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Our family owns a number of wilderness cabins which are used, in season, as either refreshment stops or overnight points for clients on winter husky safaris. At other times of the year, one or more may be available for weekly rent or for booking for an overnight stay as part of a hiking or kayaking journey.
- Traditional Farm Kota - sleeps 6 (+guide), expandable to 9; rustic but heated, half-board with Lappish meal
- Palojoki River cabins - two cabins sleeping 3 and 8, wilderness sauna; great for paddlers
- Lake Ounasjärvi cabin - sleeps 2-4, wood-burning sauna for up to 8, shallow swimming beach
- Kellotijärvi cabin - sleeps 9-11, perfect for fishing
- Tarvantojoki River cabin - off-trail, sleeps 12-16, far from anyone else
Traditional Farm Kota
Our Traditional Farm 'Kota' is a circular building with a central fireplace, around which clients sleep on comfortable mattresses on reindeer-skin-covered benches. It is used on the night before a multiday safari starts and on the first night of our 3- and 5-day tours. Outside the safari season you can stay on the farm with us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life on a working husky farm.
It is rustic but comfortable, with water for basic hand-washing, a standard toilet c.200m away, computer charging ports and underfloor heating, but no running water (no shower). Use of sleeping bags and liners is included. As the kota sits in the middle of the farm of c.200 dogs, a guide will facilitate your stay and sometimes stay overnight.
The stay is half board: a traditional Lappish meal cooked over the fire (reindeer, mashed potatoes, lingonberries and gherkins / locally-caught white fish, lemon sauce, rice and vegetables, with squeaky cheese or baked bananas for dessert) plus a continental breakfast. A guided farm tour is included, along with the option to walk old dogs on our 2km forest trail, brush dogs or help with feeding. Check-in is after 4pm and dinner is served by 7-7.30pm. The kota is designed for 6 clients + a guide, but three single beds can be made into doubles to sleep up to 9.
Wilderness cabins on the Palojoki River
We have two small cabins side by side on an ox-bow of the Palojoki river. The smaller cabin is used primarily by guides in winter, and the larger one by overnight client groups. The small cabin sleeps 3 people and the larger cabin, 8. There is also a wilderness sauna, a wilderness toilet and a log shed. These cabins are located approximately mid-way between Leppäjärvi and Palojoensuu and therefore provide a great overnight location for paddlers.
Cabin on Lake Ounasjärvi
Owned by Pasi's parents, this cabin sleeps 2 in comfort but has bed space for four. The main building has one room serving as living and sleeping space and as a changing room for the wood-burning sauna (which holds up to 8 people). A separate logshed, wilderness toilet and outdoor laavu complete the property. It is a great spot for a small family in summer: the shallow beach is perfect for small children to swim at, and the cabin is easily reached by boat or on foot.
Cabin at Kellotijärvi, on the Muoniojoki River
The main cabin sleeps 4-6 people in two rooms. An adjacent building has bunkbed accommodation for a further 4 people and the sauna, again a separate building, has an additional single bed. Altogether a group of 9-11 people can sleep here. This is a perfect place for fishing. Available for weekly rent in the summer months (also available in winter, but those staying must cover the cost of the snow-work to make it accessible).
Cabin on the Tarvantojoki River
This beautiful old Nammalakuru cabin and storage building is situated literally in the middle of nowhere - an off-trail walk of c. 5km in summer, located between Kultima and Kuttanen on a bend of the Tarvantojoki River - so you will need to be able to navigate relatively well to find it. The cabin sleeps 12-16 people and is a great location for fishing, berry picking or simply being in nature far from other people. Please contact us for more information.
