Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.natureco.info
; noon-6pm Mon-Sat)
Original and excellent Sámi handicrafts next to Villa Lanca. It also hires bikes (per half-
day/24 hours €10/20).
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
( 020-564-7740;
www.inari.fi
;
Inarintie 46; 9am-8pm Jun-mid-Sep, 10am-5pm Tue-Sun mid-
Sep-May; )
Located in the Siida museum. There's also a nature information point here and internet ac-
cess.
Getting There & Away
Inari is 38km north of Ivalo on Rd 4. Buses run here from Ivalo (€8.20, 30 minutes). Two
daily buses hit Inari from Rovaniemi (€60.10, five hours) and continue to Norway, one to
Karasjok and on to Nordkapp in summer, another to Tana bru (four weekly in winter).
Lemmenjoki National Park
At 2855 sq km, Lemmenjoki (Sámi: Leammi) is Finland's largest national park, covering a
remote wilderness area between Inari and Norway. It is prime hiking territory, with desol-
ate wilderness rivers, rough landscapes and the mystique of gold, with solitary prospectors
sloshing away with their pans in the middle of nowhere. Boat trips on the river allow more
leisurely exploration of the park.
The launchpad is Njurgulahti, an Inari Sámi community by the river; it's often simply
referred to as Lemmenjoki. It's 11km down a turn-off signposted 34km southwest of Inari
on the Kittilä road.
Sights
Lemmenjoki Nature Centre
NATURE CENTRE
