Explore the beauty of the Finnish nature on our guided trips
We are based in the small municipality of Kirkkonummi, Known for Nature, where the Boreal Taiga forests meet the Baltic Sea. Kirkkonummi locates 30 km west from Helsinki and only one hour from the nearest airport. Still, here you can find a feeling of wilderness!
Forests and lakes dominate the Finnish landscapes. Forests cover 70% of Finland’s surface and there are 168 000 lakes. There are also unique geological formations in Finland shaped by the Ice Ages (eskers, land-upheaval phenomenon, roche moutonnée …). The Finnish fauna and flora are a mixture of southern, northern and eastern elements. We are also happy to have four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn.
Borearctia’s philosophy is to share our knowledge of the nature values of Finland and of the local history. We will take you to the local Natura 2000 sites, other valuable nature areas or show you the nationally valuable landscape area of Porkkala. We are also actively involved in the annual Bird and Nature Week of Porkkala.
We are committed to having a positive impact on nature, society and the economy, leaving a low ecological footprint and honoring local cultures.
See you in Finland!
Fall in love with nature in Finland
Activities
Explore the Finnish Boreal nature with a biologist!
We would like you to experience the same what we think is beautiful, magical or relaxing, what keeps us wondering nature every day, year around. In other words the diversity of nature.
This can be a walk in a Boreal taiga forest, forest bathing, bird watching trip, moose safari, wildlife safari, berry or mushroom picking, angling, photographing trip, walk on the sea side rocks carved by the glaciers during the Ice Age, night in a tree tent, not to forget the local cultural elements …. we will make it an outstanding experience for you.
Experts on nature
You will notice that we don’t just take you to nature but we are happy to share our broad knowledge about it with you. Here are some comments we received:
Amazing moose tour by Petri and Marita – If you are near Helsinki or Kirkkonummi and want to do a moose/elk tour, look no further.
My guide was Petri and he was wonderful. Came to pick us up at our place and as a biologist he is very knowledgeable about nature and wildlife in the area. We saw many white tailed deer and roe deer, multiple moose (including a male moose very close by) and we even saw a lynx!! (Although I know we were extremely lucky). After the light became less and less Petri didn’t hesitate to help and try to tick off a couple other species I have never seen before.
Amazing experience and wonderful people, would definitely recommend and I might be back when the situation arises! Bruce Sellmeijer
About us
Would you like to know the story behind the name? Borearctia comes from the Latin name of an extremely rare tiger moth Borearctia menetriesii. You can see it on our logo. The etymology of the name is in the Greek language; “Boreos” refers to the word north and “arkteia” to arctic. “Menestriesii” refers to the French entomologist Édouard Ménétries. As we work with nature, the company name matters!
Borearctia was established in 2018 by two professional biologists, Marita and Petri. Nature has always been our passion. In fact, we have been working with nature for all our working life.
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