The Hortobágy is a river crossing the lowland wasteland, which is the most important watercourse of the small region of the same name, with a total length
of 167.3 km. Its water yield used to come from the floods of the Tisza and the streams flowing out of the Hajdúhát to the west, but due to the fact that the Tisza is regulated, the floods nolonger reach it. The water course is special in many ways, with less regulated, close-to-nature habitats in several sections, the preservation of which is important both from a landscape and nature conservation point of view. The largest part of the river falls into a protected area, where, among other things, fishing is prohibited.
The educational trail created on the section of the river touching the village of Hortobágy is intended to present the Hortobágy river and its environment, which is divided into two main parts, a water and coastal educational trail. The 12-station water trail starts at the foot of the emblematic Nine-hole bridge. From the riverside slaughterhouse in the south, to a few hundred meters above the footbridge in Máta in the north, you can walk for nearly 3.5 km by boat or small boat, or even by canoe. The 9 stations of the coastal nature trail can be explored on foot in the village and on the river bank. The length from the starting point in the northern direction to the railway embankment is no more than 1.3 km, with a short detour to the bird-friendly garden in the courtyard of the village hall. In addition, the educational trail is complemented by a permanent nature exhibition in the “shop” of the village center.
The nature trail and the related exhibition were created by the Green Circle in 2020 on behalf of the Municipality of Hortobágy within the framework of the “Bridge to Bridge” ecotourism project financed by the Romania-Hungary Interreg VA Program.The nature trail is operated by the local Terepszemle Stúdió, but the Zöld Kör also undertakes professional guidance upon request.
More information: https://hortobagytanosveny.hu
The educational trail is free to visit!
