{"id":8578,"date":"2026-03-09T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/konverents\/elamused\/matsalu-national-park-visitor-center\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:10:20","slug":"matsalu-national-park-visitor-center","status":"publish","type":"elamused","link":"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/konverents\/en\/experiences\/matsalu-national-park-visitor-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsalu National Park Visitor Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The area of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitestonia.com\/en\/matsalu-national-park-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Matsalu National Park<\/strong><\/a> is 48,610 hectares and was established to protect the nesting, moulting and migrating birds. <br \/>In 1976, Matsalu National Park was added to the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar\u00a0convention. <br \/>The national park encompasses Matsalu Bay, the lower course of the River Kasari, coastal reeds, the flooded meadows of the River Kasari, coastal pastures, wooded meadows, and about 50 islands. There are many nature trails and 7 birdwatching towers in Matsalu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Visitor Centre of the National Park<\/strong> is near Lihula, in the renovated Penij\u00f5e manor. The Nature Centre hosts an exhibition and has a classroom for nature education.<\/p>\n<p>The visitor centre provides information about RMK recreation areas, Matsalu National Park, as well as local protected areas and tourism service providers.<\/p>\n<p>Hiking enthusiasts can start the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitestonia.com\/en\/penijoe-river-hiking-trails\">Penij\u00f5e hiking trail<\/a> right at the visitor centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8579,"template":"","tegevuse_tuup":[487],"tegevuse_asukoht":[],"class_list":["post-8578","elamused","type-elamused","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tegevuse_tuup-active-holiday"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matsalu National Park Visitor Center - BusinessP\u00e4rnu<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitparnu.com\/konverents\/en\/experiences\/matsalu-national-park-visitor-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matsalu National Park Visitor Center - BusinessP\u00e4rnu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The area of Matsalu National Park is 48,610 hectares and was established to protect the nesting, moulting and migrating birds. 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