Name: Białowieski National Park: radial tour
Brand: Velociped
Price: 650.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Your Hotel
Białowieski Conference Wellness & SPA

Located on the edge of the Białowieża primeval forest, the Hotel Białowieski Conference, Wellness & SPA welcomes you to your cycling vacation in Poland. It has 86 comfortably furnished rooms with a private bathroom with a bathtub or a shower. Furthermore, towels and bathrobes are provided for your convenience. In addition to a free indoor pool, Hotel Białowieski also offers a wellness center with waterscape, sauna and steam baths, as well as a variety of beauty treatments and relaxing treatments with natural products.

Specializing in regional dishes, fish and homemade cold cuts, as well as dairy products, the hotel restaurant serves a rich breakfast buffet daily. In the evening, you can relax in a hotel club and try some of the numerous drinks there. The 3-star hotel has its own brewery, which will spoil you with Polish beer specialties.

Hotel Białowieski Conference Wellness & SPA

Nature Travel

Nature Travel

Nature Travel

Nature Travel

Tour

Arrive either individually directly to Białowieża, or by bus transfer from Warsaw. Your hotel "Białowieski Conference Wellness & SPA" (very good cuisine, there are among others pierogi and porcini soup, very nice wellness area with indoor pool and many treatments) is located in the immediate vicinity of the primeval forest of Białowieża). After checking in at the hotel you will receive the detailed maps and a detailed stage description , which is constantly kept up to date.

For those who would like to discover Białowieża and its surroundings in depth, we organize an optional tour with a local guide. He will show you the most impressive places and tell you the history of the village. The tour lasts around 7 hours. After breakfast, the guide will be waiting for you at the hotel reception at the agreed time to take you through Polana Białowieska to the castle park. There you will learn more about the historical significance of the place and visit the interactive nature museum of the Białowieża National Park, where you can experience the animals of the forest up close. After a theoretical introduction in the museum, you enter the untouched nature of the Białowieża Forest through the gate of the strictly protected area. Here you will leave your bikes and explore the strictly protected reserve of the national park on foot, which is only possible when accompanied by a licensed guide. The next highlight of the tour is the bison reserve, where you can observe not only the majestic bison but also deer, roe deer, Polish ponies and, with a bit of luck, wolves. On the way back to the hotel, you will visit a fascinating place in the middle of the forest - the so-called power place. Accompanied by your guide, you will learn more about the various theories surrounding this mysterious place, which is characterized by a circle of boulders and unusually grown trees. After returning to the hotel, dinner awaits you.

Today you can take a nice paddling tour on the small river Narewka (near the hotel, about 3 km long). As the river is shallow and calm, no special previous knowledge is required. The afternoon is at your free disposal. You can go on a bike tour in the surrounding area. In addition, your hotel offers a variety of opportunities for relaxation and recreation: swimming pool, indoor and heated outdoor Jacuzzi and sauna area. Or treat yourself to one of the offered cosmetic treatments.

The hotel bus will take you to Jałówka, where you will be given bicycles and begin your cycle tour back to Białowieża. In Jałówka, you have the opportunity to visit the picturesque ruins of the old church. On the way back, the Siemianówka reservoir invites you to take a swim, water level permitting. The reservoir is a paradise for anglers and is also considered one of the best places in Poland for birdwatching - an opinion shared by many ornithologists.

Today, an enjoyable bike ride through the Białowieska primeval forest to Topiło awaits you, where you can take a break at the beautifully situated forest lake and enjoy the untouched nature. You may also take the time to visit the station of the old forest railroad, which was built under German rule in WW1 and used to handle timber transport in earlier decades. After the break you will cycle back to your hotel through wonderful forests.

The hotel bus will take you to Stare Masiewo. Before starting the main route, you have the option of taking a short extra loop of around 3 kilometers to see the border with Belarus and visit the historic Protestant cemetery. On the main route, you will visit the Uroczysko Głuszec - also known as “the capercaillie wilderness” - a former retreat of the capercaillie, which unfortunately no longer occurs here today. You then continue your cycle tour and pass the lookout tower in Kosy Most, which offers you a wonderful view of the surrounding area.

