Location
Octola is located in Finnish Lapland, approximately a 20 minute drive from Rovaniemi airport.
Octola is a luxury 10-bedroom wilderness chalet perfect for small groups or large families. Located on a private wilderness reserve in Finnish Lapland, surrounded by wild reindeer, the chalet offers ultimate privacy, personalized exclusively for you.
Highlights
This property is part of our Limitless Collection, exclusively curated for our Scott Dunn Private members.
Enjoy the facilities of a private chef and wilderness guide as you explore the surrounding nature
Featuring 10 en-suite bedrooms, the property is perfect for a large group
Octola is fully-catered and hosted, where a private chef is on hand to serve up delicious nordic cuisine, using locally-sourced ingredients, personalized to your tastes. We can ensure that your group will be extremely well looked after as you'll also have a butler on hand to help with serving meals and preparing the hot tub or sauna, so that as evening draws in you can relax and warm up tired limbs.
The crowning jewel of Octala is the location, siutated in the heart if a private 300-hectare wilderness reserve at a peak where all you can see in any direction is lush snow-covered forest and the winding river below. The chalet is perfect for those seeking privacy and quiet, far away from the crowds where you can truly immerse yourself in nature.
There a number of exciting wintry activities to do from here and your private wilderness guide is on hand to take you snowshoeing, sledding on and cross-country skiing. As the evening draws in the remote location is perfectly situated to optimize Northern Lights viewings and we'll take you out on snowshoe walks so you can enjoy the calm of the forest as you search the skies above, well away from light pollution.
When to visit
The foot warmers provided are made locally and make a great souvenir!
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Inquire NowOctola is located in Finnish Lapland, approximately a 20 minute drive from Rovaniemi airport.
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