The area of Savonlinna and Mikkeli is the paradise for the nature lovers. During the summer you can move around by ships, boats, kayak or sup board. The forests and shores of Lake Saimaa call for hiking, biking, nature wellbeing or riding excursions. In the wintertime you can move around Lake Saimaa by skis, skates, snowshoes and bike. The spring time is the best time to see our endangered Saimaa Ringed Seal and in autumn we relax by picking-up the mushrooms and by having a break on a campfire. Savonlinna and Mikkeli regions are also culturally rich destinations. The Savonlinna Opera festival is a cultural event known across the world, held every July in Olavinlinna castle. In addition to opera, you can enjoy also the world famous Mikkeli Music Festival in August and both regions offers many other forms of live music, art, local food and history to anyone travelling here.

In the waters of Lake Saimaa, by far the greatest attraction is nature: archipelago with 14 000 islands, lake scenery and the clear water. The Lake Saimaa region, cities of Lappeenranta and Imatra are located only a couple of hours away from the Finnish capital of Helsinki. From Helsinki you can easily get here by train, bus, or car within just a few hours. Lappeenranta and Imatra are in the region of South Karelia in south-eastern Finland. The region’s cultural life is rich and varied, mixing both old and new. Enjoy the beautiful and pure Finnish nature, magnificent Lakeland views, intriguing cultural sights in addition to local food and people.

Lahti, the European Green Capital is the first real lakeside city you come to after departing from the capital Helsinki. The Lahti region offers a wide range of nature activities and urban events in the surroundings of the unique Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark area where the whole landscape is created by water. The Lahti region offers a range of unique accommodations, including lakeside cottages, to make your visit unforgettable. With its easy accessibility from Helsinki the Lahti region is a perfect destination even for a short day trip.

Flights to Helsinki 

21.10 AY088 from Shanghai PVG

20.35 AY100 from Hong Kong HKG

05:45 and 6:30 Arrivals in Helsinki
Meet your driver at the arrivals hall with a sign "Visit Lake Saimaa"

Driver: Erkki Hertz, tel. +358 440 677 888

ca. 7:00 Departure for Savonlinna region

11:00 Arrival in Nature Hotel & Spa Resort Järvisydän
Meet your host Tanja Lajunen, tel. +358 44 360 1010
Nature Hotel & Spa Resort Järvisydän, located next to Linnansaari National Park, offer you a year-round experience with accommodation, dining, spa, and nature programs. In addition to the experience hotel, we offer comfortable accommodation in villas, Scenery Suites, and Houseboats, and relaxation in the new Lake Spa. 

12:00 Fisher’s lunch
You get to fish rainbow trouts from Kalaranta’s fish well! Enjoy a delicious fish soup over fire after fishing. 

Introduction of the resort

14:00 Departure to Savonlinna

15:00 Check-in to the new apartment rooms of Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone 
New high-quality apartments were completed in June 2022 and are located in the building of the adjacent Hotel Tott, located 300 metres from the reception of Hotel Seurahuone, along a beautiful beach walk. 

Time to have a small walk in the city

17:00 Sightseeing cruise around the city
m/s IEVA takes you around the central islands of Savonlinna, on which the town is built. On this cruise you get to admire the magnificent Olavinlinna Castle, the rocky beaches of the Casino Islands, in Laitaatsalmi one of the biggest concrete bridges in Finland and the only year-round inland shipyard – and if you're lucky, you may spot Ringed Seal swimming or sunbathing somewhere. During the cruise you can meet also the representative from Savonlinna Opera Festival.

18:00 Dinner at the roof terrace of Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone called ”Muikkuterassi”
The restaurant in know of the local white fish called muikku (vendace). 

8:00 Breakfast

9:00 Departure to Lappeenranta
Driving via Finland’s national landscapes – Punkaharju ridge area and the nature conservation area. The ridge formed after the ice era, more than 10 000 years ago.

