Ecotrail Map
- Topic: Ecotourism
- Date: 2020-03-23 15:56
In 2015, Bahna started to map the ecological routes & trails of Belarus on the basis of open information sources.
Few people know that there are more than 70 ecological trails and routes in our country that are available in forestry agencies, national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
They allow for seeing beautiful landscapes, appreciating the richness of flora and fauna of Belarus.
The continuation of the project is planned for 2019-2021 – The Ecotrail Map will become an integral part of a mire and wilderness guidebook of Belarus created by Bahna. If you want to participate in this unique project, contact us at bahna.land@gmail.com
We need people willing to help with gathering and processing of information, the visualisation of the map and the guidebook, as well as their translation into English. If you want to become a volunteer of our organisation on a regular basis, see the section “Volunteering”.
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Ecotrail “A Trip Across The Shchara River Floodplain”
State Forestry Enterprise “Baranavichy Forestry Enterprise”, Haradzishchanskaye Forestry, block 116
The trail passes through a dendrologic park and a forest nursery. The length of the trail – 7 km. The route type – walking, horse, bicycle or skiing. The tour duration – 3,5 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The trail provides an opportunity to learn about rare trees and shrubbery growing in the dendrologic park, the forest nursery, the Shchara River floodplain and the system of pillboxes that dates back to World War One.
Ecotrail “Across the Buda-Kashalyova Expanse”
State Experimental Forestry Enterprise “Buda-Kashalyova Experimental Forestry”, Naspenskaye Forestry, blocks 84, 89-92, 94-96
The trail passes along the Dnieper river bank. The length of the trail – 9 km. The route type – walking or skiing. The tour duration – 3 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The trail provides an opportunity to learn about natural and historical sites of Buda-Kashalyova region and forest-related activities of State Experimental Forestry Enterprise “Buda-Kashalyova Experimental Forestry”.
Ecoroute “Nature And History Of Homel Region”
State Forestry Enterprise “Homel Forestry Enterprise”, Terukhskaye Forestry, block 338 – locality Novaya Huta – locality Hadzichava – locality Markavichy – locality Hrabauka – locality Tserahouka – locality Luk’yanauka – locality Lenina
The route passes across Homel district. The length of the route – 175 km. The route type – walking and car. The tour duration – 7,3 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The route provides an opportunity to see rare aged common pine trees, visit sacred springs and learn about their legend, visit the location of the Catherine’s road, the old Hrabauski Park, including quartz quarry of the open joint-stock company “Gomel mining and processing plant” of the open joint-stock company “Gomelglass”.
Ecotrail “The Pearls Of Zhytkavichy Region”
State Forestry Enterprise “Homel Forestry Enterprise”, Terukhskaye Forestry, blocks 338 (area 20), 337 (area 3), 343 (area 2, 1), 346 (area 4, 7), 337 (area 3) State Forestry Enterprise “Zhytkavichy Forestry”, populated locality Chervonaye – natural boundary “Yarmak” – natural boundary “Buleu Mokh” – reserve “Buleu Mokh” – lake Chervonaye
The trail passes along the Sozh river bank. The length of the trail – 4 km. The route type – walking. The tour duration – 3,5 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The trail provides an opportunity to learn about trees and shrubbery common for the Sozh floodplain, see beautiful Lake Staryk, learn about common indicators of ground vegetation, relax in a picturesque place on the bank of the Sozh River. The route is combined (walking, water, car) across the territory of the hydrological reserve of local importance “Buleu Mokh”, Lake Chervonaye and the peat plant. The length of the route – 30 km, including the water route – 7 km. The tour duration – 3,4 h. The size of the group – up to 10 people. The trail provides an opportunity to visit the historic site of S.A. Kovpak’s headquarters, learn about plants growing in the local woods, meadows and waters, natural habitats of the unique fauna of the hydrological reserve and Lake Chervonaye and learn the legends about this unique area. Water journeys will leave vivid memories of the beauty of local nature and landscapes.
