Ahkun Tupa

Nice location, we were looking at 11 reindeers in a fence. It was a cosy cabin or cottage. The living room has a full equiped kitchen, fridge, watercooker, coffeemachine. All is very clean. There were 4 beds in the living room, you could sleep with 2 adults in 1 bed, but we found that too small. So we slept seperated. There is a sauna, a clean bathroom. You can beautifull walk over the Lemmenjoki River when it is frozen. So silent. Beautiful! And it is dark there, so we could see some Aurora, unless the kp index was very low, 1. The owners do have a restaurant, where you can eat par example a good filled reindeer soup with vegetables, or a salmon salade with a lot vegetables, or the specialty if the chef. For an acceptable price. It all tasted very well. The cottage is near the Lemmenjoki National Park, a great park to hike. There are snowscooters not allowed. The owners were very frienly and cared a lot of their reindeers.

The beds are a bit hard. The carpet at the entrance looks a bit old. You have to bring your own bedlinen and towels, if you don't want that you have to pay for the bedlinen. We brought our own bedlinen, but I wonder if every tourist will do that too. So if I was the owner, I would higher up the price with €5 and lay clean bedlinen on the beds. The tourists can make their own beds.

The hostess was very friendly even we csme later than expected. We had a nice cabin even with a sauna. The cabin has it's own kitchen, fridge, microwave, watercooker, coffeemaker, pots, pans, dishes, kitchen utentils. It has toilet, shower and sauna as well. There were 4 beds, but a little bit small. So we decided to sleep separated, than you have a big space. The environment was very great, we have seen a little bit Aurora, unless the kp index was 1. The cottage is well warmed by electric heating. The cottage looks over 11 reindeers in a fence. The rest of the herd reindeers were somewhere in the firest. We had a beautiful hike over the frozen Lemmenjoki river. In the summer you can make boat trips over that river. The owner has a great respect and love for the animals and the forest. I like that very much. So be respectfull for the owners too. Lemmenjoki National Park is nearby, also great to hike, forbidden for a snowscooter. In the restaurant you can eat a great meal or have a delicious soup with reindeer meat. The environment is very quiet and silence.

For the bedlinen and towels you have to pay extra, ir bring it by yourself. We brought is by ourselves naturally, but I wonder if every tourist will do that. So if I was the owner, I highered up the price a bit and put clean sheets over the beds, for protecting your stuff.

Cozy cabin with everything you need next to the start of the walking routes of the nature reserve, and waking up you could see the reindeer & moose from the window of the cottage. Nice owners taking very good care of their guests.

Beds are not very je most comfortable.

Very beatiful place at lakeside. Very simple beds but comfortable enough to sleep well. There was malfunction in water system resulting in cut of water supply and shower 50 metres away, but that can happen in -25 degrees.

Nice place somewhere nowhere in Finland. Friendly owners, clean equipment. Good to visit in summer time. Sad that we were only one night there.

Water was frozen, but not a big issue since was possible to use shared equipment, and hot sauna. Just added a bit adventure to the trip!

The owners were super friendly and welcome. The location is great and the view amazing! We also had the opportunity to feed the reindeers and see how amazing they are!!! Beautiful and a remarkable experience,thanks to their owners who didn’t hesitated to share with us a part of their daily life.

No wifi in the private house, available only in the communal area which isn’t really a huge issue.

Great place, very nice helpfull people- we will back (Wyprawowo.pl) See You !!! Best regards :)

Sauna directly in the cottage