21/4p Eco-Wood houseboat with sauna and fireplace
Your own floating cottage with a wood-fired sauna, no boating license needed.
BOOKA CARE
- Your money is safe, we pay your host 2 days after check-in.
- 100% refund in the unlikely event the host cancels.
- Changing booking details is always free.
- Access to urgent phone line during your booking.
- Book Co2 positive, we compensate 3 times more than we emit.
Houseboat highlights
- Own fireplace in the living room
- No boating licence needed
- Houseboating on Lake Päijänne, Heinola
- Eco-friendly wood houseboat
- Pets welcome on request
Welcome to your stay
Your Floating Cottage on the Finnish Lakes
Wake up on a quiet bay, make coffee on your own deck, and decide where to sail today. You are the captain. Enjoy a wood-fired Finnish sauna on the back deck, with the lake right next to it.
The 21/4 Eco-Wood Houseboat
Our smallest and cosiest houseboat, the 21/4 Eco-Wood, is made from eco-friendly wood materials and has its own fireplace in the living room and a real Finnish wood-fired sauna on the back deck. It is perfect for couples or a small family (2+2).
Explore your stay
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Location
How to get there
All our houseboats are based in Heinola: all hires depart from and return to our harbour at Satamatie Heinola (Päijänteen Telakka). We offer circular routes from Heinola; one-way routes are possible on request (return haul and transfer charged extra).
By car: take road E75 (highway 4) to Heinola, exit 23 towards Heinola centre (road 140), follow Hevossaarentie and turn onto Satamatie to our harbour at Satamatie 4. Our harbour team will show you where to park. K-Citymarket with a fast charger for electric cars is a few minutes away.
By public transport: direct buses run from Helsinki Airport to Heinola (. By train, travel to Lahti () and continue to Heinola by bus or taxi. We can also arrange a private transfer on request.
Houseboat owner
Iouri
We are – a small Finnish team renting self-drive houseboats in Heinola, on the Lake Päijänne waterway, since 2018. Behind us is Oy Bellamer Ltd, in the boat business since 1991. Every boat has a wood-fired sauna on deck, no licence is needed, and our harbour team gives you a 1-hour captain's course and plans your route with you. Rated ★ 4.7 on and 5/5 by Bookahouseboat guests.
All our houseboats depart from and return to our harbour at Satamatie 4 in Heinola – circular routes, one-way routes on request (return haul and transfer charged extra). Heinola lies on highway 4 (E75), about 140 km north of Helsinki and 40 km north of Lahti.
A houseboat cruises at 6–7 km/h. Even the smallest boat (144-litre tank) can travel up to 250 km on one tank; the larger boats have 350-litre tanks. Lake Päijänne is a paradise for swimming, fishing and quiet nature bays.