Group tour · 3 days
Saaremaa island tour
Route map and day-by-day schedule with times. The tour is designed for groups with their own transport.
- Day 1: red
- Day 2: purple
- Day 3: yellow
Your tour by day
Approximately 470 km, starting and ending at Kuivastu harbour.
Times are from the original sample schedule. We’ll confirm ferry departures and visits for your travel dates.
Download itinerary (PDF)Day 1
Muhu and northern Saaremaa
Ferry from Virtsu to Kuivastu.
Arrive at Kuivastu harbour, meet the guide and start the tour.
Sights and stops
- Koguva is both a living village and a museum. Stops include Tooma, the birthplace of writer Juhan Smuul, the old village school and Muhu handicrafts at Välja Farm.
- Laasu Farm: ostriches, emus, zebras, alpacas and kangaroos. The plan also includes an opportunity to buy products made from ostrich leather, feathers or eggs.
- The Väike Väin causeway: a roughly 3 km road across the strait.
Lunch in Orissaare if desired, with advance ordering available.
Sights and stops
- The ruins of Maasilinn: a medieval castle of the Livonian Order, with excavated and partially restored sections.
- Angla’s group of five windmills and the heritage centre opened in 2011. The distinctive centre is built of Selgase dolomite.
- Karja Church: a small medieval church.
- Panga cliff: Saaremaa’s highest coastal cliff.
Arrive at Värava Farm in Selgase for the overnight stay. Dinner can be ordered in advance. At the farm there is a campfire area, barbecue, swings, a trampoline, a zip line, ball games and disc golf. The sauna and hot tub can also be booked.
Day 2
Western Saaremaa and Sõrve
Breakfast at Värava Farm if ordered in advance.
The tour begins.
Sights and stops
- Pidula Manor and park: a classical manor house with its grounds.
- Odalätsi springs: rising springs that feed the Pidula River.
- Mihkli Farm Museum: a western Saaremaa farm founded during the Great Northern War and now a museum.
- Kihelkonna’s 13th-century church, freestanding bell tower and historic organ.
- Viidumäe: Saaremaa’s uplands, a nature reserve and a lookout tower.
Lunch at Lümanda Söögimaja, which serves Saaremaa dishes. Meals can be ordered in advance.
The tour continues.
Sights and stops
- The heritage road: a section of road with a mid-20th-century appearance.
- The tip of Sõrve: the narrow peninsula stretching into the Gulf of Riga and its lighthouse.
- Salme: the site of the Viking-age ship finds.
- The Tehumardi battlefield and the story of the Second World War battle fought there.
- Mändjala–Järve beach, with beach time if the weather allows.
Return to the accommodation. Dinner if ordered in advance.
Day 3
Kaali and Kuressaare
Breakfast at Värava Farm if ordered in advance.
The tour begins.
Sights and stops
- Lake Karujärv.
- Kaarma hillfort and the church beside it.
- The Kaali meteorite crater.
- Kuressaare’s old town and its well-preserved medieval episcopal castle.
The guided tour ends. There is time to eat and explore Kuressaare on your own.
Leave from the coach park on August Kitzbergi Street in Kuressaare.
Ferry from Kuivastu to Virtsu.
Arrangements and meals
- The guide introduces Saaremaa through local stories and legends.
- The original school-group plan allows free accommodation and breakfast for one teacher per ten pupils and a free place for the coach driver. The group leader is generally exempt from admission charges. Confirm these terms when requesting a quote.
- The group agrees on the meal choices together. In the evening guests can cook in the outdoor kitchen and use the barbecue if they prefer.