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Based on 23 travel reviews
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  1. Verified Purchase
    By Sigrist Iris
    (Latvia)
    03/08/2025
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    Großartiges Familienerlebnis
    Wir verbrachten 1 Nacht in der Bärenhütte (Familie mit 2 Jungs, 8&12-jährig). Unsere Erwartungen wurden übertroffen - über 3 Stunden ließen sich unzählige Bären beobachten, darunter eine Bärenmama mit ihren 3 Jungen. Auch ein Marderhund schaute mehrmals vorbei. Einfach fantastisch. Natürlich gehört etwas Glück dazu, denn Natur ist Natur und somit hat man keine Garantie. Die Chancen scheinen aber relativ hoch, dass man wirklich Bären sieht. Unsere Bedenken dass die Jungs nicht so lange still sein können waren völlig unbegründet. Der Service war von der Buchung über den Empfang bis zur Begleitung in die gut gebaute, saubere Hütte sehr zufriedenstellend. Einzig etwas mehr Infos zur eigenständigen Rückkehr am Morgen haben wir etwas vermisst, auf Nachfrage haben wir die nötigen Infos jedoch erhalten. Wir würden jederzeit wieder kommen.
    Date of Experience: August 01, 2025
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    By Zita
    (Lithuania)
    04/07/2025
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Comfort Hide
    Brown bear photography
    Great experience! The brown bears appeared 3 times in the evening and one in the morning, coming very close to the hide. In addition, three foxes and two raccoon dogs were constantly walking around. The hide is well prepared for both observation and photography. Lovely meadow with white clover, a great background for animal photography. Perfect light both in evening and morning.
    Date of Experience: July 02, 2025
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    By Helen Harrison
    (United Kingdom)
    09/06/2025
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    We're going on a bear hunt!
    For those of you who aren't aware "We're going on a bear hunt " is a children's book that I read repeatedly to my children, when they were little. Who knew that some 30 years later we would be going on our own bear hunt? Where to start? We were extremely grateful to Bert for fitting us in on the Sunday night, when we were unable to make it for our original booking on the Saturday. Thank you! The silver lining being that instead of being with eight other people we had the hide to ourselves. Everything is well organised, we met our guide at the alloted time, and were shown to the hide. We had a brief tour, nothing fancy here, bunkbeds and a toilet. But who needs fancy surrounded by such beautiful nature? We were left alone! There are windows at the front and the back of the hide. My daughter took the front, over looking the meadow, and I was at the back overlooking the forest. This was so relaxing just watching and waiting, at first all we had to see were the birds. Which was great for us. We saw countless Jays (which are a rarity at home, so this was a real treat) , Coal Tits, Crested Tits, Marsh Tits, Great Tits, Nuthatch, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons, and a Woodpecker. Then a Common Crane appeared at the front of the hide, it mooched around a lot and was a source of entertainment. While we waited for the main act. Then, what seemed like hours later, our first sighting of a bear. A big, beautiful, furry bear! We sat mesmerised watching it rooting for food, from tree to tree. The only sound our whispers of delight, and of course the clicking of the camera. In total we saw five different bears over the course of the evening. A young one, possibly from last year, a juvenile, and three adults. In between seeing the bears we also saw two racoon dogs and a wild boar. We were in seventh heaven, so excited that we didn't have time to be bored or tired. We left as instructed at 8:00am to make our own way back to the car, rather nervously I must admit. Imagine turning a bend in the track and seeing a bear looking at you from further along the path. We didn't have to imagine, it happened! Fortunately the bear was more scared of us than we were of it. I think! It must have been because it turned and hot tailed it back into the trees. Phew!! With hindsight we should have stayed awake longer than we did. Or taken shifts watching. If we had I think we would have seen a lot more. So that is the plan for next time we go. Because there WILL be a next time. This is truly an incredible experience, if you're thinking about it, don't think just do! You will not regret it. Read more on the link. https://kateharrisonwrites.com/2025/06/08/were-going-on-a-bear-hunt-bear-watching-in-estonia/#like-1198
    Date of Experience: January 06, 2025
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    By Ola and Michał
    (Estonia)
    15/05/2025
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    It is an amazingand life-time experience!
    Bears are literally everywhere, we can’t decide which side is more interesting at the moment :)) I think we saw at least 4 different individuals, including full grown male.