Ecological and Historical Route “The Mysteries of Ubartskaye Polesia”
State Forestry Enterprise “Milashevichy Forestry Enterprise”, populated locality Milashevichy – populated locality Baravoye – populated locality Dziarzhynsk – populated locality Prybalavichy
The combined route (walking, water, car) passes across unique tourist attractions of Ubartskaye Polesya. The length of the route – 170 km, including the water route – 10 km. The route type – walking, water, car. The tour duration – about 9 h. The size of the group – up to 8 people. The route provides an opportunity to see burial mounds that date back to the 11-13th centuries, the settlement of the 9-13th centuries, stone crosses, the beauty of flora and fauna of the Ubart river, visit a monument of wooden architecture – the Church of the Intercession, granite quarries and learn about rare plants in the dendrologic park of the forestry.
Ecotrail “Mazyr Wildlife Photography”
State Experimental Forestry Enterprise “Mazyr Experimental Forestry Enterprise”, Lyashnyanskaye Forestry, block 53, 54, 57-67, 88
The trail passes across the hunting areas of the forestry. The length of the trail – 6 km. The route type – walking. The tour duration – 3.5 h. The size of the group – up to 5 people. The trail provides an opportunity to see hunting towers, animals in their natural habitat and take pictures of them.
Ecoroute “Across Mazyr Region”
State Experimental Forestry Enterprise “Mazyr Experimental Forestry Enterprise”, Lyashnyanskaye Forestry, block 54 – populated locality Balazhevichy – populated locality Skryhalava – populated locality Yasyanyec – populated locality Ramanauka – locality Buda-Kazimirauskaya – populated locality Kamyen
The route passes across Mazyr district. The length of the route – 105 km. The route type – walking, car. The tour duration – 5.5 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The route provides an opportunity to see the pillbox of the Mazyr fortified area, visit the place of the assassination of Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus’ Makariy in 1497 on the bank of the Pripyat.
Ecoroute “A Boating Tour Along the Ptsich River” (part 1)
State Forestry Enterprise “Pyetrykau Forestry Enterprise”, navigation segment of the Ptsich River: natural boundary “Amyerykava Gara” – populated locality Luchytsy
The waterway stretches along the Ptsich River. The length of the route – 10 km. The route type – water. The tour duration – 3 h. The size of the group – up to 10 people. On the waterway one can observe the flora of Lake Padkova and Lake Kuhnya and natural boundaries “Hvojenskaye”, “Matsavanaye”, “Sahalin”, Baranovaya Valoka”, “Zyjeu Bank”, “Nabrusnaye”, “Kamyanisty’, “High Bank”, “Puzha”, “Zavucheuje”. In the picturesque natural boundary “Nabrusnaye” there is a place to eat and have a rest.
Ecoroute “A Boating Tour Along the Ptsich River” (part 2)
State Forestry Enterprise “Pyetrykau Forestry Enterprise”, navigation segment of the Ptsich River: populated locality Luchytsy – the office of Kapatkyevitskaye forestry
The waterway stretches along the Ptsich River. The length of the route – 20 km. The route type – water. The tour duration – 6 h. The size of the group – up to 10 people. On the waterway one can observe Lake Syekyerytskaye, Lake Mikalayeuskaye, the former river-bed, Myestratikau inlet, picturesque landscapes along the Ptsich River. There are tourist stops in the natural boundary “Brodauskaye” and on Skorahava Mount.
Ecoroute “Across Pyetrykau District”
State Forestry Enterprise “Pyetrykau Forestry Enterprise”, populated locality Luchytsy – populated locality Kashevichy – populated locality Kaptsevichy – populated locality Kapatkyevichy – populated locality Pyershaya Slabodka
The route passes across Pyetrykau district. The length of the route – 60 km. The route type – walking, car. The tour duration – 4 h. The size of the group – up to 10 people. The route provides an opportunity to see the park and the building of the former distillery that belonged to landowner I. Vilson, visit the sacred spring on mountain Paklonnaya, well-preserved pillboxes of the Stalin’s line of defense and other interesting objects.
Links: Car trip “Tour across Pyetrykau district”
Ecotrail “Dnieper Trail”
State Experimental Forestry Enterprise “Rechytsa Experimental Forestry Enterprise”, Byela-Balotskaye forestry, block 143 – populated locality Chornaye
The trail provides an opportunity to see the change of picturesque landscapes of the floodplain of the Dnieper River, a spring, natural and manmade tree plantations, flora, floodplain meadows, have a rest at tourist stops, visit a healing spring and a memorial site connected with the Intecession Church.
The trail passes along the Dnieper river bank. The length – 10 km. The route type – walking, bicycle or horse-drawn. The tour duration – 4 h. The size of the group – up to 10 people.
