Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Part of the
Ajtté Museum
, this appealing botanical garden introduces local flora, such as
glacier crowfoot, moor-king and mountain avens, as well as plants traditionally used by
the Sami for medicinal purposes. Follow the signposted path from the museum.
Tours
Jokkmokk Guiderna
CANOEING, SNOW SPORTS
( 0971-122 20, 070-684 22 20;
www.jokkmokkguiderna.com
)
Canoe rental and canoe and hiking tours by a Nature's Best ecotourism operator. It also ex-
cels at multi-day dogsledding expeditions in Sarek National Park in winter.
Årrenjarka Fjällby
SNOW SPORTS
( 0971-230 18;
www.arrenjarka.com
)
Mush your own husky team and chase the aurora borealis aboard a dogsled near
Kvikkjokk, and stay in rustic wilderness cottages.
Sleeping & Eating
Book weeks in advance for the Winter Market weekend in February or prepare to com-
mute from a neighbouring town.
STF Vandrarhem Åsgård
HOSTEL
(
0971-55 977;
www.svenskaturistforeningen.se
;
Åsgatan 20; dm/s/d from Skr250/300/600;
)
This family-run STF hostel has a lovely setting among green lawns and trees, right near
the tourist office. It's a creaky, cheerful old wooden house with numerous bunk beds, com-
pact private rooms, guest kitchen, TV lounge and basement sauna (Skr30 per person).
Walls are on the thin side, so you may feel as if you're in bed with your neighbours.
Hotel Jokkmokk
HOTEL
(
0971-777 00;
www.hoteljokkmokk.se
;
Solgatan 45; s/d Skr935/1130;
)
