If someone were to ask you which of Poland’s forest complexes is the largest, the most common answers would probably be the Białowieża Forest, Augustowska Forest or Notecka Forest. Missed! Because the largest are, located in the area of two provinces – Lower Silesia and Lubuskie – the amazing and still little known as a tourist region Bory Dolnośląskie.

The dominant species in the Lower Silesian Forests is pine, but there are also numerous varieties of oak, beech and other deciduous trees. The flat landscape is diversified by hills, the highest of which is Czartowska Góra with an altitude of 247 meters above sea level (Wêgliniec municipality), meandering river valleys (including those of the Nysa Luzycka, Kwisa and Bober rivers), cut-off oxbow lakes and numerous mid-forest ponds. There are also small deserts (Kozowska and Strachowska), inland dunes, and peat bogs in the depressions of the area.

The Lower Silesian Forests are known for their great abundance of mushrooms and berries and numerous regional products, the most famous of which is heather honey. Thanks to the large area of uninhabited backwoods, you can meet many species of birds of prey (white-tailed eagle, hawk, black kite) and large mammals (deer, roe deer, wild boar). Increasingly, wolves are also venturing into the area.