イナリ湖の湖・トップ7

If you don't want to camp wild, you have to look for a campsite. Unfortunately, there are no campsites on my route today. That's why I stayed in this lovely guesthouse. Fully furnished holiday apartment with sauna and view of Lake Inari, or rather the river that flows out of the lake. You can also swim, the water is 18 degrees. www.jounila.fi

Lake Inari is located in the Finnish part of Lapland. And we were lucky enough to see the Northern Lights on the frozen lake in March 2024.

Lake Inari is the third largest lake in Finland and the largest in the Sápmi region. It is a vast body of water with a surface area of more than 1,000 km². In addition to native fish species such as trout, pollock, Arctic char, whitefish, grayling, perch and pike, the area also contains about 3,000 islands. The most famous of these are Hävdieennâmsuálui or the "cemetery island" and Äijih or the "Ukko stone" - especially the latter, which served as a historical sacrificial site for the Sámi people.

Lake Inari: sacred lake of the Sami, indescribably beautiful and diverse with extensive reed areas, small beaches, 1000 kl. Islets, jetties, rocky outcrops, shallow coves, craggy rocky shores... and always embedded in wooded slopes.

Inarijärvi is the 3rd largest lake in Finland and is (almost) completely frozen over during the long winter months. One of the islands is considered sacred to the Sami people. There are boat tours in summer and snowmobile tours on the lake in winter.