Services opening hours
Wildlife park daily 10 am – 4 pm
Ranua Wildlife Park is open daily 10 am – 4 pm. Welcome!
Read more about the animals
Wild Arctic Restaurant Mon-Sun 10 am – 4 pm
Wild Arctic Restaurant is open Mon-Sun 10 am – 4 pm. Choose a lunch buffet or a tasty menu. Also cafe services available.
Eat & shop
Reception holiday villas Mon-Sun 8 am – 6 pm
Reception for Holiday Villas serves you Mon-Sun from 8 am to 6 pm. You are warmly welcome!
Accomodation
Reception Arctic Igloos closed
Igloo guests are served in the Holiday Villas reception next to the Wildlife Park.
Accommodation
LOCATION AND ARRIVAL Ranua as a travel destination
Ranua is located in Southern Lapland, about an hour’s drive from Rovaniemi and 2 hours from Oulu, Kemi and Kuusamo. The nearest airport and train station are located in Rovaniemi. There are daily flight and train connections between Helsinki and Rovaniemi as well as daily bus service between Rovaniemi and Ranua.
There are pretty good transport connections to Ranua, and the wilderness is right next to us. Located in the middle of forests and marshes, at Ranua you can experience authentic nature and the village culture of Lapland. The area offers a wide range of program services and accommodation options. Ranua is known as the capital of cloudberries in Finland, as well as for our wildlife park for arctic animals.
There are also daily bus connections between Rovaniemi and Ranua. See the routes, schedules and ticket prices from the Matkahuolto website.
Matkahuolto
ARRIVAL Flight connections
Finnair and Norwegian fly from Helsinki to Rovaniemi several times a week. The closest scheduled flights are to Rovaniemi, Kemi or Oulu. On Finavia’s website, you can see more detailed information about flights to Rovaniemi, Oulu and Kemi.
There are also plenty of direct flights to Rovaniemi for winter 2023-2024:
Finnair
Tromso starting from the 2nd of December
EasyJet
Edinburgh starting from the 3rd of December
London Gatwick starting from 17th ofNovember
London Luton starting from the 9th of December
Paris starting from the 9th of December
Amsterdam starting from the 14th of December
Naples starting from te 16th of December
Milan Malpensa from the 22nd of November
Bristol starting from the 17th of November
Manchester starting from the 18th of November
Ryanair
London Stansted starting from the 29th of October
Dublin starting from the 29th of October
Brussels Charleroi starting from the 30th of October
Liverpool starting from the 4th of November
Milan Bergamo starting from the 4th of November
Air France
Paris Charles de Gaulle starting from the 25th of November
KLM
Amsterdam starting from the 25th of November
Iberia
Madrid starting from the 2nd of December
Austrian airlines
Vienna starting from the 2nd of December
Turkish airlines
Istanbul starting from the 3rd of December
Eurowings
Düsseldorf starting from the 3rd of December
Berlin Brandenburg starting from the 13th of January
Vueling
Barcelona starting from the 2nd of December
Lapland’s 8 seasons
Did you know that Lapland actually has 8 seasons? Each season has its own special features and nature changes its appearance and form from colorful to white. Do you love bright summer nights, frozen marshes, colorful autumn colors, wonderful nature, northern lights, a sky full of millions of stars, snowy winter, or peace and quiet? At Ranua, you can experience all of these, no matter what time of the year you are on the move.
Seasons of Ranua
Seven Steps to Save the Ocean – environmental artwork
Maija Kovari’s artwork Seven Steps to Save the Ocean encourages everyday actions to curb climate change and protect arctic nature. Deciding the place for the artwork held strong significance in the design process: the piece was lifted on rock that was once the shore of the sea. Protecting the seas and curbing climate change are also strongly related to the future of the Arctic region and its animals. The Seven Steps to Save the Ocean work is open all year round. The work is a different experience in the summer than in the winter when the snow falls on the artwork.
Environmental artwork
From Friday 1 July 2022, passengers will no longer be required to present certificates of COVID-19 vaccinations or recovery or be tested for COVID-19 when entering the country.
The end of health security measures related to the coronavirus applies to both Finland’s internal and external border control. The internal border refers to the border between Finland and the rest of the EU or Schengen countries and the external border refers to the border between Finland and non-EU or non-Schengen countries.
Health guidelines for travelers
General health and safety measures regarding coronavirus in Finland include avoiding physical contact, maintaining a safe distance from other people and observing good hand and respiratory hygiene. The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare has lifted its general recommendation on the use of face masks in April 2022.
If you think you may have been infected with the coronavirus, take a self test. If the test is positive the traveller should avoid contact to others for at least five days.
Coronavirus testing if you have symptoms.
If you think you may have been infected with the coronavirus, take a self test. If the test is positive the traveller should avoid contact to others for at least five days. It is on travellers own responsibility to avoid contacts and to organize for example extra accomodation if needed. In problematic cases the traveller is adviced to contact their own travel insurance company. Nationwide emergency number: 112.
Frequently asked questions
Is the wildlife park open in the winter?
Yes, our wildlife park is open throughout the year, daily.
What time does the wildlife park open?
The wildlife park is open daily, during the summer from 10 am to 6 pm.
How much does an entrance ticket cost?
The price list is available here on our website.
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