Winter package
Travel itinerary – exploring the surrounding nature & maximizing your own wellbeing.
Imatra is one of the birth places of Finnish tourism and it hosts the Imatrankoski rapids, which are a must-to-see.
Arrival to Imatra, lunch in Vuoksi Fishing Park – oasis with activities in Imatra city center (Salmon soup/Smoked salmon)
Recommended program: Musical/choreographic performance during or after lunch (Can also be booked in other parts of the program.)
Drive to Rautjärvi municipality (60 km)
Accommodation: B&B Hiitolanjoki, Nature Healing Powerhouse, Rautjärvi
B&B Hiitolanjoki serves you with the best Karelian hospitality. Their cozy and comfortably furnished rooms guarantee a perfect stay.
Option: activity
Peat sauna by the riverbank
A healthy dinner made from local ingredients.
Breakfast at B&B Hiitolanjoki, Nature Healing Powerhouse, Rautjärvi
B&B Hiitolanjoki’s breakfast is full of tastes with warm Karelian pies. Hint: Ask for the host to teach you how to bake karelian pies.
• Mystery forest tour with local guides (forest musician and nature instructor) to a flag cave ‘Pirunkirkko’ Devil’s church.
OR Nature experience with a guide, snowshoeing when snowy, blazed salmon on an open fire in the nature.
Sauna & dinner
Breakfast at B&B Hiitolanjoki, Nature Healing Powerhouse, Rautjärvi
Morning sauna and a swim in the river
Option: activity
Departure
Activity options:
- Relaxation moment with the instructor in the forest
- Explore the darkness of the forest -tour.
- Forest yoga
- Laughter yoga
- Sound bowl relaxation / singing bowl meditation
- Try dry-suite-floating in the river Vuoksi at Vuoksi Fishing Park in Imatra (also in the winter).
The river flows all-year-round, while Lake Saimaa is frozen.
This is a travel package example. All packages can be tailor-made. Valid: October – April (snow season usually December – March, activities vary)
Valid:
October - April
Preferred group size:
6–20 pax
Preferred rates per pax:
€325 /person
More information:
Vuoksi fishing park, [email protected]
The right for changes reserved. Content subject to change. Transportation not included. Self-drive recommended.
Winter package request for quotation
This page and its contents were made as part of the "Secrets of Saimaa" project. It has been implemented with a special grant from the Ministry of Education and Culture for cultural tourism development projects. In addition, these companies have financed it: Saimaa Geopark ry, Humanistic University of Applied Sciences, Kulttuuritila Nuijamies association, goSaimaa Ltd, The city of Lappeenranta, the city of Imatra, Taipalsaari municipality, Ruokolahti municipality and the companies involved.