Must-See Wonders
Start uncovering the Green Karst through its greatest attractions, leading you into a landscape of forests, extraordinary karst phenomena, legendary castles, and unforgettable tales.
The nature of the Green Karst is safeguarded by regional and landscape parks and other protected areas. Between karst caves, vanishing lakes and endless forests, you can meet rare plants and animals you won’t easily find anywhere else. Meet them up close!
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Rakov Škocjan Regional Park
A valley of natural bridges, green forests, karst features and the Rak river invites you to visit. Its banks are home to underground snails, including endemic species found nowhere else in the world. Dragonflies whirl over the water in the daytime, and bats fly over the valley at dusk.
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Notranjska Regional Park
In a mystical land of intermittent lakes and other karst features, colourful meadows, mighty forests, mountain peaks and a mysterious underground world await you. The heart of the park is Lake Cerknica – the largest intermittent lake in Europe.
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Pivka Seasonal Lakes Regional Park
In a landscape of a hundred faces water shapes life differently every day, and nature is constantly changing the scenery – lakes form when there is heavy rainfall, meadows turn into flowering fields when there is drought. Surprising changes await you at any time of the year.