Čužu mire trail
Nature trails, Accessible to parents with baby-strollers, Accessible toilet, Parking lot for handicaps, Partly accessible
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Description:
The trail stretches along the Abava river, through the forest and crosses the mire with shrubby Cinquefoil (or so called – rock rose) bushes.
The trail is open the whole year, yet suggested in summer – the shrubby Cinquefoil Pentaphylloides fruticosa blooming time, as the nature reserve Čužu mire is the only place in Latvia, where the shrubby Cinquefoil grows in wild in such a large area. There is also number of other rare plants to be seen – birdseye primrose Primula Farinosa, fragant orchid Gimnadenia Conopsea, marsh hellerborine Epipactis Palustris etc. The mire is also appreciated by few protected butterfly species.
To reach the nice yellow flower bushes, visitors should go till the middle or till the end of the wooden boardwalk and step onto the well-trodden path which goes loop-type through the bushes. This stretch will be very challenging to parents with baby-strollers because of narrow wooden planks, tree roots and uneven path surface. And, unfortunately, this stretch is not accessible to wheelchair users. However, if you drive till the very end of the wooden boardwalk, the first part of the trodden path might be possible to be driven also in a wheelchair with the help of an assistant. Wheelchair users should note that the first trail stretch until the wooden boardwalk is gravel – the surface is pretty hard, even and wide, however it might be a bit hard to drive for some wheelchair types due to small gravel stones here and there on the path.
Accessibility
Facilities
Rules to follow
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In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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Location:
Nature reserve "Čužu purvs"
Suggested starting point:
Parking lot at Čužu mire
GPS coordinates:
Lat:57.0264809, Lon:22.7810559
Hiking time:
45 min (one direction)
Distance:
Whole ltrail with a loop - 4km, i.a. first and middle stretches - 1,7 km (one direction)
Marking:
Direction signs
Type:
Loop (wheelchair drivers: first & middle stretches accessible - out-and-back)
Trail surface:
First stretch – gravel; middle – wooden boardwalk 1,20m wide; last stretch – grass, soil, roots, narrow wooden planks
Getting there:
With a car
Info:
Tukums Tourism Info Centre, T. +371 28 311 557; Talsu Street 5, Tukums, tic@tukums.lv, www.visittukums.lv
Closest shops:
Kandava
Closest gas stations:
Kandava
Watch the trail video:
Description:
The trail stretches along the Abava river, through the forest and crosses the mire with shrubby Cinquefoil (or so called – rock rose) bushes.
The trail is open the whole year, yet suggested in summer – the shrubby Cinquefoil Pentaphylloides fruticosa blooming time, as the nature reserve Čužu mire is the only place in Latvia, where the shrubby Cinquefoil grows in wild in such a large area. There is also number of other rare plants to be seen – birdseye primrose Primula Farinosa, fragant orchid Gimnadenia Conopsea, marsh hellerborine Epipactis Palustris etc. The mire is also appreciated by few protected butterfly species.
To reach the nice yellow flower bushes, visitors should go till the middle or till the end of the wooden boardwalk and step onto the well-trodden path which goes loop-type through the bushes. This stretch will be very challenging to parents with baby-strollers because of narrow wooden planks, tree roots and uneven path surface. And, unfortunately, this stretch is not accessible to wheelchair users. However, if you drive till the very end of the wooden boardwalk, the first part of the trodden path might be possible to be driven also in a wheelchair with the help of an assistant. Wheelchair users should note that the first trail stretch until the wooden boardwalk is gravel – the surface is pretty hard, even and wide, however it might be a bit hard to drive for some wheelchair types due to small gravel stones here and there on the path.
Accessibility
Facilities
Rules to follow
Download the GPX of the trail
In order to open the GPX file with the trail route on a mobile phone or computer, please install one of the hiking apps or maps, e.g., Wikiloc, Outdooractive, ViewRanger, OS Maps or any other GPX file reading programme or application.
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