Karula National Park Visitor Center

The visitor centre is located in the centre of Karula National Park, surrounded by scenic hills and mysterious forests, and opening up breathtaking views of Lake Ähijärv.

The Karula National Park visitor centre stands in Ähijärve village, in the middle of the park near the border of Võru and Valga counties. Karula is Estonia's smallest national park, created to protect a landscape of steep little hills, hollows, small lakes and forest patches, with farms that have shaped it for centuries. From the centre there are views over Lake Ähijärv. Inside you can watch a documentary and see an exhibition about the park. Several routes start here: the 4 km Ähijärve trail, the 36 km Karula hiking trail, two cycling loops, and a branch of the long RMK route to Peraküla on the west coast.