Vanajõe valley study trail (1 km)

Along the trail, the river has formed particularly enchanting curves, running deep through the valley. The trail takes the hiker high up to the valley slope and then back into the bottom to cross a river curve and listen to the sound of a rapid flow.

Vanajõgi, often called the most beautiful river on Hiiumaa, winds here through a valley up to 6 metres deep in the Tihu Landscape Reserve. This 1 km loop (or a short 0.4 km version) climbs onto the high bank and drops down again to cross the river's bends, where you can listen to the fast cold water. Four sandstone outcrops show in the valley sides, and the species-rich mixed forest shows how soil and water shape a woodland. The river flows entirely through uninhabited forest and bog, and the European mink, reintroduced to Hiiumaa, has made a home along it.