Učka Nature Park – Vela Draga Canyon and the Summit Area of Učka – Excursion
Dear nature lovers, we invite you on Saturday, 24 September, to an educational excursion to Učka Nature Park, which includes a visit to the educational trail in Vela Draga Canyon and the Plas educational trail in the summit area of Mount Učka.
More detailed information about the excursion is provided below, as well as the autumn schedule of the From the Museum into Nature programme.
Registration for the excursion is required by email at: damir.lackovic@hpm.hr no later than Thursday, 15 September at 6 p.m.
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Excursion plan:
10:00 – gathering at the parking lot above Vela Draga Canyon
10:00 – 13:00 – tour of Vela Draga Canyon
13:00 – 14:00 – time for rest and lunch at the Vela Draga viewpoint rest area; food and drinks should be brought along
14:00 – 18:00 – departure by car to the summit area of Učka, visit to the viewpoint at the top of Učka and the Plas educational trail in the summit area of the mountain
Around 18:00 – possibility of dinner at Pension Učka, depending on interest, followed by return home
The trail in Vela Draga Canyon is described as easy, although there are shorter, steeper, rocky sections of the trail. The trail in the summit area of Učka is an easy forest hiking trail.
We recommend bringing:
Hiking clothes
Footwear – comfortable high or low hiking shoes or trail sneakers
Umbrella and raincoat or other rainwear, in case of a rainy forecast
Food and water
Access from Zagreb:
From Zagreb, take the motorway to Rijeka, then the Rijeka bypass towards Pula. After the Učka tunnel, immediately take the exit for Lupoglav and Učka, then at the first intersection turn left, following the signpost for Vela Draga. After a few hundred metres, turn left into the parking lot of the Vela Draga educational trail, which is also the meeting point for the excursion.
Excursion costs:
Own transport
Entrance to the Nature Park is free of charge, as is the guided excursion
More information about Učka Nature Park: http://www.pp-ucka.hr/
Excursion leaders, geology and biology curators: Damir Lacković, Snježana Mikulčić Pavlaković, Vesna Štamol, Katarina Krizmanić, Neda Prlj Šimić, Petar Crnčan and Nives Borčić.
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The excursion is part of the Croatian Natural History Museum programme “From the Museum into Nature 2016.”
Download the schedule of all educational nature excursions and children’s workshops here.