Top locations for hunting tourism

National Park "Braslav Lakes"

This is a natural complex in Vitebsk region with rich forest and swamp areas, possessing 74 lakes in its heart.

The territory for hunting activities in Braslav district is diverse with all types of natural Belarusian beauty: field, forest and wetland areas. People come here not only to relax - the following representatives of the fauna are available for hunting: elk, roe deer, beaver, goose, duck, wolf, fox, raccoon dog, deer. The national park arranges individual and group hunting for both citizens of Belarus and foreign tourists.

On the territory of the park, many estates, guest houses and hotel complexes provide their services - with all the conditions for comfortable living and hunting.

In the most beautiful places of Braslav district there are also four recreation centers - "Drivyaty", "Leoshki", "Zolovo", "Slobodka" - and 63 tourist reserved and general camps.

Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve

A unique protected area in Belarus, which includes a variety of forests, meadows, swamps, the unique floodplain of the Berezina River and many other rivers and lakes.

The reserve is unique in that five large European animals live here in the wild on the same territory: bison, elk, wolf, lynx and bear. By the way, the bear is part of the largest group in Belarus (at least 75 individuals).

Hunting in this area takes place only on the basis of the hunting grounds "Barsuki" and "Berezina". They are located outside the boundaries of the reserve.

Of particular interest to hunters are deer, elk, roe deer, wolf, wild boar, beaver, wood grouse and black grouse. In the spring and autumn, the number of waterfowl here approaches 2,500-3,000 individuals.

Those coming to hunt can stay in European-class hotels "Plavno" and "Serguch" or guest houses. In their free time, they can visit a bathhouse, the nature museum and enclosures, ride horses or go kayaking.

National Nature Reserve “Selyava”

Lake Selyava is the main protected object of the national nature reserve “Selyava” and one of the most beautiful places in Belarusian Lake District. 

The reserve extends from Minsk region to Vitebsk region, but hunting is only allowed on the lands in the northern part of Krupki district, Minsk region. Elk, roe deer, beaver and goose hunting are popular here. Hunting tours are held at any time of the year.

The reserve's infrastructure includes a hunter's and fisherman's house in Yanovshchina and Proshika villages. Tourists are welcome in the recreation areas "Panskaya Kupalnya", "Ship", "Zolotoy Rog", "Guzovino". The ecological trail "Proshitsky Swamps" is equipped on the reserve's territory.

National Park "Pripyatsky"

In the south of Belarus, between the rivers Pripyat, Stviga and Ubort, is the National Park “Pripyatsky”. It has absorbed the amazing beauty of the nature of  Polesie lands, consisting of lowlands and plains, forests and swamps, intertwining rivers and streams.

Hunting with local rangers is one of the popular leisure activities in the National Park. Here you can hunt forest, waterfowl and wading birds (wood grouse, black grouse, woodcock, goose, duck, cormorant, snipe), ungulates (elk, deer, wild boar, roe deer), fur animals (hare, beaver, squirrel, wolf, fox, etc.). For organized hunting, it would be a good idea to learn the boundaries of the hunting grounds of the Pripyatsky National Park.

National Park “Pripyatsky” provides a full package of services for arranging hunting tours, including meals and comfortable accommodation. List of locations where you can stay:

• hotel "Nad Pripyatyu";
• tourist complex "Doroshevichi";
• tourist complex "Sosny";
• hotel "Turov";
• tourist complex "Khlupinskaya Buda";
• tourist camping complex "Kochevnik";
• hunting and tourist complex "Chervonoe".

National Park “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”

The most famous, song-filled National Park "Belovezhskaya Pushcha" is located in the west of Belarus within the borders of Grodno and Brest regions.

The national park has collected many honorary regalia due to its long history, which began during the reign of the Lithuanian dukes. It is impossible to imagine, but the forest massif of the forest has been preserved in its original form as a remnant of the primeval forests that covered the European continent in prehistoric times.

Despite the special status of the territory, individual or group hunting for wild boar, elk, deer, roe deer and other types of game is available here. However, a permit is required.

There is a large selection of special locations for hunters and vacationers to stay here. Among them are hotel-type places "Kamenyuki" and "Zharkovshchina", as well as the hunter's house "Pererov". In the forest hunting farm "Vygonovskoye" there is a hotel on the lake shore, and for lovers of rural life there are guest rooms on the territory of forestries.

Landscape reserve "Osveisky"

The Republican Landscape Reserve “Osveisky” is located in Vitebsk region and is named after the second largest natural reservoir in Belarus – Lake Osveyskoye.

Lake Osveyskoye is considered the largest concentration of hunting waterfowl in  Belarusian Lakeland. Hunting areas occupy 70% of the reserve and belong to the hunting grounds of Krasny Bor and Verkhnedvinsky forestry.

The reserve offers various accommodation options:

Hunter's and fisherman's house (Yustianovo village, Verkhnedvinsky forestry);
Guest houses of the hunting farm "Krasny Bor" (v. Dobroplesy, v. Izubritsa).

National Park "Narochansky"

Health improvement and tourism are what people come to Naroch for every year. However, hunting is no less popular leisure activity. Hunting grounds are located mainly in Myadel district, and partly in Postavy, Vileika and Smorgon districts.

Here you can hunt elk, deer, roe deer, as well as hare, black grouse, woodcock, partridge, fox and a variety of waterfowl.

The following accommodation options are available:

• Hotel complex "Naroch";
• Auto camping "Naroch";
• Guest house "Pronki";
• Guest cottages in v. Antonisberg;
• Guest houses in health-resort village Naroch (Naberezhnaya str.)