6 monumentos naturais imperdíveis ao redor de Szaflary

A wonderful walking trail in the larch forest. Blueberries, moss undergrowth on the boggy ground. To feel comfortable, water sandals are recommended. Many city families try to wade through the watery path, dressed nicely, instead of enjoying the surroundings. Not to be missed.

The Bór nad Czerwonym reserve is located on the northern edge of Nowy Targ and protects a unique raised peat bog with a characteristic marsh forest. You can drive along the gravel road on the eastern side of the reserve, or along designated paths and wooden footbridges through the middle - but I do not recommend doing this after rain, because there are many muddy places.

A very picturesque place where the Białka River breaks between two rocks - Kramnica on the right bank and Obłazowa on the left. There are three caves in Obłazowa. In one of them, the oldest boomerang in the world, 30 thousand years old, made from a mammoth tusk was discovered. Remains of extinct species of animals such as the woolly rhinoceros, cave lion and cave hyena were also found there.

Drive through the reserve. Good bike path.

A limestone rock, which is rarely seen in this landscape. Most of them are underground.

Can there be anything interesting in a cave that’s 9 meters long, 5m deep? Well, if you discover that it hides human objects as old as 150 000 year old - it definitely is. Cave lion, reindeer, cave hyena, woolly rhinoceros bones were found here. The human livings used to live here as early as the Stone Age, including the Neanderthals. Believe it or not, the World oldest boomerang was discovered here - it’s more than 32 000 year old, made of a mammoth tusk. The present day throw record is 66m long (using a replica, not the original one :) ). It didn’t come back. Before discoveries in Obłazowa Cave all Carpathian Paleolithic sites were dated to the Late Paleolithic. No traces of earlier settlements were apparent. This situation has changed with the discovery of the Upper and Middle Paleolithic sequence in the Obłazowa Cave; it means discovering that people used to live here dozens of thousand years earlier than it was thought. How could such an archaeological treasure remain unknown and so well-conservated? Well, the river sediments would make the riverbed grow higher and higher until literally closing the cave. No one knew what did it hide inside, until the 1985 works started and revealed great discoveries. Apart from its archeological value, its geology and fauna are also interesting. For example, some High Tatras species grow here (because their seeds were brought down by the waters of Białka River). If you have a moment, you can hike up Obłazowa rock (by the road); Kramnica lies on the other side of the river. They both stand up some 50 meters above the riverbed level offering splendid views, their walls were used by climbers until it was forbidden due to the Reserve rules. There are plans to build an archeological museum here.