MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) – The trans-boundary route dubbed as Natura Bella Dvina will take tourists to the protected natural sites of Belarus and Latvia, PR manager of the project Marina Borisova told BelTA. The route is 800km long, which is a record high for such projects. It offers trips to the Sinsha national landscape protected area in the Rossony region and Krasny Bor landscape protected area located in the Verkhnedvinsk and Rossony regions. The route goes through dozens of towns including Grigorovshchina, Patarnieki, Robezhnieki, Nirzu, Andrupene, Aglonu, Kraslavu and Daugavpils. Tourists will be offered to go see the Volobo Lake and a shallow lake Neshcherdo where Rogneda’s burial hill is situated. As a legend has it, Prince Rogvolod of Polotsk and his daughter Rogneda were buried there. The travelers will have an opportunity to see Osveiskoye Lake, the second largest in Belarus, in the Verkhnedvinsk region, Tabore nature trail not far from the Latvian village of Robezhnieki, Viesturi zoo, Lake Nirza (one of the biggest in Latvia). The tourists will able to visit the Braslav Lakes national park and Yelnya hydrological reserve in the Miory and Sharkovshchina regions of the Vitebsk oblast. The reserve has 18 species of birds including black-throated loon, lesser white-fronted goose, serpent eagle, willow grouse, common gull and crane, eagle-owl and marsh owl. The project covers the Western Dvina/Daugavy area and is financed by the European Union. The program supports trans-boundary cooperation between the border regions of Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania. The major goal of the project is to create a common trans-frontier tourist area between Daugavspils, Polotsk and Vitebsk. БЕЛТА
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