The Oldest Tree Trail

• Difficulty

  easy

• Length

  2.5 km (one way)

• Duration

  2 hours (one way)

• Check Point

  

  Nature discovery trail “To the Oldest Tree” acquaints visitors with a unique beauty of wilderness, namely with beech virgin forests. Visiting the trail tourists can observe fascinating sceneries of Yaremche town, diversity of flora and fauna and mountain relief. The trail starts at the check point “Makovytsia Trail” opposite the “Hutsulshchyna” restaurant. Tourists are walking up the stone trail and find yourselves in mixed beech, spruce and fir forest.

• Viewing Platform

  

  There are viewing platforms along the trail where tourists can observe picturesque suburbs of Yaremche. Traces of World War I and World War II trenches can be seen along the route.

• Branching of Paths

  

  At a distance of 1500 m from the start, the trail is divided. Different directions are marked at the direction signs. Further the road leads straight to Makovytsia trail. If you turn to the right you can turn to Dovbush Trail and if you turn to the left you can reach the oldest tree. Tourists find themselves in the world of virgin beech forests.

• The Oldest Tree

  

  Walking between old trees you can learn a process of self-recovery and growing of trees. A virgin forest is an old-growth forest that has attained several hundred or thousand age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features. There are many old-grow trees in the age of 150, 200, or more years. After recovering yourself by the oldest beech tree you can move further among beech forests. Tourists can continue their trip to Makovytsia Mountain or go back the same road.