28.4.2026
Huts
Bookings for rental huts for 2027 open on May 5th at Eraluvat.fi
Bookings of rental and shared rental huts, as well as other sites available for booking for 2027, will open on Tuesday May 5th 2026 at 9:00am on Eraluvat.fi.
Rental hut
Säkkisalon kämppä
Number of beds
8 beds
Size (in square metres)
60 m2
Coordinates
WGS84 lat: 61° 47.1204' lon: 26° 44.6658' ETRS-TM35FIN N: 6850294 E: 486520
Säkkisalo Hut (with a large main room, kitchen and chamber) is a rental hut located on the south‑western shore of the island of Iso Säkkisalo, in the middle of Lake Puula (Puulavesi), a large lake in the South Savo region. The hut was originally built in 1952 as a forestry workers’ cabin and has been renovated over the years for recreational use.
A rental hut is a place for an overnight stay that can be rented for only your use.
Reservations
Tips for a smooth booking
Create a customer account and make your reservations as a logged‑in customer. Read more about the benefits of a customer account.
Pay for your order by the due date. A paid order cannot be modified. Read more about the terms of reservation.
Make all reservations under the same order if you book several huts or other sites for the same trip. According to the reservation terms, the minimum refundable amount per order is €30.
Make reservations under separate orders if you book huts or other sites for several different trips. Managing separate reservations is easier, and you will receive a separate due date for each one, 14 days before the start of the reservation.
Notes for all bookers
The reservation day for shared rental huts, rental huts and other rental structures begins at 2 pm and ends at 12 noon.
By following the hut etiquette, you ensure that the use of hut is smooth. Learn about the hut etiquette (luontoon.fi).
Notes for corporate customers
A foreign company can place an order in the company's name only as an unregistered customer.
When a company regularly takes its customers to destinations with hiking infrastructure maintained by Metsähallitus, it must have a cooperation agreement. Read more in the information bank for entrepreneurs.
Rental hut
Price list 8.5.2026–14.5.2027
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 110,00 € |
Price list 15.5.2027–
| Duration | Hut |
|---|---|
| Duration | 120,00 € |
The cabin is available for booking for::8.5.–2.11.2026, 15.5.–1.11.2027
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic details of the destination
- Municipality
- Hirvensalmi
- Region
- Etelä-Savo
- Location
- Puula, Iso Säkkisalo
- Heating
- Stove, wood-burning stove
- Electricity
- No
- Cooking
- Gas refrigerator, gas stove
- Drinking water
- Must be brought yourself
- Toilet
- Dry toilet
- Staying overnight
- Bed, blankets, bunk bed, mattresses
- Pets
- Prohibited
- Sauna
- Yes
What's new
13.4.2026
Huts
Exceptions to customer service hours in April and May
The hut sales and customer service of Metsähallitus Wildlife & Parks will be exceptionally closed April 27 and May 20.-21. At other times, customer service is open on weekdays from 9 AM to 3 PM.
24.3.2026
Huts
The terms of reservation for huts updated
The terms of reservation for short-term rental facilities managed by Parks & Wildlife Finland (including reservable and rental huts, bookable saunas and cooking shelters) are being updated. The new terms of reservation will come into force on Tuesday, 24 March 2026. They apply to all existing bookings.
Arrival instructions
Iso Säkkisalo hut is located on an island. The tenant must arrange their own boat transport from the mainland to the island. Further information can be obtained from the hut maintenance.
Road distances to the nearest harbour (Lutakonlahti, Väisälänsaari, Hirvensalmi): the water crossing to the island is 4 km, either by your own boat or with the hut host’s cruise boat. Distances by road are 45 km to Kangasniemi, 45 km to Mikkeli, 31 km to Otava and 25 km to Hirvensalmi.
Alternative harbours include Kangasniemi, Ukonniemi, Läsäkoski, Käräjäniemi, Otava, Vintinniemi, Mainiemi and the harbour in Hirvensalmi village. From all of these locations, the island can be reached either by your own boat or together with the hut host.
By boat or canoe
When approaching the hut by motorboat, arrive from the north via Simpiänselkä, south of Otonsaaren island, passing between the rocky islet located north of Otonsaaren and Hietasaaren islands. Please note that there is a large rock immediately south of the jetty, so care must be taken when approaching the landing.
By rowing boat or canoe, the hut can be approached from the south, east of Hietasaaren island, directly to the jetty or shore.
Yard
The sauna and washing facilities are located in a separate, wood‑heated sauna building.
There is a storage building, which also contains a dry toilet.
By the shore there is a campfire site, a rowing boat and a jetty.
The sauna shore has a gently sloping, shallow beach. Another shallow shoreline is located on the opposite side of the yard area.
The yard and its buildings are for the exclusive use of the renter.
Keys
You will receive instructions about the keys closer to your booking by contacting the cabin host Seppo Lappalainen, Puula Tours (puulatours.fi, in Finnish), seppo.lappalainen(at)puulatours.fi, phone +358 400 570557.
Facilities
Heating and lighting
The hut has a stove and firewood for heating. Please use firewood sparingly. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
The hut has no electricity. We recommend using a headlamp, which leaves your hands free to do chores around the hut. For safety reasons, candles must be burned on a non-combustible surface and constantly monitored.
Cooking
A gas‑powered refrigerator and cooking hob are provided, along with basic cookware, crockery and cutlery for food preparation and dining.
Drinking water
There is no running water in the hut.
Household water is taken from the lake. It is recommended to boil water from natural sources before consumption. 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 (luontoon.fi).
Staying overnight
The bunk beds in the hut provide sleeping places for six people, and the chamber has sleeping places for two. Mattresses and blankets are provided.
Please bring your own linen or a sleeping bag.
Sauna
In the yard area, there is a spacious sauna by a sandy beach.
Toilet
There is a dry toilet near the site. Please bring your own toilet paper.
Waste disposal
There are no waste containers by the site. 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 (luontoon.fi).
Other things to keep in mind
Please clean the hut before you leave.
When a wild fire warning is in effect, open fires may only be lit indoors in the hut, not at the outdoor campfire site.
The hut does not have accessible facilities.
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.
Huts are equipped with smoke detectors, but we recommend that you bring your own smoke detector. An increasing number of huts have smoke detectors with long-life batteries that cannot be replaced by visitors. The battery is replaced by the hut maintenance staff.
Hut maintenance
Instructions for the user of the site
Each user of the site is responsible for keeping the site clean. The site does not have regular maintenance.
Please note that Metsähallitus sites are wilderness‑like and modest, and the indoor areas may contain, for example, insects, rodents, and their droppings.
Site maintenance
Maintenance and Management: Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland.
If you notice that anything requires maintenance, kindly let us know: luontoon.fi/en/feedback.
Contact details
Information on hut reservations on weekdays 9 am–3 pm
+358206396000
Billing and cancellations of reservations must always be done through the contact form (luontoon.fi).Call cost €0.00/min + mobile charge/local network rate. Customer service will be exceptionally closed 20-21 May.
Need hiking advice?
Send us a message (luontoon.fi).
Familiarise yourself with the hut etiquette
By following the hut etiquette, you ensure that using huts is easy and nice for everyone. You can find the etiquette in the Luontoon.fi service.
Outdoor etiquette
Get to know the outdoor etiquette and be a responsible hiker. More detailed instructions for different hiking destinations vary, so remember to always read the instructions and rules of your destination. You can find the etiquette on the Luontoon.fi website.
