Wildlife tracking
Duration: 3-4 hours
Difficulty: 1/5
Suitable for: families and smaller groups (up to 8 people)
Forests in Kočevsko are full of diverse animals and vegetation. They are home to big wild animals such as wolf, lynx and brown bear, but also deer and smaller mammals. On wild animals tracking you will go deep into the forest with a skilled guide until you find first traces of animals. You will follow them and try to discover other signs of wildlife, such as faeces and food they leave behind. This is how you will learn a lot about forest inhabitants and their living environment. Do you want to know what an encyclopedia of a tree is? You can find out on this special experience!
Program
- In the afternoon we depart with a van to Kočevska Reka area. On the way our tour guide will tell you interesting stories from Kočevko history. After about half an hour we will park and go into the forest to try animal tracking.
- We will continue our adventure in Kočevska reka with a tour of the Bear room. Here you will meet the most famous inhabitant of our forests and learn everything about its life.
- After that we will have a forest picnic with a variety of local cold cuts.
- Last but not least we will take a guided tour of Eagle path, situated right on the Kočevskoreško lake. From ornithological observatories we will try to spot the 2 white-tailed eagles that nest here. We will also learn about the complexity of ecological processes and importance of bird of prey conservation.
- We will return to Kočevje in the evening when wildlife is most active so a sight of some animals is nearly guaranteed. Kočevsko really is wild but nice!
Prices
1 person 150 €
2 persons 90 €/person
3 persons 80 €/person
4-8 person 60 €/person
Recommended equipment
- appropriate shoes (best: hiking shoes)
- appropriate clothes (make sure you won’t be cold!)
- enough water
- we will take care of all the food and snacks on the way