Arctic Wolf and Auroras Borealis

Facts of the trip

Location : Kulkka Base Camp in Kuhmo, Finland

Availability : On request 1.12.–31.3.

Dates : 15.–21.3., 22.–28.3., 29.3.–4.4.2025

Number of participants : Min 4 persons, max 14 persons

Equipment: Participants have their own boots, winter clothing, warm underwear, etc. according to the cold weather. Please ask for the whole list of equipment after booking.

Equipment included in the price: Snowshoes, skis, sticks and skiing boots, sleeping bag and all other special equipment needed in the program.

By additional cost: Winter clothing, mittens, headwear, boots 90 €/set/person/week. Supplement for an extra night at a hotel in Oulu.

Tour level: Intermediate. Previous skiing and trekking experience is not required. Moderate physical condition is desirable.

Language : English.

Insurance : We require participants to have their own insurance for outdoor activities in Finland.

DAY 1 | PARIS / OULU

Finnair flights to Oulu. Arrival to Oulu Airport, where you meet your guide. Transport to Kuhmo town and Kuikka Base Camp. Transporting time with two coffee breaks is approximately 4,5 hours.

Kuikka Base Camp is a cozy old log house on the Russian Border, and the house works for us as a base for this unforgettable wildlife adventure. There is homemade dinner waiting for us on the table with different local delicacies! Program briefing. To have a friendly and safe experience, we’ll have basic info about clothing, accommodation, and safety instructions for the week. Evening meal in the dining room and accommodation in double rooms in bunk beds. Sauna, fantastic dip to the ice hole, and hot tub on a shore of the ice-covered lake available!

DAY 2 |

Breakfast in the dining room, the introduction of the area. Campfire to the shore and ice fishing trip with snowshoes to the lake ice. The trip will take us to a remote wilderness lake which gives much small fish to silent and calm ice-fishers. Enjoy the sound of silence. A peaceful hiking trip with snowshoes after ice fishing takes us to the campfire. Picnic lunch by the open fire. Hiking back to Base Camp. After relaxing and hot drink, you will hear the unique stories of the famous nature photographer and author Lassi Rautiainen. Photo exhibition and possibility to buy some books with an autograph. Aurora borealis photography in the evening.

Sauna, dinner, and accommodation in twin rooms in bunk beds.

DAY 3 |

After breakfast, we take wide backcountry skis and start the excursion to the Elimyssalo Nature Reserve area. Elimyssalo is the biggest, most remote wilderness area in Wild Taiga. It is the home of the four biggest predators in Finland. We might find the tracks of wolves, wild reindeer, elks, and wolverine and might see the rare lynx tracks also. Skiing in the old forests and on frozen bogs is really amazing experience. Here you can feel the real wilderness and quiet nature. Lunch at the shelter, laavu, by an open fire. Transport back to Kuikka Base Camp. Northern lights photographing trip to the lake ice. Dinner and sauna.

DAY 4 AND DAY 5 |

Breakfast at the Base Camp. Making a picnic lunch and transport to the wildlife hide. Photographing and wildlife watching. Opportunities to see wild wolves, wolverines, and eagles. Sauna, dinner, accommodation. Night in the gas-heated wildlife photographing hide in winter sleeping bag. Enjoy observing wildlife in great morning light.

DAY 6 |

Breakfast. Showtime for your best shots of the week! At the end of the photographing week, we collect together all the wonderful memories, process them together on the computer and make a presentation of the images. After this, the Northern lights photographing tour to the lake ice. Lunch, celebration dinner, and sauna are available. Accommodation in your room.

DAY 7 | OULU/ PARIS

Departure day. Breakfast and transfer to Oulu airport.

Finnair flights to Paris.

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We reserve all the rights to change the order of the activities or the content of the program if necessary due to the weather or other conditions.