Province of Eastern Finland,
Region of North Karelia
Municipalities of Lieksa (www.lieksa.fi, in Finnish) and Ilomantsi (www.ilomantsi.fi, in
Finnish)
Area: 105 sq. km. Established in 1982.
The area is managed by
Metsähallitus.
Patvinsuo National Park
is a peaceful hiking destination with wilderness-like nature. The National Park
is an internationally important as a mire conservation and research area, with
old-growth forests and waterways with sandy shores. The area is best suited for
one to two day hikes. Hikers can broaden their route by continuing onto the
Karelian Circuit Hiking Trail.
The area is ideal for observing wilderness-like landscape. The emblem animal
of Patvinsuo National Park, the bear, tends to avoid people and it is rarely
seen, where as beavers and their dams can be seen along almost all the park’s
streams. Swans, cranes, geese and many waterfowl, tetraonids and birds of prey
inhabit the park. Birds can be observed from the bird-watching tower at
Teretinniemi and bird watching platforms at Lahnasuo and Surkansuo.
This is the web page www.outdoors.fi/patvinsuonp
Take a look at Patvinsuo National Park related products at the Outdoors.fi
online shop (kauppa.luontoon.fi).
