LOCATION
Trensum, Karlshamn Municipality 374 96, Sweden
At over nine hundred hectares, Eriksberg is one of the largest wildlife enclosures in northern Europe, and the largest safari park and enclosed reserve in the Nordic region, with great bio-diversity. Eriksberg was purchased in 1938 by the well-known nature film maker and writer Bengt Berg. The area was fenced in as a result of his experiments with deer. The farm environment at Eriksberg is unique as well. There are buildings here that were constructed five centuries ago. Visitors can go on safari in Eriksberg and see wild animals in their natural environment. Red deer, fallow deer, european bison, wild boar and mouflons are moving freely in this exceptional landscape. The trail goes through the fascinating rocky landscape of oak forests, dense beech forests and gnarled pine trees. There is a rich birdlife here and one of the world’s largest population of the protected red water lily. The safari tour is about 10km long and visitors can drive their own cars through the park. The animals are naturally Eriksberg’s foremost attraction, but Eriksberg also offers different activities, e.g. beverage tasting, fishing, hiking, jacuzzi, pentathlon, keep-fit measures, climbing and canoeing/kayaking. Eriksberg conducts special guided tours for nature enthusiasts, so-called walking safaris, to see the bisons in close-up. Together with a guide, visitors can follow the bisons’ footsteps and get really close to them.
ATTRACTIONS
Visiting Ronneby city and its parks: Brunnsparken, Rådhusparken and Courthouse Park. Ronneby is regarded as the heart of “the Garden of Sweden”. In 2005 the park Brunnsparken in Ronneby was voted Sweden’s most beautiful park and in 2006 it was voted Europe’s 4th most beautiful park. At the city centre, in a cultural quarter of Bergslagen, we can sights amazing cultural environment of Holy Cross Church. Tourists can also take a boat out to see Ronneby’s beautiful archipelago. Among the islands and islets you will find sandy beaches, picnic friendly cliffs and much more. Visiting Karlshamn: Blekinge Exotiska Värld, Kreativum Science Center. Karlshamn attracts visitors to the salmon fisheries in “Mörrumsån”, to the rocky coastline, the Hällaryd archipelago and to the wooded hinterland. Tourists can visit Karlshamns Kastell, also called Frisholmen, which is a fortress island just off the port entrance of Karlshamn. The island with its old fortifications has a special atmosphere.
