Wild Brown Bear, Finland

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Rank : 7.8 (average on 5 votes)

Coordinates : 64.508176, 29.972363 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : brown bear, wolverine, eagles. ease of these individuals varies greatly, and know or almost only with the bear.

Recommended equipment : a long as a 300. 2.8 possibly because the light can be a great ally or vice versa problem: cloudy weather very easy at this latitude may force you to ISO1600 and beyond if the season is not that close to the solstice with many hours of light. a 500 is very good although it is less flexible than the 300.

Best months : from April to September, as the bears begin to emerge from hibernation in the first days of April. the period is decisive for the amount of light you have, the type of environment (snow / summer / autumn), and the type of people that you can see floating in the season (eg the bear wakes up to roughly April). the bear in the area is not very confident especially at the beginning: in our visit in early May we had about 15 hours in the shed without bears, and the next night he's seen only one that has put us an hour to get closer (seen 3 times and always come back in the forest) and then once arrived immediately ran away. As the season goes on bears and instead become confident in our visit in early September we have spotted 4/5 that occurred several times stopping.

How to get there : as the base city is near Vartius, near the border with Russia. Or you arrive at an airport near you, or in Helsinki. From renting a car can be a normal sedan: the roads in Finland (often unpaved) are usually pretty clean.

Visits : open every day of the setttimana. The period of entry and exit from the cabin varies from season to season and I will send them. Official price for the cabin on the 150 euro.

Notes : have the ability to accommodate people. In May we entered the shed around 16 or earlier, and we left at 7 am. In September we went to 14 or a little later, and we went to 21. Obviously you can not leave the hut before the time agreed. The cabanas have recently been expanded: 8 May, there were a dozen in September. One is single with no bed. One is for two persons with bathroom. The others are arranged with two bunk beds, two chairs, and a "bin" for any physiological needs. Each cabin has 4 holes for targets with the possibility of attaching the head with a screw without taking the tripod. The location is on the edge of a small lake. Atmosphere very nice and I would say in September with beautiful autumn colors. Obviously need to give maximum light and know that the north is not so obvious to have good weather. Despite what I said at the beginning of May on our experience, I must say that before other photographers have always seen the bear and so our experience was particularly unfortunate. In May, during the initial briefing, you are recommended to keep a religious silence (for example, do not open a zip file for the particular ping unnatural). In September, however the recommendations were very soft, a sign of confidence of the animals greatly increased. The bear is fed to lure him with fish or carcasses, depending. The wolverine is sighted occasionally at certain times of the year, and with some frequency in the more winter (where, however, there is less light).

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