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Estonia's famous bogs offer such exotic activities as bog walking and canoeing. Popular bogging spots include the Soomaa National Park in the south-western corner of the country and the Endla Nature Reserve in the north. The Käsmu Sea Museum in Lahemaa National Park (on the central northern coast) arranges sailing, rowing and diving summer camps, as well as traditional one-log canoe-building camps where you can fashion your own haabja. You can also explore the bogs of Soomaa National Park via canoe and haabja.

Bird-watchers flock to Estonia and one of their principle targets is the Matsalu Nature Reserve, which arranges guided day hikes. Another major birding area is the Käina Bay Bird Reserve on the south-eastern coast of the island of Hiiumaa, where over 70 species breed.

Estonia offers excellent winter sports. You can ski and snowboard at the Kuutsemäe and Väike-Munamäe Sports Centres, both near Otepää in south-eastern Estonia. Also in the south-east, motorised snow-bike expeditions are available from Võru.

Currency: kroon (EEK)

Meals


• Budget: US$1-10

• Mid-range: US$10-20

• Top-end: US$20 and upwards
  
  Lodging
  

• Budget: US$10-40

• Mid-range: US$40-100

• Top-end: US$100 and upwards

You can travel comfortably in Estonia for around US$100-150 a day, depending on your taste for Vana Tallinn (Estonian liqueur) and snowflake sweaters. Travellers on a moderate budget should expect to spend around US$75 a day, though they can shave that figure considerably by self-catering and staying outside of the larger towns. Budget travellers can find serious bargains: campsite cabins are as low as US$8 per person, and decent meals can be found for under US$5.

It's difficult to find places to cash travellers' cheques once outside the big cities and larger towns, but Eurocheques can be cashed in most banks, and you can change cash in every town. Exchange rates vary from one outlet to another. Cash dispensing ATMs accepting Visa and MasterCard/Eurocard are widespread in cities and larger towns. Credit cards are widely accepted in hotels, restaurants and shops.

It's fairly common, though not compulsory, to tip waiters 5% or 10% by rounding up the bill, but don't get sucked in by the few waiters that try to give themselves a tip by 'not having' any change. Some bargaining goes on at flea markets but savings are not likely to be more than 10 or 20% below the initial asking price.