Jorŋâluohtâ / Selkälahti Rental Hut

11/19/2024
The information on this page will no longer be updated. You can find the hut details in the eraluvat.fi service.

No more reservations can be made for 2024. Exceptionally, reservations for 2025 will only open on 26 November 2024 at 9 a.m. at Eraluvat.fi

Rental hut for 9 persons. There is a separate sauna building.

Booking

The cabin is primarily meant for the use of the nature-based tourism entrepreneurs in the area. Nature-based tourism entrepreneurs make a reservations at the Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida.

Annually starging on 1st of March everyone else can make the reservation either at the points mentioned above or in online store of Eräluvat.fi (verkkokauppa.eraluvat.fi). The hut cannot be booked 6.5.-4.6. and 16.10.-31.12.

Terms of reservation for the Selkälahti rental hut. 

A man is sitting on the covered terrace of a round log cabin. Outdoor overalls are hanging on the wall of the cabin. The ground is white with snow and pine trees grow here and there.
Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
The hut's kitchen has a gas stove and oven, with two coffee pots on top. There are cabinets on the wall and buckets of water on the table.
The kitchen corner. Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
The room has an open fireplace, wood-burning stove, sofa and table and benches. There is also oil lamps, a wooden basket and a carpet on the floor.
Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
A platform with the length of one wall, with 5 mattresses side by side. Above, a narrower platform with piles of blankets and pillows.
Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
A man is opening the door of the log building. The sun is shining and there is snow on the ground. Big pine trees grow around the building.
Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
In the sauna, there are big water buckets and a bucket and a ladle on the boards. There is a kettle with a tap on the side of the sauna heater.
Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
The small room has a fireplace and a a seat.
The sauna has a dressing room in it. Photo: Tuija Kangasniemi / Metsähallitus.
The Border Guard's former control point is located in the northern part of Lake Inarijärvi, on Čärbinsuálui Island on the northern side of Varttasaari Island. The cabin is located at the bottom of the sheltered Selkälahti Bay and there is a jetty on the shore that is also suitable for large boats. The interior of the cabin was renovated in 2009 and it is suitable for year-round use.

Location

Northern Lapland Region, Municipality of Inari, Inari Hiking Area, Lake Inarijärvi. The distance from Inari to the cabin is 40 km and approxi-mately 30 km from Veskoniemi.

Inarijärvi Selkälahti, coordinates: Euref-Fin (~ WGS84) lat: 69° 01.4712' lon: 27° 53.1164'  ETRS-TM35FIN: N: 7657351 E: 535365.

In summer, you can reach the cabin by boat from either the Kasariselkä or the Sammakkoselkä side. In winter, the snowmobile track runs at a distance of about 5 km from the cabin. The closest village is Inari at a distance of 40 km, where you will find all basic services.

The closest neighbour on the island is at a distance of about 1 km.

Excursionmap.fi

Price

100 € / night or 700 € / week (incl. VAT 10%).

Facilities

The Selkälahti Rental Hut is located next to fishing waters and is suitable for hikers and holidaymakers visiting the lake. 

  • Rental huts equipment list (pdf, 57 kb)
  • A wood-burning stove and a cast-iron fireplace for heating. Please note that it takes some time before the hut is properly warm.
  • A gas cooker, a gas oven and a gas refrigerator.
  • Candles and solar cell lights. 
  • Beds (5 pers.) on the upper platform (2 pers.) and a convertible sofa (2 pers.).
  • The household water is taken from the lake.
  • Sauna in a separate building, a dressing room with a stove.
  • A composting toilet and campfire site outside.
  • There are waste containers by the cabin but visitors are advised to bring their accumulated waste to the recycling points at the Inari parish or Veskoniemi boat harbours. Read more about Hiking Without Littering.

Keys

Key for the hut is in a coded key box located outside at the hut door. You will receive further instructions and the code when booking.

Notices

  • The Inari - Sevettijärvi snowmobile track runs at a distance of 5 km from the cabin.
  • There is a jetty on the shore that is also suitable for large boats.
  • The closest sight is a border point signifying the Treaty of Teusina.
  • Pets are not permitted in the hut.
  • Please bring your own bed linen or a sleeping bag.
  • No toilet paper or paper towels are kept in the hut. Bring candles too.
  • The hut has a solar panel, but as the sunlight decreases, its power decreases.
  • Make sure you pack a first-aid kit.
  • Safety on hiking.

Maintenance and Management

Metsähallitus, Parks & Wildlife Finland. For more information contact Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida tel. int. +358 206 39 774.

Guidelines on using Rental Huts

Read Guidelines on using Rental Huts.

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