Boat trips to Three-Country Cairn/Border stone

Summer has arrived at the Lake Kilpisjärvi and boat season 2023 has started!

M/S Malla and M/S Maria has started to operate again. Ferries runs every day until late September. All old and new customers are warmly welcome!

Daily departures, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Nb! Finnish time! Please notice that here in Finland the time is one hour more than in Sweden and Norway!

Payment: cash (€, SEK, NOK) or credit card.

Tickets are sold on board.

Prices 2023

Round trip 55,00€ / adult

Round trip 10,00€ / child under 16 years old

One way 40,00€ / adult

One way 10,00€ / child under 16 years old

Payment: cash (€, SEK, NOK) or credit card. 
Note! Card payment connection doesn’t work all the time, we recommend clients to have also cash with them. Dogs travel free.

Tickets are sold only on board. Minimum number of passengers 5 persons. The ships carries up to 130 passengers. You will be arriving Koltaluokta within half an hour. At Koltaluokta the ship waits for approximately two hours. The return-trip lasts half an hour.

If there are no passengers from Kilpisjärvi and there is no information about passengers coming from Koltalahti, the boat will not run.

Group bookings and prices:
Group bookings can be made when at least 25 passengers travel together.
+358 40 8485494 / hanneleeira@gmail.com

Information about the trip

One way boat trip takes about half an hour. Destination harbor is called Koltalahti/Koltaluokta. There the boat stays two hours. Within that time passengers can walk along a clear, sand-based path to Three-Country Cairn and back to the boat. One way 3 km, round trip 6km. The whole trip takes about three hours.

Passengers can also continue from Three-Country Cairn to Kilpisjärvi village via Malla Strict Nature Reserve’s path. Three-Country Cairn – Kilpisjärvi road side 11 km. Please notice that in the nature reserve it is allowed to walk only on marked trail! ( black, orange headed wooden posts)

If you are walking from Kilpisjärvi across the Malla nature park to the Three Country Cairn and from there on to Koltalahti, or you are hiking from Norway or Sweden to Koltalahti and want to come back to Kilpisjärvi by boat, please do the following:

Inform the crew at the number below about your intention to come by boat by a text message. Preferably the day before or at least the morning of the day of arrival before 9:00 am

+358 50 372 6729

Name, number of people, arrival date and time in the message. And from which direction you are coming. When you get on board, also tell to crew that it is you.

At the end of this season most definite departure time from Koltalahti to Kilpisjärvi is at 12:30 pm. For later times (e.g. 4:30 p.m.), must be discussed with crew via text message. This practice is because the crew should know in advance that there is passengers in Koltalahti. If there are no passengers from Kilpisjärvi and there is no information about passengers coming from Koltalahti, the boat will not run.

Nationalparks.fi – Malla Strict Nature Reserve

Three-Country Cairn

In 1897 a cairn was constructed by Norwegians and Russians (todays Finland), to mark the point at which the boarders converge. Sweden was not involved in the process: Norway and Sweden could not agree upon the establishment of a Boarder Comission, hence the cairn was not bejeweled with any of the three countries emblems.

In 1901 Norway and Sweden came to an agreement regarding the new Boarder Comission.
The cairn was covered in cement, but unfortunately the cementation enclosed only the upper part, and the cairn soon became heavily reduced by weather, wind and ice.

The present cairn was constructed in 1926.

A dog with you?

The dog can be taken on board at your own risk. But it is good to know that when coming back to Kilpisjärvi from Sweden to Finland, from Koltalahti, the dog must also have a valid echinococcoli eradication medication by a veterinarian, the pet passport, chip and valid vaccinations. This is something that should be in order before the trip and which is the owner’s own responsibility.

Please read the official instructions from the links below:
Trade of dogs, cats and ferrets from EU countries to Finland
Frequently asked questions about echinococcal or tapeworm tratment

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👩🏻‍✈️👨🏻‍✈️ Hyvät retkeilijät ja vaeltajat! Kära vandrare! Dear hikers and backpackers! 🛥️⛴️🏞 Jos kävelet Kilpisjärveltä Mallan luonnonpuiston yli Kolmen valtakunnan rajapyykille ja sieltä edelleen Koltalahteen, tai vaellat Norjasta tai Ruotsista Koltalahteen ja haluat tulla laivan kyydillä takaisin Kilpisjärvelle, ystävällisesti toimi seuraavasti:Ilmoita miehistölle alla olevaan numeroon laivalle tuloaikeesta ensisijaisesti tekstiviestillä. Mieluiten edellisenä päivänä tai vähintään tulopäivän aamuna ennen klo 9.00+358 50 372 6729Viestiin nimi, henkilömäärä, tulopäivämäärä ja kellonaika. Sekä mistä suunnasta laivaan tulet. Laivalle tullessasi kerro myös että olet juurikin sinä/te.Näin loppukaudesta varmin lähtöaika Koltalahdesta Kilpisjärvelle on klo 12.30. Myöhemmästä ajasta (esim. klo 16.30) pitää erikseen kysyä tekstiviestissä. *Tämä käytäntö on siksi että miehistö etukäteen tietäisi kyytiin tulijoita olevan Koltalahdessa. Jos Kilpisjärveltä ei ole yhtään matkustajaa, eikä ole tietoa Koltalahdesta tulevista matkustajista, niin laiva ei lähde tyhjänä ajamaan. 🏞 Om du går från Kilpisjärvi över Malla naturpark till Treriksröset och därifrån vidare till Koltalahti, eller om du vandrar från Norge eller Sverige till Koltalahti och vill komma tillbaka till Kilpisjärvi med båt, vänligen gör följande:Informera besättningen på numret nedan om din avsikt att komma med båt via textmeddelande. Helst dagen före eller åtminstone ankomstdagens morgon före kl. 9.00+358 50 372 6729Namn, antal personer, ankomstdatum och tid i meddelandet. Och från vilket håll kommer du. När du kommer till båten, berätta också att det är du/ni.I slutet av denna säsong är den mest bestämda avgångstiden från Koltalahti till Kilpisjärvi kl 12:30. För senare tider (t.ex. kl 16:30), måste diskuteras med besättningen via meddelandet.*Detta praxis är för att besättningen i förväg skulle veta att det finns passagerare i Koltaluokta.Om det finns inte inga passagerare från Kilpisjärvi och det finns inte ingen information av passagerare som vill komma från Koltaluokta, båten går inte.🏞 If you are walking from Kilpisjärvi across the Malla nature park to the Three Country Cairn and from there on to Koltalahti, or you are hiking from Norway or Sweden to Koltalahti and want to come back to Kilpisjärvi by boat, please do the following:Inform the crew at the number below about your intention to come by boatby a text message. Preferably the day before or at least the morning of the day of arrival before 9:00 am+358 50 372 6729Name, number of people, arrival date and time in the message. And from which direction you are coming. When you get on board, also tell to crew that it is you.At the end of this season most definite departure time from Koltalahti to Kilpisjärvi is at 12:30 pm. For later times (e.g. 4:30 p.m.), must be discussed with crew via text message.*This practice is because the crew should know in advance that there is passengers in Koltalahti.If there are no passengers from Kilpisjärvi and there is no information about passengers coming from Koltalahti, the boat will not run. ... See MoreSee Less
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