Activities in Varėnos r. sav.

A 10.9 km easy circular route around Marcinkonys – one of the largest villages in Lithuania – and its surroundings; the walk takes about thr…

This 3.6 km nature trail leads through the pine woods on the southern edge of Marcinkonys around the old mill pond. There are shelters, recr…

At the national park directorate’s ethnographic homestead in Marcinkonys the exhibition can be seen on your own or with a park specialist, b…

In this craft lesson at the national park’s ethnographic homestead participants prepare the wax, learn how beeswax candles are cast and make…

This craft lesson covers the traditions, materials and preparation behind Lithuanian straw mobiles (sodai) and their meaning in folk culture…

The Dzūkija National Park nature school in Marcinkonys welcomes groups of children, pupils and families all year round to two-hour nature le…

This 13.8 km nature trail starts at the Dzūkija National Park visitor centre and winds through the countryside around Marcinkonys; shorter 7…

The Marcinkonys visitor centre houses the exhibition “Surrounded by Forests” on the nature of the Dainava forest and the people of the regio…

Young riflemen in grades 5–9 at Senosios Varėnos Andriaus Ryliškio pagrindinė mokykla learn first aid, topography and orienteering, drill, t…

Young riflemen at Varėnos “Ąžuolo” gimnazija meet in two groups – grades I–II and grades III–IV – and learn first aid, topography and orient…

In the “Jaunieji šauliukai” club, students in grades 5–8 at Varėnos “Ryto” progimnazija learn first aid, topography and orienteering, drill,…

Young riflemen in grades 5–8 at Matuizų pagrindinė mokykla practice shooting and learn first aid, topography and orienteering, drill, the sa…