Example Programs for Incentive GroupsWINTER 2009-2010 updated 11.6.2009 Accommodation ExcamplesRukan Salonki log cottages (maximum 81 single rooms) - High quality log cottages located close to Ruka center
- Private place and full service possible
- There are cottages with 3 bedrooms, 4 bedrooms and 7 bedrooms
- In some cottages there are own toilet and a shower in each bedroom (maximum 24 single rooms) and in some cottages own toilet in each bedroom (maximum 14 single rooms)
- Cottages are located by the small lake, so scenery is beautiful in summer
and in winter - There is a restaurant Kultala next to cottages, where breakfast is served and
also lunches and dinners are possible to organize there - In the area there is also a modern smoke sauna and during winter time also ice sauna, which group can book
Rantasipi Rukahovi Hotel - Hotel located in Ruka center, just next to slopes
 - Superior and standard rooms as well as apartments
- Total number of rooms 180
- Hotel has also a conference center
3 Days Program for Group of 20-40 Persons (based on accommodation in Rukan Salonki)DAY 1 ARRIVAL TO KUUSAMO
18:00 Arrival to Kuusamo airport, meeting with Ruka Adventures guide at the
arrival hall. Transfer by bus to Ruka to Rukan Salonki, where accommodation.
Welcome drinks will be served in an snow restaurant and after that delicious three course dinner will be served in log restaurant Kultala which is located just next to cottages.
Menu suggestion:
Bluecheese – forest mushroom soup
Glowfried salmon with dill-cream sauce, potatoes, vegetables
Crème chocolate
DAY 2 DAY WITH SNOWMOBILES, ICE KARTING AND HUSKIES.
8:00-9:30 Breakfast at Kultala restaurant
10:00 Meeting with Ruka Adventure guide. Short transfer to Ruka Adventure
safarihouse, where everybody will get equipment for today´s adventures (overalls, shoes, gloves, balaclavas, helmets). Snowmobiles are waiting outside and guide will give you instructions on how to drive a snowmobile. After lesson you head off to forest by snowmobiles to enjoy the beautiful nature of Ruka. After about 1 hour drive you arrive to karting track, where group will have ice karting competition. Ice Karting is a totally new driving experience! Driven on an outdoor ice track with studded tyres, it's an activity where technical skill beats speed. Still, the icy track might give you a spin. Ice Karting race gives you something to talk about on the way home!
Ice Karting Race has equal elements to a real formula race, but it takes place in an ice rink. First there are warm-up laps, then a qualification which determines the starting grid places at the final. After race three best racers will receive a medal. Minimum height 140 cm.
Group will be divided in two parts when getting to the track. Other group will
go to ice karting race and other part for coffee / tea to Lappish hut and then change of group. After the best drivers have been found out, snowmobiling will continue towards husky farm, where eager husky dogs are waiting to go running. First you will enjoy a delicious two course lunch at the husky farm at the Lappish teepee.
Then it is time to start the adventure with the huskies. Husky farmer will give instructions on how to drive the husky sledge. Two persons will be in a same sledge, other one standing and other one sitting and in the middle you change the driver. The husky sledge ride will be 10 kilometers and will take
approximately 1 hour. After the ride you have some time to see the farm and then last part of snowmobiling back to Ruka. Duration of this program will be about 6-7 hours.
17:30 Group will be transfered by bus to Pohjola old farm house for tobogganing competition, sauna experience and dinner. The estate is situated close to the Russian border, in the middle of the northern Finnish wilderness. The origins of the estate can be tracked back to 1686, when the Finnish ancestors of the Pohjola family arrived at this beautiful spot next to Lake Vuotunki having skied cross country from the Sotkamo region, over 200 km to the South . The current house, Pohjolan Pirtti, dates from 1891 and is constructed from old hand-crafted timber. The house sits on top of a slope with a traditional Finnish countryside vista, over the beautiful lake Vuotunkijärvi. The main building and all other surrounding buildings have been renovated and partly rebuilt in 2007.
