Let us discover the abandoned Soviet nuclear missile base at Zeltiņi.
This base located in the far northeast of Latvia is the most well-preserved of the three bases in this area.
Back in the Soviet times the base was armed with 4 medium-range ballistic missiles P-12 and Р-12У equipped with thermonuclear warheads with the blast capacity of one megaton. To help you imagine the power of the war machine that awaited the western imperialists at this base, let’s take both nuclear weapons detonated over Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, combine them and multiply by roughly 25. And they had four of these. Sounds quite scary, right?
The base at Zeltiņi offers all kind of military buildings, underground bunkers, missile silos, launch pads, etc. You can also meet Lenin here. Well, not exactly with full set of body parts – this time it is only the 3 m high head that is one of the rare monuments dedicated to the great communist leader still remaining after the fall of the Soviet Union.
On the way to Zeltiņi we will stop at Līgatne Nature Trails where you can take a nice walk through Ligatne beautiful forests and gullies and see all kinds of animals in their natural habitat: moose, foxes, bears, deer, raccoon dogs, wolves, lynxes, wild boars, squirrels, hedgehogs, and birds – owls and eagle-owls. You can also climb the 22 meters high observation tower and gaze at the ancient valley of River Gauja in all its glory.
So clip on your red badges and pack your hate against the capitalism because we are going back in time again.
The bus trip Riga-Līgatne-Zeltiņi-R
You can also pay for the tour in cash at our office.
Tour is in English and Latvian.
