Ice Ultimate (Levi, Finland)

Five nights at Levi in Finnish Lapland, guided, ice driving a Porsche GT model with a personal instructor, with the price quoted on application.

This is the top of the operator’s Levi ladder and the longest of the programmes, with four driving days rather than three and personal instruction included as standard rather than as an upgrade.

Kittila airport opens it, with a shuttle to the Northern Lights Ranch, which is a different base from the other programmes and built for watching the sky rather than the slopes. Four driving days follow, each beginning with breakfast at the ranch and a briefing, then guided sessions in a Porsche GT model on the prepared ice tracks, with track dinners in the evenings and a farewell dinner at the end. The operator advertises the world premiere of a newly unveiled motorsport model on snow and ice as part of the programme, which is the kind of access that explains the tier.

The GT model and the personal instructor are provided throughout; the full inclusions were not itemised on the operator’s page and are worth confirming at booking. The price is given on application and will sit at the top of the range. The programme runs in the depths of the northern winter. Four days on ice is a serious amount of seat time and real driving experience is assumed, which makes this the one to book after working up through the other levels rather than as a first attempt. The Northern Lights Ranch as a base is part of what is being sold here: six days in Lapland with four of them driving is a holiday as much as a course.