Slovenia, Mostnica Gorge and Vintgar Gorge

Two different gorges, both not to be missed

08.04.2018

Slovenia, Lake Bohinj - Vintgar Gorge

A day on which we visited two very different Gorges.

Mostnica Gorge is a deep and very narrow gorge of which the entrance is in the village Stara Fužina, just two kilometers from Lake Bohinj. There is a parking place (Euro 1.50) and the entrance fee is Euro 3.00. From the parking you follow a little river, cut very deeply in the rocks, following a gorge that is so narrow that there are no paths. From the path you can look several times into the gorge. Further upstream the path gets closer to the water. It is quite wild but the path is easy to do. We walked it up to the restaurant (about 2.5 hours for getting there and back). At the end, you approach more open and flat land, but you can further follow the part and get to a waterfall. That would take another hour or two. Because we had seen the most interesting part, we did not go that far. Mostnica is not as well-known as Vintgar, but we really loved it.

Slovenia, Bohinj Lake - Mostnica Gorge

Slovenia, Bohinj Lake - Mostnica Gorge - Elephant Rock

Slovenia, Bohinj Lake - Mostnica Gorge

Vintgar Gorge is a little more to the east. Somewhat north of Lake Bled. In Vintgar we followed more the bottom of the gorge, where they made wooden boardwalks. There are quite a few wooden bridges until you reach the end of the walk at a restaurant. It is absolutely beautiful, and the color of the water is stunningly blue, turquoise and green at many places. At the place of the restaurant there are some rapids and waterfalls, creating rainbow effects when it is sunny. It was different from Mostnica, but very very beautiful.

Slovenia, Lake Bohinj - Vintgar Gorge