Rüütli campfire site

Rüütli campfire site is located on one of the four separate plots of Muraka Nature Reserve (total area 14,058 hectares). The varied landscape of Muraka wetland is the habitat for several rare animal, bird, mushroom and plant species.

Rüütli campfire site lies on a bog island in the Muraka Nature Reserve, one of the wildest parts of Alutaguse National Park, reached by an 800 m walk from the car park. Around it spreads a varied wetland with raised bog, pools and wooded islands, crossed by sand ridges left as ancient Lake Peipus retreated. In migration seasons geese and cranes stop here, golden eagles, ospreys and peregrines are sometimes seen, and in early spring black grouse hold their courtship displays on the frozen mire. In summer several orchids flower. An observation tower stands on the higher ground, and the 6.7 km Kotka hiking trail passes by.