Rakov Škocjan Hike

After lunch in Ljubljana we headed off to Rakov Škocjan for an easy hike and to see what we can see. I knew it had been a big cave, but the ceiling collapsed so I was curious to see what we would find. We headed out and found a cave to climb down to…but the last step wasn’t really a step it was way too tall and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get back up…so Raymond went down and spied and it was a steep muddy mess so we just turned around.

Then we came across the ruins of an old church and after that the trail meandered through the forest by the river and a meadow. Then when we got about halfway we found this natural rock bridge which we walked across but didn’t realize until we got to the viewpoint for it! And then saw the info board about how this came to be which was pretty interesting. And then went down to Zelške jame and spied on the caves and the natural bridge (really a hole!) from below! It was so cool! Luckily it was not flooded as you walk along the walls from one section to the next and they would have been under water if it was! We spent lots of time wandering there and then it was getting late and we still had to get back to the car and get to camp so we tried to be quick on the way back, but the trail is not very well signposted and I was getting tired and annoyed by the lack of directions! We did make it and spied in the large natural bridge which was right next to the car and then headed to camp. Luckily we got the last spot where I had planned on camping so we didn’t need to find someplace else (you can’t make reservations most places so you have to be lucky if it is busy!).

It was a long day as we didn’t get to camp till after dinnertime, but after the little rough morning it was pretty great. Most of the hike I kept thinking this is nice and all, but not something I would say you should definitely check out if you are in the area, but then cave sections were so fun I would go and just wander around them!Read more