I design journeys to places of power for those who want to travel deeper
Soomaa experience
Leave the boardwalk with a nature guide and cross Kuresoo's springy peat, pools and dwarf pines on bogshoes, reaching the open raised bog without damaging its fragile surface.
The experience
Kuresoo rises above the surrounding land as a broad accumulation of peat, patterned with pools, hummocks and low pines. Bogshoes let you leave the boardwalk with a guide and feel the living surface move beneath your weight.
Away from the timber path, scale becomes clear: this is not a wet patch in a forest, but an ancient open landscape storing water and carbon. During nesting season, the deep bog is left undisturbed.
Experience FAQ
They spread weight across soft peat, making movement safer and reducing damage while a guide chooses an appropriate route.
Not in the deep bog during the protected nesting period from 23 April to 24 June. The day is adapted to marked trails or another suitable habitat.
Plan with Alex
I design Estonia as a small-country journey: fewer stops, more time in each, and enough slack for weather, ferry timetables, and dinners that run long.
Tell me what draws you — floodwater, islands, winter darkness, food — and when you can travel. I will shape the route around it.
Estonia changes with the calendar: spring water fills Soomaa's forests, midsummer fires burn through the white night and late summer brings Peipsi onions to roadside stalls. I plan around the moment you most want to experience.
Alex
Journey designer
