Elevate your stay with a privately guided tour with a local guide. Choose from themes such as hiking, cycling, paddling, snowshoeing, enjoying campfire snacks, or visiting local entrepreneurs. Excursions can also be tailored to your interests.
During the tour, you’ll learn more about local life, nature, and traditions, and receive useful tips for self-guided adventures in the area.
Tour examples:
Stories, Snow & Fire
A Guided Winter Walk with Storytelling & Campfire Lunch
Duration: 3 hours
Price: 350 € (incl. VAT)
Location: Mäntyharju, Finland
Slow down and step into the winter landscape of Mäntyharju with a local storytelling guide.
The walk begins at the historic Iso-Pappila area, surrounded by authentic 19th-century buildings. From there, we follow forest paths through heritage woodlands and towards the rugged Pappilanniemi peninsula. Depending on conditions, the route continues on foot or with snowshoes, leading to a peaceful lakeside lean-to shelter at Nuotioniemi.
By the water, we enjoy a traditional Finnish campfire lunch. If you wish, you’ll also learn how to light a fire the Finnish way — simply and safely. Stories, nature and unhurried time by the fire are at the heart of this experience.
Village Life & Local Finds
A Guided Boutique Walk in the Heart of Mäntyharju
Duration: 2 hours
Price: 200 € (incl. VAT)
Coffee or lunch: at your own expense
This relaxed walking tour offers a warm, down-to-earth introduction to everyday life, small businesses and local flavours in Mäntyharju.
We meet near the market square — a lively and social meeting place, especially during the summer. In the warmer months, we explore the market stalls and meet local food producers, discovering seasonal flavours and small-scale Finnish craftsmanship. Your local guide shares stories about village life, local entrepreneurs and how everyday life unfolds in a small Finnish community.
Depending on your preference, we enjoy a traditional Finnish home-style buffet lunch or stop for coffee and pastries, including classic Finnish baking such as the cinnamon bun (korvapuusti).
The walk also includes a visit to Reissukirppis, a diverse and much-loved flea market filled with Finnish vintage treasures, everyday objects and unexpected modern finds.
During the summer season, we may also visit a beautiful historic granary building, home to a charming shop and café — a local favourite that combines history, atmosphere and small delights.
If you wish, there is time to pick up local food souvenirs, such as sea buckthorn juice, berry products, sparkling drinks, dried berries, jams or honey from local supermarkets produced by nearby farms like Vierulan tila — simple, meaningful gifts to take home.
