Bear Watching Trips in Finland

This perfect short-haul break takes you to a wonderful spot for sighting brown bears in the Finnish wilderness. Staying at Martinselkonen Wilderness Lodge, enjoy overnight bear watching from hides located deep in the forest, allowing close-up encounters with these fascinating animals and their cubs. Find out more about Brown Bears in Finland

• Price (inc. flights): 4 days from £1,495
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Long evenings and early dawns allow incomparable opportunities to watch and photograph the wildlife of the forest on this small group trip in Finland. Staying at purpose built hides, night vigils with a naturalist guide reward you with close-ups of brown bears, wolverines and occasionally wolves. Find out more about Brown Bear Explorer

• Price (inc. flights): 6 days from £2,095
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Join us as we celebrate Europe's brown bears from a lodge in the dense taiga forests of central Finland. Travelling during late summer we're provided with plenty of opportunities to watch and photograph brown bear, wolverine and wolves alongside a supporting cast of other boreal predators. Find out more about European Festival of Bears

• Price (inc. flights): 9 days from £5,495
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Bear watching from hides in Finland has long been one of Europe’s best wildlife experiences, but staying overnight in a hide doesn’t appeal to everyone. However, there’s a new option available – it’s now possible to watch brown bears and other Finnish wildlife from the comfort of your own luxury cabin. Find out more about Finland’s Brown Bears in Style

• Price (inc. flights): 5 days from £1,995
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Join a photography tour leader on a dedicated bear-photography trip to Finland’s taiga forest. Visiting two lodges, each with specialist hides for brown bear in the best photographic locations in the forest, we take advantage of the lingering evening light of the Finnish summer. Find out more about Brown Bear Photography in Finland

• Price (inc. flights): 6 days from £3,195
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Photograph Europe’s elusive predators as the colours of Finland’s eastern forests change. With the colourful autumnal hues and wildlife busy preparing for winter, this is the perfect time for a photography tour using a number of purpose-built hides. This small group tour is guided by an expert photographic leader. Find out more about Boreal Predators Photography in Autumn

• Price (inc. flights): 6 days from £3,295
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Brown bear, wolf and wolverine are among Europe’s top predators. All can be seen and photographed from specialist hides in the enigmatic taiga of Finland. Elk, reindeer, white-tailed eagle, capercaillie and other inhabitants of the far north can also be found on this self-drive wildlife adventure. Find out more about Bears, Wolves & Wolverines Self-drive

• Price (inc. flights): 8 days from £2,595
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This iteration of our Boreal Predators Photography tour ventures to northern Finland, when the magical boreal forest remains blanketed in snow. From specialist photography hides, we aim to capture striking images of brown bears newly emerged from hibernation, as well as wolf and the elusive wolverine. Find out more about Boreal Predators Photography in Early Spring

• Price (inc. flights): 6 days from £3,195
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Join us on this remarkable photography tour and capture images of Finland’s finest predators – brown bear, Eurasian wolf and wolverine – in the boreal forest. Accompanied by a photographer and using dedicated hides, this week makes the most of the late light from the long summer evenings. Find out more about Boreal Predators Photography in Summer

• Price (inc. flights): 6 days from £3,195
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