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The Open Canoe Festival's 2025 lottery promises to be a memorable one! Our partner Destination Rivières is giving away an 7-day canoe trip to Swedish Lapland (excluding travel). How to win? Register with OCF to enter the grand prize draw.
The Far North, just a stone's throw from France! For 7 days, we'll be paddling in complete autonomy on the Lainio älven, one of Lapland's most beautiful rivers. Winding through the boreal forest, also known as taiga, the Lainio älven awaits us with its grandiose landscapes, arctic fauna, calms and rapids. Perhaps the river will offer us one of its salmon to make the evening's bivouac even more memorable. Whatever the case, we'll be in good spirits!
Lapland is Europe's far north. Lapland is home to the ancient Sami people and their transhumant reindeer herding. Lapland is the taiga and its pine trees as far as the eye can see. Lapland is the midnight sun and the northern lights. Lapland is a land of pristine rivers. Lapland is another world, just a stone's throw from our own.
If the mere mention of the region's name sends a thrill down your spine, don't hesitate: we suggest you discover it by canoe. We'll be canoeing down the upstream section of the Lainio älven, a dam-free river that flows all the way to its mouth at the Baltic Sea.
You'll return home feeling relaxed, with a change of scenery and a wealth of new skills. Let yourself be tempted. You won't regret it.
Take a look at the slideshow of our July 2024 itinerary on the Aby älven in Swedish Lapland.
You'll be guided by Aurélien Rateau, a qualified river guide (BP JEPS CKDA), experienced naturalist and experienced expedition organizer.
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