Expertise & Media

Seikkailuapinat Oy has received funding from the EU’s Rural Development Fund to improve its digital expertise.

Journalist Sara Andrade searched Finland for happiness and found a piece of it from the woods of Seitseminen National Park.

We are proud to announce that we have been nominated to “The best tour operator in Finland” category in Finnish Travel Gala.

Arielle Domb of The Standard (UK) noted our sauna rituals & nature walks.

In August 2024, in cooperation with Visit Finland, Ruka-Kuusamo and Visit Oulu we organised the Adventure Week Finland, first ever ATTA – Adventure Travel Trade Association event in Finland.

Adventure Apes is proud to present the first ever AdventureWeek in Finland in the Autumn of 2024.

Irish journalist Amy Lynch came to soak in a Finnish sauna at Tampere. What did she find out? Read the full article at Lonely Planet.

Jan Fokke Oosterhof has eloquently put together his travelogue of a FAM trip showcasing our ski expeditions in Ruka-Kuusamo region. Make sure to read it!

We were delighted to welcome pupils and staff from Penrhos Avenue Pupil Referral Unit (Conwy) to Adventure Apes in Kuusamo.

RDG.TODAY noticed our educational winter camp for St Mary & All Saints School. Read the full article!

Visit Finland presented Adventure Apes as a Business Case in their video series.

In September, the Adventure Travel World Summit in Japan featured Seikkailuapinat alongside Visit Finland, Ruka-Kuusamo, and Visit Oulu. Finland was unveiled as the host country for ATTA’s summer 2024 AdventureWeek.

Social responsibility is important to us and we are running regularly sessions for elderly people in Orivesi and international young people in Tampere since 2017 and now it was time to gather together again.

This spring, we at Adventure Apes had the pleasure of welcoming Poorani Elangovan Kuusela, a Tourism Management student from JAMK University of Applied Sciences, for her internship.

Heidi Savolainen was interviewed for an entrepreneur podcast about changing saleswork to being a wilderness guide.

Finnish travel and education stakeholders are organizing a familiarization trip (fam trip) for principals and decision-makers of private schools in India’s largest cities.

Our CEO, Heidi Savolainen, stood alongside global leaders discussing how adventure tourism can contribute to environmental protection, cultural respect, and economic benefit for local communities.

Adventure Apes has been an active partner in the EU-funded FORESTWELL project, which develops innovative vocational education and training (VET) approaches for forest-based wellbeing,

Adventure Apes has been named on of the nominees for Visit Tampere Award.

Adventure Apes were invited to join Nature Academy, which is a network of educational institutions and nature travel companies.

Our Leave no man behind – school camps, designed to promote team work and sharing of responsibilities, were noted in Leirikoulu – Lägerskola magazine. The magazine is the top school camp magazine for teachers in Finland.

Visit Finland presented our “nature belongs to everyone.” mentality. Read about how this pioneer in inclusive tourism creates accessible and sustainable adventures.

Business Finland web article about our inclusive travel and what it means to be responsible with a title “Forerunner in adventures designed for groups with special needs”. Find the article below.

Finnish news outlet MTV Uutiset published a story about an inspiring journey: Outi Keskinen, who is completely blind, completed the 82 km Big Karhunkierros trail.

Finland’s national television station, YLE News, joined Adventure Apes in the forest on a blueberry picking adventure connecting foreigners and Finnish Grandmothers.

Japanese journal Serendip Travel by Kirasiene noted a tour arranged by us and our partner Elämyspalvelut Nostalgia