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Booking of huts for the year 2024 has ended. No changes can be made to the bookings. Any cancellations will be handled through customer service. // 3.12.2024

Rental hut

Aitaniitty

Number of beds
5 beds
Size (in square metres)
20 m2
Coordinates
Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 66° 19.739', lon: 29° 31.896' ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7358875, E: 613394

Aitaniitty rental hut is a hidden hut along the canoeing route in the lower part of the river Oulankajoki. The hut is very simple with no electricity or running water. The hut cannot be reached by car or walking, and there are no accessible services.

There is a toilet, campfire site and a separate wood-heated sauna in the hut yard. The sauna is only available to those renting the hut.

A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.

Map files and brochures

Reservations

This hut can only be rented through the below-mentioned company.

  • Oulanka Camping (in Finnish, oulankacamping.fi), Liikasenvaarantie 137, 93900 Kuusamo, tel. int. +358 (0) 44 740 0001 and +358 (0)400 188 049.

  • Available for rent 1.6.–31.8.

Basic details of the destination

Municipality
Kuusamo
Region
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Location
Oulanka National Park
Heating
Stove
Electricity
No
Cooking
Gas stove
Drinking water
Lake/river nearby, must be brought yourself
Toilet
Dry toilet
Staying overnight
Bed, mattresses
Pets
Allowed
Sauna
Yes

What's new

Arrival instructions

Yard

There is a wood-heated sauna, a campfire site and a dry toilet at the yard.

Keys

The key is in a key cabinet on the hut wall. The cabinet is protected with a code. Instructions and the code are sent to you by e-mail after the payment.

Facilities

Heating and lighting

  • The hut has a stove and firewood for heating. Please use firewood sparingly. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.

  • The hut has no electricity. We recommend using a headlamp, which leaves your hands free to do chores around the hut. For safety reasons, candles must be burned on a non-combustible surface and constantly monitored.

Cooking

  • A gas stove, cutlery and a cellar.

  • We recommend bringing your own portable stove.

Drinking water

Staying overnight

  • Four beds and beddings for four persons, no bed linen.

  • Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag.

Sauna

  • There is a separate wood-heated sauna in the hut yard. The possibility to use the sauna is included in the rental price.

  • More detailed instructions can be found in the hut folder.

Toilet

There is a dry toilet near the hut. Please bring your own toilet paper.

Waste disposal

There are no waste containers by the cabin. Visitors are advised to take their accumulated waste with them.

Metsähallitus follows the principles of litter-free hiking. Visitors are adviced to bring their own waste out of the area. Read more about hiking without littering (nationalparks.fi).

Other things to keep in mind

  • The hut will not be preheated before the start of your stay.

  • There are no accessible services in the hut.

  • Please clean the hut before you leave.

Safety

  • Although Finland has a broad network for mobile phones, there are some areas in the park without signal. If this happens try to climb to a higher place or go into an open area. Check the mobile network coverage with your mobile phone operator before your trip.

  • There are fire alarms at wilderness huts, but we recommend to bring a 9 V battery and/or your own travel fire alarm with you.

  • Read more about the area and its current information at Nationalparks.fi.

Hut maintenance

Maintenance and Management: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.

If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know: Nationalparks.fi/feedback.

Oulanka National Park Camping Ground (in Finnish, oulankacamping.fi, Liikasenvaarantie 137, 93900 Kuusamo, tel. int. +358 (0) 44 740 0001 and +358 (0)400 188 049.

Hiking information services: Oulanka Visitor Centre

Liikasenvaarantie 132

93900 Kuusamo

+358206396850

oulanka@metsa.fi

Check additional information and opening hours
Metsähallitus logo

Metsähallitus

P.O. Box 80 (Opastinsilta 12 C)

00521 Helsinki

Eräluvat

eraluvat@metsa.fi

+358 20 69 2424 (Mon–Fri 9 am–3 pm)

€0.00/min + local network rate/mobile charge

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