On the border of Warmia and Mazury there is a clearing in the forest, and in this clearing there is the Masurian Colony, where you can spend not only summer camps, but also winter camps and every free day. For over a dozen years, travelers who are tired of being on the road and working people who are not afraid of any work have been coming here. Families come by, couples stop by, small groups sing with guitar. The atmosphere here is a bit like a summer camp, although these are intergenerational camps with a schedule that varies according to the seasons. You can run through the forest with the mare Pompidou by your side, dive into the nearest lake Pluszne, grab a kayak paddle or the handle of a mushroom basket. In the evening, listen to stories about places that no longer exist, eating Masurian fish by the fire and toasting with currant wine. Or walk barefoot on fresh snow, wondering whether it's winter swimming or not. To put it briefly and concretely: you can do a lot here.
We rent Kolonia Mazurska exclusively for up to a dozen or so people or as single rooms, of which there are 5 in total. Feel free to use the shared living room, two terraces and hammocks without hesitation. During the holidays, we invite you for breakfast, and during the remaining months we lend you the kitchen or we persuade you to prepare something for the morning.
See you?
We rent the house exclusively for one group or invite guests to individual rooms.
Each room has:
- a double bed,
- additional single or two beds,
- bathroom,
- window overlooking the forest,
- free WiFi.
Guests also fall asleep in a hammock, on a blanket on the grass, on sofas, where they find a blissful sleep, and it happens quite often, because the atmosphere in the forest is rather detoxifying.
You can come to us alone and rent a room, or with a larger group and take the house with all the benefits exclusively.
If you rent a room, you can also use the common areas: a living room with a fireplace and tables, two arcade terraces with tables and sofas, and hammocks in the birch forest.
There are places right on the lake, on a large pier in the village next door or on the so-called wild beaches.
Horse riding for adults only.
Possible work holidays.
During the summer season (holidays), we serve breakfast to both guests renting single rooms and guests renting the entire house exclusively upon request. In other months we do not serve breakfast, but we provide you with a kitchen. Outside the summer season, it is possible to order breakfast and dinner only for groups.
Sometimes we prepare ceremonial meals, e.g. during a wedding or baptism. The prices of meals in a ceremonial setting are agreed individually.
Our guests usually:
- swim, splash and dive in Lake Pluszne, 1,200 meters away,
- they soak their feet in the sources of the Pasłęka River, 400 meters from the house, in our pasture,
- they contemplate at the waterfall on the Pasłęka River half a kilometer from the house,
- kayaking down the Marózka and Łyna rivers,
- they take their first steps on the horse Arizona and take the mare Pompidou for walks in the forest,
- spend time on the terrace drinking coffee, wine and herbs from the forest and garden,
- they fish,
- they follow our directions to places no one else knows about :)
- find places that no one remembers anymore,
- they listen to our stories, the names of which no one mentions anymore,
- they ride bikes in the forest,
- horse riding (adults only)
- they walk in the forest,
- visit nearby attractions (e.g. Pola Grunwaldzkie with a reconstruction of a historical battle, the old open-air museum in Olsztynek, the Old Town of Olsztyn),
- read books from our library,
- spend evenings by the fire,
- in summer they pick berries, in autumn they pick mushrooms,
- in winter they skate on a frozen lake,
- they use the ski lift in Rus and go cross-country running,
- chop wood (if they feel like it),
- if they want, they make sure that the fire does not go out in the fireplace,
- there are also daredevils who exercise their muscles while unloading hay for horses.
What’s there for children?
We welcome guests from 4 years of age.
You can spend time with your children around the campfire, telling blood-curdling stories about a house in the forest where there are no TVs. You can watch the horses or sit on the pulpit in the forest and wait for Mr. Moose to come. You can splash with your children in Lake Pluszne, fish, pick mushrooms, watch a family of cranes, go to Mr. Beaver's workshop, hang out with young bulls, weave wreaths in the meadow, wave goodbye to wild geese.
Horse riding for older teens and adults. We do not run rides for children.
There used to be a playground in Cologne, but it lost out to pine cones, sticks and a hut in the forest.
What’s there for employees?
We also invite you to work holidays. You can rent the entire place exclusively for a larger team or appear as soloists in individual rooms.
The Internet has been tested in practice, among others: by several IT specialists who locked themselves in a remote area for the duration of the project. Verdict: the connection runs smoothly. So you can easily make a video call with us on our webcam, receive e-mails or send larger attachments. We can equip the rooms according to your needs.
In the living room, in the common area, there is a large table and a dozen or so chairs that can accommodate a larger team for work (the Slowhop team and other teams have already worked with us ;)
