Jägala Waterfall, Coastal Villages and Lahemaa Bog Walk
We will depart from the city center and drive through the largest district of Tallinn, built in the 1970s and '80s for the specialists who came from all over the Soviet Union to prepare Tallinn for the Olympic yachting regatta.
Driving out of Tallinn, we will see stone burials from the Bronze Age, where religious circles surround the dead.
Our first stop will be Jägala - the largest waterfall in Estonia. Here, you will find a river in a limestone canyon, a beautiful forest, and the roar of the waterfall, creating an atmosphere that attracts campers, nature lovers, and photographers from around the world.
Several miles from the waterfall, we will see Kiiu Castle - the smallest in Europe. It was built in the 16th century, suffered artillery fire from Ivan the Terrible and his army during the Livonian War, and was completely restored in the 20th century.
After half an hour more of listening to exciting stories, we will cross the border into Lahemaa. The name of the park, translated from Estonian, means "The land of bays." Lahemaa National Park lies on the northern coast of Estonia and has four peninsulas and four bays. Untouched nature, virgin forests, and boulders idolized by ancient tribes are just part of the wonders you will see here.
Visit a 19th-century fishermen's village - Altja - where people fished and smuggled alcohol to Finland during the abolition period, with your Tallinn tour guide.
Continue to the one-of-a-kind "captain's village" of Käsmu. This place had its own captains' school, and more than 150 captains set sail from this small village.
Walk the most picturesque nature trail in Lahemaa National Park - the bog walk. This timber path is built on the surface of a bog, and we will venture to its very center, where both people and animals usually steer clear. In the end, you will not even get your feet wet.
You will see beautiful small lakes in the middle of the bog, different kinds of moss, and, if we are there during the right season, the bog's vegetation flowering in different colours. It is also very convenient to observe the bog and take pictures from the wooden watchtower in the middle of the bog.
