• Fishing licences are sold for the UK National Park fishing area 1505 (eraluvat.fi) for a day and the whole season.
• Fishing licences for the Suomujoki fishing area 1551 (eraluvat.fi) are primarily sold to residents of Sodankylä.
• Day licences are sold for the Luttojoki fishing area 1545 (eraluvat.fi).
• For the Nuorttijoki fishing area 3550 (eraluvat.fi), day, week, and season licences are sold.
• In addition to the regional licence, anglers aged 18-69 must have paid the fisheries management fee (eraluvat.fi).
• Hook-and-line fishing and ice fishing are free general fishing rights, known as Everyman’s Rights. However, they are not allowed in rapids and running waters with migratory fish stocks or in other water bodies where fishing is prohibited by fishing legislation or regulations issued under it.
• Anglers must check the fishing restrictions at kalastusrajoitus.fi.

Birds that can be spotted in the national park include the golden eagle, Siberian jay, willow grouse, or golden plover. There are the observation tower at the top of Pikku-Tankavaara.

There are no marked canoeing routes in the national park. Excellent canoeing spots include Rivers Luirojoki, Kopsusjoki and Nuortti. When canoeing or kayaking on the Nuortti River, you must land immediately after the National Park border at Kärekeoja, from where it is a short distance to the Haukiniva parking area. With light, portable paddling equipment, you can continue further along the Nuortti River if you wish, but you must land no later than before the Kolsankoski bridge and the border zone, from where the equipment must be carried back to the parking area on foot. The canoeing maps for the Luiro and Nuortti Rivers are maintained by the municipality of Savukoski (korvatunturi.fi).

Only local residents are allowed to hunt in Urho Kekkonen National Park within the area of the municipality of their residence, and are subject to the Hunting Act regulations.

Horseback riding is permitted in the national park on routes: Kemihaara‒Peskihaara-Keskipakat, Kemihaara‒Mantoselkä, Kemihaara‒Rakitsat and Kakslauttanen-Kopsusjärvi lakes' terraintrail shelter (Kopsusjärventien laavu) until.