About us

NaTourEst is a travel company specialized in nature tours in the Baltic States. Our goal is to offer our clients unforgettable and unique experiences. We lead bird- and mammal watching tours, also botanical and natural experience tours. As nature is our working field, we also try to give back and contribute to nature conservation. Read more about our conservation efforts.

NaTourEst was established in 2008 in Estonia. In our team, we have experienced naturalists and young enthusiastic nature guides. NaTourEst organizes many types of tours- from short, a couple of hour trips to two-week-long tours.

  • 2009 –  NaTourEst built the first and the only working Brown Bear hide in the Baltic States;
  • 2011 –  we started developing self-guided nature tours with a smart device;
  • 2017 –  we bought land in Alutagus region and built 2 new Brown Bear and Wildlife Watching hides.
  • We have been on the field with several big media editions;
  • NaTourest Youtube wildlife video channel has over 100 000 views.
  • We cooperate with some well known European nature tour companies. For example:

Germany – Birdingtours – www.birdingtours.deNationalparktours – http://nationalparktours.de/ and Nationalpark Service – https://www.nationalpark-service.de/ 

The UK – Honeyguide – http://www.honeyguide.co.uk and Wildlife Travel – http://wildlife-travel.co.uk/

The Netherlands – Blue Elephant – https://www.blue-elephant.nl/ and Birdingbreaks – https://www.birdingbreaks.nl/

Switzerland – Liberty Bird – https://liberty-bird.ch/

Denmark – Scanbird – http://www.scanbird.com/

Natourest offers nature tours:

  • in English
  • in German
  • in French
  • in Russian

 

Our Team: 

 

Rein Kuresoo

Guide and Trainer

Languages: English, German, French, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Estonian

 

 

 

 

 

Rein Kuresoo belongs to the narrow circle of leading naturalists in Estonia. He has working experience both with ornithologists and botanists, but probably the most successful period of his life was connected with establishing and leading a conservation organization, the Estonian Fund for Nature (or ELF, Eesti Looduse Fond). Two national parks and several large protected areas were established in 1991-95 in Estonia in 1991-95, proposed by ELF under his chairmanship.

Rein has led bird, plant and general nature trips since 1989 and has written and illustrated lots of books about nature and gardening. He has also authored several textbooks for schools and teachers.

Rein has the ears of an owl, an amazing ability to filter out the spectrum of most subtle birdsong from the bird choir and a bird’s sense of orientation in the middle of nowhere.

Responsibilities in NaTourEst:

  • Product development and marketing
  • Tour leading and guiding
  • Training

 

Triin

Guide

Languages: English, Estonian

 

Triin grew up amidst nature in the lovely West-Estonian countryside and became an avid outdoor sports person. She became particularly intrigued with Estonia’s bogs, and began guiding bog-walk and kayaking tours in 2006.

Triin studied environmental protection at university and continues to work and study intensively to become general nature tour guide.

 

 Bert Rähni

Guide

E-mail bert@natourest.ee

Phone: +372 51 37141

Languages: German, Russian, English, Estonian

 

 

 

Ahto

Guide

Languages: Finnish, Russian, English, Estonian

 

 

 

 

 

Marko 

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Photo guide

Languages: English, Estonian

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peep Rooks

Guide

E-mail peep@natourest.ee

Phone: + 372 527 1839

Languages: English, German, Estonian

 

 

Peep is the newest member of Natourest’s guide family. He has been an avid nature friend since childhood and begun guiding in 2015.

He is currently dividing his time between studying environmental conservation, working for Natourest and wandering through Estonia’s beautiful forests and countryside. All of which help him become more knowledgeable about the life around him.

 

Triin Asi

Triin Asi

Guide

E-mail triin.asi@natourest.ee

Phone: +3725016222

Languages: German, English, French, Estnonian

EU Leader Virumaa Koostöökogu (VIKO) supported Natourest Inc for buying nature observation optics and trail cameras.