During my trip to Hiiumaa, I checked maps and found this strange sandy spot. It is in the center of the island and is named Kaibaldi sands. Since it looks so odd location-wise, I decided to go and I'm glad I did.
To get there, I had to use some narrow forest roads and at some point, the road got so sandy that I decided to not risk it and go on by foot. Don't want to get stuck in a car in the middle of nowhere.
After 10 minutes of walk, I got to the desert.
It's not a small patch of sand, it's quite a huge area and I loved it.
You can but wonder, how is a desert like this randomly in the middle of a forest. Estonia is in the north and the climate is not desert-like. Is it a lakebed and the lake disappeared somehow? Nah it's not.
I did a bit of research and found out that this is a result of man operations. The ground in the area is naturally sandy but during world war 2 this place was used as a tank training ground. Also, several forest fires burned the area down. Since then the location is like this.
Such a unique place. Here are some more shots I took there.
I looked at the map thanks to your post, and there seems to be something similar but bigger field a bit in the south. It would be cool to visit that as well.
I cant quite make out what surface that is. Maybe its a bog or some wetland. Definitely looks interesting.
I completely agree with the comment above, it is a perfect place to go with a buggy and have a great time.
In this pic it looks like the tree is in the middle of the whole desert, it looks pretty cool :)
Yeah, should edit all the other trees out lol 😅.
Nice view!
This looks like an ideal place to take a dune buggy or something. I am going to Hiiumaa in August as well, I'll probably try to find this place. :-)
Oh yeah, It is. By the tire marks in the sand, I could tell that someone thought the same.
You should see this place, Quite easy to see it on the map.
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