Canoeing expedition - Canoeing the Finnish lakeland

Flexible Covid-19 cancellation policies apply to this Canoueing week. For current Covid info, please visit: 

• https://www.nederlandwereldwijd.nl/landen/finland/reizen/reisadvies
• https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/entry-restrictions
• https://raja.fi/en/guidelines-for-border-traffic-during-pandemic

This canoeing week is the result of a collaboration between Bushpappa and Karu Survival.

Our guides will take you on a canoeing vacation to the Finnish Lakeland of Kolovesi National Park, which is a unique and partially protected region. Narrow rivers meandering through the wilderness and dark lakes offer breathtakingly beautiful surroundings for canoeing. On our canoe trips you can enjoy the colourful autumn or the awakening spring in all its beauty but also learn important outdoor and canoeing skills. All this under the guidance of professional instructors.

During this expedition, we will not be eating travel meals, but you will be cooking and frying your food over a campfire every day. We do this so that you can eat well on your own future adventures. 

For whom?

This canoe vacation is meant for everyone who wants to explore nature with a canoe and is for both the beginner and the experienced canoeist.  During this canoe vacation you will learn the most important skills you need on a canoe trip.

During this canoe trip you will learn:

• Basic principles of canoeing
• Basic navigation
• Cooking on an open fire and a stove or burner
• Food hygiene and storage
• Different ways of making fire and their uses
• How to make different cooking utensils in/out of nature
• Basic first aid

Included in this adventure:

• All meals. Perparing your food is part of lessons during this week. 
• Canoe, life jacket, helmet
• Transportation to and from the training location
• Professional guidance of 2 instructors
• A fantastic nature experience 
• 10% discount in the webshop of bushpappa.nl

Not included:

• Flight ticket to/from Helsinki, flight or train ticket to/from Joensuu
• Insurance
• Personal equipment
• Snacks

After registration you will receive a packing list with the necessary equipment and additional information about the flight(s) and/or train(s) to be booked.