Green Velo

The park was created in 1988 in order to protect the natural environment, culture and history of the area. It encompasses almost the entire Knyszyn Forest, and it is the second biggest landscape park in Poland. In the forest, around 160 species of birds can be found, as well as mammals, such as deer, wild boars, does, wolves, badgers and many rare and protected plants.

However, the biggest inhabitants of the park are the European bison, living in the wild. The Supraśl River flows through the Knyszyn Forest, connecting all the waterways together and making up an interesting kayaking trail. The park also contains the second health resort in the voivodeship, two forest gardens – the Arboretum in Kopna Góra and the Silvarium in Poczopek, as well as a dense network of hiking trails, which lead to the most interesting and the wildest places in the forest.