Valkeaporo

Northern Lapland


With splendid water frontage on spectacular Menesjärvi, this campground has smart cottages, good facilities, and boat and canoe hire (from €50 per day). You can also camp here. It offers four-hour boat trips (€30) and six-hour gold-panning boat trips (€50) on the Lemmenjoki. It's 1km northwest of the Lemmenjoki turn-off from the main Inari–Kittilä road.


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