Description of the attraction
The Suna River, flowing in the middle part of Karelia, is the second longest (280 km) and the third largest catchment in the region. The Suna River takes its origin from the small lake Kiviyarvi, located in the West Karelian Upland. Until about. Kovdozero for 30 km the river is called the Sun, and after the Sun. The river flows into the Kondopoga Bay of Lake Onega.
Almost a third of the length of the Suna River is occupied by lakes, and in the rest there is a rapid current, with rapids and waterfalls. There are more than 50 of them, the largest drop is in the section of the river between the 70th and 30th kilometers from Lake Kivijärvi, the mouth of the river. There are 3 famous waterfalls on this site: Girvas with a fall height of 14.8 meters, Por-Porg - 16.8 meters and Kivach - 10, 7. However, in reality you can only admire the third waterfall, the first two due to drainage at the Kondopoloskaya hydroelectric power station practically dried up. There is a project to periodically revitalize the waterfalls to be shown to tourists.
The Suna River is very popular with boaters, especially beginners. Most of the rifts of the River are not difficult to pass. Rapids with strong rocky plums on the Suna are rare, but you should be very careful because you start to pull in them for 30-40 meters and to inspect them you need to moor in advance.
The banks of the Suna are mostly rocky, but there are sandy areas with beaches. The relief is very beautiful, representing a moraine-ridge plain with slight elevation differences. Mostly coniferous forests of different ages prevail, with small areas of herbaceous bogs and small-leaved plantations.
There are several routes of 1-2 categories of difficulty on the river. The Suna has a slow current with an average channel width of about 50 meters. Basically, the rapids of the river belong to the first category of complexity, shivery type, long and difficult to walk around. The banks are formed of heaps of stones and rarely have rocky outcrops. The strongest fall of the river falls on the lower reaches of three waterfalls. The river is ideal for family groups with little training, but you should not be negligent in safety, it is better if there is a person in the group with experience in hiking of 2 and 3 categories of difficulty.
On all the routes of the river there are many good sites, mostly located in the forest. The only settlement on the river, apart from the drop / drop, is the village of Lindozero. The most popular rafting section on Suna starts from the village of Porosozero and ends in the village of Girvas.
