25.4.2025
Huts
Bookings for rental huts for 2026 open on May 5th at Eraluvat.fi
Bookings of rental and shared rental huts, as well as other sites available for booking for 2026, will open on Monday May 5th 2025 at 9:00am on Eraluvat.fi.
Rental hut
Lakkala
Number of beds
4 beds
Size (in square metres)
30 m2
Address
Herajärven rantatie 37b, 81260 Ahveninen
Coordinates
Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 63° 00.7955' lon: 29° 55.5296' ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 6990436 E: 648078
Lakkala rental hut (2 bedrooms, kitchen/main room, smoke sauna) is located in the southern part of Koli National Park by Lake Herajärvi, on the Herajärven kierros Trail. The landscape is idyllic. The traditional buildings in the yard are surrounded by sheep pastures and old fields. Lakkala a shepherd site in the summer and can therefore only be booked in May and September. The hut is heated with electricity and well equipped. The hut is 50 metres away from a nearby camping area.
A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.
Reservations
Before reservation
Creating a user account is worthwhile. As a logged-in customer, you do not need to pay for your reservation immediately. You can also cancel unpaid reservations yourself. Create a user account.
Tip: If you reserve huts for multiple trips, make separate orders for each trip. This way, you can choose to pay for each trip's reservation only 14 days before the start of the reservation. Changes won't be made to reservations made from May 5, 2025.
After reservation
The reservation day for shared rental huts, rental huts and other rental structures begins at 2 pm and ends at 12 noon.
Bring along your invoice and proof of payment to the hut.
By following the hut etiquette, you ensure that the use of hut is smooth. Learn about the hut etiquette (luontoon.fi).
Attention entrepreneurs
A foreign company can place an order in the company's name only as an unregistered customer.
The use of the hut and other structures for business operations requires a permit from Metsähallitus. Learn about transfer of rights of use (metsa.fi).
No reservations over a week.
Rental hut
Price list 15.5.–9.6.2025
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 93,00 € |
Price list 10.6.–25.8.2025
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 104,00 € |
Price list 26.8.2025–14.5.2026
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 93,00 € |
Price list 15.5.–9.6.2026
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 95,00 € |
Price list 10.6.–25.8.2026
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 105,00 € |
Price list 26.8.2026–
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 95,00 € |
The cabin is available for booking for:15.5.–9.6.2025, 10.6.–26.8.2025, 27.8.–1.10.2025, 15.5.–1.10.2026
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic details of the destination
- Municipality
- Kontiolahti
- Region
- Pohjois-Karjala
- Location
- Koli National Park, Herajärven kierros Trail, Kiehisen kierros Trail
- Heating
- Wood-burning stove
- Electricity
- Yes
- Cooking
- Electric cooker/oven, refrigerator
- Drinking water
- Lake/river nearby, must be brought yourself, well (only in the summer)
- Toilet
- Dry toilet
- Staying overnight
- Bed, blankets, bunk bed, mattresses, pillows
- Pets
- Allowed
- Sauna
- Yes
What's new
20.11.2024
Huts
Payment options for hut reservations in the new Eräluvat.fi service
Eräluvat.fi has been renewed, and also the payment options for hut reservations have been updated. Read more about the options available for private customers and businesses.
19.11.2024
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Arrival instructions
Hiking
Lakkala Rental Hut is located in the southern part of Koli National Park, on the Herajärven kierros Trail.
Driving Instructions
Via Koli village:
First drive to Koli Harbour along the Meriläntie road towards Loma-Koli for roughly 1 km, then turn right onto Rantatie and continue for another 1 km until you reach the harbour. After the harbour, continue south along Rantatie and Kaunislahdentie for roughly 18 km until you reach the Herajoki stream. Just before the Herajoki bridge, turn right onto Herajärventie road. See the rest from below*.
Via Ahveninen:
Driving along the Romppalantie road, take the Herajoentie road (road sign reads "Herajoki"). After roughly 9 km, turn left onto Kaunislahdentie road at the first crossroads (to the right, the road continues as Vaaralahdentie). Immediately after the Herajoki bridge, some 700 metres from the previous crossroads, turn left onto Herajärventie road.
