SEITA-HOVI

Holiday home details

300 north from Rovaniemi, 13 km from Ivalo, located in the Ivalojoki estuary, which falls to Lake Inarijärvi. Access in summer time only by boat (1,4 km) and winter time only by skiing or snowmobile (1 km), not reachable by car. The caretaker of the cabin guides or takes client to the cabin without extra fee. The caretaker rents out a boat and outboard motor (15 hp) or snowmobile (Arctic Cat 4-stroke) and big sledge, client needs to bring the fuel himself.

100 m from the cottage to the riverside, boat landing cove, riverside is on it's natural state, the cove has got also a shallow shore with hard bottom and swimming possibility. 100 m long duckboard path from the cabin to the cove and boathouse.

Cabin is built from old logs in 1988.
Downstairs: living room, small kitchen, sauna, dressing room and open porch.
Upstairs: 4 sleeping alcoves (sloping ceiling), one 120 cm wide bed in each alcove, and in one alcove also one single bed, a balcony.

Water pipe in summer use (from June till mid October) from river to the sauna and kitchen. The water pipe may work also during winter time but it cannot be guaranteed (if not, then water has to be carried). Client has to bring drinking water with him. Sink in the small kitchen, in sauna water has to be heated by wood-heated water tank. In winter time client has to fetch water from the lake and drive it with snowscooter and sledge to the cabin and sauna, two 200 l water barrels available. The caretaker of the cabin can also bring sauna water for extra fee, please agree with him well in advance.
Grill hut and campfire site on the yard, composting outhouse.

A gas heated outside hot tub (gas included in the price) is available for rent as an additional service. The tub can be rented if you agree to the on-site instructions. The customer fills, heats and empties the tub himself.