The Lužnice River meanders through southern Bohemia, past pine forests and meadows where deer drink at dawn. This is not a white-knuckle rapid. This is a slow, gentle paddle through a landscape that has barely changed in centuries. You can float for days, camping on sandbanks and cooking over open fires. The water is clear […]
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Aukstaitija National Park is the green heart of Lithuania, a pristine wilderness of pine forests, rolling hills, and more than one hundred crystal clear lakes. Established in 1974 as the country first national park, it protects an Ice Age landscape that feels a world away from the cobbled streets of Vilnius. The lakes connect through […]
Canoeing and rafting on the Czech rivers Updated: July 15, 2020 | By Claire | More The gentle gurgle of water against a canoe hull, the flash of a kingfisher darting along the riverbank, and the smell of woodsmoke from a riverside campfire – this is the essence of canoeing in the Czech Republic. With […]
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Gauja National Park is Latvia’s largest and oldest national park, a deeply picturesque landscape of the ancient Gauja River valley, Devonian sandstone cliffs, dense forests, and three magnificent medieval castles (Turaida, Sigulda, and Krimulda) scattered across the park’s 917 square kilometres. Known as the “Switzerland of Latvia” for its unusually hilly terrain in an otherwise […]