Phone: +371 656 22201 (Krāslava District Tourist Information Centre), +371 654 71321 (Naujene Local History Museum)
Locations: Ūdrīši and Kaplava Parishes, Krāslava District; Saliena, Skrudaliena, Vecsaliena, Tabore, and Naujene Parishes, Augšdaugava District.
E-mails: tic@kraslava.lv, turisms@daugavpils.lv, naujenesmuzejs@inbox.lv
www.visitdaugavpils.lv
River Daugava Bends (loki) is a Nature Park in River Daugava valley between Kraslava and Naujene in Augsdaugavas Protected Landscape Area. The territory of the park is 129.9 km2, 76 km2 of which are located in Daugavpils and 53.9 km2 in Kraslava's region. It had been founded in 1990 to preserve the unique and peculiar River Daugava valley landscape, its valuable natural complexes, its biodiversity of plant and animal species, as well as its cultural-historic monuments. The most characteristic natural feature of "Daugavas loki" is 9 big River Daugava Bends (meanders) between Kraslava and Naujene. Each of the river bends length reaches up to 4 - 6 km, but the distance between the bends on the straightaway is only 2 - 3 km. Each of the bends has its own name. In 2011, it was included in the Latvian National List of the UNESCO World Heritage.