Through national parks to the cliffs of Estonia’s northern shore

Arrival.
Optinal: transfer to the hotel.
Pick up the info package with maps and a detailed itinerary description at the hotel reception.
Overnight in hotel in Riga.

Breakfast. Pick up the bicycles in hotel.
Cycling: hotel – train station (~0.5 h)
Take the train: Rīga – Sigulda (55 km, ~1h)
Cycling: Sigulda - Turaida – Sigulda - Līgatne (~33km, 60% asphalt, 40% gravel road).
En route, visit the Turaida museum reserve with the ruins of a Livonian Order castle.  There is an observation tower and a sculpture garden on the banks of the Gauja.  Also do some sightseeing in Sigulda. 
In the evening, you can walk or bike through the Līgatne Nature Park, where fauna from the Baltic region can be observed in special enclosures.
Overnight in guest house in Līgatne.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Līgatne – Āraiši – Cēsis (~35-45 km, 60% asphalt, 40% gravel road).
The road leads through the Gauja National park, where one can see various sandstone cliffs and caves on the banks of the Gauja River. Sightseeing at the ancient water castle and the windmill in Āraiši. The castle was built in accordance with evidence from archaeological excavations, and it demonstrates the way in which people lived thousands of years ago.
Sightseeing of the town of Cēsis with its Livonian Order castle ruins and the Medieval Old Town.
Overnight in guest house in Cēsis.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Cēsis – Valmiera (~50km, 24% asphalt, 76% gravel and forest road). En Further, the route leads through forests and meadows in the ancient valley of the Gauja River, with various sandstone cliffs and caves.
Sighsteeing of the town in Valmiera.
Overnight in hotel in Valmiera.

Breakfast.
In the early morning take the train: Valmiera – Lugaži (43 km, ~1h).
Cycling: Lugaži – Valka (Latvia) – Valga (Estonia) (~7 km).
En route sighsteeing of the twin-towns Valka and Valga.
Cycling: Valga – surroundings of Otepää (~45km, 100% asphalt).
The route leads through the uplands of Otepää with wonderful nature landscapes.
Overnight in guest house in surroundings of Otepää.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Otepää – Põlva (~53 km, 100% asphalt).
The route leads through the nature park of Otepää. En route, sightseeing at the town of Põlva.
Overnight in hotel in Põlva.

Breakfast.

Canoeing on the river Ahja (~7km, 2h).

Transfer to the river.

During the canoeing tour one can see beautiful sandstone cliffs, wild nature and birds and animals.

Cycling: Ahja – Tartu (~ 40 km, 100% Asphalt).

Free time in Tartu, Estonia’s second city.  Sightseeing in the Old Town, which was built up in the style of Classicism.  Visit Tartu University – the oldest in the Baltic States – as well as the old observatory.

Overnight in guest house in Tartu.

Breakfast
Take the train: Tartu – Tamsalu (130 km).
Cycling: Tamsalu – Lasila – Rakvere (~28 km, 100% asphalt)
Sightseeing at the ruins of the old Livonian Order castle and the Old Town in Rakvere.
Overnight in guest house in Rakvere.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Rakvere – Vihula/ Altja (~30 - 40 km, 100% asphalt).
Sightseeing of the Vihula manor.
Overnight in Vihula Manor hotel or in a guesthouse in Altja.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Vihula/ Altja – Võsu – Vihasoo - Loksa (~50-40 km, 95% asphalt).
The route leads through the oldest Baltic national park, Lahemaa, which is located on the northern coast of Estonia. Huge boulders at the seaside, various nature trails, authentic fishermen’s villages and beautiful manor houses in Sagadi and Palmse are typical of the park.
Overnight in guest house in Loksa.

Breakfast.
Cycling: Loksa – Kahala – Kiiu – Jägala Joa – Maardu - Tallinn (~70km, 85% asphalt, 14% gravel road).
In the evening give back the bicycles in hotel.
Overnight in a hotel in Tallinn. 

Breakfast.
Sightseeing of the medieval Old Town Tallinn, the port district and the ethnographic open-air museum is reccommendable.
Optional: Private transfer from the hotel to airport or extra days in Tallinn or in the countryside in Baltic.