After breakfast your eventful cycling tour ends and you start your journey home either individually or by bus and train transfer to Warsaw. If you wish, you can also book an extension in the Polish capital.

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Services

6 x overnight stays in the *** hotel "Białowieski Conference Wellness & SPA" in a double / single room with shower / toilet
Half board (breakfast and hot dinner); vegetarian meals are possible if you order in advance in writing (please specify, with or without fish). The first meal: dinner on the day of arrival. The last meal: breakfast on the day of departure
Guided tour through Białowieski including entrance tickets
Paddle tour on the Narewka River
Bus transfer to Stare Masiewo / Cisówka
Trip to Belarus
Local taxes
7-day-hotline-service

Info

Below you will find specific information about the Białowieski National Park: Star Bike Tour. If you have any further questions about the trip, just give us a call: Tel: 06421 - 886890.

Arrival and departure via Warsaw
There are many direct flights to Warsaw from Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Munich and Frankfurt. Daily flights are operated by the following airlines: LOT (Polish airline): www.lot.com Lufthansa: www.lufthansa.com Eurowings: www.eurowings.com Warszawa-Okęcie Airport is about 10 km from the center www.lotnisko-chopina.pl The city of Warsaw can be quickly reached from the airport by shuttle bus service (bus No. 175 stops at the train station and in the Old Town, among other places, about 20-30 min, or by cab. There is also a direct train connection to Warszawa Centralna (Warsaw Central Station). The trip takes about 20 minutes and trains run several times an hour. MODLIN Airport near Warsaw www.modlinairport.pl can also be reached from Warsaw by bus and by train.

Condition of the cycling routes
The cycling routes are mostly flat. You will ride on side roads, firm field and forest paths and partly on newly built cycle tracks.

Available rental bikes
Unisex bikes with low entry: equipped with 7-speed Shimano hub gears, with coaster and rim brakes. Furthermore, 7-speed electric bikes with hub gears and coaster can be booked. For each bike we provide you with a bike bag, a bike lock and one tool set per room.

Since the route descriptions indicate the mileage, we recommend that you bring your own speedometer. This will enable you to make a smooth progress of the bike tour. However, you can also borrow a good speedometer for a fee: 10 euros/tachometer (together with the assembly). Please be sure to note what you might want when you register.

Travel documents
A valid identity card is required for arrival. Persons under 16 years need a child ID with photo or a passport. For a trip to Belarus, a passport is required. The passport must be valid until 3 months after the end of the trip.

Currency
The means of payment in Poland is the Złoty (also abbreviation PLN used), 1 Złoty = 100 Grosz. In circulation are coins in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 grosz and 1, 2, 5 Złoty, as well as banknotes of 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 Złoty.

In Poland, money can be exchanged at banks, larger hotels, and exchange offices (Polish: Kantor) respectively, with exchange offices often offering a more favorable exchange rate. No compulsory exchange at the border. Foreign currencies can be carried without restrictions.

7-day hotline service
If the bicycle chain is broken, floods make the further journey impossible or other bad surprises are waiting for you: We are available for you 7 days a week and organize help as quickly as possible.

Passport and visa requirements
For EU citizens, there are no special passport or visa requirements and no health formalities to be considered for this trip.

Travel insurance
The tour price already includes the statutory insolvency insurance. In addition, we recommend that you take out travel cancellation insurance upon receipt of your travel confirmation in order to protect yourself against financial disadvantages in the event of travel cancellation, interruption of travel, illness or accident.

Minimum number of participants: 2 persons

Velociped can withdraw from the tour twenty-one days before the starting date of the tour, at the latest, in case the minimum number of participants stated under the tour description is not attained. You will duly be informed without any delay in case of a withdrawal. Velociped will of course refund the paid tour price immediately. Please note our General Terms and Conditions.

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