Private Chalets near Ivalo and Saariselkä — a house to yourselves

Begin with the number

Tell us who is coming. We find the house.

The four houses on this page are a showcase; we choose from hundreds around Ivalo and Saariselkä. Our concierge takes your dates, your party and what the week is for, and comes back with the house that fits. House, guides and transfers then go on one invoice from us.

How it is booked

Our concierge checks that the house is free on your dates, books it, and confirms it to you by email. If those dates are taken, we come back with the next house that fits.

Owl's Nest

Ten minutes from Ivalo

One house shown in full, so you know what to ask for.

Owl's Nest is 50 m² and open plan: a loft bed up the stairs, a sofa bed below, no door between them. Two adults and two children fit. For four adults, we have other houses.

Downstairs is one room — the kitchen along the wall, the dining table, the fireplace — with the chalet's own sauna, and a hot tub on the terrace. The guided days run from Ivalo, ten minutes away. The stay starts at three nights, in every season.

Owl's Nest, in five numbers

50 m²one open room, loft above
2 + 2adults and children, the maximum
3 nightsthe shortest stay, in every season
1 hot tubon the terrace
10 minutesto Ivalo village

Sauna, then the tub, then the fire.

The evening

You come in from the day and heat the sauna. Then the tub on the terrace, and the fire once you are back inside.

All three are yours alone. Nobody else is booked into the house while you are in it.

Sauna · hot tub on the terrace · fireplace

Owl's Nest private sauna: tiered timber benches, timber-panelled walls and a window toward the forest. — The chalet's own sauna.

The way in.

Deck · stairs · forest

Owl's Nest approached by deck stairs, with its black timber gable and tall glass wall among birch and pine trees. — The deck and the stairs up to it.

Owl's Nest bathroom: pale stone-patterned walls, an open shower, white basin and a doorway into the timber sauna. — The sauna, behind the timber door.

Owl's Nest open-plan interior: a white kitchen along one wall, a dining table, a black fireplace and tall glazing onto green forest. — The kitchen along one wall, and the glass gable at the end of it.

To your exact wishes

A bigger party, a lake at the door, room for the dog.

Three houses near Ivalo and Saariselkä, to show the range. Behind them are hundreds more, and the one you take is chosen for your party, your dates and the week you have in mind. Whichever house it is, we arrange it and guide the week from Ivalo.

Green and white aurora over a dark treeline and open water at night, with a low sunset glow still on the horizon. — Aurora over open water near Villa Horihane. Photographed in autumn. © Interhome / HHD AG

A log chalet at blue hour, its windows lit gold, standing in deep snow among heavily frosted trees. — Uuvana at blue hour, lit from inside. Photographed in winter. © Interhome / HHD AG

A stone fireplace with a live fire, hand-hewn log chairs and a bench on a pine floor, snow visible through the window beside it. — The fire at Villa Kopararova, snow at the window. © Interhome / HHD AG

Three of the houses

Villa Horihane

Sleeps 5 · 12 km from Ivalo

Two bedrooms, 79 m² and a sauna, with the lake 650 metres away. The quiet one, twelve kilometres from Ivalo.

5 guests · 2 bedrooms · 79 m² · 1 bathroom

Sauna

12 km from Ivalo · 17 km from the airport · lake 650 m

Uuvana

Sleeps 14 · 2 km from Saariselkä

Eight bedrooms and 344 m², with a sauna, a fireplace and a hot tub, two kilometres from Saariselkä.

14 guests · 8 bedrooms · 344 m²

Sauna
Fireplace
Hot tub

No dogs.

26 km from Ivalo · 20 km from the airport · lake 1.3 km

Villa Kopararova

Sleeps 18 · 9 km from Saariselkä

Six bedrooms, 190 m², a sauna and a fireplace, and the lake is 100 metres from the door. Dogs are welcome. In winter, arrivals here are Saturdays only.

18 guests · 6 bedrooms · 190 m² · dogs welcome

Sauna
Fireplace

37 km from Ivalo · 31 km from the airport · lake 100 m · slope 16 km

Distances are straight lines on the map, not road kilometres. Linen and towels are included in all three. You can arrive any weekday at Villa Horihane and Uuvana; in winter, Villa Kopararova takes Saturday arrivals only.

The booking

How a chalet week is actually put together.

The same person books your house, arranges your guides and sends the invoice. A person reads what you send and answers it.

01
You write
Your dates, how many adults, how many children, and whether a dog is coming.
02
We check the house
Our concierge checks that the house is free on your dates, books it, and confirms it to you by email. If those dates are taken, we come back with the next house that fits.
03
One invoice
Your house, the guided days and the transfers arrive on one invoice from us.

Deposit and cancellation terms are not printed here, because they differ from house to house. You get them in writing before any money moves.

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Where else we can put you.

Hotel KuuraFifteen rooms on the road between Ivalo and Inari, fifteen minutes from the airport. Pine Sky SuitesSix apartments in Ivalo village, above our own gear shop. Pine Sky Forest CampTree tents at Rahajärvi, ten minutes from Ivalo, arranged for a group. Private ChaletsOwl's Nest and hundreds more near Ivalo and Saariselkä.

Ask about a house

Start with the number and the dates.

Tell us how many adults and children are coming, when, and whether you need the sauna, the fireplace, the hot tub or room for a dog. We answer with the houses that are free.