Excursions & Trips

Geology, green nature and the Alpine man!

Jezersko is a true geological delicacy.

Jezersko part of the Karavanke reveals the oldest rocks, which can be found on the Slovenian territory dated 395 million years ago. At the foot of Karavanke there are the youngest rocks: Jezersko travertine, created in the present. In Karavanke in Jezersko there is also a mineral water spring, a source rich in magnesium, which is recommended for heart diseases, vascular and metabolic diseases.

Grintovci or Kamnisko-Savinjske Alps, in addition to the Julian Alps (highest peak Mount Triglav 2863), are the only Slovenian Alps where the highest top ends with the tip of Grintovec (2558 m). They show you limestone-dolomite rocks of younger age. You will be breathtaken by the majestic beauty of limestone and dolomite with their vertical walls, fairytale like cirques and powerful amphitheatric Kochnas. Your climbing effort, however, is paid with a beautiful view.

Last stamp of the nature of the Jezersko valley was made by glaciations; the most recent was Würm glaciation. The residues of glaciers - moraines, Virnikov kogel, can be seen today. The great legacy of the ice periods are Virnikov Kogel and scraps of moraines by the settlement Jezersko-Ravne. You will also see a number of powerful blocks under kochnas. From glaciation or from retreating of the glacier the lake was created, after which the village got its name-Jezersko.

In addition to beautiful nature, the beauty of Jezersko valley was contributed to also by the mountain man, pristavas and farm homes that you can admire on wandering through the valley. Most of the Jezersko farms are, with their interiors and exteriors of the homes and commercial buildings as well, one of the kind in Slovenia. Unique are also the people who live in them and have, over the centuries, kept the tradition of their ancestors and the Slovene culture.

Conserving values of the home-building tradition is certainly one of those solid assurances that they will protect this landscape from any alteration of the landscape and the people in it. *

*Tone Cevc, Kmecke hise v Karavankah, Znanstveno raziskovalni center Slovenke akademije znanosti in umetnosti v Ljubljani. Izdala zalozba Drava, Celovec 1988

Chances for walks and trips in Jezersko:

• Chedca waterfall 130 m - the highest Slovenian waterfall. The waterfall is the result of a fracture of a wall in Makekova Kochna. The stream which previously ran there, has lost ground and the resulting altitude gap was bridged by a waterfall. The stream's water supply is the snowfields under Kočna. 40 minutes walk
• Lake Plansharsko jezero 30 minutes on foot
• Ankovi waterfalls 50 minutes on foot
• Spring of the River Kokra (altitude 825m). To the estuary into the Sava River, Kokra has a 34 km run and a 479 m vertical drop, so the water was once used to power Fužine foundry, mills and sawmills
• The source of mineral water in the ravine above the Ankova homestead has long been a famous mineral spring with a relatively high concentration of manganese and ammonium ions and free CO2. Mineral waters of the type are recommended for heart diseases, vascular and metabolic diseases. 40 minutes walk.
• Gravels are a magnificent proof of continuous change in upper Ravenska and lower Makekova Kochna which were, during the ice ages, filled with ice masses which extended the valleys. Even today, snow combined with meltwater, avalanches, and plenty of moisture contributes to the dissemination and deepening of the kochnas because snowfields stick in there in the summer, but particularly in shady sheltered positions, remain in the half frozen snow, even in relatively low positions in the form of small frozen snowfields. Under the mountains Kochna and Grintovec stretched ice masses are overlapping Ravenska and lower Jezerska or Makekova Koshna, and stretching, connecting in total a11 km long glacier, to continue from Jezersko to Podlog. Valleys are therefore filled with limestone debris, in May and June there are carpets of mountain flowers. 20 minutes walk
• The old church of St. Osbold from 12th century, stands on a hill next to Karnicarjeva farm. It has well preserved frescoes from the 14th and 15 century, 25 minute walk
• Jenkova barracks from Napoleon's time, today Museum transport and rovering, 45 minutes walk
• Gallery Zadnikar at the Planšarsko lake; the old images by the local painter Jaka Zadnikar, 40 minutes walk
• Regional Fuzine border stone between the Lands of Carinthia and Carniola from the time of the Habsburg monarchy was placed along the road through Kokra. Today, the parts Jezersko and Preddvor municipality, but is also a milestone, where the river flow of Kokra is greatly increased. The road has been channeled after the year 1700 and represented the only mobile way to Kranj.
• Czech hut ( 1543 m) - the oldest and one of the most populary Slovenian mountain huts, 2 hours on foot
• Štular alpine meadow 75 minutes on foot
• Veliki vrh (1696 m) 2 hours on foot
• Virnikov Grintovec (1654 m) 2 hours of ascent, on the we can see rocks from Devonian period. There is limestone, old about 395 million years and the oldest on the Slovenian territory.
• Glacier under Skuta (2180m) is the only glacier in Kamniške Alps lies in the shadowy Krnica in the northern side of the main ridge of Kamniške Alps, the mountains Skuta (2532m) and Rinka (2451m). Its size depends on the nature; 3 hours ascent
• Na Ancelnovo 1 hour on foot

Excursions around Slovenia and to the neighbouring countries:

• Ljubljana - Ljubljana Capitol city of Slovenia with the old part and the creations of the ifamous architect Jože Plečnik. This city is known as the Mecca for the students of architecture, 1 hour ride.
• Maribor old town and castle 2 hours ride
• Ptuj old town and castle 1,5 hours ride
• Skofja Loka old town and castle 1 hour ride
• Horse stables Lipica - over 400 years old horse stable from which the horse Lipicanec origins
• Bled and Bohinj lake 1 hour ride
• Golf course Bled less than 1 hour ride
• Airpark Lesce - Bled - panoramic flights above Slovenia
• Slovenian coast 2,5 hours ride
• Postojna cave and Predjama castle - one of the greatest caves in Europe; 2 hours ride
• Ski slope Krvavec 25 km of slopes, 30 minutes ride
• Ski slope Stari vrh 18 km of slopes, 45 minutes ride
• Klagenfurt (Austria), the capitol city of Austrian Carinthia, 1 hour ride
• Korte (Austria), Gorge, perfect for cycling tours or walking; 30 km from Jezersko
• Minimundus (Austria) Miniature world by Vrbsko Lake, 1 hour ride
• Hochosterwitz (Austria)1,5 hours ride
• Gospa sveta (Austria) ducal throne, 1,5 hours ride