Our lake activities take
place on the home waters of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal, therefore
it is important that our activities are absolutely seal friendly
1. In summer
We
fish only with active fishing methods (trolling, spinning, angling), not with nets that can be dangerous for young seals..
During our seal safaris we watch the seals with binoculars without
disturbing the seals lolling on the rocks. We drive slowly and we do not
make any unnecessary noise. We do not go ashore in places where we know
seals loll.
2. In winter
We use only marked routes on the
ice (skating trail, ski tracks and snow mobile tracks) in orde to
safeguard the breeding grounds of the seals. All snow mobile trips ae
guided and we do not rent snow mobiles in the seal district. We prefer
sleigh rides (one snow mobile and sleigh for 8 persons) rather than snow
mobile safaris.
3. Engines
All our boats and snow mobiles have four stroke engines (less noise and less exhaust fumes)
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