Trekking and Walking Holiday in Slovakia - Mala Fatra and Slovak Paradise

Travel to Slovakia. Today you will meet our representative at the airport and transfer to village Terchova, which is the birth place of Juraj Janosk the Slovakian very own Robin Hood. Your leader will take you directly to your hotel for your first night. We 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 for our evening meal.

Trek through canyons Janosikove Diery. Janosikove Diery (canyons) is part of the National Park that visitors should not miss! Canyons consist of various waterfalls and gorges accessible by wooden footbridges and ladders. Part of the trek has also educational boards on the way providing the basic information of the area (fauna, flora). Our walk will start at the end of village just be hotel calle Diery. Approximately after 10 minutes we get to the first set of waterfalls. Getting through the canyons requires using wooden, iron ladders and in parts there will also be some chains to help us through more tricky parts. This is relatively easy day with some very surprising views, mountain streams and waterfalls. At the end of the walk we walk through a mountain village Stefanova where we will see some of the impressive wooden houses and some small farm gardens. Approximately 6 hours of walking.

Hidden mountain settlements. Today is the day of discovering the hidden mountain settlements, where people still live to this very day. Those settlements are spread in the mountains around the village Terchova. Again on the way we will see some educational boards telling us more about the surroundings. One of the settlements that we will visit today is the very place where the Slovakian fighter for the truth, human justice and rights. From the centre of Terhcova we follow green tourist mark, which will take us to the mountains and the first settlements. The terrain is up and down but averall not to demanding. Approximately 6 hours of walking.

Reaching the highest peak Velky Krivan. Walks on the first two days should prepare our legs for today’s walk to the highest peak in Mala Fatra called Velky Fatransky Krivan (1708m). Straight after our breakfast we take the local bus to Stary Dvor, which is the biggest ski centrum in this area. This will be our starting point of today’s walk. From Stary Dvor (610m) we will walk the ski slope until we get to the top of the hill called Poludnovy Grun (1460m). In about second third of the ascent we will get to an mountain cattage Chata na Gruni (989m.), which is great for a break. Once we get to Poludnovy Grun we will follow the main ridge to Chleb (1645m.)  From Chleb carry on walking on the ridge heading to the highest peak Velky Krivan. Terchova is down below in the valley. Heading to Terchova we descent to cottage Vratna, from where we take a local bus back to Terchova. Approximately 6-7 hours of walking.

Tomasovsky Vyhlad (view).  This is medium demanding tour. Exposed stretches in the Prielom Hornadu secured by footbridges, chains, stairs and ladders require increased attention. The assets of this route will satisfy any nature lover. It ascends first to the rock gallery called Tomasovsky vyhlad with superb views. The rest of the day is relatively easy crossing many chain bridges and streems. Approximately 6 hours of walking.