Walking holiday in Finland
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.
How this holiday makes a difference
Environment
In our activties we implement responsible ecological practices to avoid pollution – although this might be very expensive. One of these you will test during this week: using the electric outboard motor for rafting. This is so unique you do not find this practice elsewhere. This outboard puts out no pollution compared to 2-stroke outboard with a fuel consumption of 6 litres – you can imagine the difference in noise pollution! We do not provide activities that disturb nature or create pollution. At our camp there is no light or noise pollution. In marketing we do not use brochures or printed materials.
Accommodation with us is ecologically responsible. Our buildings are made from logs, which come from the forest only 50 km away from basecamp, and concrete. Buildings are small and built in the traditional Finnish way. The heating system gets its energy from local forests: we use waste wood in the form of briquettes. This is the best heating system that it is possible to have- and we even heat up our sauna from this central heating system.
We do not change your sheets and towels every morning – you keep and use with them for several days: like at your home. And water consumption is limited by our own well: the maximum to get out of that is 2 m3 per hour. You get more information about this in the briefing. When you are with us, you will learn many things that you can do differently at your home: shopping, recycling, as well as changing perceptions of relationships between populations and local natural environments.
Community
All guides live in the local area. They know fantastic local stories, will make your experience a fascinating and enjoyable one, as well as explaining the traditions of Oulanka national Park. You will be eating only local food prepared in our own kitchen- you will find that our chef is excellent! The menu will consist of Elk, reindeer, salmon, white fish and vendace – and of course we eat a lot of potatoes in Finland, as well as blueberries and cloud berries. You will be using tableware that is designed and handmade in Finland just for us – a beautiful piece of art.
Rural areas benefit more when jobs we create are located in rural areas, not in the ski resort. We operate very closely with Oulanka National Park. We raise funds to ONP every year totalling several thousand euros. Our customers raise funds to PAN Parks, again to the sum of several thousand euros every year.
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