The main forestry manages more than 57,000 hectares of woodland. More than 34,000 hectares of woodland is owned by private possessors. The licensed annual fell of wood-pulp in the district is a volume of 260 cubic meters. A tourist in Ogre should visit the most important tourist attractions like Ogre Art and History museum, the Latvian Road Museum, the Museum of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, Ogre Dendrology Park and the Botanical Gardens. The Museum of the Latvian poet, Andrej Pumpurs, and the sculpture park in Lielvarde, with personage of his famous epos Lacplesis, are worth visiting.
Tourists are always welcome in the district of Ogre.
An attractive addition to the sights of the Ogre district are the history museums in the towns Ogresgals and Mengele, a number of impressive eminent trees and archaeological monuments. Visitors have many opportunities to try their luck in fishing and hunting, go horseback-riding and have a good rest in comfortable hotels and recreation centers.