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Blueberry curd dessert
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Halloum salad
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Meal option Carelian stew
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Meal option chicken with bacon and roots
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Our meal can include a delicious hamburger
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A lot of wild berries in the forest
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During summertime we can pick up mushrooms and learn how to make food of them
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Outdoor meal beside the open fire
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Snowy forest can show you foxes...
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During winter there can be snow...
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Wonderful view to the Gulf of Finland
Helsinki Private Tour - Welcome to Porkkala Nature Protection Area!
Welcome to Porkkala Nature Protection Area!

Private picnic seascape with a meal to Porkkala Peninsula

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Helsinki Tour Guide - Timo R.

Joined 2021

Timo R.
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Spend a lovely day on the shores of the Baltic Sea away from the hustle and bustle of the Finnish capital Helsinki!

We will provide a private day with a meal tour to Porkkala peninsula area. Porkkala was "rented" to Soviet Union after WW2 to build a naval base. Nowadays it is a wonderful nature protection area to visit all around the year, to enjoy sea shore views and watch migrating birds in the springtime and autumn. Our tour includes transportation.and outdoor meal.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

08:30 AM

Meeting Point

At your hotel

08:30 AM

Helsinki

Meet at your hotel and start the transport to Porkkala peninsula. Drive time 1 hour.

09:30 AM

Porkkala peninsula nature protection site

Arrival to the Porkkala Peninsula parking area. Start of the walking tour to the seashore. Distance to walk during the day approximately 6 kilometers. We will discover the nature, hear stories of the ice age, Soviet rental time, current usage and future plans of the area - probably this will be the next National Park in Finland.

01:00 PM

Porkkala

Outdoor meal provided by local chef Pete: We can choose from 2 different delicious outdoor meals, either 2 course or 3 course meal. Both contain dessert and coffee provide on open fire.

03:30 PM

Porkkala

Departure from Porkkala back to Helsinki

04:30 PM

Helsinki

Arrival back to Helsinki and your hotel

Ending Point

At your hotel

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Inclusions & Exclusions

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What‘s included

Pickup and return to Helsinki hotel, transport to Porkkala with an 8-seat van, guide fee, 3-course outdoor meal in the forest

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What‘s not included

Personal expenses

Tour Important Information

We will stay outdoors the whole day. Weather in Finland can be cold, more cold or horribly cold during winter, but during springtime and summer mild or even warm. Rain and wind may make you feel cold - so please prepare your clothing so that you can add or remove layers during the day.

Porkkala Peninsula has no roads, and we will walk on paths and cliffs, so good quality shoes are essential. Rain is also possible!

Available all around the year. Please remember restrictions of Covid 19.

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Helsinki Tour Guide - Timo R.

Joined 2021

Timo R.
5.00 / 5
(2 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Timo R.

Hi, my name is Timo, your local private guide in Helsinki.

I am an easy-going and open-minded person. I like to interact with people from across the world and to know about their culture, language, travel interests. I am passionate about nature. In my free time I enjoy outdoor activities of all kinds. In the summer amongst other things, I love to hike, mountain bike and go kayaking. In the winter, I love to snowshoe and watch the northern lights.

My professionality is also based on a long career in information technology, serving in an international company as a technical specialist. This has given me the opportunity to travel around Europe, the USA and Asia.

As well as being an experienced Nature and Wilderness Guide, I am also a Golden Badge Guide (the ultimate qualification in guiding in Finland). I am also a Licenced City of Helsinki and a Licenced Suomenlinna Unesco World Heritage Guide, the City of Hyvinkää and Tuusula Guide, so wherever we go you'll be in good hands. My aim is to provide you with enthusiastic informative private tours which ensure that your Helsinki and Finland experience will be the best.

My bespoke tours include walking tours or biking tours, tours by a private car, a van or a minibus. Within Helsinki we can cover the major sites or explore less well-known districts in the countryside like Nuuksio or Sipoonkorpi Wilderness areas, the picturesque small town of Porvoo, nearby towns like Tuusula and Hyvinkää are a few of the many wonderful places that can be easily reached in a day trip.

My tours are very flexible in content and timing and I can adapt easily to your preferences and suggestions.

For me, the best reward for guiding guests is the fun I have sharing the beauty of the place.

Let me be your local guide and I will share with you not only my knowledge and expertise but my enthusiasm as well.


Reviews

Wonderful custom tour

Timo is knowledgeable, flexible and clearly enjoys being a guide. I told him the things we wanted to do and he customized the day, adding in highlights about Finland I didn’t know about. He is a native Fin and knows a lot about nature as well as the history of Finland. You can’t go wrong with Timo!

Suellen A.

Timo R.

Thank you for being my customer, I really enjoyed being your guide!

A memorable experience with our personal guide

We went with Mr Timo for our tour of Suomenlinna Fortress on the 25th of December. We had our seven-year-old boy with us on tour. Our meeting made it very apparent that Mr Timo belongs to Helsinki and knows the city properly. He knew a great deal of history and geopolitics. He kept the tour lively, with just enough history and a good deal of Finnish culture. Conversation with him was relevant and we never got bored. I strongly recommend him as anyone's tour guide.

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