Top 10 Outdoor Activities in Estonia, Estonia

Cabins for hikers, an observation point and a boarded path attract many nature lovers to Meenikunno bog. This is a beautiful recreation area. While walking down the boarded path you can see common bog plants: leather leaf, bog rosemary, black crowberry, marsh Labrador tea and Tussock cottongrass, on the edge of the bog dwarf birches can also be found. There is also a number of different species of peat moss of various colours. The bravest ones can try bog water with an interesting taste from the overgrown ditch on the edge of the bog.

Taevaskoja nature trail is 3 km long and goes along both banks of the Ahja River. The trail starts in the Saesaare parking lot of the State Forest Management Centre which is situated near Saesaare small town on the road between Taevaskoda and Kiidjarve. The entire trail runs in the landscape reserve of the Ahja River. There are 10 observation points on the trail with boards providing information in English, Russian and Estonian. At the beginning of the trail there is also a board displaying maps of the trail and recreation area, and direction signs. At the level of difficulty it ranks in the middle.Interesting to know:The folk call high sandstone outcrops Heaven’s Hall (Taevaskoda).

There is a 5 km nature trail in the pine forest on the dunes near Joulumae Health Centre in Parnu County and also three longer marked hiking trails (10, 15 and 25 km). The longest of them reaches the Rannametsa-Tolkuse Nature Trail. You can buy the Joulumetsa orienteering card with 20 permanent checkpoints from the administrator (1.60 €) and use it to go and discover the surroundings.

The dunes in Rannametsa have always been a popular place among hikers. Trails and information boards have been built here to protect the delicate nature and still introduce the nature of Luitemaa to visitors.The 2.2 km circular trail, parts of which are a boardwalk, passes through the pine forest on the dunes and Tolkuse Fen, leading to the largest swamp pool of the fen (approx. 96 x 210 m). An 18 metre viewing tower has been established on the top of Tornimagi, the highest dune in Estonia, which takes you more than 50 metres above sea level so you can see as far as 50 km away and even spot Kihnu Island.

The "President's hiking trail" is a 10 km-long forest trail in Laane-Viru County that starts in Aegviidu and winds its way through Nelijarve to Janeda. In winter it plays host to the ever more popular "President's hike", in which Arnold Ruutel, President of Estonia from 2001-2006, also takes part. Did you know...? - The trail was named after former Presidents of Estonia, Konstantin Pats and Arnold Ruutel, who came here often. - The first President of the Republic of Estonia, Konstantin Pats, was the man behind the Nelijarve tourism centre: he came up with the idea and funded its construction. He also founded Janeda Agricultural High School. - Arnold Ruutel graduated Janeda School with the class of '49.

The Alam-Pedja Nature Conservation Area is located in the former basin of Lake Vortsjarv. There are 12 flowing bodies of water here whose length totals 115 km, and 55 old rivers with a total length of 51 km. There are swamps, flooded meadows and wet forests between the rivers that are almost untouched by human activity.Two hiking tracks of different lengths with viewing towers have been built for nature lovers (the Selli-Sillaotsa and Kirna hiking tracks).

You will find a sign by the Joesuu-Toramaa Road that invites you on a 5 km hike along the boardwalk in Riisa Fen.The trail starts on the fen and briefly runs through the forest. In places like this, you can see the forest turning into a fen and vice versa – dry ground is replaced by wet land, swamp plants with ancient spruce forests. You can also seem some beautiful swamp pools by the trail.The location of Riisa makes it one of the most popular trails in Soomaa as the road and car park are right by its gates.

Northern suburb of Narva, located on the coast of Finnish Gulf with a pleasant sandy beach.