At Kajaani Airport, you’ll be met by our representative and be transferred to the Kuikka base camp on the edge of Finnish territory, only a few kilometres from the No Man’s Land between Finland and Russia. En route, visit the Predator Centre where you can get some first impressions of the Finnish wildlife. Kuikka is situated on a headland surrounded by a lake rich in fish and has a traditional log house of former forest workers. You’ll be served a savoury Finnish dinner on arrival at Kuikka and further taken for a nocturnal promenade in the boreal forest with an experienced guide. Later, you can enjoy a bonfire with the typical sausage and Finnish beer.

Start the day early and be transferred from the hide to the Camp. En route, pay a visit to the winter den of a bear. After breakfast at the camp, professional nature photographer, Lassi Rautiainen will tell you about his pioneer work of Finnish hide nature photography and his work on protecting nature (bear and wolf in particular). Following this, take a short course about bird photography. Later, a Traditional sauna and a wonderful refreshing swim in the peaceful lake await you. Also, you might want to relax or take a nap, since you probably haven’t slept much the night before. Dinner/information at 4 p.m. and take off to the wolf/bear/wolverine/eagle blind at around 5-6 p.m. Overnight in the hides.

Post breakfast, you’ll have time to hand in your 4 best pictures (predator, bird, detail, landscape; filename: name of photographer category.jpg) until 12 p.m. sharp. Rest of the day is at leisure. Additionally, you can opt for an individual boat/canoe trip, fishing, sauna and swimming, small walk, garden bird photography. After Dinner at 4 p.m., there will be an announcement of the winning pictures (4 category winners and 1 overall winner). Optional hide night / extra hide night for the overall winner!