2022/1. - 6. Visit to Kiskunság National Park

Exchange to another National Park

[07.06.2022-12.06.2022]

Inspired by the volunteers before us, we also wanted to do an exchange with the volunteers from the Kiskunság National Park. On Tuesday, the 7th June, we went to Kunpeszér, a village with about 700 inhabitants. We were picked up by the volunteers Lara and Jakob and their contact person Csaba and driven in a jeep to the forest house five kilometers away. It is located in the middle of the forest and serves as accommodation, a meeting point to start the working day and a workplace for tasks on the computer. The next day, Lara and Jakob showed us the surroundings and places where they had worked so far. In general, the region is very flat and in many places also much drier than in the Bükk. There are hardly any large forests, the landscape is mainly characterized by grasslands. These are part of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and contain a great diversity of fauna and flora. In the afternoon, Csaba showed us places in the national park that were important to him and explained various aspects of the ecosystem. The Kiskunság National Park is less focused on tourism and much more on the preservation of diversity. During the next two days we visited Kecskemét, a place for injured snakes and an eagle's nest. In between, it rained heavily, so we played cards indoors.