For those
who didn’t know – yes, we’ve got a desert in Poland! It’s located in the north
of Poland, between Rowy and Łeba - two
little seaside towns. The towns are very picturesque and peaceful, but don’t visit
them in high season, otherwise the only thing you’ll see will be the crowd of
tourists.
The desert is very unusual, cause it consists of the ‘moving dunes’. As waves and wind carry sand inland, the dunes slowly move, at a speed of 3 to 10 meters per year. Some dunes are quite high - up to 30 meters. The ‘moving dunes’ are regarded as a curiosity of nature on a European scale! To see it with your own eyes, go for a trip to Słowiński National Park. The highest peak of the Park – Rowokol (115 meters above sea level) – is also an excellent observation point :) You'll see not onlu the biggest amount of sand ever, but also Łebsko lake, which surrounds the dunes from the southern side.
What else? In the park you can sightsee the original German airborne rocket launcher from II World War; the old Kashebian village named Kluki... And after all this - take a long sunbath at the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea coast :)
How to get there?
By bus: Take POLSKI BUS to Gdańsk. Then catch a train to Lębork. From Lębork, there are buses to Łeba (5 pln, all day long). This is a very good connection all year long.
By train: There are trains both to Łeba and Lębork. Most of thyem are during the night. However, many of them are only during the high season. When you travel different time than summer - check your train on www.pkp.pl.
Click here to read some more and check out a map of the area
The desert is very unusual, cause it consists of the ‘moving dunes’. As waves and wind carry sand inland, the dunes slowly move, at a speed of 3 to 10 meters per year. Some dunes are quite high - up to 30 meters. The ‘moving dunes’ are regarded as a curiosity of nature on a European scale! To see it with your own eyes, go for a trip to Słowiński National Park. The highest peak of the Park – Rowokol (115 meters above sea level) – is also an excellent observation point :) You'll see not onlu the biggest amount of sand ever, but also Łebsko lake, which surrounds the dunes from the southern side.
What else? In the park you can sightsee the original German airborne rocket launcher from II World War; the old Kashebian village named Kluki... And after all this - take a long sunbath at the sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea coast :)
How to get there?
By bus: Take POLSKI BUS to Gdańsk. Then catch a train to Lębork. From Lębork, there are buses to Łeba (5 pln, all day long). This is a very good connection all year long.
By train: There are trains both to Łeba and Lębork. Most of thyem are during the night. However, many of them are only during the high season. When you travel different time than summer - check your train on www.pkp.pl.
Click here to read some more and check out a map of the area
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| The moving dunes in Słowiński National Park fot. M. Danielak |
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| Beautiful, isn't it? fot. M. Danielak |
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| Beach in Łeba |
