Book now for Summer and Winter 2010

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Located in one of the most imposing and breathtaking places in Europe; Set at the very foot of the falls and offering splendid panoramic views of the falls and the surrounding nature. The hotel takes its warmth from the surrounding mountains and its coolness from the depths of the river, built from natural materials the Storforsen blends perfectly with its surroundings.

 

Day1:
You will be collected from the airport and transferred to the hotel Storforsen Guests will receive a welcome drink and light snack on arrival Accommodation will be in a Mini-Suite with a veranda Time to settle in; dinner is served in the restaurant
Day 2: Breakfast Enjoy the rest of the day; you may wish to try a snowmobile or dog-sleigh Accommodation will be in a Mini-Suite with a veranda and personal sauna Full-board
Day 3: Breakfast Enjoy the rest of the day; you may wish to try a snowmobile or dog-sleigh Accommodation will be in a Mini-Suite with a veranda Full-board
Day 4: Road transfer to the airport and return flights to the UK

Accommodation Options: 4 Days - 3 Nights as shown above
Single Room: £720-00pp
Double Room: £635-00pp 2 sharing
Mini Suite: £670-00 2 sharing
Mini Suite with veranda and personal sauna: £710-00 2 sharing

Accommodation Options: 8 Days - 7 Nights B&B
Single Room: £1115-00pp
Double Room: £899-00pp 2 sharing
Mini Suite: £985-00pp 2 sharing
Mini Suite with veranda and personal sauna: £1045-00 2 sharing

The package is displayed includes return flights from London Heathrow, local airport transfers, taxes and extreme weather clothing

All of the accommodation options and durations can be tailored to suite your needs; please contact us for individual quotations .

Things to do year round:

Gymnasium: Keep in shape during your stay
Indoor Pool & Sauna: Relax and enjoy
Dining: In the hotel restaurant you can enjoy a fine meal; including some of the specialties from Norrbotten area. While you wait for the meal you can enjoy the magnificent view over Storforsen
Billiard Room: Sharpen your game whilst relaxing
Wine tasting: Here you get a glimpse in the wonderful world of wine, enjoy the fine wines in our wine cellar decorated with paintings by Gärdis Lindgren
Spa Pool: Bathe in our pool that is in proximity to our relax department with view over Storforsen falls.

Winter Activities:

Ice Hotel visit: It is possible the include a visit or overnight stay; guests can arrange a taxi to the local station and a make a train journey to Kiruna where there is a bus transfer to the Ice Hotel .
Snowmobile Safari: Take a snowmobile tour through the beautiful nature around Storforsen. Trips of different durations can be booked direct with the hotel reception ice fishing can also be included
Dog Sleigh: Exciting journeys through the forests, hills and frozen wilderness of Lapland Snowshoe Walking: Hire snowshoes and experience a totally fresh way to view the nature Visit the Ice Breaker: Take a road trip to Pitea for a memorable voyage on the Arctic Explorer; Experience the awe-inspiring power and roar as the ice sheet crushes against the hull. On longer tours participants have the opportunity to swim among the ice floes in a survival suit or take a walk on ice. Warm clothing, shoes and equipment may be borrowed except on the one-hour tour when they can be rented
Visit the Amazing year-round Water Park in Pitea: The superb adventure pool satisfies most everyone; try out the waterfall, Space-bowl, or one of our "gentler" slides Then take it easy and enjoy our traditional sauna, steam sauna or whirlpool baths. Recharge your batteries at the pool's café that serves ice cream, soft drinks, coffee and pastries, plus beer, wine and cider .

Summer Activities:
Älvsbyn is known as the pearl of Norrbotten - and it offers everything you could wish for in the way of breathtaking scenery, exciting outdoor activities, superb fishing waters, wonderful fresh air During the summer Storforsen offers visitors the perfect venue from which to enjoy the Norrbotten area; peace, tranquility, adventure, nature, culture and history - there really is something for every-one

Local Information
The Falls: 40 kilometers north-west of Älvsbyn these are the largest free-flowing rapids in Norden, with a drop of over 82 meters through a series of rapids stretching for more than five kilometers
Plant and Animal Life: The flora in the reserve is highly varied, with everything from the heath land pine forests, with lingon-berries and heather to verdant waterside meadows and birch forest. Here the flora includes downy currant, cinnamomea and various ferns. In the dried-up river course, of the "Dead Falls", you can find small-fruited yellow sedge, bladder sedge, alpine saw-wort and Alpine meadow-rue. The flora at Storforsen also contains several alpine plants that are not usually found so close to the coast, the seeds having followed the river down from the mountainous regions, thus spreading the plants down to Storforsen. In and around the old river course, there is a lush riverside forest that is home to stone bramble, herb-paris, oak fern and valerian. A little higher up one can find tormentil, northern marsh violet and lily-of-the-valley.
Storforsen Nature Reserve: Is not just an impressive landscape of outstanding natural value. The reserve also features a Museum of Forestry and Log-floating, which depicts life among forestry workers and log-floaters in past centuries. The area is easily accessible - even to wheelchair-bound visitors Guided tours leave daily from the information centre during the period 15 June to 10 August
Museum of Forestry and Log-floating: The Museum of Forestry and Log-floating depicts the development of forestry up until the mechanisation in the 1950s, and significance of the river as a means of transporting free-floating timber
The History of Storforsen: Since the Stone Age, the Storforsen area has been significant to people. The environment is rich in prehistoric remains with many different types of relics, from the hunter-trapper people of the Stone Age, via reindeer herding culture to the forestry culture. There are large numbers of dwelling sites with Stone Age characteristics, semi-subterranean houses, dwelling site pits, cooking pits, hunting pits, hearths, charcoal pits, tar piles, hut sites, foresters' and log-floaters' huts and excavated canals with water-smoothed rocks
Prehistoric remains: There are large quantities of prehistoric remains in the present-day Pite river valley show that the area has been frequented for a very long time by different hunter-trapper people

Optional activities
available locally Most additional activities can be organised and booked at the hotel reception
Please note
Occasionally weather conditions may be unsuitable or other circumstances may cause changes to the itinerary. We reserve the right to change the programe if this should be the case An additional charge of £30-00 is levied for the use of individual snowmobiles and should the machine suffer accidental damage, you, the customer is liable for the first 8000SEK of the cost of repairs, so please drive carefully
Clothing Although we provide all guests with high quality extreme weather clothing for the duration of their visit; in the form of hats, boots, suits and mitts. We must point out to all visitors that we strongly recommend that you travel in warm clothing; waterproof footwear and wear hats and gloves. Additional personal clothing should include thermal under garments, wool or thermal socks and additional layers of lightweight clothing such as vests. The temperatures really can be quite extreme and it is much more fun when you are warm! Insurance
Should you wish to source specialist activity insurance; please visit the Columbus link which can be found at the foot of this page or on the front page of the Arctic Discovery web site, they offer a special online "Arctic Discovery" package which includes cover for the activities we provide
Flights
The package is displayed including return flights from London Heathrow Flights may also be available from the following regional airports: Belfast, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh & Dublin: A supplement of £45.00 per person will be charged. Due to the recent changes in tour operator flight pricing policy: in-flight meals are no longer included on the international flights.