Links: Rechytsa Experimental Forestry Enterprise
Ecoroute “Khoyniki Land: Nature, History and Culture”
State Forestry Enterprise “Khoyniki Forestry Enterprise”, populated locality Dubrovitsa – Dobrovitskaye forestry, block 70, 65, 63 – town Khoyniki – populated locality Barysaushchyna – populated locality Hlinishcha – populated locality Aliexichy
The rout passes across Khoiniki district. The length of the route – 103 km. The route type – walking, car. The tour duration – 8.5 h. The size of the group – up to 12 people. The route provides an opportunity to see forest sites on the forestry ecotrail, an arboretum, natural monument of local significance “The Queen Pine”, the sites of Khoyniki, the remnants of the Yastrzhembskys’ estate, visit the House-Museum of Ivan Melezh, the People’s Writer of Belarus, and the object “Hanna’s Pear Tree” from the “Polesie Chronicles” trilogy: “People of the Marsh”, “The Storm’s Breath”, “Snowstorm in December”.
Links: Tour “Khoyniki Land: Nature, History and Culture”
Ecoroute “Ancient Navahrudak Land”
State Forestry Enterprise “Navahrudak Forestry Enterprise”, populated locality Lubcha – populated locality Shchorsy – populated locality Valeuka – village Kosichy – populated locality Motcha – town Navahrudak
The route passes across Navahrudak district and includes walking tours of populated locality Lubcha and town Navahrudak. The length of the route – 144 km. The route type – walking, car. The tour duration – 5 h. The size of the group – up to 11 people. The route provides an opportunity to see the Hrebtovichys’ park and estate, the Demetrius Church, the Belaya River, the Chornaya River, a European deer enclosure, Lake Svityaz, a triple oak, the Kositskiya springs, the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, the Radagoshcha hillfort, the Karpovichys’ chapel “Chombrov”, the Motchanski spring, the sites of Navahrudak.
Ecoroute “The Riches of Astravyets Land”
State Forestry Enterprise “Astravyets Forestry Enterprise”, populated locality Dravyeniki – populated locality Kavali – town Astravyets – populated locality Izabyelina – populated locality Hervyaty – populated locality Varnyany- populated locality Varona – populated locality Tartak – populated locality Bystrytsa – populated locality Trakyeniki – populated locality Slabodka – populated locality Valyejkishki – populated locality Zaharyshky
The route passes across Astravyets district. The length of the route – 80 km. The route type – walking, car. The tour duration – 6 h. The size of the group – up to 7 people. The route provides an opportunity to see rare shrubbery and trees in the arboretum of Kozhemyakin Forestry, visit enclosures with wild animals, unique churches of Astravyets district, see a gothic tower, the Zmitrovich’s private museum of fauna, the ancient hillfort in populated locality Dravyeniki.
Ecoroute “Yelnya-1”
State Forestry Enterprise “Dzisna Forestry Enterprise”
The goal of the ecoroute creation is to shape environmental behavior, encouragement of careful and rational attitude to nature and regulation of recreation impact on nature complexes and objects of the state landscape sanctuary “Yelnya”.
Ecoroute “Yelnya-2”
State Forestry Enterprise “Dzisna Forestry Enterprise”
The goal of the ecoroute creation is shaping ecofriendly behavior, encouragement of careful and rational attitude to nature and regulation of recreation impact on nature complexes and objects of the state landscape sanctuary “Yelnya”.
Ecotrail “The Almankiya Marshes”
State Forestry Enterprise “Stolin Forestry Enterprise”
The goal of the ecoroute creation is shaping ecofriendly behavior, encouragement of careful and rational attitude to nature and regulation of recreation impact on nature complexes and objects of the state landscape sanctuary “Almanskiya Marshes”.The route is a 1.5 km long wooden walkway with an opportunity to climb watchtowers and come to the lake.
Links: Hiking the Almanskiya Marshes, the Almanskiya Marshes
Ecotrail “In the Land of the Aquatic Warbler”
The trail passes across the reserve “Sporauski”. The tour duration – 2-2.5 h. It leads through the woods, the viewing platform then there is a crossing of the river and a walk on a wooden walkway in the marshes.
