Canoe, Hike and SUP in Finland
Explore the gorgeous Nuuksio National Park by land and water and spend a night in a treehouse-style tent
What's Included?
Small Like-minded Groups
Solo-friendly by design, join our small n’ sociable groups of up to 8 like-minded, active and outdoorsy people…
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What's it like?
Experience Finland’s Nuuksio National Park, 45 km² of peace and tranquility
Canoe calm lakes, hike through green forests and try stand-up paddle boarding (SUP) on picture perfect waters
Spend a unique night in a tent suspended above the forest floor!
Key Information
Day 1
Helsinki
Meet your host at Helsinki Airport and head to your hotel in the centre of town. Check-in, unwind and then head out to explore the city.
Day 2
Hiking and camping
Take a short drive to a pristine lake located deep inside the national park and spend the day canoeing across the calm water and occasionally carrying your canoe between lakes for an extra bit of adventure! Take a break for a snack and a coffee on the lakeshore and then hike inland to check out the park’s flourishing forests. Drive to the Haltia Nature Centre for lunch and then spend the afternoon exploring, swimming in the nearby lake or hiking the surrounding trails on your own. In the evening, walk to an eco-camp and spend the night in a 2-person tent suspended above the forest floor. Dinner meanwhile will be a basket of goodies for the perfect, cosy evening meal. Fall asleep listening to the sounds of the forest.
Day 3
SUP and departure
Wake in the tranquil forest and after breakfast drive the short distance to a small and beautiful lake where you'll take to the water on a stand-up paddle board. Experience the sense of freedom and closeness to nature that's unique to SUP and then climb to the top of a nearby hill for a packed lunch with views right across the park. Nuuksio covers two different ecological zones, oak forest and southern boreal forest, with trees extending far into the distance, allowing you to appreciate the vastness of the Finnish wilderness. In the afternoon, drive back to Helsinki in time for your flight home.
The Area
Logistics
Starts
Helsinki Airport
17:30
Ends
Helsinki Airport
Flexible
Transfers
Your host will meet you at Helsinki airport at 17:30, but if you arrive early to spend the day in Helsinki there is a fast and cheap airport train connection to the city centre. Your hotel is located close to Market Square in the heart of town. At the end, you'll be returned to the airport. Please schedule your flight home to depart after 17:00.
Travel options
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL) is served by regular, inexpensive flights, including direct flights from London on British Airways, Finnair and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Your host will contact you before you leave to check your arrival and departure plans.
What about all the carbon?
We partner with the World Land Trust to ensure this trip achieves Net-Zero emissions. We also support their Buy an Acre programme, helping local communities to buy and protect natural habitats in perpetuity.
Day 1
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 2
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Day 3
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
What is the food like?
Finnish cuisine blends traditional and modern continental foods for delicious and varied dining opportunities. Dishes commonly include fish, pork, beef or reindeer, but also involve lots of vegetables and mushrooms. Typical meals include cabbage rolls, hearty stews, meatballs and fish prepared in a number of ways. The evening dinner basket on the second night includes sausages, sandwiches and tea. Most dietary requirements can be catered for, just let your host know in advance.
What is the accommodation like?
Helsinki
You’ll stay at Hotel Katajanokka in the city centre. Rooms are ensuite and include TV and free wifi and the hotel also has an onsite restaurant and bar.
The forest
You’ll stay in a 2-person tent at the Tentsile Eco Camp. Tentsile tree tents are low-impact and have a low carbon footprint and are suspended one or more meters above the ground, with the higher tents accessed via a webbing ladder. The lakeside campsite also provides campfires, an eco-toilet, bottled water, sleeping bags, towels and easy access to the Haltia Nature Centre restaurant for breakfast.
The hosts rearranged the activities to suit the weather, checking I was happy with their suggestions and kept me clearly informed about the plan.
Matteo the guide was fantastic and the equipment used was excellent.
Kaspian was a great host, very helpful and knowledgeable. Everything went smoothly there was a good balance between free time and activities. The activities were both a lot of fun especially the paddleboarding. The food was also great!
Location, activities, logistics, hotel quality and tensile was fun.
The program, activities, sufficient free time, group size and locations were great.
SUP was excellent with great tuition from Kaspian.
The transfers were really convenient. The hotel was lovely. Hiking, SUP and Canoeing were all really good fun! Hosts made sure everyone had plenty of food, fun activities, and were flexible if we wanted to change anything. There was some free time too which was nice. The tree tents were fun too. I had a lovely group of people.
Fantastic mix of activities in an amazing national park.
A relaxed itinerary, with a good mixture of activities and plenty of time to explore by yourself. The guide and other travelers were really nice which made the trip a lot more fun.
The calm and tranquility of the National Park were great. Plus the food and unique camping experience.
I really enjoyed the activities - canoeing and SUP. The guide for SUP in particular was great
Excellent communication, very smooth transitions, beautiful location, good equipment, and friendly, experienced, helpful, and thoughtful guides.
Very well organised, everything ran seamlessly and such a beautiful place.
Amazing guides, great canoeing snacks, incredible views and quiet and very well organised.
Amazing guides, very good food, good accommodation. 10 out of 10.
It was such an incredible getaway! I loved absolutely everything but especially the sleeping in the trees and swimming in the beautiful lakes.
The scenery was stunning with a great mix of activities!
The guides (Mira and Ana) for canoe and SUP were brilliant. The places we stayed (hotel and tent) were fab. The activities were amazing as was most of the food. The whole experience was fab.
Nice time off for the weekend. Ahri without probs dropped me in the city as I stayed one more night. It was good fun. Guides were amazing.
Stand Up Paddling was excellent, amazing scenery, great hosts. The lunch at the Haltia Nature Reserve was fantastic on both days, in general the whole tentsile experience was fun.