Cycling and canoeing

Period:

2012
a) 14.-22.7.2012
b) 22.-28.7.2012 Additional week

Group size:

6-12 persons

Price:

2012
a) 1045 €
b) 490 €

Single room:

2012
a) 16 €/night, only 7 nights possible
b) 16 €/night, in the additional week all nights possible

Additional days:

65 €/person, full board

Includes:

Transfer from the airport Kuopio at 18.00, to the airport Kuopio at 8.30, 6 nights in double rooms in guesthouses, one night in a room with several beds, full board (breakfast, picnic lunch or snack, one warm meal), English speaking guide, bikes and canoes

Physical condition needed:

Short walking tour of 1-2 hours. Canoeing on the slowly streaming river and small lakes (5-6 hours of canoeing). Biking on the hilly roads (both sand and asphalt). You need to be in normal shape and have team spirit


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Cycling and canoeing in North Karelia

This round tour by bike and canoe starts from the guesthouse Pihlajapuu which is a big wooden house between forests and fields. We’ll ride a bike through forests to a log cabin, Metsäkämppä. There we will first heat the sauna by the lake. We’ll bike 2 days and then take the canoes and paddle along a slowly streaming river. We will overnight in three different guesthouses and at one cabin. You can combine this active holiday to a week in one of the guesthouses or in a very comfortable cottage. You can bike and paddle further or just relax and enjoy the Finnish summer and light summer nights. It does not get dark at all…

Program
1st day Arrival in Nurmes, first dinner together and information about the tour.
2nd day Paddling tour (6 km) on the nearby lake of Viemenjärvi (300 m from Pihlajapuu). In the afternoon we practice some essential words in Finnish. Sauna in the evening.
3rd day We pack our things for the tour. The rest of our luggage we leave at Pihlajapuu. We’ll bike 35 km through the forests to Metsäkämppä. The road is asphalt but hilly. In the evening we enjoy the heat of the sauna and also swim in the lake.
4th day Today we bike through uninhabited area along hilly and partly sandy roads to Puukarin Pysäkki which is a Karelian guesthouse. Here we can taste some Karelian delicacies. Daily biking 32 km.
5th day Today we change our bikes to canoes and paddle 18 km along several lakes and Valtimonjoki-river. We will see the best of Karelian countryside with green fields and cows. Overnight at guesthouse Laitalan Lomat where they have accommodation at several cosy houses. Of course we will have sauna by the lake.
6th day We paddle along the smoothly streaming river to Kuokkastenkoski, about 15 km. Transfer by car back to Pihlajapuu, 9 km. Accommodation at Pihlajapuu.
7th day In the afternoon we’ll play a Karelian game called Kyykkä. In the evening we’ll paddle over the Viemenjärvi lake to Minna’s smoke sauna. (1 km from Pihlajapuu). After the sauna we’ll taste glowfried salmon at kota which is a wooden teepee.
8th day A day-off for extra program in the surroundings; wild life watching, Koli national park, visit to a Finnhorse farm etc. Ask for details.
9th day Time to say hei, hei. Bye bye!