Kościeliska Valley with a local mountain guide
- Lodowe Źródło – the most famous spring in the Tatra Mountains
- visit to the best shepherd’s hut in the Tatras
- Kraków Gorge – the most beautiful corner of the Kościeliska Valley
The tour leads to one of the most beautiful valleys in the Polish Tatras. Until the 19th century, iron ore was mined in the valley. Participants will visit Kraków Gorge, full of extraordinary legends. They will also stop at a shepherd’s hut where they can purchase original oscypek cheese made according to old recipes. The final destination of the tour is the PTTK shelter on Hala Ornak, from where the highest peak of the Western Tatras – Bystra – can be wonderfully seen. It is also possible to extend the tour to include Dragon’s Cave or Mylna Cave – the most difficult tourist cave in the Polish Tatras.
Route: Zakopane – Kiry – Wyżnia Kira Miętusia – Shepherd’s Hut – Ice Source – Hala Pisana – Kraków Gorge – Kiry – Zakopane
Total ascent/descent: 150m/150m
Duration: 5-7 hours
Difficulty: medium
Price: from 250 EUR (price depends on the date, duration of the tour, number of people, conditions, language options).
Additional charge for entering Mroźna Cave: +15 EUR
Additional charge for entering Mylna Cave: +25 EUR
Additional charge for entering Kraków Gorge: +25 EUR
Additional charge for visiting Smreczyński Tarn: +15 EUR
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