National park Belavezhskaya Puscha
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Open until 6:00 PM
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Беловежская Пуща
1.33 km
191 review
April 8
The oldest forest area in Europe, or scientifically, the largest remnant of a relict primitive lowland forest that grew in prehistoric times on the territory of Europe. Gradually, with the development of European civilization, the entire relict forest was cut down and an almost untouched natural area remained only here, on the border between present-day Belarus and Poland.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha has been considered a protected place since ancient times (it was mentioned in the Ipatiev Chronicle of 983) and for most of its modern history it was used as a royal hunting ground, which, of course, left its negative mark on the local fauna. The active exploitation of forest lands ended only at the beginning of the 20th century, when the reserve was finally recognized as a nature reserve and any economic activity was prohibited.
From a scientific point of view, the Forest is a unique and largest array of ancient forests typical of the plains of Central Europe — there are 600-year-old oaks, 250-year-old fir trees, the largest population of bison (a symbol of Belarus) and an infinite number of other unique representatives of flora and fauna included in the Red Book, but less well-known and interesting a wide range of viewers.
About 5% of the reserve's total territory is now open to tourists. The main entertainment here is a walk along cycling and hiking trails (total length about 30 km) with exploring the surroundings and information boards, as well as aviaries with representatives of the local fauna. Additionally, there are hotels, cafes and restaurants on the territory of the reserve, of course, numerous excursions are conducted.
bicycles can be rented either from ticket offices (but then they will be the simplest urban ones with small wheels), or you can pre-select one of the private traders, who are usually located near the main entrance to the Forest, they are easy to find on the Internet. Then all possible means of transportation become available to you, up to powerful electric bicycles, tandems and electric scooters!
The route itself is easy, it is a straight paved path with a slight slope, and the protected forest is perceived simply as a nice, beautiful, lively park. Nevertheless, for the best immersion, it is necessary to include in the walk some objects located away from the main path - maybe a forest lake, or a patriarch oak, or the estate of the Belarusian Santa Claus.
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December 30, 2024
Belovezhskaya Pushcha itself is beautiful. Nature, animals are all lovely!!! But they were not thrilled with the residence of Santa Claus. The program is weak, very fast, we didn't really play with the children, everything is superficial. The children really wanted to get an audience with Santa Claus and read poetry. We bought tickets, stood in line, and eventually turned in our tickets because we had to catch the bus. For the convenience of people, you would have already dressed up several of those Santa Claus trees and put them in different houses and distributed the flow of people. Five minutes is enough for one child. Everyone would be happy. We need more contests with children, quizzes, it was just not interesting for children to walk behind snowflakes. And then Santa Claus just appeared at the Christmas tree, and the children thought that they would rescue him, set him free. As a result, there is one round dance at the Christmas tree, a shared photo and that's it.
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March 29
The location is good, you can rent bicycles and choose different routes, but you need to pay for the locations separately. We just took a bike ride along the Forest Secrets route (16km), then we realized that we could also take a Big trip (27km) with a visit to Santa Claus. You can also buy a ticket to the estate on the spot, but they charged us the full price, as with the bus tour from the beginning of the route. Two adults and an 11-year-old child - 80 br. - it's expensive and not particularly impressive. In the end, we stopped at the Valliers (32 more br): the variety of animals is not great, it will be more interesting in the zoo. Therefore, only 3 are available.
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