7.02 Trekking and Walking Holiday in Slovakia - High Tatras

Trekking and Walking Holiday in Slovakia - High Tatras

During this trip we will trek from hut to hut. Every night staying at a different mountain cottage or hotel.

 

Itinerary:

1. Travel to Slovakia.

Today you will meet our representative at the airport and transfer to Tatranska Lomnica in High Tatras. Your leader will take you directly to your hotel for your first night. We will check in and prepare for the next day. In the evening we can have our dinner either at our hotel or we can go out.

2. Trek to the cottage of Zelene Pleso
After breakfast our week of mountain walks starts. We set from our hotel walking through some valleys called Kezmarska and Biela with the peaks of High Tatras ahead of us. Today we do ascent of 900 metres. On the way there are pisturesque views. At one of our stops we will have our packed lunch. After about 5 hours we should get to our next overnight stop Zelene Pleso. This is a wooden cottage providing some rooms with basic equipment and dinners.

3. Trek to cottage Zamkovskeho Chata
The beginning of the walk involves some steeper parts. Those sections are equipped with chains to make walking through those parts easier. From the ridge we have great views of the surroundings before descending to a ski resort with a restaurant providing some basic refreshments. We can sit back and enjoy the sun. We have the option to catch a cable car from the station to the top of Lomincky Stit (2634m). If the weather is good there are fantastic views as this is the second highest peak in the Tatras. After our break we carry on walking on the main path to our next overnight stop Zamkovskeho Chata (cottage), which takes us approximately an hour and half. In the afternoon we can have some additional walk in the surroundings. On the way we see cascading waterfalls with chamois and marmots around us.

4. Trek to Sliezsky Dom and Velicky Stit
Sliezsky Dom is a concrete mountain hotel situated by a lovely mountain lake. This hotel provides 4 - 6 bedded rooms. We will have our dinner in a large cosy restaurant. A journey From Zamkovskeho Chata to Sliezsky Dom will take us around 2 hours. Once we get there we can check in, leave our bags in our rooms and carry on with some additional walks up the Velicka Valley to the peak called Velicky Stit (2199m). The highest peak in the Tatras called Gerlach is in front of us. Having some stops on the way we will do a circular walk returning back to Sliezsky Dom.

5. Trek to Popradske Pleso Hut
This hut is a large property situated near a lake also called Popradske pleso. After our breakfast we carry on following the main path, so called Tatranska Magistrala, traversing the lower slopes of the Tatra Mountains. On the way we pass Batizovske Lake before reaching our next viewpoint (2000m) from which we can admire the beautiful surroundings. The last part of the walk to Popradske Pleso involve a steep descent for about an hour and half. Once we reach the hut we check in. For those looking for some additional walks there's a wide choice of lovely paths in the surroundings of Popradske Pleso, eg a walk to a symbolic cemetery with many crosses

6. Adventurous walk to peak Rysy
Today is a day of reaching one of the highest peaks in the Tatras called Rysy (2499m). We take only what we need for the day because at the end of the day we return back to Popradnse Pleso hut and spend our second night there. After an hour and half we leave a valley and follow the marked trail to Rysy. On the way to the top of the peak there will be sections with chain hand rails making the climbing easier. We will also stop at the mountain hut Pod Rysmi for a break. This basic mountain hut provides some basic refreshments like coffee, tea and others. After our break we carry on with the hike to the top of peak. The descent via the same route will take approximately 3 hours.

7. Descent to Strbske Pleso
After breakfast we leave Popradske pleso waking down to Strbske Pleso. This is the easiest day. To get down to Strbske Pleso will take us one hour. Strbske Pleso is a very relaxed and beautiful little town with an impressive mountain lake. This place provides some shops and restaurants. We will have our lunch in one of them before taking train back to our group hotel in Tatranska Lomnica. The rest of the day will be optional.

8. Departure. We will transfer you back to the airport before saying goodbye to you.

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