One part of the Via Alpina trails is purple trail. It starts in Slovenia and there connect all three Slovenian high mountain massives: Julian Alps, Karavanken and Kamnik Savinja Alps.

In these 14 days, you will experience Slovenian Alps at all.

You will climb Triglav – the highest Slovenian mountain just beside well known north face, than you will walking  along very beatiful panoramic Karavanken trail to west side of Kamnik Savinja Alps to Jezersko. Next you will walk through the central of the Kamnik Savinja Alps to the one of the most beautiful European valleys – Landscape Park Logarska valley. Then you will go further down the Savinja River which was In the past well known by the timber rafters who flew the wood to the Sava river, than Donau river and finally to the Red Sea.

Your discovering will finished in Topolšica, near Velenje - mining city.

PLACE:

Julian Alps, Karavanken and Kamnik Savinja Alps. 

DURATION:

14 days

PROGRAM:

1. Day:   - meeting point: Hotel LEK ****, Kranjska Gora

- Overnight: Hotel LEK****, quality: 4 hikers

2. Day:   - transfer To Vrata valley  - Aljaž hut

- Ascent to the Triglav (2864m), highest peak of Slovenia

- Trekking tour::

                        - Aljaž hut in Vrata valley – Luknja – Triglav (Bamberg trail) walking 6h, very difficult trail

            - Triglav  - Kredarica (Mountain hut): walking 1h 30min, very difficult trail

- Overnight: Triglav hut on Kredarica, quality: mountain hut.

3. Day:   - Trekking tour:

                         - Kredarica – Vrata (over Prag): walking 5h, very difficult trail

 - Transfer: to the magnificent waterfall Peričnik (visit) and alpine museum in Mojstrana (visit)

 - Transfer: to the Hotel LEK****, Kranjska Gora

 - Overnight: Hotel LEK****, quality: 4 hikers

4. Day:   - transfer: To the alpine meadow: Planina pod Golico village

- Trekking tour:

- Planina pod Golico – Golica hut (mountain hut): walking 1h, easy, but somewhere steep trail

- Golica hut – Golica peak (1835m) – Golico hut: walking 1h15min, easy trail

                        - Golica hut – Stol peak (2236m) (viewing crest trail on the border): walking 5h30min, moderate trail

- Stol peak – Prešeren hut on Stol (mountain hut): walking 15min, easy trail

- Golica is very well known on daffodil (lent lily, narcissus), especially in May they are covering all meadows

- Overnight: Prešeren hut on Stol, quality: mountain hut

5. Day:   - Trekking tour: 

- Prešeren hut – Zelenica (mountain hut): walking 2h30min, very difficult trail

- Zelenica – Begunjščica (mountain hut): walking 1h45min, very difficult trail

- Begunjščica – Koča na Prevalu (shepherd's hut): walking 1h15min, moderate trail

               - Koča na Prevalu – Ljubelj (mountain hut): walking 1h30min, easy trail

- Overnight: Mountain hut Ljubelj, quality: mountain hut

6. Day:   - transfer through Dolžan canyon (visit) to the village Medvodje

- Trekking tour:

- Medvodje – Stegovnik peak (1692m) – Močnik meadow – hamlet Šenk near Spodnje 

Jezersko: walking 4h, moderate trail

        - Transfer: to the Hotel Planika, Zgornje Jezersko

- Transfer luggage: from Hotel LEK**** to Hotel Planika

- Overnight: Hotel Planika**, quality: 2 stars

7. Day:   - Trekking tour:

-Zgornje Jezersko – Jezersko peak (1374m) – Zgornje Jezersko: walking 2h, easy trail

- Jezersko peak is the end point in Slovenian part of purple trail of Via Alpine. It is going further on the Austrian side and finished near Oberstdorf, connecting to the main trail of Via Alpina red trail.

- Afternoon visit and experience adrenaline park in Jezersko and visit small glacier lake Planšarko jezero

              - Overnight: Hotel Planika**, quality: 2 star

8. Day:   - Trekking tour:

- Tourist farm Ancelj – Ravenska Kočna valley – Kranjska koča(mountain hut), moderate trail

- Kranjska koča – Savinjsko sedlo (pass, over 2000m) - Okrešelj (mountain hut), moderate trail

- Okrešelj – waterfall Rinka – Logarska valley, moderate trail

- total: walking 6h

- After Kranjska koča you will passed small, the most south-eastern glacier in the Alps

- Visit: waterfall Rinka

- Transfer: to the Hotel Plesnik****, Logarska avalley,

- overnight: Hotel Plesnik****, quality: 4 star

9. Day:  - Rest day in Logarska valley

              - Sightseeing, walking along the thematic trail in Logarska valley: walking 2h, easy trail

              - Overnight: Hotel Plesnik****, quality: 4 star

10. Day:  - Transfer: to the Sv.Duh village – panoramic route.

                 - Trekking tour:

- Sv.Duh – Mt. Olševa (2100m) – Solčava valley, walking 6h, easy, somewhere moderate

- passing historical cave of King Matjažon the Olševa crest

 - Transfer: to Pension Raduha, Luče

 - Traditional dinner in Pension Raduha

 - Overnight: Pension Raduha

11. Day:  - Trekking tour:

                        - Mt. Raduha (2300m), walking 6h, moderate trail

                - Visit: karst cave Snežna jama (snow cave), altitude 1600m.

                - Transfer: Sport center Prodnik, Savinja Valley

                - Overnight: Sport center Prodnik

12. Day:  - Transfer: to Mozirje

                - Transfer: with cable car to the ski resort Golte

                - Trekking tour:

                        - Golte – Mt. Smrekovec (1800m), walking 2h, easy

                        - Mt. Smrekovec – Bele Vode village – spa Topolšica, walking 3h, easy trail

               - Overnight: Hotel Topolšica***, quality: 4 hikers

13. Day:  - Rest day in Spa Topolšica: spa, wellness     

                 - Visit: Mining museum (underground) in Velenje city (near Topolšica)

                - Overnight: Hotel Topolšica***, quality: 4 hikers

14. Day:  - Departure

PRICE LIST:

PRICE (self guiding):                           1.084,00 EUR/person

PRICE (your guide):                            1.006,00 EUR/person

PRICE (our guide):                              2.010,00 EUR/person

Included

- Hotel Lek  1 x BB, 1x HB, 2x lunch package

- mountain hut Kredarica- HB

- mountain hut Stol, - HB

- mountain hut Ljubelj – HB,lunch package

- Hotel Planika Jezersko – 2x HB

- Hotel Plesnik – 2x HB

- Pension Raduha – HB, lunch packege

- Sport center Prodnik- HB, lunch package

- Hotel Topolšica – 2x HB

- Cable car Golte

- all transfers

- adrenaline park Jezersko

- Main museum Velenje – entrance fee

- entrance fee Mountaineering museum Mojstrana

- 3 map Julian Alps- west, Karavanke, Kamnik Savinja Alps 1:50.000

- tourist tax

- emergancy telephone number

INFORMATION:

VIA AVANTURA, Ljubljanska c. 7, 4260 Bled,

Tel: +386 (0)41 646 566,

Fax: +386 (0)4 574 35 48

Mail: marko@via-avantura.com