Covering an area of 18 thousand hectares, the Curonian Spit National Park was established to protect the unique scenic beauty of the Curonian Spit, a narrow peninsula separating the Kursiu Marios lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The peninsula, a sandy stretch of land extending 98 km, with the width varying from 400 m to 4 km, was formed some five to six thousand years ago, as sand accumulated in the shallower waters along the Baltic coast.
The sea winds shifted the sand, creating a range of large sand dunes stretching for about 70 km from Smiltyne to Sarkuva. The largest of the dunes are up to 100 m high and provide a charming view of the sea, the lagoon and the green forests.
Up to the 15th century both deciduous and coniferous forests covered the spit. Later, however, the axe felled large portions of them. This lead to severe sand shifting. The moving sands swallowed up 14 villages. It was in 1825 that G.D.Kuvertas started the first reforestation project to try to stop the sand. At the present time life on the spit is protected by about 7 thousand hectares of forests, most of them pinewoods.
During this trip you will visit the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast and enjoy amazing views of the Curonian lagoon, the Neringa National Park and the moving and dead dunes that look like the Sahara. You will have some free time to walk on the dunes, lay on the golden sand beach, taste smoked fish, discover cultural sites of Curonian people or to make a yacht ride in the lagoon or a segway tour in the small and picturesque fishermen village Nida (for additional fee)
The duration of the daytrip from Vilnius will be 10 hours.
Please consult our terms and conditions for more information.
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We thoroughly enjoyed our experience in Riga - a trip that will be long
remembered by our family of 23, who were there on a nostalgia trip, retracing the
steps of my youth there. Pierre, led us on excursions through Old Riga, the Art
Nouveau District, to the Ethnographic Museum and Bralu Kapi and several other
interesting places, always entertaining us with historical, political and cultural
information. We were always sorry that the tour had ended because we found him
extremely useful and interesting as a guide. Furthermore, because of the great span
of ages in our group, our youngest granddaughter was 7 and both of us were
approaching 78, Pierre had to be resourceful and flexible in finetuning the trip to
everyone's desires and capabilities. If we were to consider another trip there, we
would look for your group to assist us. In every respect, your group was very
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