Thursday, January 31, 2008

Bogshoeing

Welcome to Estonia to discover Soomaa National Park and try special activity – bogshoeing!

Snowshoes or bog shoes have been used to walk on wetlands throughout the times. Shoes make moving around easier in snow in wintertime and on the soft bog surface all year round. Snowshoes allow access to the places where it is hard or even impossible to reach by foot.

The package includes accommodation at the Victoria Hotel in the centre of Pärnu town and guided snowshoeing trip in Soomaa National Park.

Day 1 – Accommodation at the Victoria Hotel. Dinner in the restaurant Café Grand.
Day 2 – Breakfast at the hotel. Walking guided tour in Pärnu. Dinner in the restaurant Café Grand.
Day 3 – Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Soomaa National Park. Guided snowshoeing trip and tea with pie. Dinner at the restaurant Café Grand.
Day 4 – Breakfast at the hotel.

Prices include VAT.
The price of a package changes if there are more or less people in a group.
The package does not include transportation to and from Estonia and Pärnu.

Size of group: min 6 persons
Price: 260 EUR per person
310 EUR per person in a single room

The offer is valid until 31 May 2008

Info and reservation by phone + 372 44 43412 or e-mail: info@victoriahotel.ee

Friday, January 11, 2008

Living Lakes Conference in Estonia

The final conference of the "Living Lakes Eastern Europe Network" will take place on February 19 - 22, 2008 in Estonia.

The conference is meant to create an international platform for an intensive exchange of knowledge and experiences. The first two days (February 19 + 20, 2008) will be dedicated to field trips to Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv.

At the conference in Tartu, participants will have the possibility to benefit by the wide knowledge of several experts giving a lecture on the issues sustainable tourism development, visitor management of protected areas, sustainable fisheries and land use planning.

The Living Lakes Eastern Europe Network comprises seven organisations from five different countries: Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania and Germany.

The conference is hosted by the Global Nature Fund, the Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation (CTC), the Lake Võrtsjärv Foundation (LVF), the Estonian University of Life Sciences, Centre for Limnology and the South-Estonian Tourism Foundation and sponsored by the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU), the European Union and the Estonian Environmental Investment Centre.

Read more www.globalnature.org/eastern-europe-conference

Ecoclub.com about Ecotourism in Estonia

ECOCLUB, International Ecotourism Magazine, Issue 95 has a special focus on Estonia.

Antonis Petropoulus writes about Estonia as a country of "Pristine forests, bogs, meadows and coastline hosting rare fauna and flora and vibrant traditions await the eco enthusiast." Read article The Secret Beauty of Estonian Nature at ECOCLUB.

Read also interview with Aivar Ruukel of Soomaa.com

Read also interview with Mart Reimann of Retked.ee