    Date of Experience: May 13, 2025
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    By Familie Scheurer
    (Switzerland)
    17/10/2024
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    Bear Watching 14th October 2024
    Dear Bert Here a short feedback from our bear watching tour. It was absolutely fantastic! We could watch several mothers with cups from 16.30 to 20.15. They were strolling around the hide looking for food, the youngsters were running about, some of them were taking a bath in the brook, a huge bear was chasing away other bears and one got up and tried to tear down the birds feeding basket. At dusk there were about 10 bears round the hide. It was a wonderful natural spectacle and really worth it! Thank you. Kind regards Armin & Elisabeth from Switzerland
    Date of Experience: October 14, 2024
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    By Benn Parsons
    (Spain)
    24/08/2024
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    An unforgettable experience
    This was one of the highlights of our 3 week trip around Estonia. As always with this type of activity, the worry is not getting to see what you came to see, that, thankfully, was not the case when we went. First we saw a family of racoon dogs, and then about 3 hours into the afternoon (at around 8.30pm), a mother bear and her two cubs came into view, it was amazing! We were able to watch her and her cubs for around 45mins as she walked around on both sides of the hide. Later on, during the night, a male bear came, but as it was dark, it was very difficult to see him well, only his silhouette, making it impossible to get any good photos, but you could still make out his impressive size and weight. We also heard many interesting sounds through the microphone they have there, so even when we could not see something, we could hear it walking around and eating, and the cubs calling their mother was a brilliant experience all on its own. With regard to the rest of the experience, our guide was very kind, she explained everything we needed to do, and more importantly, what we shouldn´t do, if we wanted a better chance of seeing the bears. She took us to the hide and showed us around, answering any queries we had. The hide itself was very clean, and it although basic, it was all you needed to be able to do this tyoe of activity in such a remaote place. The whole excursion was organised very well and professionally, and we are so happy we decided to use this company. Thank you so much for such a spectacular opportunity to see bears in the wild.
    Date of Experience: July 29, 2024
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    By Barry Brewster
    (United Kingdom)
    30/04/2024
    Reviewed Tour Estonian Birds and Mammals – Self-Guided Tour
    Amazing wildlife watching
    We had a fabulous holiday in Estonia with NatOurEst in 2019. Saw loads of cool birds plus moose, beavers and raccoon dogs. Self-guided tour worked brilliantly.
    Date of Experience: August 11, 2026
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    By Aniket
    (Bristol,UK)
    05/04/2024
    Reviewed Tour Looking for the Eurasian Lynx
    Lynx Tour
    The trip was very good thank you, enjoyable and productive with a decent list of mammals and birds including a few unexpected things like weasel and otter which were a bonus! The hotel choice was excellent - good food and service (lunches were a bit expensive though but only the twice I guess), immaculate and comfortable rooms that were functional. The work desk and charging points etc were all very useful. The places we stopped for lunch were also good. The dinners at the supermarket not ideal I guess as by the later time of the evening there isn’t a lot of choice at the deli in there, but I guess its the best of the options available as going to a restaurant would take up valuable scanning time. In terms of the tour activities, I felt like a decent amount was fitted into each day in order to maximise sightings and shortcuts weren’t taken and there was still some time to rest and catch up with things at the hotel. The vehicle is good, but it would have helped if the front half of the windows opened rather than the back half - I don’t know if they can be refitted somehow. Also I would have found it frustrating if I was in a larger group and stuck in the back and unable to use thermal or take pictures out the window as I don’t think those windows open - I wonder if it can be modified. Luckily that wasn’t a problem on this trip. Luckily I brought clothing for cold conditions - long johns, thermal socks etc, but its worth putting emphasis on this with new clients as it really is quite cold at times, especially night driving with the windows down - I think I used the thermals more in Estonia than in the arctic!
    Date of Experience: March 18, 2024
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    By Wayne Jones
    (United Kingdom)
    21/10/2023
    Reviewed Tour Big Predator Tour – Lynx, Bear, and Wolf
    Wild Estonia
    My wife and I booked the tour in the summer. I had wanted to do the large predator tour since Covid. We were met at the airport by Peep and the rest of our group. 2 lovely couples from Sweden and Germany. Both the hotels we stayed in exceeded our expectations. Very comfortable and the food was excellent. Peep and Burt our primary guides were tireless in their endeavour to ensure we saw as much wildlife as was possible. Their language skills and knowledge of the wildlife of Estonia was amazing. Switching from English to German or Latin to get the information across was inspiring. The areas we visited had lots of wildlife to view from pine martins to the highlight of two clear sightings of lynx. Martin the local lynx expert was brilliant. All the staff were patient kind and clearly have a passion for the wildlife of Estonia. I’d recommend anyone thinking of booking a tour to go for it. I will definitely be returning as soon as my diary allows.
    Date of Experience: October 08, 2023
  10. Verified Purchase
    By David from UK
    (Estonia)
    02/06/2023
    Reviewed Tour Bear Watching and Photography – Classic Hides
    A fantastic experience
    Hi Bert, I just wanted to let you know we had a fantastic experience with your company and would definitely recommend it. I think we were also lucky, as we saw two bears interacting with each other and we saw them between 7pm and midnight. Please also pass on our thanks to Garta (sorry, I'm sure I'm spelling her name wrong!) who met us and took us to the hide. She recommended some walks in the area, we took her advice and her suggestions were also great. 🙂 Thank you for your help and let me know if there's anything else you need. David
    Date of Experience: June 21, 2023
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