Kotieläinpuisto Arkadia — Attraction in Kemi-Tornio sub-region

An interesting selection of animals. As a friend of animals and being a farmer myself, I also wanted to check the animal welfare. All animals seemed to have what they needed for a descent life at this place. Every animal had clean areas and seemed to be in good shape. I only have a few small remarks. By accident, a higland cattle had managed to find and attach to his fur a barbed wire, about 40 cm length. I informed the employers, who immediately reacted and came to remove it. Probably, it had been dug out from the ground somewhere, so this was no one to blame, and their reaction was very good. The animal was unharmed. Apart from this, a few animals could have enjoyed more space, especially the reindeer, camel+yak and lamas. The cangaroos could also have more challenging surroundings, as well as the lamas. To my knowledge, many alpacas and probably also lamas, enjoy scratching their belly by walking over bushes and branches, and they also love a bath (cooling down their feet). One small tortoise was trying to escape through a transparent wall and could possibly enjoy some more space and challenges to thrive. These are only good advice. Overall, the animals seemed very happy and I had a good experience, and...

This place is dirty and piles of stuff and stool everywhere. It doesn't seem like a safe place to the visitors, especially little kids who don't understand not to touch animal stool or electricity wires. Even the trampoline didn't have safety issues fixed, as the zip at the entrance was broken. The animals we're interesting, especially the black chicken was fascinating, but mostly the animals we're dirty, their places weren't tidy and they we're fed dry hey in the middle of Summer! We've visited in many country style parks like this but never before so unfinished and disappointing...

Amazing place with a lot of different sorts of animals to see like llamas, cows, horses, sheep and even a camel. You can see that the animals are taken care of and fed properly and the whole place has a nice rustic feeling to it. Few lambs were roaming around the place getting petted by the visitors. There was also multiple activities for kids like swings, trampoline and bouncy castles if they needed a break from all the animals. The staff was extremely nice and the cafe had a versatile menu of foods and pastries etc. I would definitely recommend the place for...