MAGIC OF NUUKSIO
We are a family-owned company with a peaceful lakeside location next to Nuuksio National Park.
We are located less than 40 km from Helsinki airport (30min) and Helsinki city center (45min). You can hike or bike from us through the national park to Haltia, the Finnish Nature Center (13km).
We are specialised in outdoor activities and programs based on Finnish traditions and northern mythologies. We like to tell stories with videos. The story of the Juniper Spirit takes you to our surroundings in the summer season and winter season you can experience on Magic of the Winter-video.
NUUKSION TAIKA FOR TRAVEL AGENTS
We are a family-owned company with a peaceful lakeside location next to Nuuksio National Park.
We are located less than 40 km from Helsinki airport (30min) and Helsinki city center (45min). You can hike or bike from us through the national park to Haltia, the Finnish Nature Center (13km) and Hawkhill Resort (6,5km).
We are specialised in outdoor activities and programs based on Finnish traditions and northern mythologies. We like to tell stories with videos. The story of the Juniper Spirit takes you to our surroundings in the summer season and winter season you can experience on Magic of the Finnish Winter-video.
SUSTAINABILITY
We are Sustainable Travel Finland and Good Travel certified, and we are LGBTQ and a wheelchair friendly company.
We co-operate locally and mainly use local services. We are part of Nuuksio Lakeland and Vihti Countryside Luxury networks. We take care of our unique nature together with the lake protection association.
In our services we focus on sustainability, quality and safety. We strive to introduce our quests to Finnish culture and traditions.
VILLA PARATIISI
A cosy lakeside cottage
The cottage accommodates 14 people in 6 cosy rooms. The cottage has a large living room, a fully equipped kitchen, spacious terraces, a traditional Finnish wood-heated sauna and a hot tub.
Villa Paratiisi is an ideal location for families and groups of friends or colleagues. In Villa Paratiisi you can experience the way Finnish people spend their holidays in the cottage and find out why we are the happiest country in the world.
WÄINÖLÄ
An unique place in the forest
Our event venue Wäinölä is situated next to Villa Paratiisi. Traditional log-house of Wäinölä is based on models from the Iron Age, hosting groups up to 40 people.
In Wäinölä you can travel back to the past, learn the myths of Finns and the spirit of our epical story Kalevala, as well traditions of Vikings. Wäinölä is also a perfect place for important events like weddings and birthdays.
Wäinölä has an open fireplace and outdoors a campfire and a grill house with the Ofyr-grill. Next to Wäinölä there is a cosy cabin for two people called Ainola. Both Wäinölä and Ainola are wheelchair accessible.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
In the Summertime
Summer in southern Finland is best during June-September. Days are long and weather is good for outdoor activities, temperature is around 20-25 degrees and it seldom rains.
Experience activities by the lake: row a boat, paddle a canoe and fish with a rod. Walk in the woods of the National Park, pick berries and hunt mushrooms. Try your skills with arching, relax in the Forest yoga and experience the healing powers of the nature.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
In the Wintertime
Winter in southern Finland is best during January-March. The lakes are frozen and we have snow.
Walk with the snowshoes and try the traditional vehicle kick sled. Drill a hole on the frozen lake and try your luck with ice-fishing, and get empowered by ice-swimming.
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Live like a local, packages for small groups
SUMMER NIGHT IN THE WILD
Enjoy a traditional Finnish summer day by the lake: row a boat, fish with a rod and learn to play the Finnish game “mölkky”. Walk in the woods of the National Park with your guide, pick berries, hunt mushrooms and experience the healing powers of the nature. Relax in the soft heat of the wood-heated sauna and refresh in the cooling lake: Have a deep sleep in the silence of the wilderness.
Available: May- September
Duration: from 3. pm to 11. am
Price: 1480€
Price includes:
– Cottage with 6 rooms/14 beds, linen
– Wood heated sauna, 2 showers, towels and shampoos
– Coffee/ tee and buns for arrival and breakfast
– 2 hours guided walking tour, equipments for rowing, fishing with a rod and mölkky-game
– Dinner and hot tub for extra price
WINTER NIGHT IN THE WILD
Experience the Finnish wilderness in the wintertime. Explore the nature, frozen lakes and snowy forest with your guide. Walk with snowshoes and try traditional vehicle kick sled. Drill a hole on the frozen lake and try your luck with ice-fishing. Relax in the heat of a wood-heated sauna and get empowered by ice-swimming . Have a deep sleep in the wilderness.
