GOLD PANNING & SAMI CULTURE AT LEMMENJOKI

Book experience from Hotel Korpikartano with all the highlights of Lemmenjoki National Park. You will have the full program with river Boat Trip to Ravadas Falls and visit to gold claim.

Your local host will take you with a traditional river boat along Lemmenjoki river to Ravadas Falls. Admire the famous waterfall and surrounding nature of Lemmenjoki national park.

After the visit to Ravadas Falls you will head deeper to Lemmenjoki National Park by boat. Total distance to the final destination is about 20 km. It is just a 600 m walk to the gold claim from the Lemmenjoki river bank. Your host will show you the secrets of gold panning and everybody can try their skills in gold mining. Hear also many stories of Lappish gold history.

During the trip you will also hear traditional Sami joik singing and have camp lunch. After the trip you will visit your guide’s reindeer farm and their mother felt ateljee and learn a lot more about Sami culture.

Hotel Korpikartano is open all year around. You can contact us to book your stay by email at [email protected]

At Hotel Korpikartano you can experience the beauty of nature in quiet and cosy accommodation with view on Menesjärvi lake. We offer hotel rooms and studios with kitchen in two separate accommodation buildings for a total of 28 rooms.

Hotel Korpikartano is located in Menesjärvi, Finnish Lapland a small Sámi village on Lake Menesjärvi. The bigger village of Inari, known as the centre of Finnish Sami culture is just a 30-minute drive away. Until 2005 Korpikartano served as a Sami village school for children in the surrounding areas and in 2009 it opened its doors to guests.

Hotel Korpikartano is near by of Lemmenjoki National Park, Finland’s largest national park. Hotel Korpikartano’s is ideal for those seeking peace and quiet. Aurora season is long in Menesjärvi and Inari and Hotel Korpikartano is famous among aurora hunters.

Welcome to the luxury of nature and silence!

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