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Swedish nature magazine Sveriges Natur had a paddle trip in flooded forests of Soomaa National Park.
We did a small test trip today, paddling in forest ditches.
Not really enough water yet, and ice is still a problem.
Karuskose – Tõramaa Canoe Trip in the Forest
EveryTrail and beyond
The time of early spring floods is known as the fifth season in the Riisa Village in Soomaa. There isn’t enough room in the river basins of the Rivers Halliste, Raudna and their tributaries for the water from the melting snow and so it floods the floodplain meadows and even the floodplain forests. This is an interesting time, the beginning of the water hiking season when you can go about canoeing in the forest. The biggest floods are late March and early April.
We organise regular canoeing trips every day in the forests, meadows and rivers of Soomaa during the flood period. You can join the guided group at a certain time every day. In 2012 season starts on Saturday 24th of March.
Ramsar website writes about an international conference on “Mires and Wilderness” organised on 18-20 April 2011 by the Estonian Fund for Nature (ELF).
On the next day after conference the participants visited Soomaa Ramsar Site. During the annual spring floods, the so-called “fifth season”, they visited the flooded river plains and forests in canoes. Canoe trip was lead by Algis, Edu and Indrek from Soomaa.com Team.
Nice series of photos are uploaded to Flickr by one of our customer. Enjoy!
Lemmjõgi River
Canoe Parking
Raudna River
