The Biebrza National Park is located in northeast Poland, between Łomża and Augustów. A protective area covers almost the entire Biebrza River, together with the valley from the source down to the mouth of the Narew River.
Biebrza Valley is a very important stopping place for birds during their annual travel, and a location of nesting for many marsh bird species. Flora admirers can find protected rare plant species there, including 20 species of orchid. Those who like to get up before sunrise should see an incredible spectacle of the nature waking up – delicate fog wisps, clanging of cranes, squawking of snipe and elk sighting. For those who prefer to sleep in the morning, the nature begins its next spectacle several hours later when predatory birds start hunting.
Ornithologists from all over the world visit the Biebrza National Park. Here, they meet, exchange experience, together observe and discuss birds chirping in the bushes. Bent over telescopes, they point out strange Latin names such as: Acrocephalus paludicola, Picus canus, Numenius arquata or Cirrus aeruginosus. Yet, before an ordinary tourist reaches such a level of expertise, they are enchanted by huge, endless space of the Biebrza National Park. The civilization accustomed us to a landscape which seems safe – you can see almost always a house, a fence, a chimney or at least a pole nearby. Meanwhile, you cannot find things like that here! As far as you can see – only flat plain stretching to the horizon. At beginning it seems strange and unnatural. Then, you can compare it to a prairie, a savannah, but these are actually marshes and peat bogs spreading for dozens of vast kilometres. The Biebrza National Park is the biggest national park in Poland, and one of the biggest in Europe. It has almost 100 kilometres in a straight line, that is more than Luxembourg from its north to south.
What should you take with you when going to the Biebrza National Park? Absolutely necessary are: a pair of binoculars, a bird guide, rubber boots in spring and a mosquito repellent in summer.
What should you pay attention to? Never leave the marked routes. It’s easy to get lost in the marshes!
Tourist infrastructure in the Park:
• hundreds of hiking, bicycle, horse, canoeing routes;
• 12 observation towers, observation platforms and 3 tourist footbridges;
• 5 campsites;
• a hotel and farm tourism accommodation in Goniądz.
Additional attractions: An unconquered Russian fort in Osowiec.
www.biebrza.org.pl /PL, EN/
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