Runsulampi lean-to and tent site
Runsulampi laavu
- Camping
- Other
Metsähallitus lean-to shelter with tent pitches by a small lake, about 4 km south of Taivalköngäs on the wide path to the visitor centre. Free, no booking.
Karhunkierros Trail accommodation · Checked October 2026
Where to stay from Taivalköngäs to Ansakämppä
5 places · 2 with rooms, 4 camping, 1 with meals on the Taivalköngäs → Ansakämppä section of the Karhunkierros Trail, in Runsulampi, Oulanka, Kiutaköngäs, Ansakämppä. Phone and WhatsApp numbers are listed so you can book ahead.
Runsulampi
Oulanka
Oulanka National Park Camping Ground
Oulangan leirintäalue
- Camping
- Rooms
- Seasonal — call ahead
Campsite beside the trail about 1.5 km before the Oulanka Visitor Centre, with tent and caravan pitches, cabins, an outdoor kitchen, recycling point and a lakeside sauna to book. Open early June to end of August; book ahead for cabins.
Ravintola Talonpöytä Oulanka (at Oulanka Visitor Centre)
Ravintola Talonpöytä Oulanka
- Restaurant
- Café
- Meals
- Seasonal — call ahead
Café-restaurant in the Oulanka Visitor Centre building on the trail, with soup lunch, burgers, coffee and packed lunches for hikers; open from spring to autumn, Tue–Sat 10–17 by its own site (check before relying on it). The visitor centre itself is temporarily closed in October 2026; the outdoor drinking-water tap works outside winter.
Kiutaköngäs
Kiutaköngäs tent site
Kiutaköngäs telttailualue
- Camping
- Other
Small Metsähallitus tent site (about 5 tents) with a campfire site by the Kiutaköngäs rapids, 1 km after the visitor centre; the Kiutaköngäs cooking shelter nearby has a chimney, so you can cook there even during a wildfire warning.
Ansakämppä
Ansakämppä Open Wilderness Hut
Ansakämppä autiotupa
- Rooms
- Camping
Large free open wilderness hut (20 places) on a sandy bank of the Oulankajoki, 8 km after the visitor centre, with a tent site, campfire site and dry toilet. No booking; also used by canoeists.
Checked online in October 2026. Places marked "not confirmed by the operator" are listed on OpenStreetMap or in guides but could not be checked on an official page. The huts on the Karhunkierros Trail are run by Metsähallitus: free, first come, first served, for one or two nights, with a wood stove and firewood but no mattresses, power or water tap. Camp only beside the marked huts and rest areas, make fires only at campfire sites, and boil or filter all water.
Walk Taivalköngäs to Ansakämppä with Outest
The Karhunkierros Trail route works offline in Outest, with these places on the map and a trail guide you can ask about water, weather and the next village.