Trip duration: 8-10 days (for the whole trail length). Difficulty: (2)
River length 186 km / 173 km trail length
The source of Drawa is near the village of Zdroje, in the municipality of Polczyn-Zdroj in the Drawski Landscape Park. It is the second largest tributary of the Notec. In the upper reaches it flows through the Valley of the Five Lakes, connecting Lakes Gome, Krag, Dlugie, Glebokie and Male, and then flows through Lakes Prosino, Zerdno, Drawsko, Rzepowskie, Krosino, Lubie, Wielkie and Male Debno. Up to the town of Drawsko Pomorskie the river is protected under the Drawski Landscape Park. On the stretch between Lake Wielkie Dabie and the Borowo hydroelectric power plant the river flows through part of the Drawski military training area. Use of this section of the the Drawa is prohibited.
The trail is divided into two parts: the upper up to Lake Lubie – pretty easy, although requiring kayaking and canoeing through reeds – and the lower part, requiring more experience, which is quite difficult with swift currents, which goes through the Drawski National Park. From February up to the end of June the second part is closed to kayakers and canoeists.