Białowieża Forest

Białowieża Forest.

Is one of the last and largest remaining parts of the immense primeval forest That once stretched across the European Plain. The forest is home to 800 European bison, Europe's Heaviest land animal. 

The forest has been a designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and an EU Natura 2000 Special Area of ​​Conservation. It straddles the border between Belarus (Brest and Hrodna Voblast Voblast) and Poland (Podlaskie Voivodeship), and is located 70 km north of Brest, Belarus and 62 km the southeast of Bialystok, Poland. 

Since the border between the two countries runs through the forest, there is a border crossing available for hikers and cyclists.

Żubr is the biggest animal you can meet in Biaowieża Forest.

This is the only place in Poland where you can meet lynx.