Spring slowed down
It was beautiful start for the April but now the spring has slowed down. It has been raining, snowing and stormy last 8 days. Just few warmer moments. Hectic weather has slowed donw the nature as well. Not much of a good light to take photos, cold and wind is not exactly motivating to go out. Juts for the clearification- we do not have agressiv isolation rules in Estonia and we are allowed to be outdoors as log we keep 2m distance. Ural owl is still sitting quitly on her nest, not much of activity, i keep monitoring her once per day or two days. Elks are much more present, i have been stumbeling upon them every now or then on the same spot. Some bird species have arrived within last 2 weeks, white stork, marsh harrier, first blackcaps. And of course artic waterfowl and cranes are covering the fields…
#visitestonialater
Spring is on but the virus has done it’s job, so i think #visitestonialater is proper way to describe the situation. Europe is more or less closed, just last few days some emergency routes are open. It’s huge impact to the toursim sector. It’s clear that for nature toursim the spring season is officially off but i have pretty strong gut feeling that it will have huge impact to autumn season as well. But looking to the future, I think more people start to appriciate closer destinations and more sophisticated way of spending their holidays. So i do see that Estonia has here a nische to fill. I also hope that those guys who just few weeks ago thought that climate change is somewhere other side of the globe, approximately as fas as is the Wuhan province in China, now think a moment before posting a next comment to support…
Coronavirus and travelling to Estonia
The Estonian Government has declared a state of emergency in order to limit the spread of the COVID-19 i.e. coronavirus epidemic. The situation means special measures, some of which also affect tourism in Estonia. MORE INFORMATION HERE! We fully understand if you wish to postpone your March / April trip to May or June, please contact us for more information. We still will bring you fresh new and images from Estonian nature, spring bird migration and life of wildlife. Stay safe!
Who is a gamekeeper?
Well, still no snow.. Atleast we have some sunny days! Some days ago I went for a little hike.. and I found something.. Here is an old gamekeeper’s log house. It’s 6km from small borough and not everyone knows where it actually is. Gamekeeper is like a main forester in certain area. Have you heard that in the last century we had gamekeepers all over Estonia? Actually, the first signs of gamekeepers are from 13th century, when landlords had their own forests. In the 19th century the forest management was more popular than before, so the gamekeepers became more important. They had their own log houses in the forests and they knew exactly, what was going on, how many different animals are there or who’s walking there. Estonian history is various and interesting. Would you like to know more? Our Lahemaa National Park tour is for people, who wish to…
Between autumn and winter
Remains of autumn are still here but the winter (-ish) season is about to begin. Summer and autumn were so perfect that I think i might need to wait an other 10 years to have such a good weather. We are now prepared for the winter season. Day- tours are available all year round so feel free to join one of them! We are now ready with the new tour- DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY DAYTOUR . It will be a niche tour for sure but so far the feedback has shown there is clear need for such type of day-tour. It just makes things so much easier if you get a guide who understands the drone photography and also knows the locations. We are looking forward to see you in Estonia and hopefully we meet outdoors!
Homepage update
Just before the kick-off the spring season we finalized major web page update. Thanks to SC for improving texts and brainstorming, Marko for web development! Long tours and print sales will be added before April- come back soon!
Founding member of Association of Nature Tourism Companies
OÜ Kaks Hunti (Capture-Estonia) is a founding member of Association of Nature Tourism Companies, which was established 20.Feb.2018. See more info: www.loodusturism.com https://www.facebook.com/loodusturism/ https://www.instagram.com/keepestoniawild/