The Gorce and Dunajec River Gorge
in the Pieniny National Park
The Gorce Mountains and The Gorce National Park — here from the peaks, exceeding 1200m, you
can admire the summits of the Tatra Mountains. Numerous meadows are the remain of the sheep
pasturage. Nowadays on the Gorce route sheep, shepherds’ huts and even roadside shrines can still
be found. Our roam through the Gorce paths will lead us to the nearby Pieniny Mountains. One of the last trip’s attraction is Dunajec River Gorge rafting in the Pieniny National Park.
Attractions:
• The Gorce National Park;
• The Pieniny National Park;
• Dunajec River Gorge;
• Szczawnica health-resort;
• The ruins of Czorsztyn castle;
• The Wooden Architecture Route: Łopuszna, Harklowa, Dębno Podhalańskie;
• Niedzica castle.
PROGRAMM
Itinerary: 15 May – 15 October
Day 1 Arrival to Cracow (plane, train, car); Guest house
Day 2 Rabka — Stare Wierchy (983m) PTTK Hostel <3h30’>
Day 3 Stare Wierchy — Turbacz (1314m) — Jaworzyna Kamienicka (1288m) — Borek Pass — Czoło Turbacza — Turbacz — PTTK Hostel <5h30’>
Day 4 Turbacz — Bukowina Waksmundzka (1103m) — Łopuszna — a tour in Łopuszna: the historic wooden church, “Tisznerówka”, the Tetmajers manor house; transfer to Sromowce Niżne — PTTK Hostel Trzy Korony
Day 5 Łopuszna — transfer to Czorsztyn on the way: The Wooden Architecture Route: Harklowa, Dębno
Podhalańskie, the ruins of Czorsztyn castle, Niedzica castle — a gondola ride to the castle, transfer to Sromowce Niżne — PTTK Hostel Trzy Korony
Day 6 Transfer to Czorsztyn — Osice Pass (668m) — Szopka Pass (780m) — Trzy Korony (982m) — Sromowce Niżne — PTTK Hostel Trzy Korony <4h30’>
Day 7 Dunajec gorge rafting — Szczawnica — return to Cracow, guest house
Day 8 transfer to the airport
Accommodation:
• PTTK Hostel Stare Wierchy
• PTTK Hostel Turbacz
• PTTK Hostel Trzy Korony
• Cracow guest house
Meals: 3 meals a day (breakfast, lunch packet, dinner), regional evening on one day of the trip (for groups only)
Transport: local (bus, train — for groups only)
Price: 319 euro/ pp. Individual Tourists
469 euro/ pp. Groups (6 — 15 persons)
For an extra fee:
• Luggage transfer on route;
• Transfer by a rented car from Cracow to Rabka, and from Szczawnica to Cracow;
• Insurance for foreigners on Polish territory during the trip.
