Tõrvandu forest study trail (3 km)

The trail starts 150 m from Pähni Visitor Centre, runs 3 km along a forest road and is passable by car. The sample plots are marked and described and provide an overview of reforestation and maintenance of coniferous forests and give general information about the forests in this area.

Starting by the Pähni visitor centre in Võru County, this 3 km forestry trail explains the life cycle of a forest and how conifer stands are regenerated and tended. The route follows the main road a short way towards Matsi, then a gravel forest road known locally as the 'tsihitii', the ride road. At the forest 'sound chambers', giant wooden megaphones for listening to the forest, it turns left, crosses the Pähni stream and returns past the Pähni millpond and a forest hut. You can borrow a tape measure and binoculars at the visitor centre.