Eco-Travel ECEAT Finland

Everything we do at Hossan Lumo is strongly guided by eco-friendliness and green values. The Finnish-Irish couple running the enterprise also have a good understanding of different cultures: before moving to Hossa, they worked for eight years in multicultural environments in several countries.

Visitors can choose between our camping area and 11 cottages (40 beds in total) on the southern shore of Hossanlahti Bay known for its clean waters. The cottages cater for all budgets, ranging from a simple summer cottage to a well-appointed log villa. Two of the small cottages with no running water are only used in summer. The other cottages have kitchens, showers and toilets. Five of the cottages have private saunas.

A self-service kitchen, showers and toilets are available in the service building for those staying in the summer cottages and the camping area. The two lakeshore saunas are in shared use in summer (different time slots for women and men).

The newest cottage is accessible, the lakeshore saunas can be reached by wheelchair users, and there is a ramp leading to the shop/café.

The camping area has 15 sites for tents and 32 for caravans and cars. There is also a bathing area with a sandy shore sheltered by pine trees.

Hossan Lumo runs a small shop and café. The product range includes organic produce, ecological hygiene products and detergents, and souvenirs crafted in the local area.

SURROUNDINGS AND ACTIVITIES

Hossa National Park is a magnificent wilderness area and also known for its old cultural traditions. Hossan Lumo has a partnership agreement with Metsähallitus, and we hand out brochures and trail maps of the National Park. Hiking gear and sports equipment are available to rent for all seasons:

• Bikes: from Hossan Lumo and Hossa Visitor Centre (5 km)
• Rowing boat: from Hossan Lumo and water areas of Hossa National Park (for bookings, see Hossa Visitor Centre)
• Canoes/kayaks: from us, Hossan Lomakeskus Holiday Resort at 250 m, Hossa Visitor Centre at 5 km and Julma-Ölkky at 17 km
• Guided nature excursions: Hossa Travel 2 km
• Signposted hiking trails: connecting trail to the National Park (trailhead at 1 km), trails in the National Park
• Stone-age rock paintings of Hossa
• Snowshoeing from Hossan Lumo (also gliding snowshoes)
• Ski tracks starting from Hossan Lumo. Around 40 km of cross-country ski tracks in the area of Hossa village and National Park
• fishing in Hossanlahti Bay 0 km, Hossanjoki River or rainbow trout ponds 5 km
• SUP paddle boarding at Hossan Lumo

Read more about activities offered at Hossan Lumo

Read more about hiking in Hossa area

DIRECTIONS

• Bus: 250 m, Hossan Lomakeskus. Note! Busses on the Kajaani–Kuusamo line only stop at Hossa in June–October. Nearest bus stop in use round the year 30 km, Peranka (Road 5). There is no public transport from Peranka to Hossa. We will help you with transport in the National Park area as far as possible.
• Train: Kontiomäki, 170 km
• Motorists/cyclists: Signposts to the destination on Hossantie road, approx. 4 km to the south from the junction for the National Park. GPS coordinates 65.44272255637853, 29.551026858803837

OPENING TIMES AND PRICES

Open: year round. Camping available roughly between 25 May and 15 October depending on the weather (no advance booking needed for camping).

Prices:

• Smallest cottage: EUR 35/day, EUR 245/week. Largest cottage from: EUR 130/day or EUR 910/week (the price includes bed linen in the largest cottage but not in the smaller ones)
• Ask about the prices of individual cottages/visit our website
• Camping: tent site/night: EUR 12 + EUR 4/night for adults. Site for a caravan or campervan EUR 16/night. Power outlet EUR 7/day
• Benefit for visitors arriving with public transport/without a motor vehicle and ECEAT Finland members: discount on mountain bike rentals.

OUR ACTIONS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT:

• The newest cottage has geothermal heating and solar panels for the sauna.
• Visitors are encouraged to make use of shared slots in the lakeshore saunas.
• Water pipe heaters are time-controlled, outdoor lights are only on when it is dark/twilight.
• When the cottages are not in use, their radiators are on a minimum setting.
• We have bird boxes and an insect hotel on the grounds.
• The enterprise is working actively to improve waste management and recycling in Hossa area together with a local waste management company.

CULTURAL ACTIONS AND LOCAL COOPERATION

Activities that benefit the entire local area are also important for the entrepreneurs:

• Locals and visitors can get the basics in the summer shop without leaving the village.
• Thanks to a new fuel station, there is no need to drive 80 km to fill up the car.
• Interpretation services for foreign enterprises, holiday residents and customers in the area.
• Renovation and snow ploughing services for companies, locals and holiday residents.
• In purchases, independent local companies are favoured.

FUTURE

• Preservation of cultural heritage: interpretation services for a local reindeer farm
• Maintenance of cross-country ski tracks: helps to ensure round-the-year tourism services
• In the area and to keep local residents fit.
• Sourcing a more ecological product range for the shop and café.