Estonia’s Bogs and Sauna Tour
Escape the city and discover one of Estonia’s most unique landscapes — a peaceful bog combined with a traditional sauna experience in the countryside.
Highlights of the tour
- Walk in a unique Estonian bog landscape
- Experience an authentic traditional sauna
- Learn about Estonian nature and folklore
- Optional swim in a bog lake
- Enjoy a relaxed day outside Tallinn
This tour takes you into the Estonian countryside, where forests and wetlands create a calm and natural environment just outside the city.
You will explore a typical Estonian bog — a wide, open landscape with small pools, soft ground, and quiet surroundings. Walking on forest trails and boardwalks, you experience a completely different side of nature compared to the city.
The day continues with a traditional Estonian sauna experience. The sauna is a simple wooden building, deeply connected to local culture and everyday life. Heating up, cooling down, and relaxing are all part of the experience.
If you wish, the day can include a stop at a local tavern to try traditional Estonian food (not included in the price).
PRICE INCLUDES: round-trip transport from Tallinn, guide service, 1-hour sauna experience
FOR EXTRA CHARGE: lunch
PICK UP PLACE AND TIME: hotel or Tallinn Tourist Information Centre
LANGUAGES: English, German.
Video by © Reece Mladjov, 2025
Departure from Tallinn and drive to the countryside
Bog walk in a unique wetland landscape
The walk usually lasts around 1.5–2 hours and is suitable for most visitors.
Understanding bog nature and local traditions
The bog is an important part of Estonian identity and offers a different perspective on nature compared to forests or coastal areas.
If something goes wrong, Estonians say: “it has gone to the bog”. Old tales and some real stories have given birth to scary stories about the bogs. People were afraid of losing their way in a foggy bog and being led into the quagmire by a will-o’-the-wisp.
Don’t worry, we will guide you along absolutely safe trails through this mystical landscape, showing the beauty of its distinctive fauna, extremely clean bog pools, and hollows, to help you capture the best pictures.
Traditional Estonian sauna experience
Going to the sauna is something Estonians still do very often, and it remains an important part of everyday life. In the countryside, a sauna is usually a small and cosy wooden building. This tour gives you the chance to experience this very traditional sauna style.
There is a well-known saying that, for Estonians and Finns, going to the sauna is like going to church. The sauna is not only about getting clean, but also about relaxing and restoring the body.
For some visitors, the experience can feel unusual at first — sitting in a hot room, using birch or juniper branches (called viht) to stimulate the skin, and cooling down in fresh air, water, or even snow in colder seasons. However, it is something best understood through personal experience.
Return to Tallinn
Exra information:
- Bring a swimsuit and a towel for the sauna and possible swimming
- Wear comfortable walking shoes suitable for forest trails
- Read more about what is a bog;
- Ask us to bring you some Estonian hand-crafted beer for you to taste after the sauna
- Bog shoes can be arranged on request for a different walking experience
- Combine the tour with an overnight stay in the countryside
Prices for Estonia’s Bogs and Sauna Tour
For families with children, we usually offer a discounted price. Please ask for more information. It is recommended for children aged 10 or older.
This is a private tour only!
| Number of participants: | Price per person: |
| 1 | 324 euros |
| 2 | 162 euros |
| 3-4 | 122 euros |
| 5-7 | 102 euros |
| 8 and more | on request |
We can organize this tour for large groups. Ask for a custom offer and mention the number of people.
Tour Reviews
My friend and I had an absolutely fabulous day with Prangli Travel – Day Trips Tallinn. Marilin was an excellent tour guide and showed us the beauty of Estonia’s bogs through an afternoon walking tour that wrapped up with a lovely sauna and picnic. It was by far one of the favorite moments of our trip to the Baltics made even more special by Marilin’s deep knowledge of the natural beauty around us.
Hiking in nature and the forest was really pleasant with Prangli Travel.
We are so grateful that we are taken directly to the heart of nature from the center of Tallinn.
We had the opportunity to walk to Majakivi and back, climb the observation tower. At the Kakupesa holiday home, the sauna was heated and a snack tray was ready. The kind hostess also showed us another accommodation, where there was a heated hot tub for the next vacationers.
Our sauna was located in the forest and thanks to the large window and glass door, we could see directly into nature. We also recommend it to you, the guided hike was really enjoyable.
Thank you for organizing a very interesting bog-shoe walk with Helen and her charming son, Orm. We really enjoyed all of it – including the bath in a bog pool and Helens tasty lunch snacks 😀
Great tour through the bogs and a sauna, to relax afterward.
We were even given a little birthday surprise. Very highly recommended!
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