High Tatras Walk - Short Break
Highlights
- Experience spectacular walking on well-marked hiking trails.
- Enjoy a cable car ride to one of the area’s most beautiful alpine lakes, Skalnate Pleso.
- Spend the nights at a mountain huts that give you a real taste of tradition.
- Explore the deep valleys rich in alpine nature
Overview
If you’re looking for a short break with some incredible walking opportunities, this tour of Slovakia’s High Tatras is for you. As the oldest national park in Slovakia, the High Tatras is a truly unique territory in Central Europe. You’ll explore the best of this wild landscape and all that it has to offer in the space of just four days.
On this trip you’ll experience:
Spectacular walking on well-marked hiking trails.
A cable car ride to one of the area’s most beautiful alpine lakes, Skalnate Pleso.
Well-known spa villages like Tatranska Lomnica, Smokovec and Strbske Pleso.
Moraine lakes with crystal clear water.
Mountain huts that give you a real taste of tradition.
Magnificent peaks that form the natural border with Poland.
Deep valleys rich in alpine nature
- Day 1 - Arrival in Smokovec - The High Tatras
Arrival in Smokovec - The High Tatras
Welcome to Smokovec, the heart of the High Tatras. Located in the shadow of Gerlachovsky Peak (2,655m) – the highest peak in Slovakia – Smokovec is considered the centre of the High Tatras. Close to the popular tourist crossroads of Hrebienok, this village is one of the most popular starting points for hiking in the High Tatras.
When you get to the hotel you will be briefed about the week´s program and, depending on the time of your arrival, there might be time for a walk in Stary Smokovec – the oldest village in the Tatras.
Dinner on the day of arrival is included in the price of the holiday and will be served in the hotel´s restaurant with a choice of three dishes.
Meals included
Dinner
Accommodation
Hotel Villa Siesta (or similar)
- Day 2 - Trekking via mountain huts – Zamkovskeho, Teryho and Rainerova - and Cold Creek Waterfalls
A day of trekking via mountain huts – Zamkovskeho, Teryho and Rainerova - and Cold Creek Waterfalls
Today, you start from Skalnate Pleso and trek to three of the Tatras’ mountain huts. Mountain huts have been a part of the Tatras’ tapestry for years; they’re traditional, welcoming and often have a historic story to tell. They also offer tasty lunches!
Your hike will take you to Rainerova, the oldest hut in the mountains, dating back to 1863. Today, it is a small stone building serving drinks and snacks. Teryho Hut is one of the highest in the High Tatras, and Zamkovskeho is a pretty wooden chalet offering a sheltered resting spot.
Cold Creek Waterfalls is also on you route today, and you can pause here and soak up the fresh mountain air. The waterfalls begin where the Great Cold Creek meets the Small Cold Creek and spill over rocks and boulders, and through pine forests. Walking trails run alongside the cascades, so you can admire the views.
From Hrebienok, you descend to Smokovec by funicular cable car and take the mountain tram back to Tatranska Lomnica.
Total walking
Distance: Seven hours, 15 km
Total ascent: 663 m
Total descent: 1 420 m
Max elevation: 2004 m
Min elevation: 1004 m
Meals included
Breakfast
Accommodation
Hotel Villa Siesta (or similar)
- Day 3 - Trekking via mountain huts – Zamkovskeho, Teryho and Rainerova - and Cold Creek Waterfalls.
Hike through the beautiful Studena Dolina Valley to Zbojnicka, or ‘Robbers’ Hut.
Today you’ll hike through the Studena Dolina Valley. From its narrow beginnings, the valley gradually gets wider, and terraces harbouring mountain lakes tower above. Pause and enjoy the sight of colourful flowers, the scent of pine trees and the sound of rare birds singing in the mountains as you traverse the valley.
The valley leads you up to Zbojnicka, or ‘Robbers’, Hut, where you can enjoy a traditional lunch of soup and dumplings. Zbonicka Hut is one of the highest at an altitude of 1,960m and still a popular base for trekkers. Its name harks back to the days when it was a hunters’ hut, and poachers used to stalk the valley.
Your hike ends where it started, at Hrebienok. From here, you’ll take a funicular and tram back to your hotel and enjoy a well-earned dinner!
Total walking
Distance: 12 km
Total ascent: 756 m
Total descent: 756 m
Max elevation: 1970 m
Min elevation: 1258 m
Meals included
Breakfast
Accommodation
Hotel Villa Siesta (or similar)
- Day 4 - Your holiday comes to an end
Your holiday comes to an end
Your tour ends after breakfast. We wish you a pleasant journey home and we look forward to meeting you again on some of our other family holidays.
Meals included
Breakfast
- Accommodation
- Three breakfasts, one dinner
- Flights are not included
- Travel and medical insurance;
- Gratuities