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WILDERNESS GUIDES<\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Here are Polku’s wilderness guides. We want to help others to find the same joy, peace and adventure from the nature that<\/span> we ourselves find from there.<\/p>\n

Our core value in our everyday operations is the respect for the nature. We always strive to avoid extra consumption, unnecessary travel and minimize environmental damage. As our most important factor, however, we see our ability to influence the people who participate in our trips. Perhaps the experiences in the nature offers understanding that opens up new ways of influencing in their everyday life.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wilderness guide, Turku\/Pyh\u00e4<\/h4>\n<\/div>

Sampo is the founder of Polku. He is interested in survival skills and working with natural materials using traditional methods. Sampo has worked as a wilderness guide in Lapland, guiding snow mobile safaris and northern lights photography as well as ice climbing, fatbike tours and teaching wilderness and survival skills. Sampo is an active member and an instructor in Finnish Survival guild<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Arto<\/h3>\n

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Wilderness guide, Turku<\/h4>\n<\/div>

At the heart of Arto\u2019s wilderness guidance is enjoying nature in all its forms. In addition to nature guiding and various hikes, Arto enjoys traditional wilderness skills, outdoor safety and survival skills, as well as maintains trails, ducboards and other hiking and camping structures.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sampsa<\/h3>\n

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Er\u00e4opas, Seikkailukasvattaja (Yhteis\u00f6pedagogi), Helsinki<\/h4>\n

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Sampsa on kiinnostunut kaikenlaisesta luonnossa liikkumisesta, erityisesti vaelluksista kaikkina vuodenaikoina ja hieman pidemmist\u00e4 retkist\u00e4 ja haaveilee kuukauden vaelluksesta Lapin er\u00e4maissa. Sampsa on toiminut er\u00e4oppaana Lapissa ja Vantaan Ladun vaellusten vet\u00e4j\u00e4n\u00e4. H\u00e4n on valmistumassa juuri uudesta koulustusohjelmasta (AMK) seikkailukasvattajaksi.<\/div>\n<\/div>
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Sa\u0161a<\/h3>\n

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Er\u00e4opas, Pyh\u00e4\/Oulu<\/h4>\n

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Sa\u0161a has worked in nature-based tourism for more than ten years. As a wilderness guide, Sa\u0161a specializes in hiking, but she has also guided rock and ice climbing, snowshoeing and fatbike tours. Sa\u0161a is interested in responsible tourism and has been involved in development of accessible nature-based tourism services and nature-based integration services for immigrants.<\/p>\n

At the moment, Sa\u0161a works at Pyh\u00e4-Luosto National Park\u00b4s Visitor Centre Naava. Besides spending as much time outdoors as possible and learning new wilderness skills, Sa\u0161a writes a blog in Finnish called Navakkaa Pohjoistuulta.<\/p>\n

Sa\u0161a has accomplished a training for a wilderness and nature guide, and has university degree in tourism geography (M.Sc., University of Oulu).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sonja<\/h3>\n

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Wilderness guide, Inari<\/h4>\n

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Sonja on Inarissa asuva er\u00e4opas, jonka erityisosaamista on er\u00e4- ja vaellusruoka, luonnon antimien ker\u00e4ily ja hy\u00f6dynt\u00e4minen sek\u00e4 luonnontuntemus. Sonja retkeilee paljon Lapissa ja viett\u00e4\u00e4 y\u00f6ns\u00e4 luonnon helmassa mieluiten riippumattoillen.<\/p>\n

Sonjan er\u00e4kokkailuja voi seurata Sonjan Instagram-tililt\u00e4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Kai<\/h3>\n

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Guide (rope activities), Turku<\/h4>\n

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Kai works as an instructor on zipline, abseiling and rock climbing. He spends his freetime riding mountainbike in the forests and slopes.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Salla<\/h3>\n

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Guide (rope activities), Turku<\/h4>\n

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Salla tworks as an instructor on zipline, abseiling and rock climbing.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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PARTNERS<\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Kavalton tila<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>

Kavalton tila in Piikki\u00f6 offers everything for successful parties and meetings: Beautiful and varied facilities, mouth-watering meals prepared with love and care, quality accommodation as well as a memorable program. Check out Kavalton tila services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Huttra Survival Training<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>

Huttra Survival Training is a network of experienced Swedish wilderness guides and instructors that offers both basic and advanced courses on survival skills. Huttra strives to develop its activities curiously, based on its own experiences and with new methods, so sometimes the ways of working may differ from the old formulas in the survival literature. Most of Huttra instructors are also instructors at the Svenska \u00d6verlevnadss\u00e4llskapet<\/a>. Read more on\u00a0Huttra webpage<\/a>\u00a0(in Swedish).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Event Extreme<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>

Event Extreme offers services related to rope operations in the Turku region: for example, construction of ziplines, “beer crate climbing” and abseiling. Event Extreme also builds other high-performance venues and provides instructors for activities such as camps as well as organizing shows. Read more on Event Extreme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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OUR VALUES<\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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We at Polku Nature Tours believe that one can find a deeper connection with nature by learning more about the surrounding ecosystem. Our path to this deeper understanding is through the sustainable use of natural materials and food. By getting to know the traditional ways of utilizing nature, we understand how much resources each of our activities requires.<\/p>\n

No one owns the nature. We are part of it and that’s why we want to leave no trace when being in nature.<\/p>\n

Polku Nature Tours and the environmental responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

We do our best to pay attention and reduce the environmental damage caused by our operations in all our activities. We are working for a cleaner environment by these following actions:<\/p>\n

Most of our emissions come from our customers and employees trips to the activity locations. We encourage our customers to use public transport and carpools. The aim is to plan the places and schedule the activities so that they can easily be reached without own car. Emissions from our business-related driving at Polku Nature Tours have averaged 320 kilos of carbon dioxide per year. We are compensating this emission by donating on the Hiilip\u00f6rssi NGO. We own now piece of peat field restored to natural bog. That prevents at least 333 kg of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere each year.<\/p>\n

We make every effort to avoid flying related to our own business. If flying cannot be avoided, we pay 10% of the flight price through the Friends of the Earth Airfare campaign for the organisation\u2019s climate work.<\/p>\n

Fortunately nature can be enjoyed with very little equipment. We aim for experiences that can be comfortably arranged with just a small amount of equipment. Still, having some equipment, increases the quality of the experience and it makes more sense for our company to have the\u00a0 equipment to borrow for customers compared to requiring the customer to acquire their own equipment to participate. When purchasing hiking equipment, we primarily aim to choose long-lasting, multi-purpose and durable products, and we choose a more environmentally friendly options. We encourage customers to share and rent equipment instead of owning it.<\/p>\n

Polku Nature Tours\u00a0encourages its customers to minimize the environmental load on their own trips by taking into account the emissions of the travel style, taking a critical approach to purchasing new equipment, taking into account the wear and tear of the terrain and respect for surrounding life, fellow hikers and scenic values.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Let’s go for a hike<\/h1><\/span>
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CONTACT<\/span><\/a><\/div>
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