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Ozery Nature Reserve

Object type: reserve
Created: 05.03.1990
Status: republican , 19.02.2016
Postcode: Ozery Visitor Centre: Grodno Oblast, Grodno District, village of Ozery, 12 Vokzalnaya St.
Phone/fax: +375 152 68 21 04; +375 29 697 42 74
Email: gpu.ozera@gmail.com
Geolocation: 53.721583, 24.174212
Area: 23 364,05 (hа)
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Uniqueness: In the territory of the Nature Reserve there are:

  • a unique ecosystem consisting of 16 glacial lakes;
  • an old-growth 250-year-old oak forest, raised bogs and lowland fen mires;
  • a convenient place for observing the largest land mammal in Europe - European Bison.

This is the only Nature Reserve in the country that offers a trip into nature on a motorized draisine on a narrow-gauge railway.
Landscape: The area is mostly covered with pine forests with spruce, oak and hornbeam.
Flora: Sixteen protected species listed in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Belarus are registered here - Wild Garlic, Lady’s Slipper, etc.
Fauna: The habitat of 21 species of such Red Book animals as the European lynx, Badger, Greater Spotted Eagle, Copperhead, etc. has been established.
Exceptionally rich is the avifauna: there are large colonies of Black-Headed Gull; Great Grebe and Red-Necked Grebe - birds that carry their chicks on their backs; during the spring and autumn migrations, flocks of thousands of gulls, ducks and geese can be observed.

Ecotourism services: A trip on a narrow gauge railway; trips to the Ozery Visitor Centre, on nature trails and to the Honey Museum; organization of outdoor office parties; rental of camping sites (some of them have glamping facilities); organization of tourist rallies, hikes, fishing trips, bird watching, environmental events; rental of watercraft, including the “Floating Gazebo”.

Ecological routes: A unique route on a narrow-gauge railway called Wildlife Sanctuary Route (20 km), Ozery nature trail (3.5 km); Touch The Nature trail; four walking ecological and tourist routes of varying difficulty (5-15 km); two water tourist routes (10 km and 12 km); four package tours.

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