The Obra flows through several other towns like Krzywin, Kościan, Zbaszyn, Trzciel, Miedzyrzecz, Bledzew and Skwierzyna.

The canoe trip is not particularly difficult, with the exception of a few tricky places where fallen trees might pose a disruption.

Sundews, mud sedge, club-mosses, Daphne, and Turk's cap lily, together with more than 200 species of mosses and an equally large number of fungi grow in the area around Obra.

Over 40 species of mammals roam the area around the Obra, including beaver, river otter, deer, badgers, hare, and wild boar.

Tales of the fish eating ducks, swans and even small dogs abound.