Riesto - Sodankylä

Ideal base for the wildlife enthusiast by a large lake in Lokka. Even the fell Pyhä-Nattanen can be seen from the cabin. Fishy lake, good terrains for picking cloudberries, hunting areas and wide wilderness areas nearby.

215 km to the northeast from Rovaniemi, 86 km to the northeast from Sodankylä municipality center, Lokka artificial lake 55 m (length 50 km, width 50 km), steep slope to the beach, road between cabin and beach, no own beach. Public swimming beach 250 m, campfire site and lean-to shelter on the beach. Fishing marina and boat ramp 0.7 km. There is no own boat in the cabin.

Round log cabin, built in 1989. Living room / kitchen with bunk bed (lower bed is 140 cm wide), sauna, washroom/WC, lobby and covered porch. In addition, an extra mattress that can be placed on the floor.
Campfire site on the lakeside.

Surveillance camera photograph the cottages yard and the cottage. The camera are only on when there are no customers in the cottage.

The cabins hot tub can be rented for 300€/use. Includes filling, heating, emptying and cleaning. In addition, the adjacent wood-heated outdoor sauna is available when renting a hot tub. The reservation must be made one week before the planned use. Payment and inquiries directly to the cabin´s caretaker. There are some neighboring cabins in the area, cabins are close to each other.

Opportunity to buy fish in the fishing marina when fishermen are present. Boat transports, ice fishing trips, etc. are available from the guardian. There are also good opportunities for watching and photographing birds in Lokka. The company operating in the area organizes e.g. photographing of sea eagles in spring winter.

Fishing: Fishing in lakes and ponds in the area is usually permitted with the fisheries management fee. One fishing rod can be used. However, fishing is not permitted in streaming waters considered containing migratory fish.

Angling permit for Eastern Lapland allows you to fish with a fly or lure in state owned water areas located in Eastern Lapland. The permit area contains approximately 62 000 hectares of lake and pond waters and over 1 400 kilometers of river and stream waters. There are some rapids containing migratory fish in the area, which doesn’t have their own fishing permit. Fishing in these rapids is also allowed by this Eastern Lapland angling permit. In such areas, the fisheries management fee itself will not allow the fishing.
The advantage of this angling permit is that the adult’s permit allows the whole family to fish, and it allows trolling with eight rods too. See destination 3410 Eastern Lapland free permit ().

Kairijoki fishing area and fishing services, 30 km. Species: trout and grayling, see fishing areas 3546 Korvatunturi and 3547 Vasaköngäs ().

Hunting: Small game hunting area on state owned lands, 3616 Koitelainen begins from the Lokka area ().

Lokka village and power plant dam, 0.5 km. The nearest shops, restaurants and fuel sales are located in Savukoski (86 km) or in Sodankylä (80 km).