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Photo: Pauli Mattaa
Oulanka National Park
 
The journey begins in a deep river canyon through steep rock walls dotted with beautiful flowering plants. You move forward, arriving at a large wilderness area with vast old forests. Above a broad peatland, a Golden Eagle glides through the sky. The route continues along a wide meandering river, Reindeer are resting along its sandy beaches. This is Oulanka National Park.
  • Oulanka is a word of a Finnish dialect and means "the flooding river"?
  • in Oulanka there are marked trails totalling 85 km?
  • recreation facilities are free of charge?
  • in high season (15.6-31.9) it is recommended for tourists to bring a tent, as huts are often full?
  • the logo of Park is the northern orchid Calypso bulbosa?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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