Thursday, August 13, 2009

Baltic States in Wanderlust, a UK travel magazine

Baltic States in Wanderlust, a UK travel magazine. Robin Ashenden steers you through medieval and Art Nouveau cities, dense forests and dramatic coastlines (part 1)

Including Saaremaa

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Melontaretki erämaan sydämessä


Melontaretki erämaan sydämessä
Originally uploaded by Ruukel
Mikko Virtta was paddling downstreams of Raudna River in Soomaa National Park and wrote an article in Finnish language Newspaper BALTIC GUIDE about Wilderness Canoe Trip in Soomaa

Read Mikkos article here : Melontaretki erämaan sydämessä

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Midsummer Celebration in Estonia


Midsummer Celebration in Estonia
Originally uploaded by Ruukel
Midsummer Celebration in Soomaa, Pärnu, Estonia

See more about Events in Pärnu and Soomaa

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Sea-Kayaking in Pärnu, Estonia


Sea-Kayaking in Pärnu, Estonia
Originally uploaded by Ruukel
Sea-Kayaking in Pärnu, Estonia.

Look for more informationa about Sea-Kayaking Tours in Pärnu

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Bear Watching in Estonia

Finland is quite famous among nature lover for its bear watching facilities. Now also in Estonias first bear hide is established. Read more on Natourest website.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Wet-and-Dry


Wet-and-Dry
Originally uploaded by Ruukel
‘I don’t know about that bit. It looks a little too wet,’ Algis Martsoo’s warning comes just in time. I still have chance to change direction and skirt around a sinister-looking patch of black mud splashed with sporadic greenery.

I am standing in the middle of one of Europe’s largest peat bogs with what look like red tennis rackets strapped to my feet, conscious that one false step could lead to me ending up to my chest in cold, muddy water. The landscape is one of stunted trees and scrubby vegetation.

Still, if one must be put in such a position, Martsoo is a good person to be with. As a ranger, ecologist and guide at Estonia’s Soomaa National Park, he is something of a bog expert and to spend an afternoon in his company is to take a crash course in one of the continent’s rarest landscapes.

Soomaa is an extraordinary place, 390 square kilometres of wetlands, forests, floodplains and water meadows that comprise Estonia’s second-largest and newest national park. It is also home to rare species such as European brown bear, wolves, lynx and beaver.

Read more http://www.cnntraveller.com/2009/07/06/wet-and-dry/