In August 2021, the team of the Estonian TV series “Metslased” (meaning “Savages”) visited our Brown Bear Hide. Our team member Peep was there to give them an overview of …
What are bears doing in January
In January, Brown Bears are hibernating. The first half of January is also the time when pregnant females give birth. Usually, they have 1-3 cubs, but in some cases also …
Brown Bear is Estonia’s animal of the year 2022
We are happy to announce that Brown Bear was chosen to be the animal of the year 2022. Not that choosing any other animal would have made us less happy. …
Alutaguse Bear Forest Fund Update 2021
Looking back at the season Another year with highs and lows has passed, but things were definetely better than in 2020. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 and travel restrictions, we weren’t …
Wolves near the Brown Bear hide
During the last week of February, we cooperated with Hunt – Eesti rahvusloom (Wolf – Estonia’s national mammal) and made 2 very spirited wolf-themed tours. In most parts of Estonia, …
Articles about the “Bear Watching Hide” experience
Our spring season was pretty much canceled a few days before heading out to our first tour of the year and sadly we did not manage to make any tours …
A lynx visiting our Brown Bear hide!
We opened our Brown Bear watching hide on the 15th April and the first week has been quite good. Our camera traps near the hides have captured Brown Bears, Foxes, …
Alutaguse Forest Camera – live!
As people from all over the world are told to stay at home, we may actually have a relief for boredom and not being able to go out. There’s now …
Bear Forest project and how NaTourEst offsets your flight emissions
Our touring season ended in October and now it’s a good time to make some conclusions and write a bit more about our Alutaguse Bear Forest project. In 2019, 177 …
Brown Bears are waking up from hibernation
The first migrating birds, such as Cranes, Starlings, Northern Lapwings and Greylag Geese, arrived some weeks ago and today morning, the air was already filled with Woodlark songs. In most …