11:00 Arrival in Lappeenranta
Meet your host Riina Helppi-Kurki, tel. +358 40 845 2857
Welcome drink and light lunch in the fortress of Lappeenranta, in Majurska cafeteria. Local handicrafts and sights over Lake Saimaa and the city bay from the embankments. 

12:15 Sight inspection, Original Sokos Hotel Lappee, city center hotel inside of a shopping mall Rooms renovated in 2023. The hotel is Sustainable Travel Finland -labelled and green values are well taken into action in their daily operations. 

12:45 Departure to Imatra

13:30 Site inspection and lunch at Imatran Kylpylä Spa Resort
Spa complex at the Lake Saimaa with multiple choices for accommodation, hotel rooms, apartments, villas and hostel wing.

15:30 Transfer to Ukonniemi & Lammassaari in Imatra
Nature trip with an experienced nature guide of Discover Saimaa. Try outdoors from the doorstep of your hotel accommodation. Discover Saimaa organizes soft activities on Lake Saimaa, in the islands and onshore. 

18:00 Arrival in Vuoksi Fishing Park via Imatrankoski rapids and dinner (smoked salmon)
Catch a fish and cook it. Alongside river Vuoksi, Vuoksi Fisihing Park is a center, where you can try soft activities, fish and have lunch or dinner.

19:00 Accommodation to Holiday Club Saimaan Rauha. Site inspection, spa & sauna
Spa complex at the Lake Saimaa. Multiple choices for accommodation, hotel rooms, villas, apartments and multiple restaurants, activities and don’t forget to try the sauna world of the spa department. 

06:30 Breakfast and check-out

07:00 Departure to Helsinki

10:20 Arrival at the airport

12.20 AY533 from Helsinki to Rovaniemi

13.35 Arrival in Rovaniemi

Transfer to Santa Claus Village

Lunch at Santa Claus Village and meeting Santa Claus

Transfer to Apukka Resort for igloo accommodation

19.30 Dinner at igloo village

Overnight

Breakfast

9.15-9.30 Check-out and gathering together at hotel lobby 
Rovaniemi Minitour groups will be revealed and everyone joins his/her tour.

10.00-14.00 Experience Rovaniemi in Summer 
Lunch included.

14.30 Arrival & check-in to Arctic City Hotel

17:00–20:00 Get-together evening event at Korundi House of Culture for both suppliers and buyers hosted by Visit Finland, Finnair and Visit Rovaniemi. Short walk to Korundi from the hotel. 

Short walk back to the hotel

Breakfast at the hotel

Workshop at Lappia Hall
Short walk from the hotel to Lappia Hall.

09:30-10:00 Morning coffee 

10:00-12:30 Workshop meetings 

12:30-13:30 Buffet lunch 

13:30-17:00 Workshop meetings 
Short walk back to the hotel.

19:30 Dinner à la Lapland at Valdemari (Dress code: Marimekko T-shirt) 
Short walk from the hotel to Valdemari.

21:00 Party Like a Finn – midsummer celebration 

01:00 – Good nightless night! 
Short walk back to the hotel.

Breakfast and check-out

7.50 Transfer to Rovaniemi airport

9.20 AY532 from Rovaniemi to Helsinki

10.35 Arrival in Helsinki
Meet your driver at the arrivals hall with a sign "Midnight Sun post tour Lahti".

Transfer to Lahti region

12.00 Lunch in restaurant Lastu in the Lahti harbour
Meet your host Arto Asikainen, tel. + 358 40 579 43 87 at the restaurant.

After the lunch short walking and photo session by the Lahti letters in the harbour area.

14.00 Easy biking trip in the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark area
During the biking a short stop and visit to the observation deck of the highest skijumping tower of Lahti. 

15.30 Accommodation in GreenStar Hotel Lahti & site inspection
GreenStar is the first carbon neutral hotel chain in Finland. Sustainability is a key value in all operations of the hotel and you will find many interesting details in the service concept of the hotel. Green Star Hotel Lahti has also the Sustainable Travel Finland label.

