Google Street View in Soomaa

Written on Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Google Street View covers since yesterday Estonia, including main roads of Soomaa national park.    

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Tunne Kelam visited Soomaa

Written on Friday, May 11th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Estonian Member of European Parliament mr. Tunne Kelam visited Soomaa National Park. Wilderness in Europe, nature tourism and PAN Parks network was discussed. PAN Parks, the European wilderness protection organisation, cooperates with Soomaa National Park since 2010.

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Winner of Ecotravel Blog Contest in Soomaa

Written on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Soomaa.com had the honor to sponsor the ecotourism travel blog contest, organized by MyNatour.org The idea of the contest was to promote responsible tourism through a travel blog competition where the audience is involved in electing the best ecotourism story. Shelley, one of the winners...

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Polistovsky people on Study Trip

Written on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Delegation of conservationists from Polistovsky Reserve  are on study visit to Soomaa. Today afternoon we took our friends from Russia to canoeing and bog walking trip. Raudna River And Kuresoo Peat-bog EveryTrail -

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BBC.com about Europe’s wild network of Pan Parks

Written on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by Peeter Puravik

Article about PAN Parks on the BBC.com website  : ,,Overcrowded Europe may be culturally dense, brimming with historic cities and manicured landscapes, but it also has some genuine wilderness areas – albeit in the recesses of the continent.” … “Soomaa is full of bog fields,...

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Dugout Canoe Trip with Latvian Media

Written on Wednesday, April 11th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Latvian journalist visited Soomaa. See pictures from dugout canoe trip. Dugout Canoe Trip on Tõramaa River EveryTrail – Find and beyond

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Internationalitzation of Fifth Season

Written on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Fifth Season of 2012 receives much more international visitors than previous years. Yesterday arrived my old friend Satto from Tokyo. He has been discovering the wilderness of Soomaa twice before, but never experienced the flood season. Now he decided to take a break at the...

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Latvian and Lithuanian TV in Soomaa

Written on Friday, March 30th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel
Läti TV

Latvian and Lithuanian national TV visited flooded Soomaa by invitation of Estonian Tourist Board. Canoes was provided by 360.ee, Algis was guiding.  

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4 metres

Written on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Water level in flooded Soomaa national park rised last day yesterday, and according to measurments of Riisa hydrological station reached 4 metres and 1 millimeter ! Now it is going slowly down, Flood is still there whole week, but level is less and less every...

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Sveriges Natur Paddling Estonian Amazon

Written on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 by Aivar Ruukel

Swedish nature magazine Sveriges Natur had a paddle trip in flooded forests of Soomaa National Park. Pictures in Flickr Pictures in Facebook

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