Circular trail through the Munkö forest

Protected since: 1957, extended in 2016

Size: 98 hectares of which land 58 hectares

Character: archipelago, coniferous and deciduous forest

Municipality: Värmdö

Landowners: private and state

Administrator: County Administrative Board

Type of protection: nature reserve

Munkö nature reserve is located southwest of Runmarö. The easiest way to get there is by boat.

To protect the Munkö Nature Reserve, there are rules you must follow.

In the reserve it is forbidden to:

1. destroy or damage rock, soil or stone by drilling, hacking, blasting, carving, digging, painting or similar,
2. break branches, fell or otherwise damage living or dead trees and shrubs or otherwise damage vegetation by digging up plants such as rice, herbs, mosses or lichens or removing woody fungi
3. disturbing wildlife (e.g. by climbing nest trees, trapping or killing mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians)
4. trapping and collecting invertebrates
5. mooring a boat on the same beach or camping for more than two consecutive days
6. bringing an unleashed dog
7. making fires
8. putting up a board, poster, poster, sign or making an inscription.