Soomaa.com canoe trip in a flooded forest

The early spring flood season in Soomaa National Park is known as the fifth season.

The snow melts, and the water that flows into the Halliste and Raudna Rivers and their tributaries often cannot fit into the riverbeds, flooding the floodplain meadows and alluvial forests of the national park. This creates a unique landscape where paths disappear underwater, and movement takes place by canoe directly between the trees and over the meadows.

It is precisely at this time that the water travel season begins, offering an exceptional opportunity to explore the flooded forests of Soomaa by canoe. The high water level is usually at the end of March and the beginning of April, but with heavy precipitation, floods can also occur in summer and autumn.

We organize canoe trips every day throughout the flood period in the forests, meadows, and rivers of Soomaa.

Come and experience the fifth season on a canoe trip in the flooded forests of Soomaa!