Links: Ecotrail “In the Land of the Aquatic Warbler”
Ecological and Local History Trail “Babrovaya”
State Forestry Enterprise “Pinsk Forestry Enterprise”, Soshnyenskaye Forestry
The trail is situated in a picturesque forest 20 km from Pinsk. It provides an opportunity to have a rest and allows visitors to learn about the habitat and the livelihood of beavers, characteristics of valuable tree breeds, the role of Queen Bona in the development of Belarusian lands, about meadows and marshes, flora and fauna of the reserve “Yermaki”, to visit the burial place of the ancestors of Polish Svezhynski family. The length of the trail – 7.3 km. The route type – walking or bicycle.
Ecological and Local History Trail “Paretskaya”
State Forestry Enterprise “Telekhany Forestry Enterprise”, Paretskaye Forestry
The trail provides an opportunity to see rare exotic trees growing in the Paretski Park, historical sites of the area, to learn about the work of Belarusian and Polish politician Raman Skirmunt. The trail lies near Parechcha village in Pinsk district. The length of the trail – 1.7 km. The route type – walking.
Ecological and Tourist Trail “The Almanskiya Marshes”
State Forestry Enterprise “Stolin Forestry Enterprise”, Kashara-Almanskaye Forestry
The trail is in the state landscape reserve “Almanskiya Marshes” and runs through the woods and the marshland to Lake Zasominaye which is 20 km from Stolin and 1 km from Almany village. In the reserve there are 37 animal species from the Red List of Threatened Species of Belarus (7 insect species, 2 reptile species, 26 bird species, 2 mammal species) which can be encountered on the trail. The length of the trail – 6.3 km (1.3 km of wooden walkway through the marshes). The route type – walking.
Lake Barauskoye
State Forestry Enterprise “Vitebsk Forestry Enterprise”, Losvidskaye Forestry, blocks 156, 157, 169, 183
The ecotrail starts at the hunters’ house in block 183 of Losvidskaye forestry and then runs along the bank of Lake Barauskoye and through the woods. The length of the trail – 3.5 km.
Ecoroute “Trip across Rasony District”
State Forestry Enterprise “Rasony Forestry Enterprise”, Rudnyanskaye Forestry and Sakalishchanskaye Forestry
The ecotrail starts at the hunters’ house in Yankavichy village (block 19) and then passes across blocks 49, 62, 69, 95 of Sakalishchanskaye forestry. The programme of the tour runs over 3 days. The length of the trail – 157 km.
Ecotrail “Augustouskaya”
State Forestry Enterprise “Hrodna Forestry Enterprise”, Sapotskinskaye Forestry, block 22, areas 1, 4, 5, block 25, area 6
The trail lies on the bank of the Augustouski Canal and is combined with the fortifications of the Molotov defense line and includes 5 stations.
Educational and Ecological Trail “Yuratsishkauskaye Forestry”
State Forestry Enterprise “Iwye Forestry Enterprise”, Yuratsishkauskaye Forestry, block 8, area 49, 58, 59, 60, 67, 74, 75
The educational and ecological trail passes through different types of forests and plantations. On the trail there are 6 equipped stations with banners, a gazebo, a fire pit, a lavatory. The anthills on the route are fenced.
Ecoroute “The Pearls of Zhytkavichy Region”
State Forestry Enterprise “Zhytkavichy Forestry Enterprise”
The combined route (water, walking, car) passes through the territory of the hydrological reserve, the peat plant, Lake Chervonaye. The length of the route – 30 km.
Ecoroute “The Pearls of Pyetrykau Region”
State Forestry Enterprise “Pyetrykau Forestry Enterprise”
The combined route passes through the territory of Pyetrykau district. The length of the first water route – 20 km, the second water route – 10 km, car route – 100 km.
Ecoroute “Brytsalavitskaye Ring”
State Forestry Enterprise “Asipovichy Forestry Enterprise”, Brytsalavitskaye, Lipyenskaye, Aktsyabrskaye Forestries
Village Malaya Gorozha, Lake Svyatoye, pine, spruce and hornbeam forests, nesting places of rare birds (the black stork), village Brytsalavichy, model pine plantations, a giant oak, habitats of rare birds, growing locations of rare plants, village Svityaz, a castle that dates back to Kiev Rus times, village Shejpichy – burial mounds, a giant oak, a hunters’ house.
