Lake Cerknica

Coming from a vast mixed forests of Inner a visitor reaches a large karst field with a disappearing lake Cerknica. When the lake is full of water it's easy to find since it measures up to 29 km ² and is the largest in Slovenia. The world may not be the lake that would offer as many different impressions as just Cerknica. On it you can watch the birds, trying out their luck fishing, hunting balance on the frozen ice surfaces, enjoyed the beauty of the sunrise and the list goes on.

However, it also tends to happen if you were on the lake and you can not see. Then be disclosed with colorful flowers scattered wet meadows and stunning sinkholes with intriguing names such as aquifers, griddle, orgies, boiler, Small and bittern, cave and sinkhole Large and Small Karlovica. Through the latter water sinks and flows back to the plan in the karst valley Rakov Škocjan. Cerknica is part of the catchment karst Ljubljanica.

Regional Park lies within the municipal boundaries Cerknica and good volume 222 km2. Established in 2002 in order to maintain, protect and explore the natural and cultural values ​​of the area. It is characterized by a high degree of conservation of natural habitats, many natural monuments, extraordinary variety of living creatures, on the other hand, distinct cultural landscape marked by prolonged high-quality mix of man and nature and has a high ecological, biodiversity and landscape values.