Available: January- March
Duration: from 3. pm to 11. am
Price: 1480€
Price includes:
– Cottage with 6 rooms/ 14 beds, linen
– Wood heated sauna, 2 showers, towels and shampoos
– Coffee/ tee and buns for arrival and breakfast
– 2 hours guided tour with snowshoes, kick sleds and ice-fishing equipment
– Dinner and hot tub for extra prize
FINNISH SAUNA TRADITIONS
Relax in the heat of a traditional Finnish wood-heated sauna. Refresh in the cooling waters of the lake, in the wintertime ice-swimming. Experience Finnish sauna traditions with a guide: rituals of bath whisk and herbal foot bath. On the upper bench of the sauna there is room for 6 persons and lover bench 4 person.
Available: Around the year
Duration: 4 hours
Price: 780€
Price includes:
– Cottage with wood-heated sauna
– Guidance to Finnish sauna traditions
– Towels and shampoos
– Dinner and hot tub for extra prize
Northern Mythologies-programs
MAGIC OF THE KALEVALA
Listen stories of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. Hear about the myths of the past, the creation of the world and heroes of the Kalevala. Listen Finnish folk music played by traditional instruments.
Available: Around the year
Duration: 2 hours
Price: 760€/max 10 person, extra persons 30€, max 20 people
Price includes:
Program with folk musician
Log house of Wäinölä
Accessible
MAGIC OF THE WOODS
Learn about the healing powers of the woods and taste the flavors of the nature. Finnish nature is full of super food; from trees, berries, mushrooms and wild herbs. They grow in unpolluted woods and during long summer days get strong power to heal.
Available: May to October
Duration: 2 hours
Price: 480€/max 10 person, extra persons 30€, max 15 people/group
Price includes:
Program with a nature guide
Accessible by request
MAGIC OF THE BEAR
Walk in the woods of Nuuksio National Park and find out about the myths and facts of the bear, the king of the woods and the national animal of Finland. Meet an authentic-looking brown bear in a bear hut.
Available: Around the year Duration: 2 hours
Price: 580€/max 10 person, extra persons 30€, max 15 people
Price includes:
Program with a nature guide
Bear-hut of Wäinölä
Accessible by request
Finnish culture tours for big groups
FINNISH NATURE & CULTURE TOUR 5h
Program in Wäinölä includes:
- National Park tour
- Finnish folklore program; singing, playing and dancing
- Finnish outdoor game “mölkky”
- Lunch: salmon soup with dark Finnish bread
Available: June-September
Duration: 6 hours
Price: 145€/person, 30-60 people
Price includes:
Program in english, guided programs, coffee break and lunch with coffee
Accessible
FINNISH HISTORY & CULTURE TOUR 5h
Program in Vihti village includes:
- Finnish history film in cinema
- Walking tour in the village
- Visit to Finnish primary school
- Visit to Lutheran church
- Lunch: salmon soup with dark Finnish bread
Available: June-September
Duration: 6 hours
Price: 125€/person, 30-60 people
Price includes:
Program in english, guided programs, coffee break and lunch with coffee
DINNER FOR DAY TOURS
Would you like to have a dinner for your day? A day in Wäinölä could include dinner prepared by the open fire or arctic 3-course menu. A day in Vihti could have dinner in Joutsela manor, about 15 minutes drive from Vihti village.
Price: 45-75€/person
Duration: 6 hours
Available: All year around
Delicious moments by the campfire
Coffee/herbal drink with sweet buns
Grilled sausage with salad and coffee/tee with buns
Forest mushroom pie with salad, coffee/tee and dessert from wild berries
Dinner in Wäinölä
ARCTIC THREE COURSE MENU
Starter: Creamy forest mushroom soup with traditional Finnish bread
Main course: Smoked salmon, roasted potatoes and carrots, seasonal vegetables and herbal sauce
Dessert: Traditional blueberry pie with whipped cream, coffee/tea
Duration: 2 hours
Prize: 95€/person, minimum 10 people, max 40 people
Prize includes:
3-course Arctic menu: main course fish, log house of Wäinölä
KALEVALA OR VIKING DINNER PARTY
Join the traditional Kalevala or Viking party and enjoy 3-course dinner in the log house of Wäinölä. Get to know the stories of the Kalevala or traditions of the Vikings and listen traditional music.
Duration: 3 hours
Prize: 165€/person, minimum 12 people
Prize includes:
Program with 2 folk musicians
3-course Arctic menu: main course both fish and game, log house of Wäinölä
LEARN TO COOK ON AN OPEN FIRE
Be part of the cooking team and learn to cook arctic 3-course menu on an open fire or on the Ofyr-grill.
Duration: 3 hours
Prize: 120€/person, minimum 8 people
Prize includes:
Cooking with a wilderness guide
3-course Arctic menu: main course salmon, grill-place and log-house of of Wäinölä
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Prices for the season 2024-2025, only for tour operators and travel agents
Best regards Liina, Satu and Maria
