Eriksberg is a 925 hectare fenced nature reserve in the Blekinge archipelago. Here the red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, European bison, wild boar and mouflon roam freely in this unique nature reserve. Be among the first to stay at Eriksberg’s new hotel, Arken – The building itself is a wooden ship, grounded against the granite rocks. When you cross the gangway, a journey awaits, where you get to experience the animals and birds in their natural environment right outside your hotel room.
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Sample Itinerary
Arrival in Eriksberg and go on safari on your own with your own car (or book a safari vehicle with guide) before you check in at Hotel Arken and make yourself at home. Enjoy a bottle of good wine and charcuterie platter while looking out over the nature from your room. You then have the opportunity to take a dip in the pool and enjoy yourself in the relaxation area before a delicious 3-course dinner is served. Eriksberg is well known for its fantastic cuisine and offers a large selection of selected wines to accompany the food. A pure pleasure!
Enjoy breakfast!
Today it’s time for hiking with a packed backpack along the archipelago outside the safari park – maybe take the opportunity for a refreshing swim in the ocean? When you return, you can, if you wish, go on a self drive safari in your own car.
A little later enjoy time in the pool and relax area. A little later you will enjoy the Eriksberg’s “selection menu”.
Enjoy a long breakfast. Then do your own safari tour in the park before you leave – please note that the safari park opens at 12.00. Check-out is at 11.00 a.m.
The hotel opens its doors to the public in March 2024 – you will be among the first people to stay here.
You have access to the relaxation area with sauna and pool. From the pool you have an amazing view of the savanna where the wild animals usually graze.
A visit to one of Eriksberg’s restaurants is a gastronomic experience for all the senses, with personal service and a harmonious atmosphere that follow the seasons of Eriksberg. The venison from their own farm naturally plays a central role in the menus. Of course, you can also get fantastic vegetarian dishes. Enjoy!
Trip details
Eco rating: 3.0
Valid: March 29 to mid-June 2024.
Airport or train station: Karlshamn central station or Ronneby airport (RNB) or own transport
Price per person: 6750 SEK or 585€ or 618USD
Price includes:
Accommodation in a double room in the Arken hotel & breakfast
Day 1.
- In the room – a small bottle of red wine and charcuterie tray
- Access to sauna and heated outdoor pool overlooking the safari park’s savannah.
- 3-course dinner in the evening (no drinks)
Day 2.
- Breakfast
- Hiking with a packed backpack along the archipelago outside the game park/ alternatively today’s lunch
- Access to sauna and heated pool and relax
- Access to the safari park to drive around with your own car
- Selection of Eriksberg’s experience menu in the evening
Day 3.
- Breakfast
Check-out is at 11.00 a.m.
Optional extras 1: Jeep safari before or after breakfast SEK 3,700 for 2 persons.
Optional extras 2: Walking safari with guide SEK 1500
Not included: Flight or train, transfers to the hotel (can be arranged), food, drinks and activities not mentioned, insurance, tips, etc.
Travel ethics: Nothing in particular.
Packing: Good walking shoes, swimwear, good clothes to wear when hiking.
Weather: Eriksberg
Mobile network and email: Email and internet available
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When you visit Eriksberg, you help to preserve various species such as bison, bat species, the red water lily and much more:
● Eriksberg is one of northern Europe’s largest game enclosures and a nature reserve with high biodiversity and has a summer population of about 1,500 animals.
● Eriksberg is a veritable gene bank for various species and has an important function as a research and reference area for ecosystems.
● The Eriksberg Prize, which is awarded annually, will stimulate the active use of nature’s different values and contribute to the financing of research related to the environment and the diversity that takes place at Eriksberg. Projects have been carried out on beetle species, fishing, butterflies, spiders, tree rejuvenation, bird life, lichens and mosses, all of which have led to valuable experiences and reports.
● Eriksberg has one of the world’s largest populations of the protected red water lily.
● Eriksberg also houses and protects 16 of Sweden’s 19 bat species.
● Approximately 90 hectares of protected bays in the Baltic Sea mean significant play and growth areas for e.g. pike.
● There is a rich bird life including sea eagles with over 60 species red-listed in the EU Birds Directive
● It nurtures and preserves valuable natural and marine environments that have been prioritized within Natura 2000. Eriksberg is part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Blekinge Archipelago.
Eriksberg’s sustainability work:
● Food produced in the local area and following the seasons is offered. At Eriksberg, people are largely self-sufficient in game meat from their own farm. You have your own slaughterhouse and can therefore follow and control the entire process from forest to plate. Highest hygiene, traceability and veterinary inspection apply. The venison is healthy, climate-smart and free of antibiotics, dyes and additives.
● In other respects, efforts are made in restaurants and hotels to use raw materials and products from local and / or organic producers
● You sort at source and recycle.
● Rock heat is used for heating and for cooling down and energy use is measured and evaluated continuously. Sweden’s tough environmental goal of halving energy consumption by 2030 has already been achieved. Energy consumption for heating, cooling and hot water has at Eriksberg switched to 100% renewable energy and been reduced by about 60%. This by renovating and building well and using modern technology such as rock heat pumps and solar cells.
● Renewable / source-labeled electricity is used and the local partner of electricity is Karlshamn Energi AB.
● Eriksberg always chooses equipment with good and durable quality for double life on, for example, computers, switches, screens, black and white copies and so on.
● All types of internal combustion engines in implements, vehicles, tractors and boats are selected with the environment in mind.
● The minibars have low energy consumption.
● It is possible to charge electric cars, both 230V and 400V / 16A.
● The new entrance building, Outdoor Eriksberg is a “plus house”. During the summer, we can sell electricity on a fairly large scale and then cover the annual consumption for several houses.