Ecoroute “Asipovitska-Zhornauski”
State Forestry Enterprise “Asipovichy Forestry Enterprise”, Asipovitskaye, Vyazskaye, Tsyelskaye, Gradzyanskaye, Brytsalavitskaye Forestries. Lapitskaye, Zhornauskaye Forestries
Beaver settlements, springs, an arboretum, spruce and hornbeam plantations, Lukomskaye marsh, Lake Lochynskaye, a population of aurochs, memorial complex Makauye, badger settlements, a forest nursery, a hunters’ house.
Ecoroute “Cherykauski”
State Forestry Enterprise “Cherykau Forestry Enterprise”
The route is designed for 3 days. Day 1: a visit to the local history museum of Cherykau Town, a visit to the Lyepyeshynski burial place and the site of the first commune school in Limenskaye forestry, a visit to the biotechnical complexes, observation of wild animals on feeding sites, blocks 139, 148 of Yezyerskaye forestry.
Day 2: a visit to the nature monuments of Slaugaradski District, “Blue Spring” and “Ancient Larch” in Lapatsitskaye forestry, a museum-chapel near Lyasnaya village, “Peter’s Oak” in Cherykauski district.
Day 3: a visit to the archaeological monument of the 11-12th century “Hillfort” in Vyeramyejskaye forestry and a farm in Yudauka village, a visit to an ecotrail in Vyeramyejsakye forestry, an arboretum, a museum of nature, a nature monument “Spring Brazhun” in Cherykauskaye forestry.
Ecotrail of Valozhyn Forestry Enterprise
State Forestry Enterprise “Valozhyn Forestry Enterprise”, Vishnyeuskaye Forestry, block 6
The trail is situated in a picturesque place near Vishnyeva village and has numerous historical and natural sites. Coming into Vishnyeva village, there are cabins of Count Hraptovich’s estate. Not far away there is a stone church built by order of Count Yury Hraptovich. During the reign of Iokhim Hraptovich Vishnyeva village became an industrial center. There were an iron foundry plant, a glassworks with a big furnace, a distillery, a brick and pottery plant, a weaving plant and a mill. Not far away there is the Adryvonzh estate covering 50 ha.
“Ecological and Educational Walk”
State Forestry Enterprise “Maladzyechna Forestry Enterprise”, Maladzyechanskaye Forestry, block 263
Walking on the ecotrail of the Maladzyechanskaye forestry, one can see all the beauty of Belarusian flora and fauna, namely hoofed animals (elks, wild boars, European roe deer, red deer), a beaver dam, aquatic birds, mature forests, a forest clearing with different types of vegetation, a forest body of water and its inhabitants, an arboretum “The Dream Garden” and many other things.
Ecotrail “The Slabodkauskaya Esker Ridge”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park Braslau Lakes”, Drujskaye Forestry, block 186
The Braslau Upland is a typical example of young glacial terrain. Its young age and good preservation are reflected by wide expansion of ridges, kames, eskers, high number of lakes, etc. The landforms are comprised of different deposits, but sands and sand-gravel materials prevail. The Slabodkauskaya esker ridge is a former natural monument of local significance.
Links: Slabodkauskaya esker ridge
Ecotrail “The Byelmont Park”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Braslau Lakes”, Drujskaye Forestry, block 140
The Byelmont Park (a landscape park of the 18th century) is one of the largest in Belarus. It is situated near Akhremautsy village (Braslau district, Vitebsk region) on the southeast bank of Lake Dryvyaty and covers about 62 ha. It has a shape of an elongated rectangular along the main axis oriented approximately from east to south. It consists of 2 relatively flat areas that are situated of different levels so the park is conditionally divided into the high park and the low park (in the lowland along Lake Dryvyaty). The Byelmont Park was formed by different owners, burnt down a few times and was rebuilt with slight transformations.
Links: Braslau Lakes
Ecotrail “Down the Reserved Forest Trail”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour provides an excellent opportunity to see flora and fauna of the reserved area, hear birdsongs, admire the vast sphagnum bog from the watchtower and learn about its vegetation, see traces of wild animals’ livelihood and possibly see inhabitants of reserved forests. The length of the trail – 3 km. The tour duration – 3h.
Ecotrail “The Trail of Discoveries”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The interactive tour provides an opportunity to learn about inhabitants of meadows and bodies of water, trees that form the forest, a life of ants and singers of the “Forest Opera”. The route type – walking. The length of the trail – 1 km. The tour duration – 3.5 h.
