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In the case of other information about this programmes contact Svetozár LACKO, Phone number: +421/904/408058, E-mail: lackos@pobox.sk

CLIMBING SCHOOL, WATER SCHOOL PROGRAMMES AND OTHER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

1. Guiding on tourist paths in national parks High Tatras and Low Tatras
   There will be guide with specialise explanation about interesting places for groups (school trips, pensioner groups, colleeges from work, or other groups) The guide will choose the most suitable possibility of the trip and he will secure safety return from the trip. These touristic paths require suitable clothes, shoes and other equipment, we recommend to meet your guide before trip, where will be participants of the trip familiared with the claim of the trip, or the guide will choose another trip according to their equipment.
2. Guiding in gorges in national park Slovak Paradise
   Movement in gorges in Slovak Paradise is difficult (ladder, wooder or iron steps), people are often injured in this locality. The guide will secure safety movement with his advices and special help (fixed children and pensioners with rope) in the gorges and he will also secure safety return with the whole group. There is also a special offer of climbing in the locality Tomašovký výhľad (Thomas view), but only for more efficient participants, because the level of dificulty is from number IV. up in this locality. For less efficient ones we recommend climbing on the locality called Drevenik nearby Spiš Castle. It is very atractive to visit these gorges during winter (nice icefalls), but with suitable equipment or also you can do crosscountry skiing on the frozen river Hornad, which flows through this national park – Slovak Paradise.
3. Rafting on the rivers (Dunajec, Poprad, Váh, Čierny Váh, Hornád, Hnilec)
   We can offer rafting, cayaking, canoeing on these rivers. But these crafts can be used only by trained people, that´s why it is good before this action to have training in Poprad, on the river or on the pond, or on the dam Ružín nearby Margecany (70 km from Poprad), or on the river Dunajec, where we organize Summer school of canoying each year in July.
4. School of Canoying on the pond in Poprad or on the river Poprad or on the dam Ružín
   For beginners we do school of canoying on the pond (only until 31. May) and on the river Poprad (the whole summer) by dockyard in Poprad. Dockyard has a wall, where climbers train from the surrounding of Poprad. There is also possibility to sleep in the dockyard (it is nessesary to have sleeping bag) or sit by the fire.

   There are better conditions with accomodation in dockyard in Margecany, where we can offer 9 beds, kitchen with equipment, sitting under shelter and there is also meadow for tenting. It is necessary to order it soon, because it is often full during summer holidays. It is situated 70 km from Poprad. The shape of the dam is like wide canadian river with meandres and it is surrounded with nice well-preserved nature, and the shores are visited only by fishers. The section of 12 km is without roads, without hotels…We recommend to visit this place in May, June and September, October, because it is more quite, there are not so many people here and the mushrooms are growing (first we found in 23 May). You can pick up mushrooms from the boat.

5. Climbing school for teams, but also for families with children
   Climbing belongs to the group of sports, where it is necessary to hold on safety rools. It is good to learn these rools from instructor of climbing school. The best locality to train climbing on training rocks around High Tatras are Drevenik nearby Spiš castle (43 km from Poprad) and old stone-pit in Tatranská Kotlina. Tomašovský výhľad in Slovak Paradise is for more efficient climbers.

   It is possible to connect the training in Drevenik (travertin rocks with lots of small holes) with visiting Spiš castle and church in Žehra or visiting 120 m long ice cave.

   The old stone-pit in Tatranská Kotlina is suitable for training rappeling, but there are also 3 ways good for beginners (the level of difficulty is until number IV.).

   Climbing school can be provided also in High Tatras along with climbing up on some of the peaks.

   If you dont have all equipment, the instructor can lend you, and he can also arrange accomodation on some of cottages in High Tatras (Zamkovského cottage, cottage under Rysy, Teryho cottage, Zbojnicka cottage, cottage by Popradske pleso, cottage by Green pleso or Sliezsky dom). You can get Climbing school certificate after 6 days of climbing with instructor.

6. Ascents on non touristic marked peaks in High Tatras
   You can treck on non marked paths in High Tatras only with a mountain guide or with an instructor of climbing. That´s why is good to announce on Climbing school, where you can be on non marked peaks during climbing training. Maximum persones on 1 instructor is 5 people. By the ascents it is necessary to have good clothes, shoes, equipment and of course a good condition.
7. Visiting castles and other cultural sightseeings in the near of Poprad
   You can find many cultural and historical monuments in the region around High Tatras, called Spiš. You can go through interesting sightseeings with a tourist guide in the whole region. This offer is suitable especialy during season, when is too rainy in the High Tatras.

   The historical part of Poprad called Spišská Sobota is worth seeing. It is declarated as a town historical reservation. You can find there gothic and renesance houses. The most dominating building is the roman church with an oltar from Master Pavol from Levoča.

   There is a manor-house with a nice park located in the village Strážky (18 km from Poprad direction Kežmarok). You can see the collection of painter Medňanský and the others inside.

