General information about the Krutynia
trail, times, programmes and prices of the 2010 rallies
Starting
point SORKWITY.
You can get there from Olsztyn by bus or train going to Mrągowo.
You can get to the camp site from the railway station on
foot, it's only 800m. If you are coming by car, you will be
brought to Sorkwity from the AS-TOUR's parking space in
Krutyn by our van.
Short trail
description
Krutynia is one
of the most beautiful lowland trails in Europe. It is very
varied, goes through the Pisz Forest,
and behind the Mokre Lake also through the Masuria
Landscape Park.
The length of the trail is 102 km, of which 60 km are still
waters. You can watch the interesting nature there,
sometimes even eagles.
You see some red algae, making the stones look like covered
with blood. On the shore there are forests with great oaks
and pine trees, from which once masts were made. The rally
starts in
Sorkwity
at the Lampackie Lake. You can see an evangelic church built
about 1470 and a palace of the Von Mirbach family built
1850-56 here. First you go through the Lampackie and Lampasz
Lake and on a shallow part of Krutynia called Sobiepanka to
the campsite at the Białe Lake in
Bieńki
. On further parts of Krutynia you will see great nature and
even feel like a castaway.
You will go to the nature reserve Królewska Sosna where you
will see a 500-year-old oak and the oldest pine tree in the
region. The part between
Krutyńskie Lake and Ukta
is the most beautiful part of the trail, a proof for this
are many tourists from abroad in flat boats pushed by local
raftsmen. On the way to Ukta you can visit an orthodox
monastery in Wojnowo.
From Ukta you can go to the
Wildlife Park in Kadzidłowo (with over 30
species of Wild animals, such as wolves and deer). After the excursions you can take a rest in a new
sauna or a redecorated tavern. The next part of the trail is
the Wańkowicz Nature Reserve. And a few days later the
adventure must come to an end. In the end we go through the
Guzianka sluice
and say good-bye in
Ruciane - Nida.
Everyone who has seen this trail will confirm that it is one
of the most interesting and beautiful trails in Europe.