Tourist Route “To the Stone Flag”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour provides an opportunity to see the unique landscape of the reserve, the natural monument “Boulder” which arose during a glacial retreat. The route type – walking. The length of the route – 7.5 km. The tour duration – 3 h.
Tourist Route “By Animal Tracks”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The route passes across the territory of Domzherytskaye forestry. The tour provides an opportunity to learn about diverse flora and fauna of the reserve. The route type – walking. The length of the route – 5.7 km. The tour duration – 2 h.
Tourist Route “The Syergutski Canal as Part of the Waterway “From the Varangians to the Greeks”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour provides an opportunity to learn about the Byarezina water system, the role of the Syergutski Canal in it and the reason it is a part of the trade route “from the Varangians to the Greeks”. The route type – bicycle. The length of the route – 20 km. The tour duration – 3 h.
Tourist Route “The Natural Diversity of Ecosystems of Byarezinski Reserve: the History and Present”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The route passes through picturesque places of the reserve. Here one can see collar pines, a site of western capercaillies’ courtship rituals, a giant oak, visit the heart of the reserve and a partisan monument “The Breakthrough”. The route type – bicycle. The length of the route – 35 km. The tour duration – 5 h.
Tourist Route “The Secrets of the Reserved Lakes”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The route passes through places of Valdajski glacial retreat, through the chain of unique natural lakes: Lake Alshytsa (famous for its unique littoral vegetation), Lake Plauna (a watershed between the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea), Lake Manyets (unique river inhabitants), Lake Domzherytskaye, down the Buzyanka River and the south part of the Byarezina water system – the Syergutski Canal. The route type – water. The length of the route – 35 km. The tour duration – 8 h.
Tourist Route “Down the Byarezina River”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The routes go down the Byarezina River which is a right tributary of the Dnieper. This river gave the name to the reserve and is its main waterway. You will be able to visit remote forests and wetlands people have rarely been to. The route type – water. The length of the routes – 40, 25, 15 km. The duration – 10, 6, 3 h.
Tour “Fauna of the Reserve”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour takes place in one of the best nature museums in Belarus. During the tour you will learn about biology of animals and birds indigenous to the forests of the reserve. The exhibits are displayed in 3 halls of the museum. There are about 250 species of animals and birds, many of which are quite rare in Europe. On the second floor, there is the biggest in Belarus exhibition of birds. The duration of the museum tour – 45 min.
Tour “A Forest Zoo”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour passes through enclosures on the edge of a pine forest. The tour type – walking. The length – 1,5 km. The duration – 45 min.
Tour “A Natural Pharmacy”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour passes through locations where medicinal plants grow. The tour type – walking. The length – 1.5 km. The duration – 2 h.
Tour “Across the Territory of the Reserve”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour will inform you of the history of the reserve, its development and infrastructure. You will also learn about scientific and environmental activities in the reserve. The tour type – walking. The length – 3 km. The duration – 2 h.
Tour “To the Fairytale Castle Near Lake Plauna”
State Nature Protection Institution “Byarezinski Biosphere Reserve”
The tour will inform you of the history of the reserve, its development and infrastructure. You will also learn about scientific and environmental activities in the reserve. The tour type – walking, car. The length – 30 km. The duration – 3 h.
Car Routes across Belovezhskaya Pushcha
“Sightseeing Tour of Belovezhskaya Pushcha” (the total length – 55 km);
“Tour to Father Frost Estate” (the total length – 25 km);
“Ecotour “Wildlife World” (4 h. across Belavezhskaya Pushcha);
Tourist Route “The Sounds of Pushcha” (5 h. across Belavezhskaya Pushcha).
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The tours will inform you of the history of the reserve, its development and infrastructure. You will also learn about scientific and environmental activities in the reserve.
