Owned by Luxury Action (founded by travel pioneer Janne Honkanen and Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen), the award-winning Octola Private Wilderness is steeped in environmental and social sustainability. In fact, it’s the first accommodation in the Arctic and Nordics to have a negative carbon footprint.

All stays here are fully bespoke. The lodge has ten bedrooms that can be booked all together, or as separate six- and four-bedroom wings. There’s also a two-bedroom villa; we have a current offer on the villa for four people departing from London Luton on 12th December 2023, starting at £47,919 for four nights. For a very special gathering, you can even book the entire property (lodge and villa) with its 12 rooms.

The spa in the wild

The Octola Spa & Health Clinic is as cutting edge as the rest of the resort, with an innovative Finnish-designed temperature-adjustable ‘cold pool’ to simulate a plunge into a frozen lake or river (part of a traditional sauna bathing session), a custom-built high-end swimming pool with a resistance current similar to that used by Olympic athletes, along with wilderness views through its floor-to-ceiling windows, and an outdoor hot tub.

There are also treatment rooms, plus a traditional log-lined Finnish sauna and a separate cabin for fireside relaxation and yoga sessions. Pure bliss!

Sustainability

Octola’s impressive eco-credentials include the use of wind-generated electricity, geothermal heating, water from its own spring, and use of locally sourced food. Together with the management of the surrounding wilderness, including forest and wetland, this results in a ‘carbon sink’ effect that offsets the minimal carbon emissions created by the resort. Octola also makes generous donations on behalf of each guest to the Private Wilderness Fund to protect Arctic animals.