*The distance from Herajärventie to Lakkala is 6 km. Take the next right turn onto Herajärvenrantatie road. After the Seppälä parking area (on the right-hand side of the road), take the next left turn by the mail boxes. The road deteriorates after this, running through the yard of a house, across a field and onto a wooded ridge. The road leads down slightly, and there is a small trailhead for parking on the right side of the road for 1–2 cars. It is reserved for those who have booked the hut. The parking area is situated about 100 metres away from the Lakkala Rental Hut. You can also leave your car at the Seppälä parking area, from where it is about a 900 m walk to Lakkala farm. However, please do not drive into the yard of Seppälä rental hut, because it is only allowed for people that are renting the Seppälä hut.
Read more about the area and more detailed arrival instructions on Nationalparks.fi.
Yard
The yard includes a separate dry toilet, a chimneyless smoke sauna and a rowboat on the shore.
Koli National Park services, the Lakkala campfire site and the camping site are situated in the immediate vicinity of this hut. They are also used by other hikers.
Keys
The key is in a key code box on the hut wall. The box is protected with a code. Instructions and the code are sent to you by e-mail after the payment.
Take lock de-icer with you just in case the box's lid is stuck due to frost. Metsähallitus does not have maintenance on site.
Always keep the keys inside the key box, so they won’t get lost or locked inside the hut.
Facilities
Heating and lighting
The hut has electric heating as well as a wood-burning stove and firewood for heating. Please use firewood sparingly. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
In rainy weather and during low pressure, smoke will not exit the fireplaces properly. The fireplace may then smoke up the hut. It is a good idea to preheat the fireplace so that smoke exits properly. Check the heating instructions in the hut folder.
The hut also has electricity and electric lighting.
Cooking
An electric stove, a refrigerator, microwave oven, coffee maker, electric water boiler, tableware and cutlery for four.
Drinking water
There is no running water in the hut.
Drinking water must be brought along or drawn from the Seppälä Hut well (located 800 m away, the water must be boiled).
It is also possible to borrow water containers and get clean drinking water from the Koli Nature Centre Ukko.
Please do not use the lake water or swim in it, if you see marks of blue-green algae blooming (thl.fi). Metsähallitus is not held responsible for possible blue-green algae blooming.
Water quality is not tested. Drink water taken directly from nature at your own risk.
See tips on how to obtain safe drinking water on a hike (Nationalparks.fi).
Staying overnight
Lodging for 3–4 persons, bunk bed (70 x 190 cm), bed (120 x 200 cm), mattresses, pillows and blankets.
Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag.
In the summertime it's recommended to bring a mosquito net with you to quarantee a good night's sleep.
Sauna
There is a smoke sauna at the shore.
Toilet
There is a dry toilet near the hut. Please bring your own toilet paper.
Waste disposal
There are no waste containers by the cabin. Visitors are advised to take their accumulated waste with them.
Metsähallitus follows the principles of litter-free hiking. Visitors are adviced to bring their own waste out of the area. Read more about hiking without littering (nationalparks.fi).
For the biowaste, there is a composter at the hut.
Other things to keep in mind
There are no accessible services in the hut.
Dishwashing liquid, spices, fire-making equipment and toilet paper are not included.
Please clean the hut before you leave.
Safety
Although Finland has a broad network for mobile phones, there are some areas in the park without signal. If this happens try to climb to a higher place or go into an open area. Check the mobile network coverage with your mobile phone operator before your trip.
There are fire alarms at wilderness huts, but we recommend to bring a 9 V battery and/or your own travel fire alarm with you.
Read more about the area and its current information at Nationalparks.fi.
Hut maintenance
Maintenance and Management: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.
More information:
Koli Nature Centre Ukko, ukko(at)retkipaikka.fi, tel. +358 40 773 2442.
If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know so that we can react to the needs as quickly as possible.
Contact details
Information on hut reservations on weekdays 9 am–3 pm. Billing, cancellations, and changes to reservations are always handled via email.
Hiking information services: Koli Nature Centre Ukko
Ylä-Kolintie 39
83960 Koli
Check additional information and opening hours