- NATURE TRAIL
- Sovintovaara: summertime Lake Inari viewpoint, scenery café
- Inari: Siida, Lake Inari cruise and Ukonsaari island
- Lemmenjoki: national park, riverboat trip to Ravadas falls
- Kaamanen: bird observation tower in Toivoniemi and nature trail of Tuuruharju
- Kevo: nature reserve and Kevo hiking trail, Kenespahta
- Utsjoki: bridge over Utsjoki (the Sámi Bridge), river Teno, Ailigas fell (traditional nature trail, Utsjoki observatory)
- Utsjoki - Nuorgam area: Alaköngäs (most forceful rapids of river Teno)
- Nuorgam: the northernmost village in the EU, boundary marker of Finnish - Norwegian border (village of Pulmanki in Norway), Lake Pulmanki
- Utsjoki - Karigasniemi area: Yläköngäs (famous rapid of river Teno), Pahtavaara lookout spot and Rastegaissa fell (1067 m, in Norway, can be seen from Pahtavaara)
- Karigasniemi: crossingpoint to Norway
- Angeli: village of Sámi reindeer herders by river Inari
- Riutula: Terstojänkä marsh area, Ketunlenkki activities trail for children and childlike
KEVO NATURE RESERVE AND HIKING ROUTE
The Kevo Nature Reserve is located in the so-called Lappish Triangle formed by Karigasniemi, Utsjoki and Inari. This nature conservation region managed by Forest and Park Service was established in 1956 and covers an area of approximately 712 km². In the Nature Reserve, you can only trek on marked trails during permitted times. Kevo’s greatest asset is Finland’s largest canyon, the Kevo Canyon. The canyon has been created as the earth settled, and in places its walls are almost 80 metres high.
HIKING ROUTESKevo Recreational Route 64 km: The trail traverses through the Nature Reserve, along the canyon from Sulaoja to Kenesjärvi. The trail may be taken from Sulaoja to Kenesjärvi, or vice versa. When starting from Sulaoja, the trail is a little easier. The trail occasionally travels along the bottom of the canyon, occasionally up in the highlands, and crosses the Kevojoki River, running along the bottom of the canyon, three times. Along the trail, you can experience the best sights of the Nature Reserve including, e.g. the Fiellu Waterfall and the rock Kevo face; a place where the canyon breaks open and may be viewed along the trail. A wilderness cabin is located along the trail, at Lake Ruktajärvi with a few Lappish lean-tos and a sod-hut. When traversing the Nature Reserve you are only permitted to use the marked trails and stay in specially designated camping spots, which are very well equipped. Kuivi Route 78 km: The route partly travels along the Kevo route. At the Ruktajärvi Lake, the route splits off towards Njavgoaivi and the Kuivi wilderness cabin. The route traverses the fell region and the Paistunturi wilderness. The route returns to the Kevo trail to the north of the Fjellu waterfall. Using this section, the Kevo Trail can be extended to 78 kilometres, or it is possible to walk the ring trail back to Sulaoja. |
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KENESPAHTAKenespahta is a 150-metre high fell wall, which in the winter freezes to become an ice wall, which thaws into the Kenesjärvi Lake as late as June – July. |