Sailing - Mazury [2/3]

As I wrote in "How to", we can divide sailing into inland and sea sailing. Inland especialy lakes. In out country we have several places(lakelands) to sail. The biggest one is "Mazury lakeland", another one is "Iławskie lakeland", I mentioned only this two, because I sail only on that, but there are few more.

I sail every year since 10 years, and I don`t feel bored :) Sailing it is great way to travel and tour new places. You can see those places from other side than usual, for me it is more interesting and exciting because you feel not only as a pure turist, but you live with(inside) that place and nature.

How to rent a yacht?

It is easy, there is a lot of companies where you can charter your boat. You can find them on eg.:

http://mazury.info.pl/czartery/index.html

http://www.na-mazurach.pl/

Price vary on model of the yacht you want to. It could be less than 100zł per day for the simplest boats, but can rise event to 700-900zł per day for the top level models.

Where to sail?

Mazury are divided into northern and southern, they are connected by channel.

In the north, the main cities are Węgorzewo, Sztynort and Giżyco. This part of Mazury has cleaner water, almost crystal clear, therefore, the lake Mamry is a good place for diving. This teritory is more wild, but there is fewer places to moor at the shore because of reed.

At the west shore of Mamry lake, there are abandoned german bunkers, it is popular turist attraction:

Most obrotowy w giżycku:

Kanały:

There starts southern Mazury, the most known and popular city is Mikołajki:

Near is the biggest lake in the country, Śniardwy:

Nice attraction is lock in Guzianka, it is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels:

And few more nice pictures: