• All campfire sites and other rest sites are shared, you should show consideration towards other hikers.

• There is no waste management at the these sites, so bring your rubbish home.

• Lighting fires is only allowed at serviced and designated campfire sites.

• Before you light a fire, always check if any forest fire warnings are in effect. When a forest fire warning has been issued, lighting fires is prohibited.

• This prohibition does not apply to cooking shelters or other fireplaces with a flue and a roof which in the area are Ryläys campfire-hut and Rinnetupa Hut's lean-to shelters.

• Firewood is provided at campfire sites. Remember that you may have to saw and chop up the wood yourself. Please use the firewood sparingly.

• Do not burn rubbish or tear off bark from living trees. You can use a small amount of clean paper and cardboard to light your fire.

• The last person to leave the campfire site is always responsible for putting out the fire.

• Further instructions for lighting fires

• Always boil water from natural sources before drinking it.
• Do not wash dishes or yourself in natural waters or on well covers.
• After use, remember to soak any washing water into the ground far enough away from natural waters or water supply points.
• Read more about drinking water
• Lakkala well, Ikolanaho well, Ikolanaho spring, Vaaralanaho well, Paimenenvaara well and Ollila draw well are not in use (their water quality is poor).

Tap water sources

• There is a water point on the wall of the Koli Nature Center Ukko, where you can take tap water with you.
• Along the Herajärvi Trail, tap water is also available from the main building of Kiviniemi.

• Dry toilets can be found at the following locations: Turula, Vaaralanaho clearing, Paimenenvaara Hill, Ikolanaho clearing, Havukka, Lake Pitkälampi, Ylä-Murhi, Pieni-Hiekkasaari Island, Hiekkasaari Island, Iso-Korppi Island, Pieni-Korppi Island and Laitosaari Island (2).
  • You can tip small amounts of leftover food into the dry toilet.
  • Remember to bring your own toilet paper.
• Toilets emptied with suction are located at Likolahti, Myllypuro, Lakkala and Rykiniemi.
  • Do not put any food waste or other garbage in these toilets.
  • Remember to bring your own toilet paper.
• There are indoor toilets at Nature Centre Ukko, at Break Sokos Hotel Koli and at Koli Harbour at the Alamaja.

There are no waste collection bins in the parking areas, or along the routes, or at the campfire sites, so visitors must take their waste from the hike with them.

• Remember to bring some rubbish bags when you go out.

• Koli Nature Center Ukko has a sorting point in the yard.

• Take your rubbish home, do not burn it. A small amount of clean paper or cardboard can be burned.

• Food scraps and other compostable waste can also be placed in dry toilets. There are dry toilets in the national park at the following locations: Turula, Vaaralanaho, Paimenenvaara, Ikolanaho, Havukka, Pitkälampi, Ylä-Murhi, Pieni-Hiekkasaari, greater Hiekkasaari, Iso-Korppi, Pieni-Korppi and Laitosaari. Rental cabins have either a composting toilet or a separate compost.

• Food scraps or trash should not be placed in vacuum toilets, as they clog the vacuum truck pipes. There are also vacuum toilets in the national park at the following locations: Likolahti, Myllypuro, Lakkala and Rykiniemi.