Is Arcandia Adventure Park Lapland Worth It? Full Guide & Review
What is Arcandia Arctic Adventure Park?
Arcandia is a real life movie set based in a remote forest in Levi, Finland (Lapland).
The park was built for a movie that was never filmed. It was then bought just before COVID hit by it's current owner.
However, the way they have re-purposed it as an attraction, let me tell you, it is amazing!
Arcandia offers unique fantasy and action themed experiences, dinners, events and shows plus an 'Elf Court'; a magical opportunity to meet the 'main man' himself- Joulupukki (Santa Claus or Father Christmas to you and me)!
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In this guide we'll go through the programmes we tried at Arcandia, Levi and give you our honest review.
Where is Arcandia Located?
Arcandia is located 9.2km from the centre of Levi (Sirkka) in Finnish Lapland. The journey takes 9 minute by car. If you haven't hired a car, you can book an UBER or use the Meneva Taksi app to arrange a taxi.
So Let's Start with the Elf Court at Arcandia
Have you ever stumbled upon a magical place, that feels like it couldn’t be real? This is precisely what happened to us after we saw a Tik Tok video of Arcandia that went viral. We knew we had to visit!
After exploring everything they had to offer on their website, we decided the Elf Court was on our list of 'must-sees' whilst on our trip to Levi.
This was a new experience they'd launched for winter 2023, so there wasn't any reviews online when we booked. However, we decided to put our faith in Arcandia purely based on how amazing the rest of the park looked.
Types of Ticket for Arcandia Elf Court
Arcandia offers two types of ticketing options for the Elf Court- The Halfling (1.5 hour experience) or The Giant (3 hour experience). Both include the same experiences, with a maximum of 8 families per session. With the full package you get longer to play outside with the elves and enjoy the activities on offer.
We selected to do the 'Halfling' as we felt 1.5 hours was long enough, plus we planned to re-visit the park later that night for the Darkness (more on that later).
We were also trying to do Lapland on a budget and include as many activities as possible, so cost obviously then played a part in our decision too.
How Much is the Elf Court at Arcandia?
At the time of writing (Nov 2025), the prices for the Elf Court at Arcandia for Christmas 2025 are as follows:
Giant Sessions (3hrs) - Ages 11+ £153pp, 3-10yrs £126pp, 0-2yrs Free.
Tickets are available here
For a 5% discount use code BUILDABREAK5
Halfling sessions are not available on this years' programme unfortunately.
How to Get to Arcandia
As we weren't hiring a car, we prearranged transfers to and from the park, when purchasing the tickets. However, this is not an option at this current time through Arcandia. You can however book a taxi as mentioned above.
Before our Visit
Before our visit we received an email from Santa, summoning us to the Elf Court, this was a nice touch that we printed out, and used in our reveal for the trip.
Arriving at the Elf Court
The transfer dropped us off at the gates of Arcandia, and on arrival we were met by a jolly elf who gave us all a mood ring to wear which would determine if we were naughty or nice!
For the first 45 minutes of our visit we spent time playing various games, and taking part in activities under the watchful guidance of the elves.
We tried nearly all of the activities listed below, the 'Hill Sliding' is definitely not for the faint hearted but my kids loved it. Their other favourite was the 'Knockerballs' which were like a giant inflatable bubble, that you can run and knock against other people.
Activities at Arcandia Elf Court
- Feeding the Reindeer
- Decorating the Christmas tree
- Decorating and tasting gingerbread
- Making Christmas crafts
- Writing in The Elf Court book (Santa's Book)
- Hill Sliding
- Knockerballs over 7 years/length approx. 120-130cm
- Spider Swings
- Target throwing of snowballs under 7 years.
- Snowball Slingshot shooting over 7 years.
- Ring Toss over 3 years.
Meeting Santa at Arcandia
After the fun outside, it was time to warm up and meet Santa. We were taken inside a beautifully decorated wooden hut where we could take part in various indoor craft activities mentioned above.