   Kežmarok is famous for its town castle with a museum inside, wooden church (1717), townhall, new protestant church, bell-hall, old houses and parts of town fortifications. The whole historical part of the town is town reservation.

   Spišská Belá is a small historical town, where Germans used to live. J. M. Petzval, who was a pathfinder of photographic technic, was born here. You can visit his museum in his house.

   Levoča was a king town. The historical center is also town reservation. There you can visit a famous gothic St. Jakob church with the highest wooden oltar in the world – 18,6 m (it is the work of Master Pavol from Levoča), the late gothic townhall – Museum of Spiš, the cage of shame, other churches and the Thursov house.

   Spišské Podhradie – Spišská Kapitula (church museum of Spiš) , Spišsky Castle – it is the biggest castle in middle Europe, The church of St. Ghost in Žehra – paintings on the wall are written in the list of UNESCO.

   PIENINY national park – Červený Kláštor (Red Closter), Ľubovniansky castle (50 km from Poprad) + skanzen – natural museum of typical slovak arcitecture, skanzen in Pribilina (50 km from Poprad), Caves – Dobšinská ice cave, Belianska cave

8. On the bikes around Poprad
   Cycling paths are outside the main roads. There is possibility to transport bike in the van behind the car (max. 15 bicycles) and you can also rent a bike (8 Euro/1 day). We recommend you these trecks: Poprad – Vápenica valley – Lopušná valley – Svit – Poprad (25 km)
   In Lopušná valley there are another 2 possibilities 15 km rounds. Tatranská Lesná – Stará Lesná – EUROCAMP – Tatranská Kotlina – visit Salaš (typical house of shepherd, where you can buy fresh sheep cheese or milk) and back (30 km) Podbanské – Tichá valley and back (30 km) + Kôprová valley and back (22 km) = (50 km) Ždiar – saddle Príslop – Osturňa (10 km) – Malá Franková and back to Príslop (25 km) Javorina – Lysá Poľana – Bielovodská valley (gamekeeper´s cottage) – Vojtasová (state border with Poland) (30 km) From Spišské Bystré and from Vikartovce there are more possibilities for cycling on forest paths in Low Tatras Šuňava – Liptovská Teplička (10 km) – along river Čierny Váh to Kráľová Lehota (20 km) and back, from L. Teplička and from valley Čierny Váh there are more possibilities to visit side valleys. For pretentious cyclists there is possibility to ride a bike to Cottage by Zelene pleso, Sliezsky dom, Popradské pleso.
9. Riding horses
   In the region around Tatras there are more possibilities to ride a horse. The most visited place is around salaš (house of shepherd) in Tatranská Kotlina, where the price is 6 Euro/1 hour. The owner has 5 horses and he guides visitors through the meadows direction to Lendak. After a ride you can buy fresh sheep cheese and milk.

   Other possibility is in national park Slovak Paradise near the village called Betlanovce (it is good to do it after visiting gorges). You can ride on 4 horses and the price is 8 Euro/1 hour.
   With the same price you can ride a horse also in Poprad, Veľká Lomnica, Mengusovce, Spišská Teplica.

10. Guiding on ski slopes + ski school
    During winter, the visitors of High Tatras usually go skiing in Štrbské Pleso, but the capacity of the slope is not always sufficient and the price is guite high around 20Euro/1 day. It is sometimes better to visit smaller ski slopes, beacuse not so many people are there and also the price is better, for example (Spišské Bystré, Lopušná walley by Svit, Lučivná, Liptovská Teplička, Vernár, Bachledova walley, Strednica by Ždiar, Lomnické saddle).

    The instructor of skiing can teach you to ski when you are beginner or can help you to improve your ski skills. The ski school costs around 8 – 12 Euro/1 hour/1 person. Ski guide costs 50Euro/1 day + the price for the ski ticket and he will teach the whole group for the whole day. And each day you can ski on another ski slope, it depends on how good the group is.
    

11. Riding with dogs team
    This atraction is used usually by bigger groups, because the price for 2 – 3 hours is 75 Euro + transport of dogs from Poprad.
12. Cross-country skiing in the near of Poprad
    Those who like silence in tatra nature full of snow can spend a day by cross-country skiing on these places: meadows between Tatranská Lomnica and Stará Lesná, cross-country skiing trecks in Štôla,. Lopušná valley, Vápenica valley near Poprad, the valley of Biela voda Kežmarská to cottage by Zelené pleso, Štrbské Pleso, Bystrá valley, Vernár, Lučivná, road to Sliezsky dom or Popradské pleso, Tichá and Kôprovská valley, cross-country skiing on the frozen river Hornád in national park Slovak Paradise, etc. To make it more interesting and easier there is possibility to gear the dog sibirian husky. The price for the whole group for the whole day is 50 Euro/1day or 5 Euro/1 hour.
13. Ski touring (skialpinism) in national parks High Tatras, Low Tatras and West Tatras
    In the last few years it is very famous to do ski touring in Tatras valley. You treck on ski 2 – 4 hours up and ski down fast. The famous trecks are Mengusovská valley, Big and Small cold valley, Mlynická valley, Valley of Biela voda Kežmarská or the road to Sliezsky mountain hotel or to Popradské pleso.

