Magical New Year retreat in Wild Sweden
Join Christiana and Marcus for a New Year’s retreat in wilderness 2024-2025
Group size
Up to 12 people
Meeting Location
On the train from Stockholm to Mora, Sweden
Duration
5 days / 4 nights
ACCOMMODATION
Navardalen wilderness LODGE
WHEN
29 dec 2024 – 2 jan 2025
Activity level
Easy. No previous experience is needed, but you’ll be hiking in snow so a decent level of general fitness is required.
✨ HIGHLIGHTS ✨
We’re now open for bookings with early-bird discount!
Our booking procedure is hassle-free.
With the Early-bird-discount you get 1500 SEK discount per person if you book before the end of May 2024. To get the discount use this code during the checkout: EARLY-BIRD-NAVARDALEN
Please note! If you book for two persons or more you will need to add the number of participants after the code. For example, if you book for two persons you will need to write EARLY-BIRD-NAVARDALEN2.
Just click the button “Date & Prices”, choose a date and fill in the booking form. You pay a 20% deposit now and the rest 30 days before you arrive. For cancellations up until 30 days before arrival you will receive a 80% refund of your total sum paid. You can also choose to add an extra Cancellation Protection which will give you more flexibility.
🛡Full financial protection: Your money is safe. Every booking is fully financially protected.
4 nights at a wilderness lodge
ACCOMMODATION
Four nights at Navardalen wilderness lodge. This is by far the coziest place we can think of to celebrate New Year’s. The rooms are basic but comfortable and clean. Expect to share with one or two other people since the rooms have 2-4 bunkbeds each. If you travel as a couple we will try to give you a private room. There are no regular bathrooms, but dry toilets in a separate building and you can wash yourself in the sauna, either by heating up water in a bucket over fire or by taking a dip in the frozen lake. There is no electricity. Perfect 😁
This is Navardalen wilderness lodge, a true hidden gem. There is no electricity so the whole place is lit up by cozy candles. We drive on long snowy roads and walk the last few hundred meters to the lodge.
One of the rooms. The rooms are small but very cosy. Each room has 2-4 bunkbeds. The dry toilets are in an outside shed. You will be able to wash up in a hot water bucket in the sauna.
This is the dining room. We will be feasting on delicious and wholesome meals that we cook together in the kitchen, and we all help out to do the dishes with water thet we fetch in buckets from a stream.
Meeting point & how to get here
You can choose to be picked up in one of these three places:
Uppsala train station at 2 pm
Falun train station at 4.30 pm
Mora at 6 pm
On the last day 2 January 2024 we will take you to Mora for a concluding lunch and then to Borlänge a the train back to Stockholm or Arlanda airport. The train ticket is included. We take you to the train that departs from Borlänge at 15:54, arriving at Arlanda at 17.53 and then Stockholm 18.15. This means you can plan for a flight at 20h at the earliest. There is also an earlier train leaving Mora at 12.22 that will be Arlanda at 16.15, but if you choose this train you will miss our lunch in Mora. Note that you cannot take any earlier train than that. You may also choose to stay in Mora, Uppsala or Stockholm one night before going home.
What's included?
Accommodation: 4 nights at Navardalen wilderness lodge
Meals: All meals from dinner on the first day until lunch on the last day
Guides: English-speaking, local, expert wildlife and meditation guides
Activities: All activities as mentioned in the program
Transfers: From the meeting point and a train ticket for the return journey
Equipment: Headlamps, snowshoes, sleeping bags for the beds
What to bring
>> See our full packing list here
Food
All meals will be vegetarian. Let us know if you have any allergies or prefer vegan meals.
FOR WHO?
If you are a traveler longing for nature and you are not afraid to socialize and make new friends for life… then you will love this setup! You are prepared to help out to keep the fires going and to fetch water, help out in the kitchen and you are fine with sharing room with others. Recommended minimum age is 18 years. You should be able to walk in uneven terrain without difficulties. Walking level is medium. You don't have to snowshoe, that is just an optional activity.
We are your Hosts
Christiana & Marcus - we will be hosting this retreat
Christiana loves teaching yoga and meditation. She’s also cooking delicious and vibrant vegan food. Her heart is at home inside the forest, or by the sea, close to water and fire, under the stars. Her passion is to inspire living a simple and conscious life in nature. Having grown up in urban Athens, she came to Sweden with her dog Aretha and they both rediscovered the untamed version of themselves in the forest.
Marcus spends a lot of time out in Sweden’s forests. He likes to go for hikes among trees, swim in cold lakes and to sleep in tents. His favorite season is Winter when he can walk on skis, heat up in saunas and cool down in frozen lakes. He has worked full time as a nature guide since he founded WildSweden in 2003. He shares his knowledge and love for Nature generously and sincerely, so every adventure is unique. Although he has seen innumerable wild animals and plants, his enthusiasm every time is as if it were the first time.