点评:We visited Petra and her family on the 2nd of May 2026 - myself and two friends traveling to Finland from South Africa. We wanted to see reindeer up close but at this time of year it turned out to be a challenge as very few places appeared to be open after the winter season had ended.
To our great fortune we came across this place when searching the web and Petra was super friendly and willing to host us for a visit. At this time in early May the reindeer were not inside a pen but running free inside a larger fenced area so we were not guaranteed to get close. We first went to look for the males with some reindeer snacks that Petra had brought to draw them closer to us - lichen and dried birch branches and leaves. Luckily for us it worked and we spent over an hour together with these beautiful animals, some of the male reindeer eating lichen straight out of our hands. The females who were just about to have their calves were a bit more shy but we managed to get quite close to the group.
Petra had prepared some snacks for us as well and we enjoyed pies with reindeer meat, cake with lingon- and blueberries and blackberry juice. Delicious! It was a great experience and I can warmly recommend a visit to Wolverine Fell Wilderness and Nature if you are in the area. Petra knows everything there is to know about reindeer and willingly shares stories about them or the life of a reindeer farmer if you ask her.
翻译:2026年5月2日,我和两位朋友从南非前往芬兰,拜访了佩特拉一家。我们想近距离观赏驯鹿,但在这个季节,冬季过后,很多地方似乎都还开放,所以想近距离观赏驯鹿并非易事。
幸运的是,我们在网上搜索时发现了这个地方,佩特拉非常热情友好,欣然接待了我们。当时是五月初,驯鹿们并没有被圈养在围栏里,而是在一个更大的围栏区域内自由活动,所以我们无法保证一定能近距离接触到它们。我们先带着佩特拉带来的驯鹿零食——地衣、干桦树枝和树叶——去寻找雄性驯鹿,希望能吸引它们靠近。幸运的是,我们的策略奏效了,我们和这些美丽的动物相处了一个多小时,一些雄性驯鹿甚至直接从我们手中吃起了地衣。即将产崽的雌性驯鹿则比较害羞,但我们还是设法靠近了它们。
佩特拉还为我们准备了一些点心,我们享用了驯鹿肉馅饼、越橘蓝莓蛋糕和黑莓汁。真是美味!这是一次很棒的体验,如果您在附近,我强烈推荐您去狼獾山荒野自然保护区参观。佩特拉对驯鹿了如指掌,如果您问她,她会很乐意分享关于驯鹿的故事或者驯鹿农夫的生活。