During this tour we spend a night in brown bear hide and from there it is very good possibility to see the bears. We drive 1,5 hours from Tallinn to Alutaguse N-E of Estonia it is the core area of Estonian 800 Brown Bears.

Before going to the hide, we look for brown bear claw marks, slots and droppings, tracks and marks as we drive and walk. Guide gives great view about brown bear biology.

In the evening we'll head and set up for the night in the hide, which offers comfortable viewing with seats, bunk beds with sleeping bags and a dry toilet. Next morning we drive back to Tallinn.

Highlights

• An up-close look at brown bears and their habitats
• Brown Bear scratched trees, slots and tracks
• Night in comfortable brown bear hide

Duration
About 24 hours, including a night in the Brown Bear hide. 

Level
Easy walking.

What to wearWarm clothes and comfortable (preferably waterproof) footwear are necessary.  It can be quite chilly at night. .

Departures
End of April -  end of June. We'll pick you up in Tallinn in our minibus and drive you back after the tour.

What´s included:

Brown Bear Watching from the hide

Guided Brown Bear tracking

Bus drive from Tallinn (150 km) and back

Sandwiches and tea in the hide

Sleeping bags in the hide

Cost
110 EUR per person.  

Booking
Individual tourists can book on scheduled tour with Triin This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   phone +372 55 55 87 55

Upcoming brown bear watching and tracking scheduled tour in 2013

11-12 th of May
18-19 th of May
25-26 th of May
15-16 th of June

Groups are welcome to book a trip with Triin: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

or by phone: +372 55 55 87 55  Group size: 1 to 8 persons. Minimum group price: 550 EUR.

Partisipants are saying..

Ben Hoare from BBC Wildlife visited Natourest Brown Bear hide in May 2010

I was determined to see my fist brown bear. Not least beacuse bear tourism has become big business in Europe, with hides in Sweden and Finland offering success rates of higher than 90 per cent. By now, our party had recorded bear prints, scats and claw marks raked across tree bark, and even the remains of a boar that had been stripped to the bone by these opportunist omnivores. So we were quietly confident of observing the real thing.

Waiting for the bears to appear was nerve-racking. Two ravens and, bizarrely, a nuthatch of the ghosty northern race visited the site to pick at its flesh, while a pine marten zipped across the cleaning and vanished up a tree. And then, illuminated by the setting sun, a mother bear and her cub ambled into view.

Dipl. Biol. Sebastian Rogahn in May 2011

Watching time really was great!  The adult male (Brown Bear) came out at 21:03 PM and stayed there for almost half an hour! Before there only was one red fox, a goose hawk, ravens and one magpie.