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Smithy Gorše
Blacksmithing was a common craft in the Slovenian countryside and was passed down from generation to generation. A master’s exam was mandatory to do the blacksmithing Blacksmiths made various tools for work, tools for building houses (gutters, nails), horseshoes for horses and locks.
Mirtoviski stream
Mirtoviški potok (stream) flows from below Krempa and has two springs. The Modri poh spring is rich with waterfalls, pools, tubs and gutters. The stream used to drive mills and sawmills, but today it drives a small hydroelectric power plant downstream.
Risnjak National park
Risnjak National Park is one of the most beautiful National Parks in Croatia. It is located in Gorski Kotar and enchants visitors with magnificent karst phenomena intertwined with lush vegetation. The forest kingdom is home to three large European beasts: the lynx, the bear and the wolf. Here nature is its own master, life here is self-sufficient. That is why Risnjak is extremely valuable for researchers, as they can study life without human influences here.
Nezica Waterfall
In Slovenia we have many diverse natural sights, which are not arrogantly magnificent, but modestly hidden. This also applies to tufa formations. The Prifarski jarak originates in the headwaters above the settlement of Tišenpolj, between Planica and Vrana stena at an altitude of 350 meters. In the past, there was an underground karst cave under the spring, that people destroyed because of the tufa so they used to build houses. The stream used to be more important, as people set up mills and sawmills next to it, but today it is mostly known for the 15 meters high waterfall Nežica.
VRAŽJI PROLAZ CANYON – ZELENI VIR
Ko so leta 1884 prvič omenili Vražji prolaz (Hudičev prehod), so zapisali, da je namenjen le najbolj pogumnim izletnikom. Danes pogum ni potreben, le strahu pred višino človek ne sme imeti, ko hodi po urejeni poti po kanjonu, ki je le tu in tam opremljena z jekleno vrvjo. Sprehod po strmem kanjonu je primeren za odrasle in otroke, ki znajo upoštevati pravila. Ozki kanjon ima urejeno pot, po najbolj strmem in ozkem predelu, kjer se širina kanjona zoži na vsega dva metra, pa peljejo tudi kovinske stopnice.
Lake Resko
When the Reški stream sinkhole was dammed under the Kočevska reka in the 1970s, Lake Reško with approximately 20 hectares in size, was created. The stream river bed was about 3000 m long. Three mills and a sawmill stood next to it in the past. They were called the Upper, Middle, and Lower Mills. Today, piles of stones and a few walls by the water are barely reminiscent of the ruins of the buildings.
Taborska wall
The Tabor wall rises east of the Žurgarska wall, above the town of Belica above Čabranka. There is a cave in Tabor wall, well in fact it is a hole, where a tragedy took place during the Second World War.
Jelovicka Cave
Jelovička Cave was discovered in 1941. The entrance to the cave is located under a 20-meter vertical wall and opens at the beginning of a 330-meter-long torrent bed, which is very picturesque with large stone blocks overgrown with moss. The Kotnica streams originate from the Jelovička Cave, and after about 300 meters they flow into the Kolpa.
The cave is 184 meters long and 30 meters wide. At the beginning, the cave descends for a while, and then slowly rises to the end. We descend into the cave along a clayey slope, along which a stream flows, which originates in the cave and flows underground to the river Kolpa. During heavy rains, an underground stream erupts from the cave, flooding the cave almost to the ceiling.
Mill Grbac
As part of Kostela’s technical heritage, the Grbac mill is very important. It is located just below the Nežica waterfall, and powered by the Prifarski ditch. It was first mentioned in 1494. Drežnica goats, cike cows and Styrian hens can be found on the farm, there you can also refresh yourself with colorful bread, a real farm breakfast (mash with milk and other delicacies), visit the mill, participate in farm chores and make a purchase of products. They also run workshops for children.
Bilpa Caves
Bilpa caves are located on the border between the municipality of Kostel and the municipality of Kočevje. Above the caves rises the Bilpa wall, which Valvasor named the wall of echoes. In it, nature has shaped various human, animal and superstitious characters. Bilpa consists of four caves, the last of which was discovered only in 1983. The entrance to the caves is in a wall about 30 meters above the road, it is 8 meters wide and 6 meters high. Immediately behind the entrance to the caves is a long hall, which is quite charming, in it are various stalactite formations. In this work, archaeologists have found several objects that prove that this area was inhabited in the ancient past.