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National parks and nature conservation areas in destinasjon Sapmi

More information about the national parks and nature conservation areas in our destination.

The law to freedom gives the opportunity to travel freely in nature, as long as it is done with consideration, so that plants and animals are not damaged or disturbed. The right of access also applies in protected areas. In some protected areas there are special rules for traffic and other activities.

Tana:

In Tana there are the following nature conservation areas:

There are no national parks in Tana municipality.

Nesseby:

In Nesseby there are the following nature conservation areas:

Varangerhalvøya National Park / Várnjárgga álbmotmeahcci
Varangerhalvøya – Várnjárgga offers Arctic-influenced mainland with an ancient landscape – a juicy bite of tenderloin in Norwegian low-Arctic nature. Here you are in a landscape created before the last ice age with the tundra’s open mountain expanses and vegetation-free block seas. Scattered around, the glaciers left ring moraines. The water from the melting of the ice formed sharp and lush valleys – eroded in the mountain plains to the coast.

The rivers carry the water out of the valleys to the coast, and here you will find salmon and sea trout on their way up to the spawning grounds. The salmon fishermen thrive here. Here, campfires along the river are reused, with gentle collection of wood for the bonfire. You leave the place as you found it clean and tidy.

Here there are traces of the reindeer’s footsteps, but no marked paths. Between the river valleys there is little wildlife, tame reindeer and few people. With a little effort you will reach the mountain plateaus. Enjoy the mighty landscape. Peace and quiet with the reindeer’s pastures on the retina.

Winter is rough. March and April are best for skiing. Flat light and changeable weather on the white-clad expanses.

Polar low pressure often comes through, so plan and dress well for the ski trip (Norgesnasjonalparker.no).

For more information about Varangerhalvøya National Park, click here.

Kautokeino:

In Kautokeino there are the following nature conservation areas:

Máze nature reserve

Upper Anárjohka National Park in Kautokeino and Karasjok.

Øvre Anárjohka National Park offers everything you would expect from inner Finnmark, vast expanses, large marshes and birch and pine forests. Here there are no open cabins or cabins and no marked paths. The person who visits the area is usually the person who is used to walking, who finds the way himself and takes care of the night’s rest.

The landscape is characterized by several hundred years of North Sami domesticated reindeer herding, where active reindeer herding is still carried out. The area is a living cultural landscape and is used as winter pasture for the reindeer in the period between October and May.

The national park includes the upper parts of the catchment area of the rivers Anárjohka and Kárášjohka, both tributaries of the Tanavassdraget. The landscape is a gently undulating plain landscape where low hills with dry vegetation of heather, rice and large mats of reindeer lichen alternate with countless marshes and water. Half the national park is forestless tundra and bog. Around Anárjohka and Kárášjohka there are birch and pine forests, which are linked to the extensive pine forests in northern Lapland (Norgesnasjonalparker.no).

For more information about Øvre Anárjohka National Park, click here.

Karasjok:

In Karasjok there are the following nature conservation areas:

Porsanger:

In Porsanger there are the following nature conservation areas:

Stabbursdalen National Park

Stabbursdalen National Park has high, barren mountains and deep valleys, interesting geological deposits, magnificent watercourses and moorlands with glassy mountain lakes. The Gáisa mountains have an altitude of over 1,000 metres and stand out in the otherwise flat terrain of Finnmark county. In Stabbursdalen National Park you can find solitude as you gaze out over the level landscape; there are only a few waymarked trails and open turf huts or cabins. There is no mobile phone reception, so it is recommended that you should be an experienced hiker if you are going to set out on a long hike.

The world’s northernmost pine forest is located in Stabbursdalen, which means that this is the most northerly habitat for many birds, plants and animals, among them the Siberian jay and red squirrel. There is evidence of human activity dating a long way back in time. In the heart of the scraggy pine forest lies verdant Lompola, the slow-flowing part of Stabburselva river. This area is unusually lush for being so far north.

Stabbursdalen has been an important reindeer herding area for generations. Every year, drovers keep their herds here from April to November. Many of the local Sami herder communities, known as siidas, have no access to coastal areas and therefore spend much of the year in Stabbursdalen (Norgesnasjonalparker.no).