Dünen

In the dunes of Lapmežciems, one still can find interesting historical monuments of fishermen life – ‘sedums’ – former fishing boat piers, where fishermen built their net huts and kept inventory. From here they went to the sea and came back, and, while fishnets where drying on the poles, men were discussed things.

The ‘sedums’ of Lapmežciems is under the status of architectural heritage of local importance and is waiting for reconstruction. Today, there are three huts, well seen from the sea. If you look for the place coming by the main road, there is a landmark – a metal bull installed to advertise a local metal working company. The road passing it leads straight to the “sedums” and to the beach. In the nearby Ragaciems village, the local fishermen have reconstructed, with own labour and money, some old net huts in memory of their grandfathers. Reconstruction is still going on, and the already rebuilt net huts have been put in active use.

 Lapmežciems is also a promising bird watching site because here migrating birds are attracted by seaweed cast ashore.

Die Grüne Düne – Nach den Krāču Hügeln ist dies die zweite ausgeprägteste Dünenbildung im Nationalpark Ķemeri, die in mehr als drei Kilometer länge das Hexenmoor von dem Grünen Moor trennt. Am Fuß der Düne windet sich ein alter Erdweg, auf dem die Strecke verläuft. Während Sie entlang der Grünen Düne wandert, benutzen Sie bitte nur vorhandene Pfade!

The mouth of the most beautiful river of Vidzeme. On the seashore between the mouths of River Gauja and River Daugava, one of the largest dune ranges in Latvia with distinctive parabolic dunes overgrown with forest (wooded dunes) is situated. The Mouth of River Gauja is unique as it is one of the few major rivers in Latvia and in EU countries to flow into the sea naturally. There is no harbour or other hydro-engineering construction. It is a popular recreation area in the vicinity of Riga and Saulkrasti while, unfortunately, the lack of infrastructure makes it suffer from anthropogenic load.

Not far from the rivermouth, hidden in dunes, there are pillboxes which were built in 1920 or 30ies as anti-airborne barriers. There was a whole range of them along the coastline from the mouth of the River Lielupe to the mouth of the River Gauja forming a part of the Daugavgrīva Fortress fortifications. The pillbox is made of concrete, ca 1.5m thick.

Every year, on the 3^rd Sunday in August, a lamprey festival takes place in Carnikava town by the Gauja rivermouth. Carnikava is called the Lamprey Capital as it is famous for its lamprey fishing tradition and generous catches.

The Mouth of the River Gauja is a good bird-watching area, especially in spring and autumn when one can observe the highest variety of species. Just few of the many bird species that can be observed near the Gauja rivermouth

Dieses Territorium schützt die Biotope der Küstendünen und der Dünen von Plieņciems, die sich über die ganze Strecke bis nach Ķesterciems erstrecken. Das ist ein vielbesuchtes Gebiet, aber das Objekt Plieņciems wurde nicht ausgebaut. Es gibt jedoch einen hölzernen Fußweg durch die Düne zwischen Plieņciems und Ķesterciems. Hier wurde auch ein Erholungsgebiet errichtet.