Slitere National Park
The wild, empty tip of the Kurzeme coast, where an ancient shoreline forms wooded blue hills above the sea and a white lighthouse looks over the treetops.
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Slitere protects the Blue Hills of Kurzeme, a wooded ancient sea cliff that once marked the shoreline of a far larger Baltic. It is one of the least-visited corners of Latvia, a place of old forest, the last Liv fishing villages and a long empty coast.
What you actually see
- Slitere lighthouse - a red-and-white tower on the old sea cliff, with a view over unbroken forest to the real sea beyond.
- The Blue Hills - the wooded former shoreline, a nature trail loops through the old-growth forest below it.
- Kolka coast road - empty beaches and the ghostly Liv villages strung along the shore.
- Old forest - broadleaf woodland rare in the Baltics, rich in fungi and birds.
When to go
Summer for the coast and long days; autumn for fungi and quiet. This is a place that rewards slow travel and does not work as a quick stop.
Honest expectations
It is genuinely remote - there is little infrastructure, few signs in English, and you need a car. That emptiness is the whole point; if you want facilities and cafes, this is the wrong corner of the country. Roads in the park include long gravel sections.
Nearby
Cape Kolka, where the gulf meets the open Baltic, is the natural pairing at the peninsula's very tip; Dundaga village has the nearest services.
What to pack for Slitere National Park
Chosen from what this place is for. Tap a kit for the full checklist.
Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
