Savica Waterfall in Bohinj -Senior backpacker goes to Slovenia (5)

 On the 3rd day in Bohinj, July 26, I went out to see the water fall named as “Slap Savica” in Slovenian, which was located within two hours walk from the pension. It was a nice easy morning promenade without using a bus, trains or cable car. I started at 9 am to follow the path in front of the pension, walking along the left bank of the Savica brook, which was the main permanent influx into Bohinj lake with its source at the waterfall. 

    

Steep rocky wall & U-shaped valley
The trail gradually ascent under the the steep rocky slope of Mt. Pršivec (1,761 m), reaching to the entrance point to the waterfall where there was a tiny gift shop. I paid entrance fee at the gate and crossed the stone bridge over the brook. On the way up to the waterfall, I could recognize the U-shape valley over the lake basin between the mountains of Pri Vogel and Prsivec, which were carved by the glacier after the last glaciation about 20,000 years ago. 

    

Savica Waterfall 
 The waterfall's water comes from Črno jezero lake at an altitude of 1319 m in the Seven Lakes Valley and bursts out through the rocky walls of Komarča, a cliff stretching from Mt. Prsivec.  In the spring when the snow melts, the Savica waterfall has its glory and is described as a dragon that has hidden in the Komarča wall and rumbles fiercely to express its unstoppable rage. As I visited there in late July, the water was calmly running down the face of the rock instead of falling vertically as usually seen in Japan. The waterfall is 78 meters high with another smaller fall on its left tail of 25 m high. The color of the water was crystal green and very impressive.   

    


In return I took the different broader road along the right bank of the Savica brook, which eventually brought me to the meadow land with a variety of wild flowers still blooming. I saw few hikers and only one pair of father and son enjoying cycling on the way to the lake in the forest. It was a really relaxing and comfortable walking under the summer sunshine.   

    

        




Savica brook
 The Savica brook finally flows into the lake at the Ukanc bridge near the pension that I stayed in. They said that people jumping into the lake to escape from the summer heat will soon get out of the water as it is too cold.   

   


(To be continued; the next is "Horse riding along the lake in Bohinj )