Abula-Kalasma study trail (11,2 km)

A wonderful and exciting trail along the seaside. Especially nice in spring. The limestone pine forest and coastal cliffs provide a habitat for many different plant and animal species.

This 11.2 km trail follows the east shore of Tagalaht bay in the Koorunõmme Nature Reserve, roughly half along the sea and half through the coastal forest behind it. You pass the Abula limestone cliff, a pine wood carpeted with bearberry, pebble beaches, old burial mounds and the trenches and stone-filled gun emplacements of both world wars. Tagalaht is deep and seldom freezes, so sea ducks winter here. Spring is the time to come, when lime-loving plants and orchids flower along the shore. Allow four to five hours; the trail starts at Abula campsite.