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At the Bird’s Paradise Nature Reserve you can conveniently watch the nature from viewing platforms without disturbing the animals. It is a unique outdoor leisure activity, that may influence your mental and spiritual harmony. Taking a binoculars with you is a clever idea.

There is a chance to become a volunteer and help to popularize knowledge about nature and protect it. Help to count or ring birds: scientists from the Biological Station of the University of Gdańsk in Górki Wschodnie and ornithologists from the Ornithological Station of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as numerous non-profit nature organizations regularly ring birds and count them.

Enjoy wildlife, try bird watching

In summer, the beaches are full of lovers of sunbaths and swimming in the sea; in winter, on the other hand, you may come across the enthusiasts of ice swimming. On cooler days, it is pleasant to take a walk along the seashore, especially as amber is easy to find there. The beaches of the Sobieszewo Island and the neighbouring Vistula Spit are full of smaller and larger chunks. They differ from ordinary stones because they are lighter and warmer.

Take a look at the shells lying on the sand. You may find the lagoon cockle, a heart-shaped clam with radiating ribs. Or the Baltic macoma, a small, pink, shiny saltwater clam. The darkest ones are edible mussels. Soft-shell clams are the largest, with a delicate, brittle shell.
Take photos of the microcosm of the beach: in winter, the shells with pieces of ice look like they were sugar-coated, while in summer – they will make the photos look truly sunny. The wind forms intricate patterns on the sand. The grasses and plants on the dunes will be a nice subject for your photos.
Go back to your childhood and find joy building castles on sand with a water moat around them.

Combine you visit with mindfulness at the beach

Absorb the sounds, pictures and smells of nature. Stay close to nature but do not disturb its peace. It is a place worth for visiting, especially if you want to meditate and focus on your inner peace. Walking along the beach, watching the sea and birds is great wellbeing activity for you and you can do it at Mawia Łacha during all seasons of the year.

Go on a ride by a narrow-gauge railway that connects coastal towns, and will get you to another place of “Beauty of nature” route –  Jantar. In the summer season, the railway runs several times a day, but in late spring and early autumn – only on weekends. If you travel in a larger group, the trip may be exclusively yours.

Enthusiasts of a healthy lifestyle may be interested in preventive and therapeutic retreats. You will improve strength and cleanse your body and mind thanks to therapeutic treatments, including a healthy diet, fasting, physical therapy, exercises in the field of reflexology, and mindfulness practice. If the whole stay is too much for you, try medicinal products based on beetroot leaven, black and green tea and herbal teas.

Go for a horseback ride. The conditions for horse riding are perfect. You can gallop along the beach as well as along outlined forest horse trails. Horses can be rented at studs in Jantar and in other seaside towns.

Pay a visit to the Amber Mine, a family playground where you can learn to find amber chunks in sand.

Make sure to check out an arcaded house in Żelichowo. In the “Mały Holender” inn run by a famous photographer Marek Opitz you will learn about still cultivated local culinary traditions. Help yourself to dishes of fresh fish, swede, bread, crayfish, plum and elderberry soup. Have a taste of local delicacy, namely the Mennonite Werderkäse cheese, the recipe of which has just been recreated in the “Mały Holender” inn. The owner himself will take care of his guests, show them around and tell them about local traditions. After a meal at the inn, visit the neighbouring historic Greek Catholic church. You will get everywhere by bike thanks to properly prepared and maintained infrastructure.

The “Żuławy Historical Park” museum in Nowy Dwór Gdański houses a fine collection of ancient equipment and customs.