Belovezhskaya Pushcha itself is beautiful. Nature, animals are all lovely!!! But they were not thrilled with the residence of Santa Claus. The program is weak, very fast, we didn't really play with the children, everything is superficial. The children really wanted to get an audience with Santa Claus and read poetry. We bought tickets, stood in line, and eventually turned in our tickets because we had to catch the bus. For the convenience of people, you would have already dressed up several of those Santa Claus trees and put them in different houses and distributed the flow of people. Five minutes is enough for one child. Everyone would be happy. We need more contests with children, quizzes, it was just not interesting for children to walk behind snowflakes. And then Santa Claus just appeared at the Christmas tree, and the children thought that they would rescue him, set him free. As a result, there is one round dance at the Christmas tree, a shared photo and that's it.
The trip was thought out in advance and timed so as not to get into the festivities, because experience shows that any more or less well-known place will be packed to the point of impossibility. Therefore, today, after the departure of the tour groups, there is silence, empty tables, nice people, peace and an incredible atmosphere!
I really enjoyed the sightseeing tour, and it was interesting and not tedious.
After the tour, we had a wonderful and satisfying snack at the Forest Fairy Tale.
The hotel staff is ready to help with everything: our belongings were taken into storage before checking into the room. So we walked light.
The room itself is also very clean and cozy. We didn't regret staying the night in the protected forest at all: in the evening at dusk we walked along the aviaries and listened to the nightlife of the animals. The desperate fight of the deer in the aviary was especially interesting 😁
In general, it took us a very long time to get to the cherished forest from Kazan, and what we saw exceeded all expectations! A magical protected forest, which must be visited. The main thing is to choose unloaded or off-season days.
The huge territory of the reserve, large aviaries, century-old trees, an open-air archaeological museum, various cycling and hiking routes.
The animals in their habitat are (almost) fed. It takes about 1.5 km to get there.taxi from Brest railway station.