8 days / 7 nights from £595 ppThis tour features a trip through the Gauja National Park cycling, canoeing and hiking. You will also get a chance to get acquainted with Latvia's vibrant capital Riga.
Package price from £595 pp based on two people sharing a twin or double room. (Single supplement £85). Package includes:
- Direct flights from London to Riga
- Airport transfers in Riga
- Bus and train tickets Riga – Valmiera und Sigulda – Riga
- 2 nights in a 3* hotel in Riga
- 5 nights in guest houses in the countryside
- Packed lunches (3 days)
- Bicycle (MERIDA Kalahari 530 Mountain bike. 18-speed) with bag (2 days)
- Canoe (2 days), including transport of the boats
- Maps
Extra services
- English speaking bicycle-guide during the cycling tour (1 day): £40
- English speaking canoe-guide during the canoe tours (2 days) :£100
- English speaking Riga sightseeing guide (2 hours): £50
- English speaking Cesis town sightseeing guide (2 hours): £35
Day 1 Arrive in Riga and meet your represenative driver and transfer to your hotel. Get acquainted with Riga's charming Old Town. Overnight in a 3* hotel in Riga.
Day 2 Breakfast at the hotel. Riga city sightseeing in the morning and transfer by bus to Valmiera (trip takes about 2:15). Dinner and overnight in a guest house near Valmiera.
Day 3 Breakfast at the guest house. Take bikes and packed lunch and head for Cesis (40 km). You will pass interesting sand stone cliffs and springs. Dinner and overnight in a guest house near Cesis.
Day 4 Breakfast at the guest house. Sightseeing in Cesis includes visiting the new castle and the Livonian Order stone castle ruins. Take a packed lunch and go an a canoe trip on the river Gauja from Cesis – Ligatne (18 km). Interesting sights along the way include the castle mount of Kvepene and the wooden ferry of Ligatne. Dinner and overnight in a guest house near Ligatne.
Day 5 Breakfast at the guest house. Take a pakced lunch and go hiking a long the Ligatne nature trail. Wild animals native to the Baltics can be seen in large fenced-off sections of their natural habitat. Canoe tour on the river Gauja from Ligatne – Sigulda (21 km). En route you will see the castle of Turaida. Dinner and overnight in a guest house near Sigulda.
Day 6 Breakfast at the guest house. Sightseeing in Sigulda. Cycke tour Sigulda – Turaida – Sigulda. Dinnner and overnight in a guest house near Sigulda.
Day 7 Breakfast at the guest house. Take the train from Sigulda – Riga (1 hour). Leisure time in Riga. Dinner and overnight in 3* hotel in Riga.
Day 8 Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing in Riga. Transfer to the airport.