Bicycle Route “A Big Journey”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The total length – 27 km. The duration – 4 h. The difficulty of the route – medium. 19 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Bicycle Route “Kamyenyuki – Byely Lyasok”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The length of the bicycle route – 28 km. During the trip one can see old forests unmatched by any on the European continent. Pine forests, where slender ship pines “talk to the sky”, ancient oak groves with giant trees, dark spruce forests, impenetrable swamps, infinitely diverse trees, grasses and shrubberies, abundant wildlife, where the mighty aurochs reign – all these make visitors remember ancient times with fabulous primeval nature untouched by mankind.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Bicycle Route “Forest Secrets”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The total length – 16 km. The duration – 2.5 h. The difficulty of the route – medium. 18 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Bicycle Route “An Animal Crossing”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The total length – 16 km. The duration – 2.5 h. The difficulty of the route – medium. 14 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Bicycle Route “Tsar’s Glade”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The total length – 10 km. The duration – 1.5 h. The difficulty of the route – easy. 12 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Ecotrail “A Reserved Oak Forest”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The route is an ecotrail that passes along the border of the reserved area. On the route one can see old-age broad-leaf forests with sessile oaks and main tree species of Belovezhskaya Pushcha. The total length – 2.1 km. The duration – 1.5 h. The difficulty of the route – easy. 17 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Ecotrail “A Lake Ring”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The route type – walking. The total length – 5.8 km. The difficulty of the route – easy. 8 information boards and objects.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Ecotrail “Dzikaye”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The route type – walking and horse. The total length – 4 km.
Ecotrail “Yazvinskaya Oak Grove”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The ecotrail “Yazvinskaya Oak Grove” in Yazvinskaye forestry will surprise any ecotourist by the diversity of nature complexes on a small territory. Here you can see ancient trees, each of which is a true natural monument. The length of the ecotrail – 1 km.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Bicycle and Walking Route “Dokudovo”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The length of the bicycle and walking route – 6 km. The Dokudovo swamp drained in the 1960-s is a favorite feeding place of wild hoofed animals. On mornings and evenings it is possible to see here grazing aurochs, deer, roe deer, wild boars, to watch birds, among which there are big predators. There are specially equipped watchtowers for observing wildlife and taking photos.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Ecotrail “Voytov Most”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”
The length of the bicycle and walking route – 15 km. The route is in the northern part of the Pushcha. On the route one can see alternating pine, spruce, small-leaved, mixed and wetland forests, fens and raised bogs, wet meadows. One can see old-age pines, spruces, aspen trees including the giant pine with a beehive – the only living tree with a beehive in Belovezhskaya Pushcha. Often one can see bizarre growths and huge polypores on tree trunks, unusual “collar” pines with protruding bark and other natural curiosities.
Links: Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Ecological Walking Route “To the Tsar-Oak”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”, block 141, 142
National Park “Prypyatski” offers an interesting tour along the ecotrail to the wise tree “Tsar-Oak”, where the air of wisdom and power of 8 centuries will dazzle you. On the way to it along both sides of the narrow trail there are younger giant oaks. 200-300-year-old beauties raise their luxurious crowns to the sky even higher than their ancestor does. The route was introduced in 1974. The length – 3 km. Objects of watching: a ridged terrain of dry terraces of the Stviga River.
Links: Tour to the Tsar-Oak
Ecological Walking Route “To the Tsar-Pine”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”, block 140, 141, 186, 187
This route will inform visitors of peculiarities of floodplain landscapes and of an ancient craft of local population – beekeeping, partially preserved in its ancient form. On the ridge stretched along the swamp grows the biggest and oldest in the park pine with a beehive and protection against bears. The route was introduced in 1995. The length – 3 km. Objects of watching: oak groves, pine forests, a 19th century reclamative network, beaver settlements, elements of forest beekeeping.
Links: Tour to Tsar-Pine
Tour to the Raised Bog
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
Vast wetlands are one of the most beautiful elements of the natural landscape of the national park. The world of the reserved marshes is truly unique. Marshes occupy 50% of the territory of National Park “Pripyatski”, raised bogs – 19%. Here you can learn about shrubberies (ledum, bog bilberry, butterbur, cranberry), grasses (crowberry, tussock cottongrass, cloudberry, round-leaved sundew) and trees (pines). Pines do not grow well here. Their height does not exceed 5-7 m, at the age of 100-150 years they die. Raised bogs are a good habitat for wild animals and birds.
Links: Tour to the Raised Bog
Ecological Walking Route “Landscape”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”, blocks 580, 561, 535, 536, 502, 501, 414, 380, 381, 345, 309, 260, 192, 145, 146, 95, 96, 60
The route was introduced in 1998. The length – 17 km. It passes across main landscape complexes of the national park from south to north.
Ecological Walking Route “The Aurochs’ Nursery”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”, blocks 256-258
Objects of watching: the ridged terrain in the junctions of ancient fluvial terraces of the Pripyat and the Stviga, pine, oak and oak-derived deciduous forests, the place of creation of aurochs’ subpopulation, woodpeckers, other forest birds. The length – 4 km.
