30/01/2025
ECOTOURISM IN RUSSIA. ECO-FARMS NEAR MOSCOW
A holiday on a farm is a great opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of the city and enjoy the harmony of nature, communicate with animals, eat natural products and just breathe fresh air. Many eco-farms in the Moscow region offer guests interesting leisure activities, conduct exciting excursions and master classes.
ANIMAL FARMS
Eco-farms are home to huskies, horses and ponies, rabbits, deer, alpacas, camels, foxes, kangaroos and many others. All inhabitants are accustomed to regular communication with people and are absolutely not aggressive.
During the tour, guests of eco-farms are introduced to the animals, told about caring for them, their character and lifestyle.
Visit the alpacas, friendly and charming animals with soft fur. They are curious, funny and not at all aggressive. You can even cuddle them and take pictures with them.
HUSKY AND DEERS RIDING
To feel like a real resident of the far north, it is not necessary to go to the tundra and endure extremely low temperatures. It is enough to visit one of the farms near Moscow, where you will be offered to ride in a dog sled or a sleigh pulled by reindeer. And, of course, you will get great pleasure from communicating with friendly huskies and noble tame deer.
BISON NURSERY AND OSTRICH FARM
An interesting new experience is offered by the Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve, located on the amazing bank of the Oka River. There are no other state nature reserves in the Moscow region. The reserve is famous for its ecology and picturesque landscape, diversity of flora and fauna. Here you will see about 900 varieties of plants, about 150 different birds and 57 species of animals.
Meeting with bison
On the territory there is a special bison nursery - a mammal that is among the heaviest and largest animals in Europe. They have been breeding it here since 1945. More than 600 individuals were born here, 50% of which were released into the wild in their permanent habitats.
There you will also have an excursion to the ostrich farm "Russian Ostrich". To do this, you need to go to the village of Starye Kuzmenki, located in the Serpukhov district. Here they are engaged in the exploration of black African ostriches. Therefore, on the emblem of the institution, the bird's head adorns a Russian ushanka hat.
AGROTOURISM
There is more than 50 farms that provide agrotourism services around Moscow. These are operating agricultural enterprises engaged in the production of milk, meat, cheese and other products.
Farms usually provide the following services:
-Excursions: getting to know the farm life, the production of milk, butter, cheese. Visiting real breweries, bee houses (apiaries), greenhouse complexes, where you can see how, for example, strawberries are grown or the well-known tomatoes and cucumbers
-Tasting: agritourism is impossible if you cannot try fresh vegetables, herbs, berries from the garden. If it is a brewery, then you need to pour each guest a glass. If it is an apiary, then each guest a spoonful of honey, or a piece of honeycomb. Also with butter, fresh milk, cheese, fruits, etc.
-Master classes: here you can see how to arrange vegetable gardens, and the competent organization of greenhouses, hothouses, planting fruit trees, bushes, grafting them, caring for animals, making preserves, harvesting, etc.
-Participation in the production of environmentally friendly products: making cheese, butter, cottage cheese, even cottage cheese mousse and grape snails.
-Getting to know farm animals: large and small cattle, rabbits, nutria, poultry, domestic guard dogs. Possibly horses.
-Fishing: if the location of the farm allows and there are rented reservoirs for fish breeding
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