Warm welcome drinks will be served outside. Then it is time to check out who is who when it comes to tobogganing! Tobogganing competition, which is a lot
of fun. First everybody will get couple of practice rounds and then it is time to start to compete. Two persons will go downhill at the same time and the fastest will get to second round. Then during the next rounds there will be the same idea until there is only two persons left. The fastest of these two will be the champion of the tobogganing!
After the fun competition warm sauna is waiting.
There are three different saunas for you to to enjoy! All ready to give you warmth and help you relax after a fun and adventurous day in Ruka-Kuusamo. A traditional Finnish wood heated timber sauna is situated on the terrace. It can seat
10 people. Also a wood burning hot tub is ready for you to have a refreshing dip under the stars. If you are lucky, northern lights may also dance in the night sky. Inside the main sauna building, there are two electric saunas, one for 4 people and a bigger sauna for 10 people. Two separate shower rooms, two separate dressing rooms and two toilets are available.
The sauna lounge with the fireplace is very comfortable and you might simply want to sit and relax, have a few beers, soft drinks etc. There is also an extra “tower room” which can be taken as one dressing room, when group is bigger than 20 persons.
After nice and relaxing sauna, a traditional and local dinner is waiting.
Menu suggestion:
Raw pickeled salmon with spruce tree syrup
Reindeer and mushroom stew, mashed potatoes and vegetables, lingonberries, pickles
Homemade apple parfait, berry syrup
After nice and relaxing evening, transfer back to Rukan Salonki for good night sleep or to Ruka center if group wants to continue partying.
DAY 3 GOODBYE TO RUKA
8:00-9:30 Breakfast at Kultala-restaurant 10:00 Meeting with guide at Rukan Salonki, he will bring snowshoes with him. He gives instructions how to walk with snowshoes and then you head off to forest for snowshoe walking. There is plenty of snow to enjoy. The snowshoe walking will end back to Rukan Salonki, where lunch will be served in Outdoor restaurant by the fire.
Then it is time to pack your bags and head off to the airport by bus. Unfortunately all the fun ends sometimes and now you have to say goodbye to Ruka and your guide. Prices starting from: Group of 20 persons: € 740/person accommodation in Rukan Salonki 12 and 13, Rukan Salonki 11 a+b and Tähtikolmonen a.
Group of 30 persons: € 715/person accommodation in Rukan Salonki 12 and 13, Rukan Salonki 11 a+b and Tähtikolmonen a+b, Rukan Salonki 10.
Group of 40 persons: € 695/person accommodation in Rukan Salonki 12 and 13, Rukan Salonki 11 a+b, Tähtikolmonen a+b, Rukan Salonki 10, 9 and 8.
All the prices includes driving 1 person/snowmobile, accommodation 1 person/bedroom. Price includes the program described above, doesn´t include drinks. If the group wants to accommodate in Rantasipi Rukahovi, price is the same/person. Accommodation in single superior rooms.
The program prices include the programme, fuel, insurance (customer's liability 650 eur per snowmobile), equipment (warm overalls, shoes, balaclava and gloves), a guide during safaris, meals mentioned in the programme and VAT.
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The accommodation possibilities in Kuusamo-Suomu area are practically endless, ranging from luxury chalets, cottages and hotels to smaller inns and modest cabins. The services of many different restaurants can also be booked through us. What would be nicer than surprising your guests with a fun adventure which starts right at the airport! Our programmes range from gold panning, ice carting and snowmobile safaris to watching Aurora Borealis in the darkness of a winter night.
In summer the midnight sun illuminates our adventures throughout the night. White-water rafting and river fishing have been very popular with both our domestic and foreign guests. A Lappish hut, lean-to or private restaurant can be a fitting venue for a meeting in the midst of an adventure. We take pride in providing constantly new and exciting features in our activities programmes.
