Kiskunság National Park (Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park) is in Southern Great Plain of Hungary.
Understand
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The park covers an area of 570 km² and stretches across the Little Cumania (Kiskunság) region of the Great Hungarian Plain. Declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO.
It is not a single territory, but comprises seven disjoint units, scattered throughout the area.
One of these is the Kiskunság's Puszta where annual events are held reviving the old pastoral life and cattle breeding customs.[citation needed]
Another is Lake Kolon near the town of Izsák. It is famous for its marsh tortoises, herons, expanses of untouched reeds and nine species of orchids which grow in the vicinity. An interesting natural phenomenon is the sand dunes in the vicinity of Fülöpháza. They are said to move under favourable wind conditions.
Main areas of the park:
- 1 Upper Kiskunság alkaline Steppes. After the Hortobágy region, this is the second largest saline steppe of the Great Hungarian Plain; its most famous part is Apaj. The area is located in the former low-lying floodplain of the Danube River
- 2 Peszéradacs Meadows.
- 3 Upper Kiskunság Alkaline Lakes (Felső-kiskunsági-tavak).
- 4 Fülöpháza sand-drifts (fülöpházi homokbuckák).
- 5 Orgovány Meadows (Ágasegyháza - orgoványi rétek).
- 6 Bugac puszta.
- 7 Mikla puszta.
- 8 Lake Kolon (Kolon-tó). birdparadise at village Izsák
- 9 Szikra and the Alpár Meadow (Szikra és az Alpári-ret).
- 10 Pusztaszer Landscape Protection Area (Pusztaszeri Tájvédelmi Körzet).
- 11 Mártély Landscape Protection Area (Mártélyi Tájvédelmi Körzet).
- 12 Körös-ér Landscape Protection Area (Körös-éri Tájvédelmi Körzet).
Visitor information
[edit]- Park_website: Kiskunság National Park english website
- Visitor_centers
- 13 Kiskunság National Park Directorate (Kiskunsági Nemzeti Park Igazgatóság), Kecskemét, Liszt Ferenc utca 19., ☏ +36 76 482 611, [email protected]. Mo-Fr 08:00-16:00.
History
[edit]Landscape
[edit]The alkali lakes of the Little Cumania are found near Fülöpszállás and Szabadszállás. Their unique flora and fauna are of special value. Avocets, geese, and black-winged stilts nest in the area. The lakes provide a temporary home for tens of thousands of migratory birds. This ornithologist destination is also a UNESCO biosphere reserve. Lake Szelid near Kalocsa, Lake Vadkert by Soltvadkert, Lake fehér, and Lake Sós at Kiskunhalas are spots for bathing and camping. There are many tourist trails, study trails, and lookouts within the national park. The main visitor center of the Kiskunság National Park, called the 'House of Nature', is situated in Kecskemét
Get in
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[edit]Fees and permits
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[edit]Get around
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[edit]See
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[edit]Hiking
[edit]- Apaj, Duck Trail
- Ágasegyháza, Grey Willow Study Trail
- Ásotthalom, Magic Meadow Study Trail
- Bodoglár, Long lasting pink study trail
- Bugac, Trail of Birds and Trees
- Császártöltés, Red Swamp Study Trail
- Csólyospálos, Toadstone Study Trail
- Dunapataj, Blue-green Alga Study Trail
- Dunatetétlen, Csárda Kurgan
- Dunatetétlen, Kentish Plover Study Trail
- Érsekhalma, Earthen Fortification of Érsekhalma
- Fülöpháza Sand Dunes, Dyer’s Alkanet Study Trail
- Fülöpháza Sand Dunes, Dune Study Trail
- Fülöpszállás, Avocet Study Trail
- Izsák, Aqua Colun Study Trail
- Izsák, Bikatorok Study Trail
- Kecel, Natura Study Trail
- Kiskunhalas, Fejeték Study Trail
- Kunadacs, Orchid Study Trail
- Lakitelek, Cuckoo-pint Study Trail
- Mórahalom, Bittern Study Trail
- Mórahalom, Csipak Study Trail
- Páhi, Orchid Study Trail
- Pálmonostora, Grebe Study Trail
- Pusztaszer, Monument of the Seven Chieftains
- Szatymaz, Gull Study Trail
- Tiszaalpár, Earthen Fortification Study Trail
- Vaskút, Vaskút Kurgans Study Trail