See the extremly endangerous Saimaa ringed seal Phoca hispida saimensis. It is one of the mammals on the whole world which is going to dissapear on the map of mammals in near future. Did you know that there are more Giant Pandas than Saimaa seals? There are strong will of saving this rare animal, but goverment of Finlad has not done enough of saving the rare fresh water seal.

80% garantee of sucessfully seal spotting!

About the seal:
- they live alone, they are hermits
- population is slivered different parts of the Lake Saimaa area
- Linnansaari National Park is only place where you can go by boat to spot these fantastic animals
- seals are not shy, more like curious, and they come to see the boat if there are any seal near by
- seals are mainly spotted swimming
- these seals spend most of they life under water, they even sleep under water! Come and see unique nature film made under water about sleeping young seal calf
- in winter, when all lakeas are covered with thick ice, they spend most of the time under water and they are not seen

Available summer but best seasons:
Spring: May - June
Autumn: August - September

This trip is made by motor boat. Funny thing is, that the seals are not afraid a motor boat. It is same thing when spotting animals or birds from a car.

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Short story in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat

Trip repot 2011