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Särna lies in the center of a region rich in nature reserves. Within the range of 80 km there are 4 National Parks and about thirty nature reserves, with wonderful forest, wet areas and mountains habitats. The main attraction is the recent (2002) Fulufjället National Park. |
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The upland heath is unique in Sweden for its flora association: bushes, herbs and lichens. Reindeers are not grazing here, and the result is an endless white carpet of reindeer lichen (Cladonia rangiferina) |
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It is the first mountain and unspoiled area of the Scandinavian Alp going north, one of the very few so untouched in middle-south Sweden. Made by sedimentary rocks similar to dolostone (and rich in fossils), it is an undulating upland 15 km wide and 34 km long, altitude 1000 meters. |
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This tableau, scenic and easy to approach, is surrounded by wooden slopes furrowed by narrow ravines. At the north-east end of the Park there is Njupeskär, the highest waterfall of the whole country (93 mt. in total, 70 in a single jump). Click here to see the map of the Fulufiället National Park. |
The wild environments and the several wet areas support a wide range of bird life, as Three-toed Woodpecker, Bluethroat and Hawk Owl. Symbol of the Park is the Siberian Jay. Path system is well developed, with about 140 km of marked paths, and the possibility to overnight on the tableau. |
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