🇵🇱 Europe's Primal Forest, Bialowieza, Poland. Bialowieza Village and Wildlife.

Описание: Bialowieza forest surrounds a very cute, quiet, and classy village. You can get here from Warsaw via Bialystok (nearest big city) within one day of travel (by train and bus). From Bialystok, you can take a bus for about $US7 (one way). My bus was operated by Voyager Trans. Just hop on the bus and pay the bus driver. The trip takes about 2 hours.

There are a few nice hotels in the village. To visit the restricted (protected) area, you'd have to obtain a permit and be accompanied by a certified guide. You can get more information on this from the visitor center located near the west entrance of the park. The more people you have in your group (up to 10), the less individual cost would be.

Extensive scenic bike paths are available. There are several bike rental places in the village, located near the Park's entrance. The average rate at the time of this publication is 5 zł per hour or 30 zł per day. That's about $US 1.30/hr or $US 7.75/day.

Recently the forest has been facing some logging controversies involving the government's plan to chop down thousands of ancient trees. It claimed that action was necessary to "save the forest" from the spreading of bark beetle infestation. But environmentalists disagree, saying beetle infestation is used only as an excuse to destroy the ancient forest for profits. More on this at    • Видео  

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