choice of levels of service, and price levels. Sörbyn Lodge offers hotel and cabin accommodations.
The hotel annex, built in 2010, is directly adjacent to the restaurant and reception. We offer 8 twin/double rooms, each with TV and bathroom. They are furnished Scandinavian style according to different themes, reflecting our climate and setting.
Sörbyn Lodge’s 5 cabins – 3 cabins with double/twin bed and single sofa bed. 2 cabins with double/twin bed and sofa bed for 2 people. They all contain a kitchenette and bathroom.
Restaurant KALLKÄLLAN
The culinary side of Sörbyn Lodge is their restaurant Kallkällan (The Spring) and it is run with the aim of constantly developing our local cuisine. Mostly, Kallkällan work with organic producers from the immediate area, which they complement with delicacies from other parts of the world. This is how they achieve an array of flavours based on traditional Swedish dishes with global finesse.
The spring water comes from the underground sources of Lake Vitträsket, and no chemical purification is needed. The restaurant serve it eau naturelle or if wished, slightly sparkling.
Tasty wood fired sauna
Experience the feeling and pleasure of a genuine Swedish Lap- land sauna. In the timbered wood-heated sauna everyone gets all warmed up – right into the heart and soul. Sit on the bench and listen to the fire crackle while whispering flames dance in the stove. The stove sputters when the water hits the rocks, feel the heat from the water vapour when it comes creeping down from the ceiling. In between you enjoy the tasty sauna snacks which is based on our Swedish Lapland delicacies together with an ice chilled beer. A guaranteed warm and memorable experience. Towels are included. Reservations only.
Activities and add-ons
Sörbyn Lodge itself, and with partners, offers a wide range of activities in the summer and the winter. There is also a good opportunity to combine Sörbyn Lodge with Pine bay Lodge, Treehotel and/or Aurora Safari Camp.
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