PAN Parks Oulanka and local business partner Basecamp were featured on German TV in ZDF’s ’Green tourism in the green belt.’

Oulanka National Park in Finland, the land of forests, wild rivers offers great venue for Basecamp’s nature friendly outdoor activities. To learn more watch the film (in German)!

 

Get to know Oulanka National Park, Finland ...


Close to the arctic circle at the Russian border, where Taiga forests alternate with vast moors, lies what the Sami people call “the flooded land”: Oulanka National Park.

Strong currents pull on the rafting oars. White, frothing water splashes into the air. Oulanka’s rivers are forceful and wild, with drops of up to nine metres in the rapids; a true haven for wild water rafters.
On shore, hiking trails snake through the untouched Taiga forest, leading into Finland’s wilderness: roaring waterfalls and deep gorges to old water mills and vast golden mires.
Oulanka is a climatic crossroads, where the Arctic and the Southern climate collide and vegetation grows, untypically lush for the North. Rare species like the golden eagle and capercaillie, the bear and the lynx roam in the park. And in June the calypso orchid blooms, the emblem of Oulanka National Park.
True nature lovers can spend the night in the park, in rustic wilderness huts or on campsites on sandy riverbanks, falling asleep to the sound of the gurgling waters.

Brave the rapids of Oulanka
Hike the Karhunkierros Trail (bear trail) through untouched Taiga forest
Shake off winter’s chill in a traditional Finnish sauna.

… and local business partner: Basecamp Oulanka

Wilderness hotel which offers a full range of outdoor activities such as; river rafting, canoeing, kayaking, snowshoeing, skiing and climbing.

Basecamp Oulanka offers activities based on the concept that values Sustainable Tourism Development Strategy of the national park. In the camp there is a wilderness hotel, a restaurant and a full range of activities like river rafting, canoeing, kayaking, snowshoeing, skiing and climbing. Self-guided and guided programmes are organised in the areas surrounding Basecamp.
In the wilderness hotel you can find a restaurant with local dishes, a smoke sauna (traditional and rare), plus sauna with Jacuzzi and meeting rooms and equipment for 15 - 60 people.
More on http://www.basecampoulanka.fi/


Watch the film (in German)!

Photo: ZDF