Natural heritage

Natural habitat of the Košice Region offers a lot to see. The ambivalent few million old underground of karst and ice caves with the everchanging and wild paths of the Slovak Paradise. With rumbling waterfalls, sheer gorges and dense forests, Slovenský Raj lives up to the name of 'Slovak Paradise'. A few easier trails exist, but the one-way ladder-and-chain ascents make this a national park for the passionately outdoorsy. You cling to metal rungs headed up a precipice while an icy waterfall sprays you from a metre away: pure exhilaration. (Lonely Planet). Protected landscapes, Caves, Geyser, Waterfalls and volcanic lake Morské oko are unique and worth seeing.

Slovak Paradise

Craggy gorges, wild gulches, narrow valleys and long canyons, bickering streams and booming waterfalls over all of which rise massive rocks. This picturesque corner in Slovakia takes your breath away. (Spectacular Slovakia)

Slovak Karst

Slovak Karst National Park is the largest and most typical karst area in Central Europe. Its system of plateaus and deep valleys abundant in underground and surface karst phenomena, varied fauna and richest Pannonian flora attract numerous visitors.

Protected landscape Latorica

A unique protected lowland area along the River Latorica with its extraordinary floodplain forests adjacent to blind channels with rare fauna and flora.

Protected landscape Vihorlat

Vihorlat Primeval Beech Forests - an impressive volcanic mountain range of Vihorlat with a little volcanic tarn called Morské oko.

Domica Cave

Spectacular and well worth visiting. (Tripadvisor) Domica Cave is the most known and longest cave of the Slovak Karst National Park. Except for important geomorphological features, it is interesting by precious archaeological findings, occurrence of flowstone shields and drums, as well as numerous bat species presence.

Gombasecká Cave

Gombasecká Cave belongs among the most important caves of the Slovak Karst national park. It is known mostly by occurrence of thin straw stalactites. Within the „Caves of Slovak and Aggtelek Karst“ it was inscribed on the world heritage list.

Ochtinská aragonite Cave

A unique natural phenomenon drawing attention by the richness and variety of aragonite fill, as well as an interesting evolution and development of cave spaces.

Jasovská Cave

One of the most important caves of the Slovak Karst National Park. Known for rich calcite flowstone fill, remarkable rocky shapes and development of underground spaces, with abundant bat occurrence, several archaeological findings and interesting history. It was inscribed on the World Heritage List within the Caves of Aggtelek and Slovak Karst.

Dobšinská Ice Cave

One of the most important ice caves in the world. Since 2000 it is inscribed on the world heritage list. The monumental glaciation of the Dobšinská Ice Cave persist for thousands of years at elevations only 920 to 950 m.

Krásnohorská Cave

Until recently, the Guinness Book of Records listed the Krásnohorská stalagmite as the largest in existence, a 35-metre high chunk of breathtaking natural extravagance, with a 12-metre wide base. It grows significantly in volume every year as the relentless drips solidify, but the cavern it occupies is vast and it will be a few (million) years yet until it's too big to accommodate visitors. No hurry, then, but do get along. It's a wonderful sight. (Travel Spectator)

Silická ľadnica

At 110 metres deep, it is the deepest ice cave in the world. A World Heritage Site since 1995, the cave is on the Silica Plateau in the Slovak Karst, about 2 km west of the village of Silica. It is a part of the Silica-Gombasecká underground hydrological system, with exceptional flora and fauna, archaeological findings and various bat species that stay in the cave in winter. Visit also popular Babska Hole nearby.