Salla Wilderness Park
Salla Wilderness Park (earlier Salla Reindeer Park) offers countless escape opportunities from everyday life. Huskies and reindeer take you to the beautiful nature of Lapland. Snowshoes and forest skis take you wherever you want. In summer you can choose between canoeing and hiking boots. Our local, knowledgeable guides will take you safely to the forest and even bring you back.
In the Reindeer Park main building you will find a cozy café, the Forest Wildlife Exhibition and a changing art exhibition. In the souvenir shop you will find eg. reindeer gloves, local handcrafts, local Kuksa-cups and knives.
Reindeer programs
In the Reindeer Park you can get familiar with reindeer all year round. In winter, reindeer take you sleigh ride through the snowy forest. You can also go on a reindeer feeding trip on a snowmobile sleigh ride. In the summer, you will get to know the life of reindeer in the Kössi reindeer program and feed the reindeer with a guide.
Husky Programs
In the winter, you can enjoy guided various lengths safaries in the dog sleds. In the summer, a guided tour will take you to the Huskies’ home and see how the dogs spend their well-deserved summer vacation.
Northern Lights Tours
Trips with the Snowshoes or reindeer ride can take you searching the northern lights. The sound of reindeer steps in the dark forest is an experience in itself. With good luck you can admire the starry sky and the northern lights while lying in the reindeer sledge. Snowshoeing at night in the wilderness is a safe and unforgettable experience with a experienced tour guide. You’ll also get the best tips for shooting northern lights!
Snowshoe Tours
With the Salla Wilderness Park’s guides, you will find the best photography spots and learn about the new wilderness surrounding. Take an Arctic snowshoe trip to admire the iced waterfalls and try fishing throw the ice. A photography trip takes you to the top of Ruuhitunturi in the middle of magnificent snow covered trees.
Canoe trips
You can safely embark on a canoe trip without any previous canoeing experience. The magnificent national scenery of Oulanka National Park in South Salla opens from a completely different perspective with a canoe. Hangasjärvi, near Sallatunturi offers a wilderness canoeing experience in the midnight sun.
Fishing trips
The best fishing spots in Salla and the surrounding area are known to local wilderness guides. You can book a local guide with you for a fly fishing or ice fishing trip.
Reindeer park area
In the summer, you can get to know the 200-hectare Reindeer Park area on your own. By bying an entrance ticket, you will be able to hike on a five kilometer marked route. Reindeer move freely in the area and you’ll meet them along your way. There are several campfire sites in the area where you can roast sausages and eat your own snacks.
Salla Salla Wilderness Park customer promise
At Salla Salla Wilderness Park we will take you out to explore the Lappish nature. We don’t use motors on our Wilderness Park excursions – you will be taken into Salla’s nature with reindeer or huskies. Low-emission four-stroke snowmobiles are only used for essential tasks, such as for providing safety on the husky excursions.
During the excursions, our staff tell our guests about the Lappish nature, animals, and Everyman’s Rights in their own words. We also provide you with information about self-guided excursions that can be done without a motor, using snowshoes, forest skis, a canoe, or by just hiking. Our guides are mostly local or people with excellent local knowledge.
Our main building is the centre of the Wilderness Park. Here you can buy lunch made with local products or fill up your water bottle. The reindeer meat, fish, and vegetables in our restaurant are mostly from Salla. We pick our own berries and mushrooms from the surrounding area. The rainbow trout comes from the pure waters of Naruska, the breads from the Kursulainen bakery, the pastries from our own kitchen, and the sauces and juices are local.
In the main building you will also find the Reindeer Park ‘Metsän Sali’ (Forest Hall), which is a magnificent exhibition on Lapland’s nature. The main building is heated in an environmentally friendly way using wood chips. In the main building and in the guides’ kitchen, we also sort all our waste from plastic to cardboard.
As proof of our impactful environmental work, we have been awarded the international Green Key certificate. We are proud of the recognition and continue our work for the environment together with all our staff.
