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Belovezhskaya Pushcha is one of the oldest wildlife refuges in Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The park contains ancient growth forest and is home to the European bison, the continent's heavi

Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve is one of the oldest nature reserves in Europe, established in 1925. It protects a vast wetland ecosystem where marshes cover more than 520 km², and is home to the Europea

Berezinsky

Braslaw Lakes National Park is a system of interconnected glacial lakes known for their crystal-clear waters and diverse aquatic ecosystems. The park features more than 30 lakes, creating a unique lan

Braslaw Lakes

Duleby-Zaozerye Hydrological Reserve protects a mire complex of boreal sphagnum ridge-hollow bogs, pine swamp forests, and fens between the Olsa and Drut rivers. The reserve holds Ramsar status as a w

Duleby-Zaozerye

Kozyansky Landscape Reserve protects one of the largest marshland and lakeland complexes in northern Belarus, with extensive sedge and sphagnum bogs and swampy forests. Established initially in 1960 a

Kozyansky

Lipichanskaya Pushcha Landscape Reserve protects an ancient forest in the Grodno Region featuring oak trees up to five centuries old, ash trees over 210 years old, and hornbeam stands. The reserve is 

Lipichanskaya Pushcha

Mid-Pripyat Landscape Reserve protects the largest river floodplain in Europe preserved in its natural state, stretching 120 km along the Pripyat River. Often called the 'European Amazon,' it hosts 19

Mid-Pripyat

Naliboksky Landscape Reserve protects one of the largest continuous forest massifs in Europe, located 65 km west of Minsk. Forests cover nearly 90% of its 869 km² territory, sheltering populations of 

Naliboksky

Narochansky National Park is centered around Lake Naroch, the largest lake in Belarus. The park is renowned for its diverse landscapes including pine forests, meadows, and wetlands. It serves as an im

Narochansky

Olmany Mires is Europe's largest intact complex of raised, lowland, and transitional bogs, covering 937 km² in southern Belarus near the Ukrainian border. The reserve is approximately 50% marsh forest

Olmany Mires

Osveisky Landscape Reserve centers on Lake Osveyskoye, the second-largest natural lake in Belarus and the northernmost large water body in the country. The reserve protects 480 plant species, 164 nest

Osveisky

Polesie State Radioecological Reserve was created in Belarus's Chernobyl exclusion zone after the 1986 nuclear disaster. It is Belarus's largest reserve at 2,162 km² and has become an unintended wildl

Polesie

Pripyatsky National Park is known for its unique floodplain landscapes along the Pripyat River. The park contains vast marshlands, oak forests, and meadows that provide habitat for numerous rare speci

Pripyatsky

Sapotskinsky Biological Reserve is a nationally significant nature reserve near the Polish and Lithuanian borders in the Grodno Region. It was established to protect natural reserves of medicinal plan

Sapotskinsky

Sporovsky Biological Reserve protects one of Europe's largest lowland fen mires along the Yaselda River floodplain in the Belarusian Polesie. It was Belarus's first Ramsar site and is globally signifi

Sporovsky

Vygonoshchanskoye Landscape Reserve is one of Belarus's oldest protected areas, covering 430 km² of wetlands, lakes, and forests in the Brest Region. It centers on Lake Vygonoshchanskoye and connects 

Vygonoshchanskoye

Yelnya is the largest raised bog complex in Belarus and one of the biggest in Europe, spanning over 253 km² with 118 glacial lakes. The swamp is approximately 9,000 years old and supports around 150 b

Yelnya

Zvanets Landscape Reserve protects one of Europe's largest natural fen mires, spanning 150 km² in the Brest Region. It is home to approximately 27% of the global population of the critically endangere

National Parks in Belarus

Top 10 Parks in Belarus

Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Pripyatsky

Braslaw Lakes

Zvanets

Berezinsky

Polesie

Narochansky

Sporovsky

Mid-Pripyat

Yelnya

Top Parks by Category

Top 10 Parks for Uniqueness in Belarus

Polesie

Zvanets

Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Sporovsky

Yelnya

Mid-Pripyat

Berezinsky

Olmany Mires

Naliboksky

Duleby-Zaozerye

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