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We offer the possibility to spend an unforgettable night in our Brown Bear<\/strong> and wildlife-watching hide. The hides are situated in Alutaguse<\/strong>, which is an area mostly covered with western-taiga forests and vast bogs in N-E of Estonia \u2013 home to about half of Estonia\u2019s 1000 Brown Bears<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hides have windows on both sides of the hide<\/strong>. Northern windows overlook a taiga forest and the most common mammals to see would be Raccoon Dogs<\/strong> and Brown Bears<\/strong>. Woodpeckers, Red Squirrels, Nuthatches, Chaffinches, tits, and Jays visit the feeders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southern windows offer a view of a stream and a flooded meadow. Sometimes Elk<\/strong>, Wild Boar<\/strong>, Badger<\/strong> and Roe Deer<\/strong> come to feed on the meadow and European Beavers<\/strong> can occasionally swim by. Ural Owl<\/strong> and Red Fox<\/strong> come here to hunt for mice and sometimes also Goshawk, Sparrowhawk, White-tailed Eagle, and bussards come by and look for prey. Rare visitors to the scenery include Wolves, Lynx, Pine Marten and Mink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a very sensitive microphone outside the hide.<\/strong> It catches the soundscape of the surrounding wildlife and you can listen to it through speakers installed inside the hides. You can hear birds singing in the spring, branches cracking under bear feet, or animals going through the water. Our guests have also heard Elk mating calls, Wolves howling, Bears grumbling, Pygmy Owl whistling and Raccoon Dogs fighting with each other. This makes the whole experience even more immediate and powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a good blog article from Reverie Chaser<\/a> from the summer of 2021 giving a thorough overview of their experience and lots of good tips from the autumn of 2023 by the Nature-Watching in Europe blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to know how to get to the hides via public transport, please read more<\/a> from our blog.<\/p>\n","cost_includes":" Night in the Brown Bear and wildlife watching hide\n Our guide taking you to the hide\n Use of sleeping bags and pillows","cost_excludes":" Transport to the meeting point\n Food and drinks","itineraries":[{"title":"Going to the hide watching wildlife","content":"\n

You\u2019ll meet our guide at the given meeting point and walk with him\/her to the hide. There you\u2019ll stay for the night. The walk to the hide is about 1.5 km. If you have any questions, feel free to ask our guide. He\/she will also make you a quick tour inside the hide, explaining what you should take notice of and how to act in the hide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving in the hide, you can first set up everything for the evening and night and then start calmly watching and waiting. The animals can appear on both sides of the hide, so you should keep an eye out for both sides. Usually, birds are the first ones who arrive. Often the most interesting period begins about an hour before the sunset, but at times, animals can appear much earlier. Every stay and experience is different. It\u2019s possible to observe wildlife through the night because there are some faint lights under the forest canopy on one side of the hide.<\/p>\n"},{"title":"Leaving the hide","content":"\n

Early morning after the sunrise is also an active time in nature. Sometimes the most interesting observations happen during the early hours and you should be espesically alert if the Brown Bears did not show themselves in the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If no animals are around, you should leave the hide at 8 AM. The route back to the meeting point is the same one you took last evening.<\/p>\n"}],"faqs":[],"is_featured":false,"featured_image":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip\/7121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/trip"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip\/7121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7130,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip\/7121\/revisions\/7130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"activities","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activities?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"trip_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip_types?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"difficulty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/difficulty?post=7121"},{"taxonomy":"trip_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/activest.natourest.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trip_tag?post=7121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}