Company UAB “A.A. Mežmalas“ offers you to enjoy the shipping route of the old Selonians - to sail along the picturesque Daugava and its many bays, past Oliņkalns and the Sēlpilis Hillfort in powerful, large boats built on the model of Viking boats, “Lāčplēsis“ and “Nameisis“, surrounded by legends and heroic stories. Experience the pleasure of boating and the captain’s stories about ancient history can also be heard along the route: Koknese castle ruinsLikteņdārzs-Koknese castle ruins. Daugava was used as a major trade route, connecting the West with the East, the Selonians with the Latgalians, the Semigallians with the Livonians, and others. It is known that the Balts had many various types of ships. The political and economic center of the Selonians was the Sēlpils Hillfort on the bank of the Daugava. The inhabitants of hillfort managed and controlled trade and shipping on the river. There is no doubt that, controlling part of the largest river in the Baltic region, the Selonians had water transport in the form of ships and boats. It is not known what exactly the water vehicles of the Selonians looked like, but judging by the fragments found in the region, it is likely that the Selonians also had similar vessels.
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