17.00 Departure to Teerenpeli Visitor Centre and distillery

Distillery visit and whisky tasting
Teerenpeli trade mark was born in Lahti. Teerenpeli Brewery & Distillery produces first-rate, fine quality and tasty beverages using the world’s purest ground water in the Lahti region as its main ingredient. Teerenpeli whiskies have been awarded in numerous international competitions. In 2020 Teerenpeli won the “Worldwide whisky producer” series in the world’s largest alcohol competition, the International Wine and Spirit Competition. 

18.30 Dinner in the restaurant Harald

Free evening

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out

7.30 Departure from the hotel

7.45 Site inspection at Solo Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
The history of the Solo Sokos Hotel Lahden Seurahuone begins in the 1890’s. This centrally located hotel is constantly renewing and paying high attention to sustainability. The hotel has the Green Key certificate and was rewarded with the Sustainable Travel Finland label in 2020. In October 2022 the hotel was selected as the most sustainable hotel of Europe in the competition World Luxury Hotel Awards. Fifty new individually designed rooms in Seurahuone Loft House guarantee an exclusive hotel experience. 

8.30 Departure to Heinola via Pulkkilanharju ridge/esker
The iconic Pulkkilanharju esker, cutting across Lake Päijänne, is one of the best known and most instagrammable sites of Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark. The narrow 8-kilometre-long esker belongs partly to Päijänne National Park, which protects the valuable archipelago nature of Finland’s second largest lake. 

10.30 Arrival in Heinola, coffee break in the idyllic café Harjupaviljonki
Built in 1900, Harjupavilion is an eastern-influenced Art Nouveau building of cultural and historical value, and an absolute must for visitors to Heinola. Harjupavilion is located near the centre of the town, in Harjupuisto Park. 

12.00 Introduction to Houseboats and by sailing on the lake including lunch
A houseboat is a unique combination of touring and nature adventure in the middle of the most scenic Finnish Lakeland. A houseboat enables you to experience the traditional Finnish cottage holiday, lake cruise, touring and active vacation in one package. Based in Heinola, the second city of the Lahti region, the company Houseboat.fi offers 11 modern houseboats for 2–8 persons. Each houseboat also has its own sauna onboard. 

16.00 Arrival in Vierumäki resort
Accommodation in the Holiday Club Vierumäki and site inspection/presentation
Located by the Salpausselkä UNESCO Global Geopark nature sites Vierumäki is a versatile leisure, sport and nature resort offering versatile outdoor and indoor activities all year round. Holiday Club Vierumäki with its comfortable hotel rooms and apartments offers an exclusive holiday experience. The new spa of Holiday Club Vierumäki will be opened in the end of this year.

18.00 Site inspection at Vierumäki Sport & Fennada 
Hotel Fennada offers a unique, world-class luxury stay on the shores of scenic Lake Valkjärvi. The views of the surrounding natural beauty will soothe weary travellers and evoke a wave of happiness.

19.30 Evening in the Kalliokammi/Karhunpesä smoke sauna and dinner

22.00 Back to the hotel

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out

9.30 Site inspection at Premium Resort
Stylish log villas offer luxury for families and groups of friends or workmates by the nature. Decorated in a Scandinavian style, the villas with large panoramic windows and outdoor hot tubs guarantee an unforgettable break in the middle of everyday life. 

10.15 Departure from Vierumäki                                         

11.00 Site inspection and lunch at Radalla Resort
Radalla Resort, located by the beautiful Lake Urajärvi offers perfect lakeside holiday in manor house rooms or new lakeside cottages. The resort is located between the cities Lahti and Kouvola which enables to create an excellent combination of nature and culture holidays. The UNESCO World heritage site Verla is situated just some 40 minutes drive from the resort.

13.00 Departure to Helsinki

Free time in Helsinki

19.30 Dinner

21.00 Transfer to the airport
Driver: Jarkko J.
Phone number: +358400794919

Lounge visit

Flights to home destinations

AY099 00.35 from Helsinki to Hong Kong

AY087 00.50 from Helsinki to Shanghai