Sámi, reindeer herding family
Skibotn Valley, Northern Norway winter 2024/2025
Personal and authentic meetings
You want to learn about Sámi history, traditions and culture. That is why you´re here, right? The best way to learn is by doing.
Spend a day with our family and our reindeer, hear stories from our life and get true insights of a different way of living: The Sámi way.
“We spent a fantastic day here learning about the Sami people and reindeer herding. We were made very welcome and all enjoyed our time with the reindeer and listening to amazing stories of Sami life.
This was a really authentic experience with a reindeer herding family and we would thoroughly recommend it.”
What our guests say:
Simon Rennie
Winter adventures in Skibotn Valley
DAY TOUR WITH OUR REINDEER
EVENING TOUR WITH OUR REINDEER
Visit the lands of our family´s reindeer herd. Take part of the ancient history and culture of the Indigeneous people of Sápmi while sledding with our reindeer!
Imagine a landscape filled with snow as far as your eye can see.
You´re breathing in clean, cold and crispy air, but are surrounded by warm and welcoming people - The Samiway family!
“Everything I do, I do for our reindeer”
Nils Peder I. Gaup is the owner and founder of The Samiway AS. He is born and raised into reindeer husbandry and has worked all his life in reindeer herding and still works actively with reindeer herding.
Nils Peder has worked with knowledge dissemination for a long time. He is used to meeting different people: from royalty, business people, sports people to ordinary people.
He is knowledgeable and has a unique ability to communicate, he is a warm person who makes an impression on those he meets.
Testimonials
“Amazing experience with a real Kautokeino Sami reindeer herding family, just like in the childhood book we read! And oh, I fell in love with reindeers!
I found The Samiway online. Despite it being last minute, Nils and his daughter Anne invited us to a VIP feeding tour at the reindeer base where they live during the winter. So we not only got to meet real Sami people and their reindeer, but we got to see the real modern Sámi people's lives.
While feeding the reindeers, it started to snow a lot! Nils in his traditional outfit and the reindeer around us while the snowflakes dropped, it was simply magical!
Thank you for this wonderful experience! We'd definitely come back again!”
Sally Ann
