The most interesting sights of Põlva County :
Põlva Peasantry Museum is located in the Village of Karilatsi, along the ancient Tartu-Võru Postal Road. The typical building developed here on the site of the centre of a parish at the end of the 19th century. On the area of 5 ha you can see the Courthouse, Schoolhouse, Parish House with outbuildings, Smiths' Farmhouse and a Dutch windmill. Old agricultural machines and vehicles are also exhibited here.
The spur of the Small Taevaskoja is about 190 meters long and 13 meters high. The Emaläte (Mother's Spring) streams out from the upstream edge of the spur. Spring waters have grooved a big cave into the spur. It is called the Neitsikoobas (Maiden's Cave), of which people have created numerous legends. The highest outcrop of the River Ahja is the spur of Big Taevaskoja, the maximum height of which is 24 meters. The Big Taevaskoja used to be a sacrificing place in the old days. On the edge there is a big boulder called Nõiakivi (Witch Rock) or Salakuulaja Rock (Spy Rock).
The Ants' Kingdom in Akste, the biggest colony of ants in Estonia, has over 3 billion "inhabitants". About 1500 nests communicating and connected with each other by the tracks of forest ants are located here. Forest ants are the most developed social insects and they create the biggest communes. The ant society is similar to the human society: nest systems of complex hierarchical structure with the exchange of information and goods, division of labour, wars, family life of complex organisation and architecture of a high quality. It is advisable to visit the Ant's Kingdom in Akste with a guide and groups should agree the visit with the environmental service in advance.
The Tilleorg Landscape Reserve is situated on the historical Tartu-Võru Postal Road. The River Ahja is also called the Tille River in its upper course and in the Tilleorg the young river develops from a small rill running out of Lake Erastvere , in some places it is 10 meters wide and 2 meters deep. The riverbed meanders and creates many crooks and turns. The "Pearl" of the Landscape Reserve is a vertical dark red sandstone wall on the right bank of the Varbuse Brook, in the Western edge of Tilleorg, and the Merioone Spring, streaming from a cave in the wall, with a discharge of 16 to 23 liters per second.
Meenikunno is a relatively young marsh, therefore many bog islands can be found here, the biggest of which are Kamarusmägi, Tundipalu Mounts and Pikksaar. On the edge of the marsh there is an observation tower, from where the nature trail - a 2.5km long plank road - starts. The track, provided with information boards, passes through the different types of bogs and by bog lakes. Two lakes of totally different characters are situated here, close to each other: Lake Valgejärv is considered to be the lake with the clearest water in Estonia. In summertime the transparency of the water is up to 8 meters. Lake Mustjärv, located close by, is again one of the lakes with the darkest water in Estonia.
 The River Võhandu is the longest river in Estonia - 156km, with its source in the Otepää Upland, near the Village of Sirvaste. The oldest part of the River from the Leevi Mill Dam to the Bridge of Reo is under natural protection. The protection area is 12km long and covers 300 meters of the landscape from each bank. Of the 38 outcrops in the protection area the biggest and most fascinating are Põdramüür (16.2m of height), Viira veskimüür (16.5m), Sojatare, Kalmate rnüür and the highest of all Tsirgu müür (17.1m). Of the many springs the most peculiar one is Maraläte (laying bare up to 9 meters of sandstone).
Põrguhaud, Sügavhaud and Kuradihaud belong to the group of the llumetsa Meteor Craters. To reach the Craters you have to step over the still of the Gates of Hell, then funny wooden devils will greet you. Walking along the plank road you will get to the Põrguhaud (Grave of Hell), which is the biggest of the craters. The Sügavhaud (Deep Grave) is situated a further 900m to the South and the third tip of the triangle is the Kuradihaud (Grave of the Devil), usually filled with water.