Finnish Wilderness Week

Finnish Wilderness Week (EDCFA)

Duration: 8 days (may vary)
Areas: Finland
Tour types: Nature & Wildlife, Winter Adventures

Description

Basecamp Oulanka, our 'wilderness camp', is a lovely complex of wooden buildings providing comfortable and cosy accommodation in a stunning location overlooking a lake, and backing on to the Oulanka National Park. During the stay we include a varied programme of activities including dogsledding, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. We also enjoy a full day of wilderness skills with the opportunity to stay in your own quinzee and learn the techniques of snowshoeing and cross-country skiing passing frozen waterfalls and the beautiful Kitkajoki River. A highlight of the trip is dogsledding through the silent snow-caked forests of the Riisitunturi National Park in Lapland. Free time can be spent using the cross-country skis or snowshoe equipment available at the lodge, or in the sauna and hot tub. The ski resort of Ruka is a 20-minute taxi ride away - for a night out, snowmobile safari or a day of downhill skiing.

Tour itinerary

Day 1:

Start Basecamp Oulanka.

Day 2:

Snowshoe hike in national park; free afternoon.

Day 3:

Cross-country skiing in the morning; free afternoon.

Day 4:

Half-day dogsledding instruction and tour (approx 10 km); optional ice-climbing.

Day 5:

Free day in Ruka; morning option of snowmobile safari including lunch by a campfire en route; afternoon option of downhill skiing.

Day 6:

Full day of wilderness skills including igloo building and fire-making in teams of four; option to spend night in the igloo.

Day 7:

Free for optional activities including ice-climbing, dogsledding or snowmobiling and downhill skiing at Ruka; dinner in a teepee, cooked over an open fire.

Day 8:

End Basecamp Oulanka.