Äksyt Ämmät - Green Finn Tour Operator

Forests, traditions and a slower way to experience Finland

Äksyt Ämmät brings you closer to the landscapes, culture and everyday life of Finland.

Based in Nurmes, in the heart of North Karelia’s lake and forest region, their experiences range from soft outdoor adventures to cultural journeys that reveal Finland through nature, local traditions and regional food.

This can mean guided nature excursions, tailor made itineraries, stays at their own guesthouse Pihlajapuu, or travelling between locally run stays through their signature Guesthouse to Guesthouse Tours, a registered concept explored by walking, biking or running.

Nature at the centre

Experiences are built around Finland’s forests, lakes and seasonal changes, inviting you into nature in ways that feel active but unhurried.

Whether through guided walks, soft outdoor adventures or quieter time spent outdoors, each journey is designed to help you engage with the environment rather than simply pass through it, allowing travellers to notice the details that define this part of the country.

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Travel that supports local communities

Their Guesthouse to Guesthouse Tours are designed around small, locally run accommodations, creating journeys that directly benefit independent hosts across the region. The same approach extends across their wider network of regional partners, food producers and service providers, ensuring tourism spending stays within the places travellers visit.

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Built around local traditions

From local food to cultural encounters that reflect Finnish and Karelian ways of life, each experience brings you closer to customs that remain part of everyday life in the region, especially through experiences like their Karelia Cuisine Tour, where local flavours become a way into the region’s history, stories and traditions.

Story Behind Äksyt Ämmät

Äksyt Ämmät was built by founders Kirsi and Minna from a deep love for Finnish nature and a desire to share it in ways that protect what makes it special.

With decades of experience, they have shaped the company around a belief that meaningful travel should create connection, not pressure, on both landscapes and local communities. Their work has always been guided by the idea that Finland’s natural and cultural heritage should be experienced respectfully and passed on intact to future generations.