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Be very welcome to our life in the middle of the nature

Plan your best holiday in Finland!

Äksyt Ämmät is a travel agency, tour operator, program service provider and online store in North Karelia.
We offer responsible and eco-friendly travel packages. Nature tours for groups of all sizes. 
Nature holidays with local twist - walking, canoeing, biking, skiing, Karelian culture and food...

Let's make happy holiday memories

Explore with us!

Tours & holidays for those who want to enjoy real Finnish way of life and pure nature.
We emphasize responsible holidays: biking, hiking, canoeing, skiing and relaxing...

Find here your own holiday or ask us to make a customized holiday package just for you.

Winter fun for families

Welcome to the Finnish winter.
This holiday have a lots of winter activities for the whole family in North Karelia.
Our Lakeland and the beautiful nature offers everything you need and is worthwhile experiencing!
North Karelia s a country of snow and the best time to visit winter wonderland is snowy period from January through March.
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Find your happiness

Are you consistently more tired when you get up in the morning than you are when you go to bed?
So, you are stressed and exhausted, you need time of your own.

Welcome to here to sleep well and recover from stress and find your happiness...

WATCH THESE! TIMELY HOLIDAY TIPS and NEW PRODUCTS

From guesthouse to guesthouse cross country skiing

Cross Country Skiing in Eastern Finland is a ski tour led by local guide, giving you the chance to experience the warm hospitality and good food of...
1210€
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WINTER WILDLIFE IN WILD TAIGA


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CHRISTMAS IN WILD TAIGA


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SILENT WINTER RETREAT

This retreat can be your pilgrimage into your own Heart and Sensuous Being.
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Winter Experience Week in Arctic Lakeland


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WINTER NEST RETREAT

Winter nature is very quiet by the frozen lake in one of the most beautiful places in North Karelia. The stars are twinkling, and the northern lights...
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A nature and wellness holiday in Koli National Park area

Let's make best summer memories on the island of Tarina-Aho
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CYCLING BY YÖVESI FOR A TASTE OF SAIMAA FLAVOURS AND CULTURE

The flavors of night water and the landscapes of Saimaa. Local food, local culture, art and Saimaa's rural landscape
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Slow down and make own snowballs

Are you stressed and exhausted? So, slow down and make your best winter holiday ever.
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The Karelian Pasty Workshop

Karelian pasties or pies are to Finnish food tradition what pizzas are to Italian. Authentic thin-crust, hand-made Karelian pies can be found all over...
55€/person
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Shamanic retreat in North Karelia

The silence and simplicity of being bring deeply relazing way of nurturing your body, mind, and soul. Connect with the essence of North Karelia.
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Bed&Hiking -package

Hiking to Koli National Park, Hiidenportti National Park, Tiilikkajärvi National Park and to the others hiking areas near by Hiking guesthouse.
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Stay in The Piilo Hideaway and hiking in the heart of North Karelia wilderness

Welcome to the middle of nowhere
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DEEP LAND OF FINLAND WITH ALL SENSES

Is the secret of Finnish happiness to be found in Syvänmaa? Come and find out!
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White summer days and nights in North Karelia

This tour offers you a nice mixture of a relaxing and an active holiday, sauna and a good night sleep after canoeing, hiking and biking.
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Accessible Tour in Kuhmo - Nature, Culture and History

This activity week includes lots to do and experience. We will go on excursions and nature observation and enjoy local food.  Let's have an adventure...
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WILDLIFE WATCHING

See bears and other predators from wild forests.
Hidden cottages provide a safe way to observe and photograph wildlife.

Our own guesthouse Pihlajapuu

Accommodation and activities!

Äksyt Ämmät - Guesthouse Pihlajapuu is situated in the Eastern part of Finland called North Karelia. The traditional log house used to be a village school but has now been lovingly renovated for it’s new purpose, welcoming international visitors. We have ten bedrooms, seven rooms upstairs and three rooms downstairs, and can accommodate up to fifteen persons. There are lounges and balconies as well as a Finnish sauna heated with a log fire. Our kitchen provides fresh local food. The small town of Nurmes lies about 20 km away from the guesthouse.
Pihlajapuu is hosting holidays and tours around the year. We are literally in the middle of the woods where you can pick berries and mushrooms in the autumn. We also cook marmalade from berries. In winter there is plenty of snow with cross-country tracks straight from the door. The fireplaces and radiators keep the whole house warm and cozy, even in the most frosty weather. Read more

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