ONE DAY TOUR / LATVIA / CESIS
UNDERGROUND LAKES / KUKU CLIFF / CESIS / ZVARTAS CLIFF / ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK ARAISI |
About 8 hours
1 day, 240 km
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THE PRICE INCLUDES
• Travel by transport along a route
• Services of a guide or a group leader
• Excursion accompaniment
• Organization of the itinerary
ADDITIONAL COSTS
• Meals
• Medical insurance
• Admission tickets
• Personal expenses
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Travel Agency reserves the right to change the order of the excursions, keeping their number
Description
• Start from Riga at 9:00 am
• Underground lakes - the cave is impressive indeed: 2,3 - 6 m wide, 0,9 - 1,7 m high, 160 m2 of ground area, with the total flow of 5 liters/second. Standing right at the Brasla River, it is overflooded every spring. The cave ends with a filled sinkhole, also obstructing an underground spring and thus forming yet another cave – Ezerala Cave;
• Kuku Cliff - is the highest outcrop of the Devonian period in Latvia at 43 metres in height. The upper part (above the sandstones) is formed from clay layers that contain a lot of fossil remains of long dead organisms. Kuku Cliff changes its appearance rapidly due to river erosion and many landslides. In recent years the shore has lost 10 metres;
• Cesis - is characterized as a typical European medieval town and you can see it strolling around the old town. The emblem, a defensive stone wall, Town Hall and other characteristic elements of the medieval city, in Cesis can be dated back to at least the 14th century;
• Zvartas cliff - a magnificent view opens both from the river and from the top of the cliff and there is a convenient staircase in place with which to reach it. There are a lot of legends about this cliff involving stories of how witches and devils could be found in the area, especially during the winter and summer solstices;
• Archaeological Park Araisi - now it’s possible to see a reconstruction of the Lake castle from the 9th century in a full scale, open-air exposition of the ideal reconstructions of 3 separate buildings of the Stone and Bronze Ages on the so called Daughter’s Island. Here you can also experience the ruins of the medieval stone castle. The reconstruction of the Lake Castle is the only project of its kind, which has no equal in all of Northern Europe;
• In the evening return to Riga (at 17:30)