In May 2015, Bob from the Nature Travels team travelled to the provinces of North Karelia and Kainuu in Eastern Finland to visit our new experiences in the area. In the article below, Bob visits the kennels which are the setting for our Private Dogsled Tours for Two in the Taiga Forest in wintertime and … Hugging Huskies in the Taiga Forest
Bob from Nature Travels goes on a short canoe adventure on our Canoe Getaway in Skåne in the south of Sweden. It was a beautiful spring day when I arrived at the canoe centre in early May – the sun had been shining non-stop for the last few days and it felt like high summer. … Canoeing in Skåne – Paddling the Canoe Getaway with the World to Myself
Niki, Jayne and Elky visited Värmland in May, and their second stop after a canoe tour on Klarälven was to the cabins in Värmland. After a short Canoe Tour on Klarälven we headed to the location of our Log Cabin Escape and Lakeside Cabin Retreat in Värmland, where we were to stay for the night. … Visit to the Lakeside Cabins in Värmland, Sweden
Niki, Jayne and Elky visited Värmland in May, and the last stop on their trip was at our Back to Basics in Cosy Cabins. After a day visiting the beautiful Glaskogen Nature Reserve, we travelled 20km south and just off a main road, a track takes you away from civilisation and leads to you a … Visit to Back to Basics in Cosy Cabins in Värmland, Sweden
Jayne, Niki and Elky travelled to Värmland in May, and the first part of the trip was doing the 50km version of our Canoe Tours on Klarälven (doing the normal 4-day route over 3 days). The Kläralven is a wide steady flowing river (usually at around 2kmh) which meanders through the Värmland region in Sweden. … Canoeing on the Klarälven River in Värmland, Sweden
While the main summer season is the most popular time for canoe and kayak tours in the Nordic countries, May and June can be a wonderful and very quiet time for a paddle tour. Nature is waking up after a long sleep and bursts of colour are starting to appear! As we all get excited … Where to Go Canoeing and Kayaking in Spring
NB: As Nature Travels experiences use Canadian canoes and sea kayaks, the article below focuses mainly on the difference between these. We do not currently offer tours involving whitewater or kayaking on rivers, so whitewater kayaks are not discussed. Nature Travels offers many paddling adventures in the Nordic countries and there are a few ways … What’s the Difference Between Canoeing, Kayaking and Packrafting?
Niki and Jayne from the Nature Travels team try our our Stockholm Archipelago Self-guided Explorer experience with a paddle tour over Midsummer Looking at the amount of stuff lying on the floor around the kayaks in dry bags, we did begin to wonder if we had brought too much stuff and how it would all … Midsummer Sea Kayaking in the Stockholm Archipelago
Bob and Sofia from Nature Travels spent a long weekend in Helsinki in August combining kayaking in the Helsinki archipelago with a short stay in the city. Sofia: The forecast was not great – rain and wind. The rain isn’t so bad when kayaking as once in the kayak, a little more water isn’t the … Kayaking in the Helsinki Archipelago
Sofia from the Nature Travels team goes with the flow on a timber rafting trip down the Klarälven river in September. Timber rafting on the Klarälven river grew out of the tradition of forestry companies to use the river to transfer timber from the logging sites down to Karlstad. Nowadays the timber is transported by … Building a Timber Raft
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