Paanajarvi National Park » Tourist Cabin «Vartiolampi»

Tourist Cabin «Vartiolampi»

Rules for visitors

• Check-out 12 a.m. Check-in after 12 a.m.
• When checking-in make sure that all equipment and utensils entered in the list is present there.
• Inform the park ranger on-duty of any missing or damaged item.
• Rangers of the park can be found at the rangers stations at the border of the park or at lake Paanajarvi.
• Keep the cabin clean and in order.
• Keep order in the territory around the cabin: the campfire place, the gazebo, the firewood shed, the ramp, the toilet.
• Put garbage in the container. Put in the fire what can be burnt. Throw the left-over food, fish entrails, coffee and tea grounds in the toilet.
• Do not throw around cigarette butts – put them in the fire.
• Do not carve the tables, benches or other structures, do not leave bad memory of yourself for years to come.
• Use water from the nearby lakes, rivers and streams for cooking, drinking or other purposes. It is clean in all water systems in the Park and can be used without any risk to one’s health.
• Food can be cooked on the range in the cabin or outside on the campfire.
• Do not put soot-blackened kettles and pots on the tables and benches. Use the special boards.
• Observe the safety rules using the iron range.
• Save the fire wood, do not make big fire.
• Observe the fire safety rules.
• Keep clean the toilet.

Rules of checking-out

• Make sure that the fire and coals in the range are extinguished.
• Tidy up in the cabin, sweep the floor, clean the table.
• Do not leave left-over food on the table or in the pot.
• Wash the kettle and pot.
• Empty the pails, pots and washbowl, especially in winter.
• Accurately stack the mattresses, pillows and blankets.
• Collect the bed linen and give it over to the staff on-duty
• Put the litter in the trash container
• Leave the toilet clean.
• Tidy up the area around the cabin

Capacity of the cabin is 14 people (minimal 8 people) on 48 m 2.

This log house with a veranda was built in 1999, renovated in 2009. In the cabin there is a steel range for cooking and heating, a table, benches, a shelf for dishes, sleeping bunks downstairs and in the loft. Of the kitchen utensils there are 2 pots, 2 kettles, a pan, 2 pails, a cup, a wash basin, a broom, a dust pan, a cupboard, 14 bed sets consisting of a mattress, a pillow and a blanket. Fresh linen is given in the visitor centre or by a ranger at checking-in. Near the cabin there is a shed with fire wood, an axe, a rake and firefighting equipment on a board.

Infrastructure

There is a campfire site with a big sheltered table and benches, 2 trash containers, 2 firewood sheds, 2 toilets, a rump down to the lake, 2 platforms for tents, eco-centre, a Lapp hut. The eco-centre and the Lapp hut are used only for ecological expeditions and public events.

Sauna

The sauna is located 150 m from the cabin on the bank of Olanga river.

In the shed near the sauna there is a stock of firewood and an axe;
A trash bin stands by the sauna;
In the sauna there are 3 basins, 2 pails, 3 water tanks, 2 scoops, a dust pan and a broom;
A staircase leads down to the river.

The sauna is used by the tourists living in the log cabin and by those who stay in the tens at the camping site. Chopping wood and heating the sauna is done by the tourists. Use of the sauna is included in the cost of accommodation.

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