Lemmjõe forest study trail (5.8 km)

The trail runs along the banks of the Raudna River, until the point where it meets the Raunda and Lemmjõgi rivers, i.e. the Lemmjõgi confluence. Soomaa’s only individual protected natural object, the Lemmjõgi dam, stands proudly in Lemmijõgi forest (keelemets).

For adventurers bored with smooth boardwalks: this 5.8 km Soomaa trail has no boardwalk or wood chips, just the local soil, slippery as clay or soft as peat. It follows the Raudna river to its confluence with the Lemmjõgi, where in the 'tongue' forest between the rivers stands the Lemmjõe oak, Soomaa's only individually protected natural monument, then returns along the Lemmjõgi to Kuusekäär. The floodplain forest goes under water in flood season. Expect tall meadowsweet, nettles and reeds, fallen trunks, beaver work, dirty boots and perhaps an adder.