Varniai regional park

DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT 1992

AREA 33,731 ha

Administration. Visitors’ centre in Ožtakiai Dumbrių str. 3, Ožtakiai village LT-88324 Telšiai district

Phone +37044447415 Email: [email protected]

Varniai regional park

EXCLUSIVE VALUE OF THE REGIONAL PARK

Exceptional feature – abundance of unique values. In the most valuable part of Samogitian hilly area there stand the highest hills – mounds. It is the region where stands the highest hill in Samogitia – Medvėgalis, and the qu een of the Lithuanian hills – Šatrija. The largest natural Samogitian lake Lūkstas still occasionally wash out some amber. It is the region where all the major Samogitian rivers start, and the wetlands are among the richest in bird diversity. It is the cradle of the Baltic people with the eldest in Lithuania and one of the eldest known burial si tes in Eastern Baltic Rim countries. Sietuva wetlands have the hidden underwater stony road kūlgrinda.