    The costs of renting the whole ski touring equipment are 15 – 18 Euro/1 day. The price for the guide for the whole group is 50 Euro/1 day.

14. Golf possibilities
    You can play golf below Tatras on 2 places, in Tatranská Lomnica, below EUROCAMP – Tatra golf club – 8 holes + training machine (also in winter) and in Veľká Lomnica – Black Stork – they are building 24 holes. The evarage price is 8 Euro/1 hour + to rent equipment.
15. Cottages in High Tatras during winter
    Except cottage under peak called Rysy (2 250 m), all other mountain cottages are opened during the whole year. You can walk there by foot (with ski sticks), by cross-country skiing or ski touring (skialpinism). It is good to have a guide, because it is more safety, you will not loose the way, etc..It is necessary to have suitable clothes, shoes and equipment.
16. Fishing on the river Poprad, Dunajec, Hornád, Váh and Belá
    The price for permission for 1 day is around 5 – 8 Euro. There is also a possibility to rent equipment for fishing or to do fishing with a quide.

THE OFFER OF WEEKS PROGRAMMES

1. The most beautiful view in High Tatras
   This programme offers trips for tourists, 3 peaks with the most wonderful view of Hight Tatras from different points of view. From Jahňací peak (2 229 m) we will sea the eastern part, from Východna Vysoká (2 429 m) central part and from the peak Rysy (2 499 m) western part of these mountains.
2. Tatranská Magistrála
   On the south foot of the Hight Tatrtas above the forest border in an altitude of 1500 - 2000 m above sea level is nice, not difficult path called Tatranská Magistrála. In sunny weather it provides wonderful view not only on the peaks of High Tatras but also on the whole Poprad basin with the range of Low Tatras behind, where the peak Kráľová hoľa (1 946 m) is dominated. To make this path easier, we devided it into 4 shorter parts with one - day rest, when we visit Belianska cave and typical goral village Ždiar.
3. The highest peaks of High Tatras
   This programme is determinated only for efficient tourists, who want more than just trecking on marked paths for tourists. These trips are realized with the guide or climber instructor. The climbing equipment is necessary, but we can lend you, if you dont bring it with you. During the week we will visit 3 highest peaks, Gerlachovský peak (2 655 m), Lomnický peak (2 632 m) and Ľadový peak (2 623 m). This trecks will be realized according to the weather to conserve the safety of the participants.
4. Climbing course for beginners
   The pretentious visitors of High Tatras are often interested in visiting these marvellous peaks not only by trecking on marked paths but also by other difficult paths, were only the climbers can go. You can do that by guide or after making the climbing course you obtain authorization for climbing on climbing paths forever. The content of this course is obtaining of the skills about safety moving in high-mountain country. You will learn here different technics of climbing, methods of ensuring the climbing team by moving, the descent on the wall with the rope and the principles of safety moving in exponated country. Under leading of experienced instructors of climbing you will climb the peaks in more walleys in High Tatras. This climbing paths have the level of difficulty from II. to III.
5. Climbing course for advanced
   This course is determinated for those, who made the Climbing course for beginners, or for members of climbing groups, who want improve their skills and knowledge in moving in high - mountain country. The participants of this course have to bring climbing equipment. We can also lend you this material. During the course we will climb the paeks in different walleys, the level of difficulty is from III. to V.
6. Mixed programme (Rafting – Touristic – Culture – Cave – Cycling)
   The High Tatras are tempting for their visitors especially because of their height and the beauty of the nature. The moving on the paths needs good efficiency, because you have to overcome big differences in height. That´s why we included in our programme also the region Zamagurie with rafting of the deep canyon of the river Dunajec, visit of Spišská Sobota – historic part of the town Poprad, respecitively the rest in AQUAPARK, where you can have a pleasant rest.
7. Cycling tours around High Tatras
   Do you like cycling in beautiful nature? Come with us on one week cycling in forests and valleys surrounding High Tatras, what you will really like and they will satisfied you with their silence and view on marvellous peaks. We will visit Tichá and Kôprová valley, Popradské pleso, Ždiar, Ostrurňa and the river Dunajec.

Prices for services of the guide on these trips are:

• trips for tourists: 50 Euro/day/group or 5 Euro/1 hour
• climbing trips and climbing school: 100 Euro/day/max. 5 persons
• transport is not included in the price (by request we can arrange transport of the persons and bicycles)

In the case of other information about this programmes contact Svetozár LACKO, Phone number: +421/904/408058, E-mail: lackos@pobox.sk

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