We enjoyed our excursion tremendously - lots of scenic views and sights along the hike. We explored everything from castles to caves to ruins. Richard, our guide, was knowledgeable, personable and a joy to spend 7 hrs with. Would definitely recommend if you're looking for something different during your stay in Latvia.

Visited September 2016

We enjoyed our day trip to Sigulda and Gauja National Park, where Rihards took us to. - Perfect mixture of cultural sights, landscape experience and hiking tour! It's a pleasure to spend time with Rihards, due to the relaxed atmosphere and interesting conversation about life in Latvia. Full Service: we've been picked up our Hotel and there was no need to care for any Thing.
Thank you for that beautiful day!
Thank you!

Visited May 2016

2 really awesome tours with Rihards. Not only was he very knowledgeable about the places, but was a great conversationalist too! Not a boring moment on the tour even whilst on the road driving. I particularly liked the extra touch of bringing along Latvian sweets for us to eat during the day. Absolutely recommend the Kuldiga tour and the hiking in Sigulda tour.

Please ask Rihards about the project to name cows across the world :)

Visited August 2014

We have took a trip with Rihards and his GF for 8 hours including a bungee jumping. The trip was very nice with a lot of explanation regarding to Riga and it's surrounding, Rihards is amazing guide, we have learned allot from his story's . We had finished the hiked in 6 hours , so if you have any spare time , i strongly recommend to visit the "Sigulda Adventure Park".

Visited August 2014

We booked the Hiking in Sigulda tour, and added on the Bungee jump, which is great that you can customise your tours with Discover Latvia. Our guide Rihard met us near our hotel and took us by bus to Sigulda where we stopped to buy some food before beginning our hike.

Throughout the whole day Rihard kept us up to speed with all the history, information and local legends everywhere we went, he even took photos of us in the most picturesque spots on the way. Finally we came to the bungee jump from a cable car over the river, which is the greatest thing I've ever done, I highly recommend it if you've never done it before! Overall a brilliant day, brilliant guide, and a brilliant company to book a tour with!

Thanks!

Visited August 2013

We went on a 6-hour hike in Sigulda with our terrific guide, Rihards, on which we saw nature as well as a bit of sigulda city and its castles. We went there from Riga with public transportation, bought some bread and ham in a supermarket for lunch and then we walked through the valley all day, while Rihards shared some interesting information about the places we visited and Latvia in general. We all agreed that it was great that Discover Latvia's tours are 'private' so we had plenty of opportunities to ask questions, converse with our guide, and generally were able to influence our trip more since there wasn't a large group of people to take into consideration.

We do, however, believe that the description of Sigulda as "the Switzerland of Latvia" was a little misinformative as it really wasn't very mountainous - but we has a great trip nonetheless, so thanks to Rihards and Discover Latvia for a fantastic day in Sigulda.

Visited July 2013

I had a great hiking tour of Sigulda and Gauja National Park with the intrepid mountain climber, Rihards. He met me where I was staying, then we walked to the bus station and took the bus to Sigulda. We stopped by a store in Sigulda to buy food and drinks for a picnic lunch on this day-long hike. We visited several interesting places -- a castle, a grotto where we drank the cool water (it was 34 that day), and just enjoyed hiking for miles through the forest. Rihards was a fascinating guide and kept me entertained the entire 8 hours. We came back to Sigulda and took the train back to Riga. A very interesting tour with a companionable young man.

Visited June 2013

My friend and I took the hiking tour in Sigulda visiting castles and hiking in the Gauja National Park. We had a great time! The tour is interesting and the landscape is just beautiful!

Also the opportunity to adapt the tour to our schedule was very helpful. We really recommend you to take the opportunity to see that Latvia has a lot more to offer than the old town in Riga.

Our guide Rihard was great! He informed us about the castles and the park we were visiting but we also spoke and learned a lot about the daily living in Latvia which was really interesting. The entire day was great and it felt like an interesting individual experience rather than one of those standard tourist tours. I will definitely book one of the other tours the next time I visit Riga.

Visited August 2012

I came to Latvia for studies. And just to get out of the Student Hostel and daily routines, I opened my Laptop, googled for Outdoor activities in Latvia and booked a very pleasant and unexpectedly personal experience.

For everyone who is into hiking or other activities and who is open for a little adventure outside the city, I highly recommend "Discover Latvia". It is a very young, innovative and very open minded provider for plenty of activities around nature.

I took part in "Hiking in Gauja - National Park" just to get around this beautiful country and to see the nature outside of Riga. As I am going to stay in Latvia for a couple of years, I had plenty of questions about culture, habits, do's and don'ts and after 20 km of hiking through beautiful landscapes, the tour guide, who is also the founder of "DL", gave me answers to many of my questions.

Just check out their website
You really won't regret it.

Visited August 2011