Finland Vacations & Tours

Our trip to Finland (hotel in Ivalo) and Norway (the hotel in Kirkenes, cruise and Tromso) was the trip of a lifetime!  The star of the show for us was being fortunate enough to see the northern lights on multiple occasions.  Beyond that, we thoroughly enjoyed everything about our 3 night stay at the hotel in Ivalo.  The staff was exceptional, the lodging very comfortable, the food exceptional and the activities exciting and interesting.  We snowmobiled (day and night), raced ice carts, took a reindeer sleigh ride and, what we considered the most fun, drove a dog sled through the wilderness!  We then had a private driver to Kirkenes for a one night stay in a cabin.  Seeing the ice hotel was amazing, but sleeping there would not have been for us :).  However, the cabin, scenery, food and entire property were beautiful.  The next adventure was boarding a ship to travel from Kirkenes to Tromso.  The ship was very nice and the scenery along the coast were things we had never seen, and probably will never see again.  Simply beautiful!  I will say, if you are subject to motion sickness, beware! The Barents Sea can get very rough, and while safe, this cruise is not always smooth.  We arrived very late in Tromso and were unable to make our fjord cruise the next morning because we were just too tired and needed some extra rest.  We wish we had one more day in Tromso to explore, but we did enjoy our walking history tour and accommodations were comfortable. Working with Anna at our travel agency was a pleasure.  She was extremely responsive and attentive every step of the way.  She put together a great itinerary for us when we really had no idea what we wanted to do or see.  We only knew this was a place with the best chance to see the Northern Lights and we were very fortunate to see nature's light show at it's best!

My trip to Northern Finland was everything that I had hoped it would be. Excellent trip to the boutique hotel in Ivalo and glass igloos in Kittila. The flights were set up by Zicasso’s flight experts and made everything very easy for me. The travel company did an awesome job setting up the itinerary. They set me up with all of the excursions that I wanted to do, from husky sledding to snowmobiling to aurora trips to see the Northern Lights. We finished up with one night in Helsinki before returning home. Great trip that I would highly recommend. Thank you to Zicasso and the travel company for all that they did to make it amazing. 

The travel agency created a fantastic custom itinerary to Tromso, Norway and Kilpisjarvi, Finland for my husband's 50th birthday. They really listened to the type of experience we were hoping to have and planned accordingly. Tromso and Kipisjarvi were two great recommendations as they combined a bit of city with a luxury rural retreat while still offering great Northern Light viewing opportunities in both places.  In addition to great thinking, out travel agency provided excellent communication and logistics. All plans once we arrived on our trip were executed flawlessly with the partners they had made arrangements. I would highly recommend working with this company.

We recently returned from an 18-day trip that was planned and booked by Zicasso's travel company, and we couldn't have been more pleased. We had a complicated itinerary that included visits to Helsinki, Finland; a day trip to Tallinn, Estonia; Stockholm, Sweden; Oslo, Norway; and overnight stays in three areas along the fjords: Flåm, Balestrand, and Bergen. Our agent worked closely with us upfront to plan a wonderful itinerary. We were delighted with the destinations, the hotel selections (at our request, small boutique hotels with character and good locations), the guides, the travel arrangements (eg, overnight ferries, drivers where needed), etc. During our trip, there was always someone available to answer any questions we had. We are seasoned travelers who have worked with many travel agencies around the world and would absolutely recommend them without hesitation.