On Saturday 24th the festival spreads out along a 10 kilometre route in the forest of Oulanka National Park. The starting point is the Oulanka Visitor Centre.
The Wild Festival is organised by Kulttuuriyhdistys Päiväkoti ry. and Ruka-Kuusamo matkailuyhdistys ry. We are co-operating with The Finnish National Forestry and Parks Commission.
Visitors can bring their own snacks and prepare them at the permitted sites. These sites are specially marked for this purpose. Remember to check possible forest fire warnings. Please be careful not to leave any litter in the forest. There is a cafe-restaurant in the Oulanka Visitor Centre that is open on Saturdays from 10am to 6pm.
Visitors can follow the festival program on Saturday by moving from one performance place to another according to the given schedule or wander freely and enjoy the performances that might happen to come across. The shows will take place approximately 1 hour apart from each other. There are three starting times for the scheduled rounds. The whole route with all the artists will take about 7 hours.
The festival route will be marked with signs and it combines two hiking trails: Hiiden hurmos and Könkään keino ending at the riverbank in the camping ground one kilometre away from Oulanka Visitor Centre.
Please bear in mind that walking is permitted only on the marked routes. In Oulanka National Park visitors must abide by the rules of Hiking without littering.
For more information about the rules of the national park please see: https://www.nationalparks.fi/en/oulankanp/instructionsandrules
The scheduled rounds start from the National Park Visitor Center at 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00. The scheduled rounds will end approximately klo 16:45, 17:45, 18:45.
The hiking route to Valtavaaranlampi is about 3 km. The starting point is Saarua Parking, East Ruka (Ahon Jussintie 7). Valtavaaranlampi has lean-to shelter.
On Saturday the festival’s starting point is the Oulanka Visitor Centre. We recommend to travel there by festival bus. Constraction work on process in the last 13 kilometers of the road. Recommendation is to drive only 20-30km/hour
The easiest way to arrive is to take the festival bus that operates regularly on Saturday 24th of August between Ruka Centre and Oulanka Visitor Centre. The timetable will be announced soon.
A shared taxi from Ruka to Oulanka Visitor Centre can be booked in advance. To order a shared taxi call Ruka taxi service tel. 08 8681 222
https://www.nationalparks.fi/en/oulankanp/directionsandmaps
You can choose either package with special offer (including accomodation in Ski-inn Aurinkorinne + festivalbus tickets) or accomodation elsewhere in Ruka.
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