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Pedestrian cognitive path through the Bijotai-Širvintas forests

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There is pedestrian cognitive path between Lakes Dusia and Metelys. Here is the narrowest part of the sandy land between the great lakes. It is shorter than a kilometre. You will find here an entire variety of natural complexes that has formed on benches of the three lakes. On the highest bench you will definitely notice ranges of hillocks covered with a pinewood and drifted as if sand dunes, dying little lakes and swamps that appeared in their places. On the lakeshores of the Dusia you will have a possibility to watch flocks of water birds and to enjoy the panorama of the biggest lake of Dzūkija region. Path of the nature that leads through the ridges of sand hillocks via a pinewood of the Bijotai forest, little swamps. Those who wish to know the natural sights of semi-inartificial meadows and leafy forests they should find an additional part of the Širvintas forest. If you go there the total length of the route will be 3.5 km.