Jokkmokk - Kvikkjokk

After a relaxed morning we want to visit Sarek National Park and go hiking. We ask our landlady, who is very helpful and happy to give us information. She also tells us that there is a peaceful moose in Jokkmokk that comes back every year and spends the night in the residents’ gardens. With the help of her tips we decide to drive to Kvikkjokk. According to our landlady, the road there is very beautiful and there are several hiking trails into Sarek National Park that start in Kvikkjokk.

So once again we drive a bit further north and, above all, west. The drive turns into one big adventure. The way there should actually have taken 1.5 hours, but we are on the road for a full 4 hours. Not because of a bad road, but because there are so many beautiful viewpoints over frozen lakes with views of the mountains. We have to stop often, which delays our trip quite a bit. We also see a lot of animals. Annina spots a moose while we are taking photos by the side of the road. We immediately drive towards it, and when we reach it, it tries to jump over a fence next to the road, but unfortunately gets caught in the wire mesh and topples over. Luckily it manages to free itself and disappears into the vast forest. We also see reindeer, roe deer, a mountain hare and lots of ptarmigan. For a long stretch we drive at only 30 km/h instead of 90 km/h, because we really want to spot more moose. Even at 30 km/h, though, that is almost impossible, since they are so well camouflaged in the dense forest. We have a picnic at a frozen lake, but we can’t stand the cold for long without moving and soon drive on again.

In Kvikkjokk itself we then only have time for a short forest walk along the Kungsleden trail and a visit to the beautiful wooden church.

Nicolas drives all the way to Kvikkjokk and Annina drives all the way back, so we share the driving and the moose-spotting fairly. On the way back we drive rather briskly and stop only a few times to take more photos of the beautiful lakes. Back at our cabin, Nicolas does a load of laundry and Annina cooks dinner.