Hiking Travel Hit
Hiking Travel Hit
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Hiking Travel, Hit is an outdoor sports company with versatile qualities. We rent, sell and manufacture equipment for the outdoors. We guide outdoor sports, organize events and give training and education. Our goal is to provide good spirit tours in nature for all. Our main activity in the Summer is canoeing, in its many forms. We are the biggest canoe outfitter in the region and among the biggest in Finland. In the Winter we maintain a tour skating track on Näsijärvi, just 2 km from Tampere city center. We are one of the most popular tour skating tracks in Finland. Other activities that we provide are different climbing activities, kick biking, precision games, skiing, snowshoeing, city tours, hiking... Visit us and have an experience you will remember with happy thoughts!
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ANA L
Grenoble, France20 contributions
Dec 2019 • Solo
Took a xc skiing lesson with Pekka. Very easy to communicate with them and they were very flexible with scheduling this lesson right before Christmas break. I could test some of the gear they had for rent during my lesson and got some valuable tips from my instructor that really served me well for the race I was training for. Although conditions weren’t ideal for xc skiing that day we made the most of the time and at the end of the lesson I got a nice hot chocolate from the cafe in the shop. It was really good customer service and the location is very convenient, besides the xc tracks.
Written 24 March 2020
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Thank you for your most valuable and informative feedback. Pekka had true pleasure skiing with you. And judging from your words the lesson was beneficial for you. Hope you did well in the competition, that you trained for, and met your own goals.
Written 27 March 2020
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Loubelle100
Reading, UK5 contributions
Feb 2024 • Family
We hired both skis and skates from Hiking Travel on two separate days whilst visting Tampere and highly recommned them. They were very welcoming, knowledeagle and professional. We had a lot of fun on the lake and were given great advice on how to use the equippment in a relaxed and friendly way. Many thanks for giving us such a lovely experience.
Written 20 February 2024
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Tchiemy
London, UK104 contributions
Feb 2023 • Family
Wonderful snow shoeing experience!
Our guide Leo was fantastic and wonderful with our 7y.o son, my son can be difficult and fussy sometimes and Leo was very engaging and gave him a wonderful experience and he wants to come back to Tampere because of him!
We did snowshoeing and was very fun and the campfire too.
You can do lots of other activities too like ice skating, sledding etc.
Highly recommended!
Our guide Leo was fantastic and wonderful with our 7y.o son, my son can be difficult and fussy sometimes and Leo was very engaging and gave him a wonderful experience and he wants to come back to Tampere because of him!
We did snowshoeing and was very fun and the campfire too.
You can do lots of other activities too like ice skating, sledding etc.
Highly recommended!
Written 28 February 2023
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Lax
2 contributions
Mar 2022
Terrible irresponsibility from HIT. Ski binding was insufficient and it came away during a down hill. I fell and broke my hand. After this I had to walk with the skies for 4 kilometres back to base. Once I returned and told what happened HIT employee just laughed that 'guess you went a little too fast'. No apologies were given from his behalf.
Later I tried to contact the owner without any luck. I'm disgusted about their way of handling things (well, actually by not handling).
By no means do not ever rent skies from this company. I have notified the importer that this renter doesn't provide ski equipment with adequate safety.
If you for some unfortunate reason got yourself hurt from whatever malfunction with rental equipment, don't waste your time reasoning with these people.
Later I tried to contact the owner without any luck. I'm disgusted about their way of handling things (well, actually by not handling).
By no means do not ever rent skies from this company. I have notified the importer that this renter doesn't provide ski equipment with adequate safety.
If you for some unfortunate reason got yourself hurt from whatever malfunction with rental equipment, don't waste your time reasoning with these people.
Written 28 March 2022
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NorthStartle
Brighton, UK29 contributions
Dec 2022
One stop shop for all outdoor needs for all seasons. Staff were helpful, safety conscious and knowledgeable. Equipment was good quality and reasonably priced. Excellent English spoken. Will definitely return.
Written 31 December 2022
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Arjan S
2 contributions
Mar 2017 • Couples
We had a beautiful day of tour skating on the lake Näsijärvi at Tampere. On the lake there's a excellent well prepared track (20 km.) which is plowed and sweeped by Ice Master Pekka Tyllilä from Hiking Travel Hit. Tampere is only 01:30 hour by train from Helsinki. And the track is easily to reach from the station.. 1 km walk to Lapinniemi.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Written 9 March 2017
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Hi Arjan,
If you come again to Finland this Winter, please feel more than welcome to visit our skating track!
Thanks for feedback.
Written 20 November 2017
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S and G H
3 contributions
Mar 2017 • Friends
Our day with Pekka and Tapio with "Hiking Travel Hit" was one of the most memorable we've had. We nordic skated on the ice of a vast lake for 30 kilometres and it was a blast. It certainly was a unique way to enjoy Finnish nature. The price for this tour and rental of the equipment was extremely reasonable. This tour was completed in a safe manner as Pekka and Tapio inspected the ice frequently and made sure the route we followed was one that was safe.
We were toured to a secluded island where we were treated to a sausage roast over an open fire. The equipment they provided was top notch and very comfortable. This was one of the best experiences we enjoyed on our trip to Finland and we would highly recommend this. Thank you Tapio and Pekka!
We were toured to a secluded island where we were treated to a sausage roast over an open fire. The equipment they provided was top notch and very comfortable. This was one of the best experiences we enjoyed on our trip to Finland and we would highly recommend this. Thank you Tapio and Pekka!
Written 16 April 2017
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Cheers Greg and Susan!
Tapio here. I activated myself for our TripAdvisor answers and like to take this opportunity to thank the both of you for your participation in our skating tour. It was a real pleasure to guide and host you on the tour. Please come again this Winter.
Written 20 November 2017
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rvalappi
Tampere, Finland1 contribution
Jan 2017 • Friends
If you are visiting Tampere in winter, you definately need to go to ice skating in lake Näsijärvi. You get all the equipments and help from Hiking Travel! It's the best activity here in winter. Very nice staff!
Written 15 January 2017
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Cheers and thanks!
Same good stuff continues in season 2017-2018.
Written 20 November 2017
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Markus M
1 contribution
Jun 2017 • Friends
I was canoeing for one week one the lake, we got everything we needed from the shop. That means an really nice canoe, some barrels to keep the gear dry, a map of the reagion, live vests, paddels and belts to secure the stuff. It was our first trip of this kind, so we had a lot of questions before, but that was no problem, all our questions were answered in an really kind and informative way. I can absolutly recommend this place, good service, nice people and a beutiful lake wich is right in front of the shop.
Written 20 June 2017
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Veera M
1 contribution
Feb 2017 • Family
Went skating with 90 primary school kids today. The ice was in perfect condition, it's checked daily for safety. I contacted Hiking Travel Hit beforehand, and they even opened their very exotic cafe in the middle of the lake for us early on Wednesday morning. Excellent service!
Written 15 February 2017
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Thank you for your feedback.
What about future plans for your school children?
Written 20 November 2017
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Bonjour les trip advisorien :)
Nous sommes deux copines qui souhaitent faire une journée kayak sur le lac Nasijarvi.
Quelqu'un connaît les prix de location dès kayak chez Hiking Travel Hit??
En vous en remerciant par avance!
Peut être à bientôt sur les routes :)
An'So & Charly
Written 8 June 2017
Hello,
You can find our prices from here: hikingtravelhit.fi/en/valinevuokraus/vuokrahinnasto/
Cheers!
Written 14 June 2017
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