Ecological Walking and Car Route “Estuary of the Stviga”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route is in the floodplain down the river from the place where the Stviga reaches the Pripyat. Objects of watching: azure tits, terek sandpipers, great snipes, great white egrets, a colony of cormorants and grey herons, old lakes and branches of the Pripyat, plantations of the white willow.
Ecoroute down the Pripyat on a Ferry
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The duration – 2-6 h. Objects of watching: the Pripyat, littoral floodplain landscapes, their flora and fauna.
Ecological Walking and Car Route “Southern”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route goes along the motor road Ozyerany – Simonitski – Mlynok – Simonitskaya Rudnya. It crosses the territory of the national park from north to south then loops it over from the south and ends in a typical Polesye village Simonitskaya Rudnya. The length – 35 km (one-way). Objects of watching: walking ecoroutes “To the Tsar-Oak” and “To the Tsar-Pine”, a raised bog, the Bychok Canal – a monument of 19th century reclamative construction.
Ecological Car Route “Northern”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route starts at the Stviga River and goes along the motor road Ozyerany – Khvoyensk – Pyererou – Khlupin – Snyadin – Mordvin to the Ubart River. Its length can vary (at tourists’ will) from 15 to 45 km (one-way). Objects of watching: open and forest landscapes of floodplains of the Stviga, the Prypyat, the Ubart.
Ecological Walking and Car (Walking, Car and Bicycle) Route “Floodplain”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route was introduced in 2008 and specially equipped in 2010 (information boards, gazebos, an observation platform, garbage cans, lavatories). The length – 10.3 km. Observation points: “By the floodplain lake”, “Open floodplain”, “Ecotone “meadow-forest”, “Forest lake”, “White-tailed eagle’s nest”, “Open oak woodland”, “Remains of the floodplain terrace”, “Forest lake 2”, “Waterpass”, “Landscape diversity of the floodplain of the Pripyat”, “Open floodplain”, “Edge of village”.
Ecological Walking and Car (Bicycle) Route “Naydyanski”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route is in the Naydyanski section of Zhytkavichy floodplain forests and the adjacent areas. It was developed in 2011. The length – 13.5 km, including 3.2 km of agrarian landscape, 2 km of floodplain landscape, 4.5 km of upland and deciduous forests, 1 km of small-leaved forests, 2.8 km of mixed forests.
Ecological Car Route “Safari-Park”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski”
The route is on the territory of experimental forestry and hunting enterprise “Lyaskavichy” 12 km to the north of the central estate of State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Pripyatski” (populated locality Lyaskavichy). The length – 32 km. One can take a car or a mini-train of 4 cars (each can hold 21 passengers – total of 84 tourists at the same time). The duration – 2 hours.
Ecotrail “Blue Lakes”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Narachanski”
The route passes across very rough terrain: the top of the esker ridge, pine forests, banks of picturesque lakes, across the Stracha River and ducts, along wetlands. Vast territories of light pine forests, mixed forests and moody spruce forests are home for many animals and birds whose tracks are visible everywhere and create the impression of a mysterious fairytale.
Links: National Park “Narachanski”, Ecotrail “Blue Lakes”
Ecotrail “The Park of Rare Plants”
State Nature Protection Institution “National Park “Narachanski”
The park of rare plants is a unique geobotanical object on the territory of the geological natural monument of state significance “Cherauki Peninsula”. Surrounded by populated localities and resort areas, a unique area has survived here. Different forms of terrain and natural ecosystems provided favorable conditions for more than 10 rare and disappearing plants from the Red List of Threatened Species of Belarus that are protected in Europe.
Attention! Visiting the park of rare plants is permitted only with a staff member of the science department of National Park “Narachanski”. This tour requires special training and equipment.
Links: National Park “Narachanski”, The Park of Rare Plants
Ecotrail “Raised Bog Yukhavitski Mokh”
State Nature Protection Institution “Eco-Rossy”, Rasonskaye Forestry, reserve “Krasny Bor”, urban settlement Rossony, Vitebsk Region
The raised bog “Yukhavitski Mokh” is often called the tundra of the north of Belarus. For easier passage through the bog the staff members of the reserve made a wooden tourist walkway that ends on one of the dry swamp islands.
Links: People in the swamp, What is interesting to the Europeans in the Belarusian swamp?
