Day 1 THE HOLLY HILL OF GRABARKA

Morning: Arrival in Warsaw, meeting with the tour leader at the Warszawa Centralna train station and a bus trip to Bialowieza.

Afternoon: After the lunch break, you’ll visit the Polish-Orthodox monastery and pilgrimage site, the Holly Hill of Grabarka. After checking into your mid-range hotel, you can set out on your first warm-up cycling tour to acquaint yourself with the surroundings.

Evening: Dinner; the hotel restaurant is famous for its great pierogi, lard and porcini soup. The hotel will be your base during the entire stay.

Distances - Day 1: Bike 10-15 km.

Day 2 THE CHURCHES OF BIALOWIEZA

Morning: Just after breakfast, you’ll have the opportunity to visit the Bialowieza National Park Museum.

Afternoon: We recommend a bike excursion through the surroundings of Bialowieza to gain a better impression of the primeval forest. In the village, there are two churches worth seeing: a Polish-Orthodox church with two bell towers and a Catholic church where the altar and the interior decoration are completed with roots and wood.

Evening: Dinner and overnight.

Distances - Day 2: Bike 35 km, Walking 6 km (approx. 3h).

Day 3 THE ARTIFICIAL SIEMIANOWKA LAKE

Morning: The hotel bus will bring you near Cisowka, where you’ll have a great opportunity to observe many interesting and rare birds.

Afternoon: You’ll return to Bialowieza by bike through Siemianowka, Olchowka, Guszczewina and Narewka, a small town where the entire population before World War II was Jewish; today, only the cemetery commemorates this fact.

Evening: Dinner and overnight.

Day 4 WILD ANIMALS AND NATURE OF BIALOWIEZA

Morning: Today, we’ve prepared a natural history tour for you. This tour goes through Puszczanskie Drzewa, the Bialowieza Zoo (where you can see wolves, bison, and Polish wild forest horses); “Zebra Zubra” (Bison Ribs), which is an interesting route with a path through a forest of oak, lime and white beeches, called Deby Krolewskie and known for its many ancient oak trees, which are named after Polish kings and Lithuanian princes.

Afternoon: In Kosy Most, which you’ll reach through Carska Tropina, you can admire the Narewka Valley from the observation tower. If you’re lucky, you’ll meet some animals living in the wild.

Evening: Dinner and overnight.

Distances - Day 4: Bike 50 km.

Day 5 TOPILO LAKE AND RESERVES

Morning: The bike route goes through the Jagiellonskie, a forest formation centre (behind the buildings there is a gravel pit forming a forest amphitheatre, where you can admire a quaternary conglomerate) and further through the reserves: Podcerkwa (where there are rare types of butterflies), Berezowo (a peat bog area), Olszanka - Mislicze and Michnowka (swamps with interesting butterflies) to Topilo Lake.

Afternoon: After a break at the lake, you’ll return by bike to Bialowieza. On the way, you can stop by Miejsce Mocy (the Site of Power), where you can really feel and recharge yourself with the good energy.

Evening: Dinner and overnight.

Distances - Day 5: Bike 60 km.

Day 6 KAYAKING ON THE NAREWKA RIVER

Morning: Possibility of taking a kayaking tour on the Narewka River. The river is close to the hotel, and no special skills are required, as the Narewka is a shallow and calm river.

Afternoon: Free time.

Evening: Dinner and overnight.

Distances - Day 6: Bike 20-40 km, kayaking 6 km

Day 7 TRANSFER BACK TO WARSAW

Morning: The bus will bring you back to Warsaw, where you’ll have a 2-hour walking tour with a local guide.

Afternoon: The tour ends at the Warszawa Centralna train station at approx. 4:00 pm.