The Dunajec River twists through the limestone cliffs of the Pieniny Mountains, its green waters churning around sharp bends. Traditional wooden rafts, lashed together by ropes and guided by long poles, carry passengers through the gorge. The highlanders who steer these rafts wear embroidered vests and call out warnings in the local dialect as the […]
Updated: May 11, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Biebrzanski National Park protects Poland’s largest expanse of pristine wetlands, a vast mosaic of marshes, peat bogs, and river channels that stretches across 592 square kilometres of northeastern Poland. This extraordinary landscape, carved by the meandering Biebrza River, is one of Europe’s most important strongholds […]
