Ingatsi study trail (4.3 km)

The Ingatsi study trail offers a view of the most characteristic features of Soomaa at once. The first half of the trail winds through a mineotrophic swamp forest with flowing water, where water-loving black alders grow best.

This 4.3 km loop in Soomaa shows the national park's essentials in one walk. The first half winds through wet black alder swamp forest, a habitat that drainage has made rare; at high water you can even paddle a canoe to the start of the trail. Then the path climbs what is thought to be the highest bog slope in Estonia and perhaps in Europe, up onto Kuresoo, the country's largest bog. A tower stands on the slope, and a boardwalk leads among the pools, with a ladder for a safe swim. The return passes the Karuskose forester's house by the Raudna river.