Trip to Auttiköngäs Water Falls

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Lapland Welcome

Easy hiking and nature! Trip to Auttikongas water falls is a beautiful journey in the valley of river Kemijoki. Auttiköngäs is part of the Northern Finland old-growth forest protection program. The forest in the Auttiköngäs area is so old that it can be called primary or virgin forest. The terrain is varying and jagged. There is a 3,5 kilometres long nature path. Along the path there is a suspension bridge and a view tower. Auttiköngäs is a north-south orientated fracture in the bedrock, which is millions of years old. During the ice ages, the continental glaciers wore down and rounded off the forms of the fracture. At the end of the ice age, Auttiköngäs belonged to a glacial river system running from the Kemijoki River valley to Korouoma and on to Kuusamo. In the area of Auttiköngäs, raised beaches created during the time of Ice age, Ancylusjärvi Lake. We also climb up to the tower for admiring the view over the taiga forests.