Cruise in Puumala by Lake Saimaa

Discover Lake Saimaa’s beauty and spot Saimaa Ringed Seals on a 3-hour narrated cruise in Puumala. Sail on the eco-friendly Ecoboat.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Lake Saimaa - Lake Saimaa
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Afternoon tea
  • Live entertainment
  • Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
Additional Information

Experience the beauty of lake Saimaa and observe Saimaa Ringed Seals on this 3 hours narrated cruise in Puumala. • 3-hours cruise, 10 weekly departure times during early summer, 4 weekly departures after mid-June • Spectacular views in the archipelago of Saimaa • Enjoy engaging and informative narration by our guide Mr Arto • Sail on the Ecoboat, the seal-friendly electric boat with comfortable cabin and leather sofas

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
Location
Ylössaarentie 35
Ylössaarentie
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Lombardm2022
Aug 8, 2024
Authentic and beautiful - Arto is passionate and exciting A timeless moment, quiet and immersed. We were able to admire two nests of eagle fishermen and a seal. Arto explains everything about seal life and its protection during the walk and gladly answers all questions. Must do
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Bigpej101
Aug 7, 2024
Sel safari on Saimaa Lake - Super trip - sel safari on Saimaa lake. Really good trip, where we had the breath with us and cozy and atmospheric trip in Arto’s electric boat. We saw the rare Saimaa sel four times! Arto is a really good and knowledgeable guide, who told about what we sailed past, and detailed about the seals. Exciting! And also cozy with coffee/tea, delicious cake and singing in Finnish. Thank you! We ⁇ it very much - highly recommended.
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Sarahge5667aa
Aug 7, 2024
A fantastic Cruise ! - Arto was the best captain ever! He brought us for a tour in the beautiful Saimaa lake, knows a lot of stories about seals, eagle fish,the lake, Finns and Finland…He offered us some tea and coffee and played some music… the best Cruise ever for my family(he also speaks french, german, english…)! I highly recommend!!!
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Gauthierr2016
Jul 24, 2024
Perfect éco experience - Amazing eco boat trip with a multilingual guide, who knows what to see where to see. I would recommand that for families with children or couples. You can go with folded eyes 👌👍
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Himman2024
Jul 12, 2024
Charming evening on Lake Saimaa - Thank you Arto! The tour was excellent and very informative. We did not actually spot Saimaa seals, but no worries. Arto's stories, videos and entertainment guaranteed an enjoyable and interesting experience. We saw an osprey, wonderful islands and skerries. To add icing on the cake, tug boats with a long timber raft struggled through the Puumalansalmi Strait when we headed to the harbour. We can warmly recommend Arto's excursion to people who appreciate Lake Saimaa, its nature and heritage, and want to learn more about it.
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Marika_w
Jul 8, 2024
Eco-cruise on Lake Saimaa - My friend and I had a lovely evening on Lake Saimaa in Arto's eco-boat. Arto was a wonderful tour guide and I learnt a lot about Lake Saimaa and the Saimaa ringed seals, which was completely new to me. It was really nice that the group was small and that there were lots of opportunities to ask questions. I would highly recommend this cruise.
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F4743socarlap
Jun 29, 2024
Amazing experience - Great experience, our guide tell us lots of stories and informations about Finland and finnish nature. I recommand ! The lake is beautiful.
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N0ussn0uss
Jun 29, 2024
simply the best - a quiet boat, a fun and knowledgable guide, the most amazing landscapes. I live in australia and it’s the second time I come and do this tour! It is of course more exciting saw the seal, which I did the first time, but it’s still totally worth it without ( which happen the second tour)
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Tanjawh2234mq
Jun 17, 2024
Really nice! - A wonderful experience and our captain did a really great job. We didn't see any ringed seals, but we did see ospreys. Arto's stories and explanations were really great. I can only recommend it.
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291clarissal
Jun 20, 2024
Fun & Interesting Wild Food Cruise - My family went for the 4 hour Wild Food cruise on 16 June 2024. We had a lot of fun picking wild strawberries and wild herbs for a salad. We also got to enjoy a small snack and tea on the boat during our trip, which was a really relaxing experience. Just wish that we got to do more activities within the 4 hours, as about 3/4 of the time was spent on water travelling to and from the place where we did the foraging. We did get to sightsee and look for some birds and seals while we were on the water. And it was fun at first, but I was ready to do something else after a while. We also did not manage to see any Saimaa seals but no one is to be blamed for that.
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