At seven stops along the way, information stands have been installed offering a brief introduction to the Liiv language and traditions, as well as various tasks, so that during your walk you can learn about the natural elements that were important to the Liivs – earth, water, stone and forests. Opening the app on your mobile phone, you can listen in Liiv or watch video film narratives linked to the subject matter. Growing at the sides of the trail are oaks, ash trees, Mayday trees, common hazel trees, honeysuckles, spindle trees, viburnum and other tree plants. Also feeling at home nearby are ferns, wood sorrels, coltsfoot, meadow peas, European speedwell, false Solomon’s seal, and other interesting plants. Along the way, you may well find various mushrooms and meet the residents of the forest including deer, hedgehogs, foxes or rabbits.

The length of the trail from the sculpture the Liiv Bird to Dainas Hill is 800 metres. It is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Visitors’ Centre to the Liiv Bird. The trail ends with a climb up the stairs on Dainas Hill. It is approximately a 5 minute walk to the Visitors’ Centre.

Turaida is a place inhabited by the Gauja Liivs. Over one thousand years ago, the first trails in Turaida were broken in by many generations of Liivs. Our ancestors believed that nature, animals and human beings possess an immortal soul. The Liiv Trail is a place, where you may touch upon history, because part of the trail follows one of the ancient tracks that stretched as far as the Gauja. Walking along it, you can listen to birdsong and the rustling of the wind, observe the creations of nature and people; and enjoy nature in all its glory. At the foot of Dainas Hill, you can quench your thirst with the refreshing water of the spring that emerges from an outcrop of Devonian sandstone 3 m high and 6 m wide. The length of the cave along which the spring flows is 6.5 m. It is the deepest cave within the territory of the Turaida Museum Reserve. The spring water is clean and its temperature constantly ranges from +6° – +8° C. The foot of rocky outcrop is covered by moss and lichen, while the upper part provides a habitat for the brittle bladderfern, male fern, lady fern, wood stitchwort, wood sorrel, red campion and other plants.

Rising up on one of the steepest slopes of the Song Garden is Indulis Ranka’s six metre high sculpture “Austra’s Tree”– an unusual tree, a dream tree, a wonder long sought and not found. This beautiful symbol of life-sustaining power is synonymous with the dream of unity eternally sought by the Latvian people. This summer, on 28 June, the Song Garden will host the Baltica 2025 international folklore festival concert.

Māra’s Trail connects Dainas Hill to the Song Garden, where the green amphitheatre, which opened on 1 July 1990, was built in the clayey and nutrient rich gulley of Turaida Manor’s apple orchard. This is a place where multitudes of singers, dancer and viewers can come together outdoors.