Bliżej Natury is located in the very centre of the Białowieża Forest and the town of Białowieża. Despite its central location, it is characterised by tranquillity and surrounding nature. Nearby, you will find the headquarters of the Białowieża National Park and the BPN Nature and Forest Museum, hiking and cycling trails, a health centre, a pharmacy, grocery stores, restaurants, the Municipal Office, a police station, and a border guard post. For those who want to eat well, there are bars and restaurants in the vicinity (the nearest restaurant is less than 100 metres from the Bliżej Natury complex). It is an ideal place for active recreation, hiking and cycling, carriage rides, sleigh rides or draisine rides.

Visa-free travel is only possible via the ‘Białowieża-Piererow’ pedestrian and bicycle crossing. The crossing in the Białowieża Forest is located 4 km from Białowieża. It is open during the following hours:

• from 1 April to 30 September – from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• from 1 October to 31 March – from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The basis for crossing the border is possession of a document allowing a foreigner to visit the National Park.

To obtain such a document, you must:

• register on the website npbp.by and fill in the application form. NOTE: All required fields of the registration form available on the website must be filled in. The data you provide will be forwarded to the Pierierov border checkpoint.
• wait for confirmation that your application has been processed: a reply will be sent to the email address you provided
• print out the application form (hereinafter referred to as the Pass) received by email
• report to the ‘Pierierow’ border control point within the time limit specified in the Pass, bringing with you the documents required for crossing the border (passport, insurance, Pass).

Insurance can be purchased at two locations in Białowieża: the PTTK Tourist Service Office and the Białowieski Hotel. The cost of insurance is PLN 8 per person for a 3-day stay.

More information on the BPN website:

https://bpn.com.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2019&Itemid=280

Tourist attractions in the Belarusian part of the Białowieża Forest include:

• The Museum of Folk Traditions with a tasting of ‘regional drinks’
• ‘Tsar’s Route’ (the Pruzhany-Białowieża road built during the reign of Tsar Alexander III of Russia)
• Lake Ladzkie
• The seat of the ‘Belarusian Grandfather Frost’
• Aviaries with wild animals in Kamienuki
• Nature and Forest Museum in Kamieniuki
• The ‘Giant’ Pine Tree
• Remains of Count Tyszkiewicz’s manor house

We also cooperate with local tourist guides who will be happy to show you around the natural and tourist attractions of the Białowieża Forest and the surrounding area.