Soontagana campsite’s observation tower (1.5 km from the parking)

The observation tower is located 1.5 km from the parking lot of the Soontagana campsite. From the tower, which is on the bog island of Avaste Nature Reserve, you can have the view to the Soontagana hill fort and the beautiful heritage landscape.

On a bog island in the Avaste Nature Reserve in Pärnu County, 1.5 km on foot from the car park, a 16-metre roofed wooden tower looks over the Soontagana hill fort and its heritage landscape. For centuries this island was a refuge from invaders, reached only by a secret path through the bog that lay under water and was known only to the initiated. In the 13th century Swedes, Germans with Livonians, and Russians from Pskov all raided Soontagana. Today meadows, old farmsteads, stone walls and cellars surround the fort; two ruined farms here are said to have a history of 22 generations.