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The Tatras
The highest mountain range in the Carpathians, with granite peaks, more than a hundred mountain lakes and waterfalls. From the campsite you are straight onto the walking trails of Slovakia's oldest national park.
Mountain lakes, chamois and the highest peak in the Carpathians
The High Tatras have been a national park (TANAP) since 1949, with more than 600 kilometres of walking trails. You walk past clear mountain lakes, which are called pleso here. With a bit of luck you will see chamois and marmots. Brown bears also live in the park.
At 2,655 metres the Gerlachovský štít is the highest peak in the whole of the Carpathians. From Tatranská Lomnica, right next to one of our campsites, a cable car goes up to the Lomnický štít. On the way you pass the lake Skalnaté pleso at 1,751 metres.
In the west, near Oravice, you walk through the Juráňova dolina: a gorge a kilometre long with steep rock walls, plunge pools and waterfalls. In the rock you can still see the remains of the beams of a wooden walkway from 1886. Timber and iron ore were carried out along it. To the south lie the Low Tatras, with the Ďumbier (more than 2,040 metres) as the highest peak.
From mid-June to the end of September
The paths above the mountain huts, the saddles and the summits are closed from 1 November to 31 May. Most paths to the huts stay open. In early June there is often still snow higher up. The best time is mid-June to the end of September, and it is nicest in late August and September: fewer thunderstorms, less heat than in July and August, and quieter. Thunderstorms can build quickly in the mountains. So start early.
Beautiful walks
Waterfalls of the Studený potok and Skalnaté pleso
18.6 km · almost 6 hours · circular walk · about 860 m of climbing · starts at the cable car in Tatranská Lomnica
Along the blue trail to the Rainerova chata and the great waterfalls of the Studený potok, then over the red Tatranská magistrála to Skalnaté pleso. The way back takes about two hours on foot, or you take the cable car. Kemp Tatranec is about 3 kilometres from the start.
To Zelené pleso
about 15 km there and back · 2.5 to 3 hours one way · about 640 m of climbing · starts at Biela voda between Tatranská Lomnica and Tatranská Kotlina
Along the yellow trail through the forest and past the spring Šalviový prameň to the green lake beneath the Jastrabia veža. There is a mountain hut by the lake. You can go back the same way or make a loop past Veľké Biele pleso.
Štrbské pleso and Popradské pleso
11 to 12 km · 3 to 3.5 hours · circular walk · about 270 m of climbing · starts at Hotel Patria on Štrbské pleso
An easy route along the red magistrála to Popradské pleso and the Majláthova chata, returning past the symbolic cemetery for mountaineers who lost their lives. From 1 November to 31 May the red trail is closed. The path past the cemetery is closed from 15 December to 30 April.
Juráňova dolina nature trail
8 to 9 km · 3 hours · circular walk · about 170 m of climbing · starts in Oravice
Up through the gorge of the Juráňova dolina, over the Umrlá saddle and back through the Bobrovecká dolina. The trail starts at Autokemping Oravice and is also on our map. The gorge is closed from 1 November to 30 April.
From the Chopok to the Ďumbier
8.8 km there and back · 2 hours one way · about 430 m of climbing · starts at the top station on the Chopok (cable car from Jasná)
Take the cable car to the top station at 2,004 metres, just below the summit of the Chopok (2,024 metres). Then follow the red ridge trail to the highest peak of the Low Tatras. You have views on both sides. Return the same way. Best from July to September. As the crow flies the Chopok is about 14 kilometres from Speleocamping Malužiná. By road it is further.
Our campsites nearby
At each campsite you can see on the map the circular walks that start close by.
- Kemp Tatranec in Tatranská Lomnica
- Autokemping Oravice in the Western Tatras
- Speleocamping Malužiná in the Low Tatras
- Ranč Kráľova Lehota at the foot of the Low Tatras