Pendant la semaine special mammiféres Taiga, vous aurez de nombreuses opportunités de découvrir, observe et photographier les mammiféres de la wild taiga finlandaise. Des safaris pour observer les ours bruns, les gloutons, les loups les élans et les caribous des forêts.
| Price | 1 475,00€ |
- hébergement, repas (petit dejeuner , un repas chaud et pique-nique)
- Transport (transferts about 1h to max 3h, stops on the way)
- Guide (francophone)
- 4 nuits en affut (ours, glouton et avec de la chance loup)
- 1 safari élan
- 1 safari caribou
- Visit du centre Petola à Kuhmo
- Balade nature
- observation des oiseaux (suivant la saison seulement en mai et juin)
- transfert Kajaani airport et pours les activités du programme.
During the week you will have many possibilities to discover, observe and photograph the mammals of the wild taiga of Finland. The king of the forest, the brown bear, you will observe spending 4 nights in comfortable and secure hides which are equipped with toilet, sleeping places and hearing system. You might also see wolverine, or even hear or see a wolf!
Finland and especially the region of Kainuu is famous for its great predators and others mammals. There are about 2500 bears, 250 wolves, 350 wolverines, 2 000 lynxes, thousands of elks, foxes, minks, around 10 000 beavers, 850 wild forest reindeers and some hundreds of endangered flying squirrels in Finland. Beside the mammals also birds of the taiga forest are interesting: crossbill, Siberian Jay, swan, red and black throated divers, owls. Depending on the season birds will be more or less active – the most active they are in spring/spring summer time from end of April until mid June.
1st Day: Arrival in Kajaani
Transfer to the accommodation near the Russian border, dinner.
2nd Day: Hike in a bear forest and bear watching
After breakfast, we will discover the Finnish forest having a nature and culture walk of about 2-3h. Dinner will be served at 4 pm. Around 5 pm, information about the hide and about the bears. Departure for the comfortable bear hide night (hiking 700 m through the forest). All night in the hide.
3rd Day: Rest/free time and Bear hides
After breakfast you can enjoy a short bird trip , have some rest before the next night for bear watching. Departure after early dinner to the bear hides.
4th Day: Wild forest reindeer/moose (elk)
Today we will discover the life of the wild forest reindeer, and the environment of beaver as well as the way the moose lives. We will leave for an evening trip to observe moose and wild forest reindeer. We will come back during the night for the accommodation.
5th Day: Morning rest and bear/wolverine watching
We will enjoy the quietness of the accommodation or discover the Lentiira village, after meal a new night for bear and wolverine watching.
6th Day: Petola and Kuhmo,
After the breakfast and some time for resting we will have one hour reserved for Petola predator centre visit, a beautiful exhibition with lots of information about the predators of Finland. In the evening we will go for a elk safari. Accommodation– arriving late in the night.
7th Day: Wolverine and other predators
After returning late last night we will have a day for resting/checking the photos taken during the week. Hoping for one more beautiful night with the predators around the hides, after the meal we will go once more to the hide . Perhaps this time, if not already before, a wolverine and wolves arrive…
8th Day: Departure day
breakfast and departure for airport.
Non included: Flights – Personal and outdoor equipment (warm outdoor clothing, outdoor shoes, hat, gloves, memory cards, batteries, tripod, binoculars, telescope, mosquito repellent) – Personal travel insurance
Service languages included:
Finnish, English, French