There was also the opportunity to write Santa a letter in his beautiful book with a quill type pen. Children are encouraged to save their letters and hand them directly to Santa at the Elf Court.
Santa at the Elf Court does not give presents, but you get to take home the mood ring and a certificate from Santa declaring that you are 'nice'.
We spent about 45 minutes in the lodge with Santa and he joined in, helping my girls to decorate their biscuits, and talking to them at length.
We were very fortunate, in that there was only 1 other family at the Elf Court during our visit, so we got Santa's undivided attention.
At the end of the session we were walked to the park gates by Santa, with a short stop to see his reindeers on the way, which was a lovely touch.
Arcandia Adventure Park: The Darkness Parkside
Included in the cost of an Elf Court ticket is free entry to return to the park when it gets dark- remember in Lapland, it can be dark from early afternoon, so by 6pm when we went back it was in total darkness outside.
For those not visiting the Elf Court, the cost of entrance in the evening to 'Parkside' is as follows:
Price: £17 adults (13+yrs), £13 ages 7-12 yrs, 6yrs and Under Free.
You can get tickets here
For a 5% discount use our code BUILDABREAK5
On the door, you need to purchase 'Arcandia currency', wooden coins to take part in the different activities.
10 coins cost €25.
Activity Costs at Arcandia
The activities are priced as follows:
Village Games 1 coin/game
Ice Pucking 2 coins/color/15min.
Ice Balling 3 coins/15min.
Knockerballs 3 coins/10min.
Human Snow Ball 5 coins/person
Mini Snowmobiles 5 coins/8-10min.
Hill Sliding 2 coins/mattress
Reindeer feeding 2 coins/handful
There also lots of free things to do including the spider swings, table games, bean bag toss and lassoing.
Activities we Tried at the Darkness Arcandia
As we had already tried quite a few of the activities in the day, we mainly focused on the ones available that we hadn't done.
We tried ice pucking, archery, mini snowmobiling (well the kids anyway), axe throwing and feeding the reindeers.
My kids favourite was definitely the mini snowmobiles and they had multiple goes on these. The queue is usually quite long as it's one of their most popular attractions, as you can imagine.
Throwing real axes about was a bit wild- the little one's were given rubber versions for safety thankfully!
The ice pucking with another family was fun, imagine table top air hockey but on real ice.
It did get was super cold out there (we were in the Arctic, after all!), so it was really nice that there were fires burning here and there in the park.
We could warm up our hands and catch our breath for a bit. In the wooden lodge where we'd met Santa, there was an open fire where you could purchase sausages and marshmallows to toast, along with warm drinks.
Laser Tag & Other Activities at Arcandia
Aside, from the Elf Court and Parkside, Arcandia also offers Laser Tag and Unique Dining Experiences. You can find details of these here. Again, you can save an extra 5% using the code BUILDABREAK5
So is Arcandia Worth it?
Overall we had the most amazing time. We weren't sure what to expect when we booked in all honesty. I know from the Lapland discussion groups, people often struggle with the concept of the Arcandia park, and how it all works. Hopefully our guide, goes somewhat in to helping you understand it.
In terms of enjoyment, I feel Arcandia is more aimed at older children and teens. Going with very little ones, you may struggle to find things to do in the Darkside sessions. There aren't husky or reindeer rides here, it is more about games and sports, which fit with the attractions concept.
If I was visiting with under 5's, I'd probably stick to just doing the Elf Court. That is a lovely experience that offers the opportunity to do lots of different activities.
We had a fantastic time, and there is nothing else quite like it in Levi. My children were all 8yrs+ at the the time and I felt that was the perfect age for the evening session.
Would we go back? Definitely, and we'd book the Laser Tag instead of the Elf Court, with my children now being older.
To read about what else we got up to on our trip to Levi and how we saved £4000 by booking it ourselves click here
To see more things to do in Levi click here
