Visitors can choose from some of the extensive activities, such as paths for hikers, cyclists and skiers or taking part in programs for the public.
The National Park is a unique scientific laboratory,enabling the monitoring of natural processes at a level which is unfeasible elsewhere.
In 1991 a large portion of the Šumava mountains was declared a National Park. This status represents the highest form of legislative landscape and nature protection in the Czech Republic.
A permanent exhibition at the Information Centre is devoted to the topic of the main types of peat bogs in Šumava and to their significance within nature.
Information Centre Svinná Lada
Svinná Lada 21
Kvilda 384 93
Tel: 388 434 180
e-mail: isslada@npsumava.cz
The small and quiet Information Centre at Svinná Lada can be found near the Chalupská moor peat bog near the village of Borová Lada.
