If you are looking for the wilderness hut atmosphere, you can definitely find it at the Sopala hut. This small hut , hidden between two ridges at the end of a narrow fjordlike bay this hut offers a rustic shelter for paddlers as well as other travellers. You can arrive by the water or drive into the yard with a motor vehicle. Distance by the waterways from Puumala village is approx 28 km. By road 31 km.
The hut offers beds loosely for 2 persons, or more intimately max 4 persons, however there is plenty more room outside for several tents.
Hut furniture:
140 cm wide bunkbed
Blankets and pillows (please take with you bedlinens or sleeping bag)
Gas stove
Cutlery and dishes for 6 persons, coffee-pot and tea-kettle. Frying pan and a pot
Sauna
Drytoilet
NO ELECTRICITY
a cool cellar pit outside the hut.
Water for the sauna carried by hand in buckets.
well for drinking water
rowing boat
campfire site in the yard. Making a fire is not allowed during a forest fire warning
Checking in at 15:00 and checking out at 12:00
Price & Booking:
100€/day/4 persons. Extra persons 20€/person in your own tents.
Sopala Hut is one of our canoeing cabins and part of our self-guided paddling routes so during the main season this destination is usually reserved for kayakers. However, you can ask about available times and details by email info@saimaacanoieng.fi or by phone 050 – 548 7653.
