Hiking information services: Koli Nature Centre Ukko
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83960 Koli
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Suomu House
Number of beds
14 beds
Size (in square metres)
150 m2
Address
Suomuntie 54, 81650 Hattuvaara
The Suomu House rental hut was formerly the home of a forest ranger. An atmospheric and spacious accommodation in the luminous Suomu yard. The house is furnished and decorated. The house has 14 beds and extra mattresses, for a total of 20 people, about 150 m². The kitchen is downstairs, and there are lodging spaces both downstairs and upstairs. The rooms are heated with wood.
A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.
Reservations
This hut can only be rented through the below-mentioned company.
Reservations can be made through the guide by phone: +358 465 720 766 / Pekka Turunen.
The Suomu house and sauna can be rented in summer. At other times by special appointment.
Basic details of the destination
- Municipality
- Lieksa
- Region
- Pohjois-Karjala
- Location
- Patvinsuo National Park
- Heating
- Stove, wood-burning baking oven
- Electricity
- Yes
- Cooking
- Gas stove
- Drinking water
- Well (only in the summer)
- Toilet
- Dry toilet
- Staying overnight
- Bed, blankets, mattresses, pillows
- Pets
- Prohibited
- Sauna
- No
Arrival instructions
Driving instructions
From Lieksa:
Take main road 73 then on the south side of Lieksa turn onto road 522 (Pankakoski - Ilomantsi). Follow this road for 39 km through Hatunkylä Village to road 5202 (Kivilahti - Kitsi). At the intersection turn towards Uimaharju; the direction shown for Patvinsuo National Park.
Drive this road for about 15 km at which point there is an intersection with signs to the National Park and nature information hut (luontotupa) and turn left. It is about 6 km to the nature information hut from the intersection.
From Joensuu:
Take main road 73. At Uimaharju round-about turn onto road 5160. Follow this road for 16 km and then turn right onto road 5202 (Kivilahti - Kitsi). There are signposts to Patvinsuo National Park along this road.
Follow the road for about 20 km at which point you will arrive at an intersection with signs direction you to the nature information hut (luontotupa). It is about 6 km to the nature information hut from the intersection.
By public transportation
A coach travels from Uimaharju to Kivilahti.
Read more about the area and more detailed arrival instructions on Nationalparks.fi.
Yard
The yard has a dry toilet, a recycling point and a well.
In the yard of the cottage, camping and other forms of overnight stay are prohibited. The nearest camping area and fireplace can be found approximately 200 meters away.
Keys
The key must be picked up from and returned to the guide at Suomu Nature Information Hut.
Facilities
Heating and lighting
The rooms are heated with wood and the hut has firewood for heating. Please use firewood sparingly. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
The house has an electric lighting system (solar cell and batteries).
Cooking
The kitchen downstairs is equipped with a gas stove, a refrigerator, a wood-burning stove and oven as well as tableware.
Drinking water
There is no running water in the hut.
Household water is available from the yard well.
Staying overnight
There are beds, mattresses, blankets and pillows in the rooms. In addition, there are extra mattresses, blankets and pillows in the house.
Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag.
Sauna
The sauna by the lake: Basic fee 30 €/2 hours (additional hours 30 €/hour).
Sauna in the yard: 30 €/2 hours (additional hours 30 €/hour).
There is room for about ten bathers in each sauna.
Payment by cash or invoice. VAT 10% is incuded in price.
Toilet
There is a dry toilet near the hut. Please bring your own toilet paper.
Other things to keep in mind
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: Tmi Villiemäntä and Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.
More information:
Koli Nature Centre Ukko, ukko(at)retkipaikka.fi, tel. +358 40 773 2442.
If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know so that we can react to the needs as quickly as possible.