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Educational trails
„Forest” „Suchary” „Amphibians” „Lakes” „Primeval Forest” „Exploitation of the Forest Reserves” „Nature’s Gifts”
„Forest”
The trail starts near the park’s
headquarters in Krzywe. Here you can also see a natural exhibition
“On Lake Wigry”, ethnographic exhibition “Save from
Sinking into Oblivion”, and sculpture exhibition. Tourist
Information Centre is also localized here. In a conference room you can
see a film about the park, or organize a bonfire in a nearby
“Dziupla” facility. Up ▲
„Suchary”
The trail starts about 800m from the park’s
headquarters in Krzywe where you can also see a natural exhibition
“On Lake Wigry”, ethnographic exhibition “Save from
Sinking into Oblivion”, and sculpture exhibition. In a conference
room you can see a film about the park, or organize a bonfire in a
nearby “Dziupla” facility. Up ▲
„Amphibians”
The trail is situated in the village of Rosochaty
Róg and takes about 1 hour to see. It leads among small ponds
created especially for amphibians. There are 6 informational boards, a
footbridge and a platform. Just like all the trails you can visit it
all year long. However, the best time to observe amphibians is their
mating season in spring. Up ▲
„Lakes”
The trail is situated in the southern part of
lake Wigry in Słupie, near Gawrych Ruda. The trail starts on the
Słupiańska Bay near the Łysocha peninsula. It takes about 2 hours to
walk along this trail, which provides information about history of the
area, its geomorphology and three lakes: Wiry, Suchar Wielki and
Długie. There are many boards describing species of trees, shrubs and
animals living here. Up ▲
„Primeval Forest”
The trail is located in Wysoki Most on the
northern end of the Augustow Primeval Forest, on the Czarna Hańcza
river. It takes about 3 hours to walk along this trail. There are 8
stops: Old Roads, Czarna Hańcza, Archaeological Site, Camaldese
Wood-tar Distilling Site, Frontal Moraine, Żurawinowe Bog, Old Forest,
Suchar Konopiak. Up ▲
„Exploitation of the Forest Reserves”
It partly connects with the Wigry narrow-gauge
railway in Gawrych Ruda and Leszczewek. The trail presents information
about forms of exploitation of forest reserves in the past. Stops on
the trail: Bartnictwo (Beekeeping), Binduga, Forest Management,
Metallurgy, Forest Railway, Backwoods, Limekiln. You can see it going
by train or walking. Up ▲
„Nature’s Gifts”
The trail is constituted by five traditional
village gardens situated by the park’s headquarters in Krzywe and
by schools in Maćkowa Ruda, Nowa Wieś, Płociczno and Przebród.
The trail was created within a project of protection and restitution of
old village gardens, flower varieties and herbs realized in the year
2006. In the gardens you can see beautiful traditional varieties of
flowers: marigolds, asters, chrysanthemums, zinnias, dahlias,
bellflowers, lychnises, phloxes, sweet williams, irises, daylilies,
lupins, goosefoots, night-scented stocks, poppies, mallows, asters,
columbines, larkspurs, rudbeckias, sunflowers, grape hyacinths, tulips,
chrysanthemums and many others. 40 species are described on information
boards in the garden by the park’s headquarters. Up ▲
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