Hi everybody,
Since we are in Eastern Finland let's use the opportunities of using great local nature. One of the destinations could be Patvinsuo National Park, which is located in two municipalities - Lieksa and Ilomantsi.
Since we are in Eastern Finland let's use the opportunities of using great local nature. One of the destinations could be Patvinsuo National Park, which is located in two municipalities - Lieksa and Ilomantsi.
Eastern Finland, Region of North Karelia
Municipalities of Lieksa (www.lieksa.fi, in Finnish) and Ilomantsi (www.ilomantsi.fi, in Finnish)
Area: 105 sq. km. Established in 1982.
The area is managed by Metsähallitus.
Municipalities of Lieksa (www.lieksa.fi, in Finnish) and Ilomantsi (www.ilomantsi.fi, in Finnish)
Area: 105 sq. km. Established in 1982.
The area is managed by Metsähallitus.
More information about the National Park can be found from http://www.outdoors.fi/destinations/nationalparks/patvinsuo/Pages/Default.aspx
You can always print and take a brochure about this beautiful place at http://julkaisut.metsa.fi/assets/pdf/lp/Esitteet/patvinsuoeng.pdf
Patvinsuo is just perfect place for hiking.
The park has about 80 km of well marked trails, including 20 km of
duckboard trails. The most popular trail is the Suomunkierto Trail (15 km
around). Three shorter nature trails, Kuusipolku, Mäntypolku and Lakkapolku
(3-4,5km), are also suitable for children. Hikers can also follow trails
leading from the park to the longer Bear Trail (138km) and Wolf Trail
(90km).
But if you want to get more experience in Patvinsuo I would advise you to take services from Esa Mukku, who is excellent expert of the area. More details see on the webpage of his company http://www.caret.fi/
