By public transport
- From Rovaniemi there are several daily coaches (matkahuolto.fi) to Ivalo along Highway no. 4 (E 75): Rovaniemi - Sodankylä - Vuotso - Tankavaara - Kakslauttanen - Saariselkä - Ivalo. You can alight from the coach at Vuotso. From Vuotso, there are 9 km to the border of the Sompio Strict Nature Reserve.
- The coaches serve as connections from the trains (vr.fi) and flights (finavia.fi) arriving in Rovaniemi.
- There is a coach connection from flights arriving in Ivalo to Saariselkä and Kiilopää, from where the distance to Vuotso is about 40 km.