We will meet at the Louhi railway station (we recommend train No. 16A), get acquainted with the instructors — you will easily find them, they will be in branded blue T-shirts.
After a brief acquaintance, we get on the buses and go to the starting point of our adventures — the village of Pyaozersky (109 km).
The journey will take 2-2.5 hours.
Before we set foot on the territory of the Paanajarvi National Park, we stop at the visitor center to register.
Here, in the visitor center, there is also a museum, which we will definitely look into.
Wildlife is represented in all its glory in the Paanajarvi National Park: high mountains, clear rivers and deep lakes, as well as rare species of animals and plants listed in the Red Book.
It is for these reasons that the park itself is divided into several zones: there is no access to two of them, but the third – recreational – is organized for tourists.
There are strict rules in this area that must be followed.
This is done in order to protect and preserve natural landscapes and Red Book plants and animals.
We continue our journey, we go to the shore of Lake Paanajarvi on the territory of the national park itself.
The entire national park was named after this lake.
We are staying in a tent camp in a specially equipped parking lot.
After lunch, we go on a walking tour.
In the evening, we help the instructors prepare dinner and spend time talking around the campfire.