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Suomu Indoor Lodging
Number of beds
9 beds
Size (in square metres)
40 m2
Address
Suomuntie 54, 81650 Hattuvaara
Suomu indoor lodging is located in the centre of Patvinsuo National Park, in the Suomu Nature Information Hut. The cooking area is downstairs. The lodging space and the wood stove are upstairs. The lights are powered with a solar panel. There is a dry toilet, a recycling point, a well in the yard and a sauna and piers on the shore.
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.
For information on this contact Suomu Nature Information Hut: 046 572 0766.
The indoor lodging and sauna can be rented 1.5.-30.9. in the opening hours of the Suomu nature information hut. At other times by special appointment.
Basic details of the destination
- Municipality
- Lieksa
- Region
- Pohjois-Karjala
- Location
- Patvinsuo National Park
- Heating
- Stove
- Electricity
- No
- Cooking
- Gas refrigerator, gas stove
- Drinking water
- Well (only in the summer)
- Toilet
- Dry toilet
- Staying overnight
- Bed, blankets, mattresses, pillows
- Pets
- Allowed
- 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 grounds of the building include a dry toilet, a recycling point, a well and at the shore, a sauna and boat stages.
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 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.
Lighting with a solar panel. Both rooms have oil lamps.
We also 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
On the bottom floor there is a kitchen with a gas stove, gas refrigerator and cooking utensils.
Drinking water
There is no running water in the hut.
Household water is available from the yard well.
Staying overnight
There are bunks with mattresses, pillows and blankets in the room on the upper floor.
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.