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Rakov Škocjan

ZoranV23. 05. 2015 07:26:35

Whoever likes going among rocks doesn't necessarily have to go to the mountains. An "interactive" walk through Rakov Škocjan through nine panoramas. For all who can't manage, don't want to, don't know how, don't know, but are still interested nasmeh

Made with a phone, so full of errors, but don't be a nitpicker nasmeh

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Tadej27. 06. 2016 07:06:11

Some photos from Friday's trip to Rakov Škocjan. Regards, Tadej

Information board at Hotel Rakov Škocjan.

Hotel Rakov Škocjan, closed for a long time.

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zlatica1. 05. 2017 17:11:00

Visiting Rakov Škocjan along the newly arranged educational trail is interesting. Above all, it is nicely arranged, with many information boards about sights, vegetation of this park and it leads to viewing practically all peculiarities of this karst area. The whole was also much more interesting due to abundance of water in Rak river from recent rain. Start of circular path was at the now closed hotel, direction depends on own choice. nasmeh

start at the hotel, which unfortunately does not operate

the boards accompany you on the entire educational trail

a large part of the forest floor is covered with two-leaved senčnica

the path leads us almost all the time along the Rak river

Great natural bridge - this time with considerable water, a month ago there was only a trickle

view through the window and door of the church ruin

Small natural bridge, below it Zelške caves

caver at the exit of the Little Natural Bridge

view from below from Zelške caves to the opening of the Little Natural Bridge

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Deniss1. 05. 2017 17:50:27

@ Zlatica
Yesterday though we saw each other a lot along the whole educational trail and at the hotel we waved goodbye... nasmeh

Nice photos you have and there really is something to see...Nice regards.

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zlatica1. 05. 2017 19:03:59

ohoj, Deniss, nice that we figured out who is who. Still some of your author photos missing to complement mine, as I tried to be as short as possible. I'll be glad for it.. mežikanje

Deniss2. 05. 2017 14:52:20

A few more of mine from the 7.5 km long educational trail...

Tkalca Cave where the Rak river ends its course

View of Zelške jame under the small natural bridge

Zelške jame and the beginning of the Rak river

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turbo26. 02. 2019 19:15:12

Sunday, 24.2.2019

Even for easier and shorter paths one needs to prepare. Legend says that in Tkalca Cave once lived a weaver who wove even on Sundays, day of rest, and thus disturbed elves, witches and other fairy creatures living in the cave. He disturbed them so much that they turned him to stone and today we see him as a stalactite. It was Sunday when we were there, so I told the princess before the trip: "In Tkalca Cave we'll be quiet as a mouse so they don't turn us into stalactites. And if we meet a bear in the forest by chance, I nicely ask you to leave it in peace and not provoke it." We didn't become stalactites, about the bear some other time . . . Great outing which we'll surely repeat and add more to nasmeh

https://tubojan.blogspot.com/2019/02/rakov-skocjan.html

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bos20. 03. 2020 08:20:19

Yesterday we swapped our home forest for a walk in Rakov Škocjan. We started at the hotel, according to path description we walked Jamarska path (brown) and Tkalčeva path (yellow).
As our youngest said, it was wonderful nasmeh

we viewed everything along the brown and yellow paths

a bit along the road and we turn for ...

there are 17 points along the entire path - info boards

Zelške jame, where the Rak river begins its course in Rakov Škocjan

once there were 3 stone sawmills, in 1853 they were destroyed by exceptionally high waters

there among the rocks the river Rak made a penica

a lot of interesting information can be read

where the river Rak flows into Tkalca cave

there are many different flowers along the path

Interestingly, approx. 1.5 m above the road there was water.

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TamaraTP20. 03. 2020 09:39:41

It really is a nice spot and worth a visit.

Great natural bridge and Rakova babica on the right side of the cliff.

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brett9. 05. 2021 20:02:13

Predecessors have already said everything: beautiful piece of Slovenia; it especially shines in these spring colors of young greenery and colorful flowers.

Today we met animals (besides the classics, of course): herons, several mice that weren't shy at all, hundreds of frog tadpoles, a squirrel, a young viper right on the path. A real little paradise!
The whole circular path with some extra detours was 9.5km long and 360m elevation gain... something like that mežikanje

Illustration of the river cycle on karst terrain

In front of the entrance to a smaller ditch

View from the cave into the abyss and cave system

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turbo6. 08. 2021 11:27:34

Wednesday, 4.8.2021

This time by bike, instead of with the princess. Started in Dolenje Jezero and followed "Jezerku" to Rakov Škocjan and on to Dolenja vas, from where it was just a little more to the end, that is, where I started. Morning a few drops of rain, later mostly clear. Rain in previous days made sure roads weren't dusty, weekday meant almost no traffic. Only in Rakov Škocjan some visitors, mostly foreigners. This loop was enough for me this time, next time maybe connect the previous one (Slivnica) with the later one (Menišija) and add today's (Rakov Škocjan) zavijanje z očmi

Nice and fine, short and sweet nasmeh

http://tubojan.blogspot.com/2021/08/cerknisko-jezero-rakov-skocjan.html

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turbo8. 11. 2021 10:46:14

Saturday, 6.11.2021

Something in the sense of "Everyone on the bike for a healthy body" velik nasmeh

Similar to August, only this time in Rakov Škocjan itself I took different paths and rode the park in the opposite direction than in summer. The end was different too, this time I added a detour through Cerknica. Roadside stakes are already there that mark the edge in winter. So winter is not far, judging by the height of the stakes there could be quite a lot of snow zavijanje z očmi

https://tubojan.blogspot.com/2021/11/dolenje-jezero-rakov-skocjan.html