Best places: National parks in Balvi, Latvia

Hiking, boating, skiing & cycling in a picturesque setting with caves & historic structures.

👍👍 Nice area for longer or shorter walks. Go to seaside and feel the breeze or just wander through the forest area and listen to the wind while feeling warm and protected.

Vast protected area of lakes, meadows & spruce forests, popular for fishing & canoeing.

👍 Beautiful easy forest trail with multiple distance options (2.5-6km). Flat, shaded and has lots of interesting flora and fauna.

Sizable national park offering a visitor center & boardwalks, plus trails & bird observation towers.

👍👍 If you will have a chance to visit this nature's miracle just do not miss it! And definitely take a long route to walk 😇

👍👍 Very nice place for the longer walk. Just some 150m further are also other trails with super nice woods and swamp area. We did this trail and also one more 10+km. Great!

Marked paths through forest with protected & rehabilitated wildlife, including owls & squirrels.

👍👍 Saukas lake is sacred. You can walk for a long time not reaching depth. Which is not common for lakes. It has several sandy public beaches. Skip stones on the flat water surface in the winter and swim in the summer. But watch out for mussel shells, they are sharp.

👍👍 I would like to thank Makars for recommending us to go on Gauja river by canoe . After 30k on foot from Cesis to Ligatne ,my knee couldnt take another 30 k to Sigulda . We thought of renting a canoe but i was unsure as I have never done it and i didnt know the river . Makars was very helpful and ope...