The property housing the Kellokas Visitor Centre at Yllästunturi has new owners

Parks & Wildlife Finland (Metsähallitus) has sold the property housing the Yllästunturi Visitor Centre Kellokas to Markus Heikkilä and Mikko Saari. Mikko Saari purchased his share through his family’s investment company. The new owners intend to lease space to businesses and other operators, and to develop Kellokas into a facility that serves both local residents and tourists.

The sale includes a plot of land exceeding one hectare, the nature centre building, an accommodation and maintenance building, a log building that formerly housed the Savotta Museum, and storage facilities. The property will be handed over to the new owners in February 2027. The purchase price was 730,000 euros.

Metsähallitus’s customer service at Kellokas ceased operations at the beginning of November. The exhibition on the local natural environment will be removed from the premises by the end of January 2027. Metsähallitus will remain on-site as a tenant, continuing to use office space and a portion of the maintenance building.

In the future, information and guidance regarding hiking in Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park will be available through the Luontoon.fi service, which has been developed to assist customers regardless of their location. Rental cabins can be booked via the Eräluvat.fi service.

Restaurant Martinmäki and the bike rental shop Hidden Trails Lapland, both of which operate as tenants at Kellokas, remain open. The operations of the current tenants in the Kellokas property are intended to continue on the premises.

Further information is available in the press release from Metsähallitus in finnish.