{"id":678,"date":"2022-01-30T17:14:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T15:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/?page_id=678"},"modified":"2022-05-10T12:20:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:20:33","slug":"soomaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/county\/soomaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Soomaa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Half an hour\u2019s drive west of Viljandi, the landscape changes completely. You have arrived in Soomaa National Park, established in 1993 to protect pristine bogs, species-rich flood meadows, wooded meadows and forests. Its diverse and well-preserved nature, its unique culture of cable bridges and dugout boats have made it a popular destination all over the world, both for the nature-loving adventurer and the simple Sunday hiker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many have heard of the fifth season, but lots of exciting things can also be done in Soomaa outside the high-water season. A hike in the middle of unspoilt nature is like a summer pilgrimage for every Estonian, and our guests are welcome to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to get to know Soomaa is, of course, by boat or canoe. In winter, you can enjoy nature on snowshoes or on a kicksled. Soomaa offers several hiking trails with boardwalks, so it is also worth doing a combination of driving and walking. After a long or short bog hike or canoe trip, you can refresh your body and mind in a sauna and relax your ears, surrounded by sounds no man has helped to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find instructions for getting around in Soomaa <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/bw_client_files\/visitviljandi\/public\/img\/File\/viljandi_kataloog_2019_ENG-soomaa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28448648087_8475b50184_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>H\u00fcpassaare bog. Photographer: Martin Kosseson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half an hour\u2019s drive west of Viljandi, the landscape changes completely. You have arrived in Soomaa National Park, established in 1993 to protect pristine bogs, species-rich flood meadows, wooded meadows and forests. Its diverse and well-preserved nature, its unique culture of cable bridges and dugout boats have made it a popular destination all over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":616,"parent":691,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-678","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51564,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/678\/revisions\/51564"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}