Lake Kaņieris Reeds Trail
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.76 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 62 ft
- TrailRank
-
35
5
- Min elevation
- 13 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 5 minutes
- Coordinates
- 555
- Uploaded
- March 17, 2019
- Recorded
- June 2018
near Antiņciems, Engures novads (Latvijas Republika)
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Itinerary description
A heavily overgrown Lake Kaņieris is a lagoon-type lake and is a protected nature object located in Ķemeri National Park. The lake is one of the richest in Latvia in bird and plant diversity, therefore it is favoured by anglers and ornithologists. There are 14 islands on the lake, which are particularly loved by water birds as good resting spots during migration. More than 200 bird species have been identified at Lake Kaņieris overall. The richest diversity can be seen during the spring season and in early autumn.
The suggested starting route point is at the sign “Putnu vērošanas tornis” or “Bird watching tower” (on the road Lapmežciems-Antiņciems), with climbing on the watching tower first and enjoying the spectalucal view on the Lake. After that continue the way to the wooden boardwalk, which is built on pontoons and links two islands, allowing to observe the beauty of the lake landscape with dry legs. The boarwalk is swinging a little here and there, as around half of it’s length consists of floating constructions. The length of the boardwalk is 600m and it allows to see the hard to reach reeds thicket, which is truly impressive. The wooden boardwalk stretches through the reed maze, sometimes shaping a kind of a “reed tunnel” and sometimes opening the view to the lake again.
At the end of the boardwalk, there are additional wooden planks laid down recently, prolonging the route through the forest along the shore of the lake leading, first, to the boat base and after – along the gravel road to the starting point of the trail. The overall lenght of the trail is 3km and hiking takes approximately 1 hour.
The suggested starting route point is at the sign “Putnu vērošanas tornis” or “Bird watching tower” (on the road Lapmežciems-Antiņciems), with climbing on the watching tower first and enjoying the spectalucal view on the Lake. After that continue the way to the wooden boardwalk, which is built on pontoons and links two islands, allowing to observe the beauty of the lake landscape with dry legs. The boarwalk is swinging a little here and there, as around half of it’s length consists of floating constructions. The length of the boardwalk is 600m and it allows to see the hard to reach reeds thicket, which is truly impressive. The wooden boardwalk stretches through the reed maze, sometimes shaping a kind of a “reed tunnel” and sometimes opening the view to the lake again.
At the end of the boardwalk, there are additional wooden planks laid down recently, prolonging the route through the forest along the shore of the lake leading, first, to the boat base and after – along the gravel road to the starting point of the trail. The overall lenght of the trail is 3km and hiking takes approximately 1 hour.
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Info stand and watching tower
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Very nice!
Saw some interesting birds.