Shatsk National Natural Park
More than thirty karst lakes and pine forests in northwest Volyn Oblast
Svitiaz, the deepest lake in Ukraine at 58 metres, anchors a group of more than thirty lakes joined by canals and natural channels. The park sits on the main European watershed, so surplus water flows towards both the Baltic and the Black seas.
Things to do
- On footWalk the Svitiazianka or Lisova Pisnia ecological path
- Try thisWade out from the shallow sandy shore of Svitiaz near the Hriada tract
- On the waterStay at the Shatski Ozera hotel and explore the lakes without motor boats
- WildlifeWatch migrating and nesting birds on the wetlands between the Prypiat and the western Bug
Also worth seeing
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Hriada
Shallow sandy lakeside tract on Svitiaz where the water warms quickly on sunny days. - 3
Svitiazianka ecological path
One of the park's two marked ecological paths, alongside Lisova Pisnia.