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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Winter guests near the new brown bear hide
December means that all the bears, who gave us unforgettable emotions from early spring to late autumn, have become dormant. The last active Brown Bear was captured by our camera …
Brown bear watching in Europe
As most of our web visitors know bear watching can be done in Estonia in Alutaguse from one of the NaTourEst brown bear hides- https://natourest.ee/brown-bear-2/brown-bear-hide-rent/ You can have watching or photography …
first brown bear tracks in Alutaguse
On Sunday I saw the first brown bear tracks in Alutaguse. If most of Estonia is already without snow then in N-E of Estonia I was able to track bears …
