The best starting point for an adventure in Mátra is the Cincér and Almond educational trails

The Cincér and Mandula educational trails start from the courtyard of the Mátrafüred Harkály House visitor and training center, which offers interesting places for hikers and nature wanderers.

Among other things, attractions such as St. Anne's Lake and the 250-year-old chapel, the barren peak of Sárhegy, where even the vineyards ran up in the old days. One of the highest lakes in Hungary: the Sástó and next to it is a 50-meter-high lookout tower.

My favorite stations are those that deal with biotope trees and dead trees, because these stations show people that, contrary to popular belief, these trees are not sick, but important components of a healthy forest, said environmental educator Dorottya Hazafi of the M1 Blue Planet. in his show. Large old people up to hundreds of years old provide a home and a set table for both insects and birds.

It was a little rotten, its bark died here and there, its branch fragmented, but that's the point.

If these trees disappeared from the forest, there would be no living beings that bind to, inhabit, live, evolve, and thus reduce biodiversity, he added.

The biotope tree is the first stop on the Cincér educational trail. An older specimen means a multitude of microhabitats. The old people are not only wise but also diverse, it is no coincidence that the naming waiter of the three and a half kilometer study trail also chooses these trees as their habitat.

The purpose of the Cincér study trail was to answer not only questions describing nature, but also nature conservation questions. We deal with such problems as the issue of old-growth forests, the former land use - said nature conservation specialist Gábor Magos.

One half of the pond here is tidy and maintained, and the other is overgrown with all kinds of aquatic plants. The natural value of the latter is much more significant.

The area of Lake Sástó is present as a protected bog. One part seems neglected, but not neglected, only the processes of natural marshing are shown. The other part is better handled so tourists can find what they want to see, he explained.

The sedimentary area provides shelter for birds, insects and frogs, as well as Lake St. Anne along the Almond Study Trail.

The lake is one of the jewels of the Gyöngyösi Sár-hegy Nature Reserve.

Walking along the seven and a half kilometer long Almond educational trail, we can get to know the rich wildlife of the area. We can gain insight into the life of forest communities, as well as how Sár Hill has evolved over the centuries.

For a long time, the vineyards even besieged the hilltop here, and then after the phylloxera raged, grazing became a feature, and sheep and goats maintained the valuable lawn.

The characteristic tree of the area, the downy oak, was pushed out of the area during the vineyard period, and with the disappearance of the vines and the abandonment of grazing at the expense of the grasslands, the forest regains its place on Sár Hill.

(Source: marmalade.co.uk; vakaciozzunk.co.uk; hirado.com | Image: pixabay.com)