Samogitian National Park was established in 1991 to preserve, use and management of the most valuable with respect to the culture and nature of the territories of Samogitia. The park is a protected area of ​​European importance, which is intended to protect natural locations and birds.

National Park will be a real discovery for people who want to explore the wildlife and unusual traditions Samogitian region. The site is interesting for cyclists, naturalists and lovers of sailing to all lovers of active holidays. Famous Platelyayskie lake, traditional and architectural temple buildings, extensive forests - all this will help to get to know the nature of Zhematiyskogo Park.

The largest and most clean lake in Samogitia is Lake Plateliai; located next to another 25 lakes open up considerable opportunities to lovers of boating and sport divers and fishermen. It is very well developed network of roads, so you can move around by car, on foot or by bike. The park has a visitor center, 12 natural monuments, 10 museum expositions. For the rest for a long period provides for a network of rural tourism homesteads; and have the opportunity to camp. You can be very specific taste, but very tasty dishes of the region: onion soup, kastinis, hot and lake fish.

Samogitian National Park will become a paradise for naturalists and eco-tourists of various profiles. Here you can see the valley of the lake Plateliai, which was formed with the help of the glacier, as well as small lakes of thermokarst origin, landscaped complex Mikytai, Gard Ozo, Sharnele. In the park, you can watch a variety of wading birds and enjoy the view of deep gullies hitters in springs. It's worth knowing that 10% of the national park is closed to the public. These include: Rukunzhdzhsky Plokshtinsky and natural reservations of, and in the summer and spring time banned from wetland reserves.

National Park is rich with twelve natural monuments, including trees, islands and peninsulas sources. But not all of them can get close. Interestingly germinate on the ground Platyayskogo estate ash, ash nicknamed the Witches. It is the thickest in Lithuania, because the volume of the trunk is 7, 2 meters and a height of 32 meters, this giant. There are other natural monuments, including linden and elm, located in the same manor park.

The park has more than two hundred cultural values, including 30 archaeological sites: mounds, burial grounds, zherstvennye mountains and much more. Ring zherstvennyh mountains and mounds connected with the impressive mounds of Skuodas district - Kretinga. Remains of the old bridge are preserved on the lake Plateliai, which connected the town with a small island castle.

As for monuments, we can highlight: Plateliai Byarzhorsky and churches, as well as the church, located in Zhemaycho Calvary, Bubrungenskaya mill and various old mansions. In Zhemaychyu Calvary, there are many artistic, architectural, historical and archaeological sites. Most important is the way of Christ's suffering, which has 19 chapels which were erected in the 17th century.

Samogitian National Park has Samogitian crosses, small chapels, roadside beautiful carved pillars, the process of creating them can be seen in the museum artists Justinas and Regina Jonusas, private gallery Leonardas Chyarnyauskasa. As you can see Platelyayskom estate exposure masks that are tried when celebrated Shrovetide. There are also available for review archaeological evidence found on the island of Piles and household use. The museum has a permanent exhibition of works Žemaitė with personal belongings of the famous writer Julia Žemaitė.

Lovely view from the observation platform, located near the lake Plateliai. It can be seen from the wide horizons Mikitskoy zherstvennoy mountains Shamyalskogo mound and points in Paplatele and Yogauday.