Trips usually last 1-3 days and the price includes equipment hire. Estonian wildlife includes large mammals such as lynx, bears, wolves and elk. Birdlife is abundant, and birdwatchers are well catered for in reserves such as Matsalu Nature Reserve and the K ina Bay Bird Reserve . Eagles, storks and a variety of wetland birds are among the species to be seen. Butterflies are also numerous in parts of Estonia.
Fishing is very popular.
It is closed in winter. Owing to the wide-gauge track, unusual trains can be spotted, an activity popular amongst local people. The National Railway Museum in Haapsalu is a source of information for trainspotters. Behind the museum, a 'train graveyard' contains vehicles of special interest to train buffs. There is even the opportunity to spend the night in a former luxury sleeping car, used to transport Communist Party members in the Soviet era, and now turned into a youth hostel.