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Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet

velkavrh17. 06. 2013 15:27:57

Early in the morning we set off from Kranj with the bus - savski planinci. We parked the bus in the Istrian town of Buzet. Still a firefighter photo and at nine we started the trail. The start is on the right side of the bridge by the little river Mirna uphill. Here the river gives quite a miserable appearance. Almost a wild stream, to which a bit higher the stream Mirna has been actually tamed into a canal, in which I saw no fish, only frogs had their concert. Both watercourses are supposed to be defined as streams until joining. Soon we come into the forest and soon spot the first waterfall, which the trees hide from us. Now the steep ascent begins on damp ground. Luckily we have plastic cables along the trail. You don't see that in our mountains. We come under interesting high overhanging walls where anchors for climbers are made. Further on the second waterfall soon shows itself. Here even wires for climbers are lowered over the rocks. The third waterfall has a huge pool, almost a small lake. Now we head into Istrian wilderness. We walk across unmown grassy patches that no one mows and forest slowly overgrows them. In between ruins of long abandoned houses and abandoned orchards are visible. We reach the village of Kuhari and turn towards the abandoned village Kotle. Here supposedly lives permanently only one person and currently an open inn which already has a sign - for sale. At the bridge that leads to the village we spot a water fairy tale. The stream carved itself here through white rock a beautiful path. It's full of small pools and basins, at the end it flows further with a big waterfall. Here we soak tired feet in pleasantly refreshing water. We enjoy a thick hour. After the break we set off further along the left side of the stream and check out the last waterfall with a huge pool. The water is surprisingly cloudy-emerald colored. The rocks over which it flows color it. Over some kind of gorge we return by the river on the opposite bank to Buzet. Several times we crossed the stream over big stones until they joined. Because we spent a lot of time walking in shade and by water it was still tolerable despite the great heat. We walked actively five hours. Exactly at the same time Istrian hikers were doing this trail. There were supposed to be four hundred of them. We really weren't bored.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Fire station in Buzet.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Mirna River.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Start of the Seven Waterfalls Trail.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Across the wooden bridge to the other bank along the Mirna stream.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet This should be the first waterfall that we cannot view up close.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet The path then leads steeply upwards next to the secured overhanging high wall.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet We reach the next waterfall, which crawls down the rocks.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Here too it is prepared for climbing.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet We climb above the canyon and spot Buzet.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Then we reach the next waterfall with a real small pool.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet then we pass through an abandoned hamlet that the forest has overgrown long ago.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Across abandoned fields, orchards and unmown meadows which the forest is overgrowing we reach the village Kuhari.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Then over the bridge we reach the abandoned village Kotli, where their konoba is by the bridge and even in one house someone lives. Today there is a huge crowd here, because the Istrian mountaineers have their holiday.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Still inhabited house - Kotli.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Their konoba.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Below the inn from the bridge onwards a real water paradise.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet In pleasant small pools we cool our hot feet.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Through some kind of troughs water falls into the depths into the pool.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet On the other side is an abandoned mill. Where are those times when the mill wheels rattled and ground wheat from nearby fields.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Undoubtedly they have passed and the people have also gone.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet The path then leads us also to the last waterfall.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet Through the gorge we return to the river.

Trail of the Seven Waterfalls - Buzet The streams have already merged and flow towards Buzet.

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velkavrh26. 04. 2015 05:54:42

Yesterday on a nice April day and after two years again with Škofja Loka hikers to Croatian Istria on the Seven Waterfalls trail. This time a month and a half earlier than two years ago. We filled a whole bus and the tireless guide Slavica Laznik was very happy about it. We drive to Buzet and start near the Favorit brewery. Then along the channels of the Mirna river, where there is almost no water at this time. Nevertheless, there are many mallard ducks to see and even a grey heron and a river gull. Soon we cross Mirna and after a while over a wooden bridge that announces the start of the trail, we approach the first waterfall. The waterfalls are named and I will subtitle them in the photos. Only the name of the waterfall in the village of Kotle I couldn't find out. The trail is excellently marked throughout, but still you have to watch not to get lost. The Istrian hikers have been very hardworking. The whole trail is newly rebuilt and equipped with safety devices. Two years ago this wasn't there yet, only a short section had some cables. Over Napoleon's bridge, which is a special attraction and excellently preserved, we descend to the village of Kotle. Once it was a large flowering village, so to speak with streets. The village has no permanent residents. You reach the village on gravel road. A small tavern - konoba is operating. Beside the tavern some local woman in the first house opposite sells even homemade brandies and liqueurs. Mainly you can still see the shine of the former large village, reminiscent of mighty buildings, which are mostly abandoned or in ruins. Some houses have been renovated and even offered as apartments. Some are still used as weekend homes. Below under the tavern is the picturesque fifth waterfall, whose name I don't know. Here the river has carved channels into the white karst stone and created small waterfalls and pools. At the end it drops deep below in front of the mill, which hasn't operated for a long time, into a nice pool. From Kotle we return on another path and visit the remaining two waterfalls and after crossing the stream three times return to Buzet. This is the time of many orchids - lady's slippers. We found three kinds. The most beautiful is of course the spotted lady's slipper.

Third waterfall has little water - Vela Peč.

Under the waterfall there is always a large pool or pond.

The lake below it is called Green-Blue Lake.

The gorge is surrounded by vertical rocks.

We climb out of the gorge - Buzet is visible.

This is how we admired the fourth waterfall and lake.

Then past karst dolines to Napoleon's bridge.

Deep below we spot the village Kotle, where our next waterfall is.

Here at least it seems to me the most beautiful.

Here the stream has carved numerous small basins into the white karst rock, created mini waterfalls and pools, and finally cascades over an overhang to form a beautiful waterfall.

This is the waterfall that you cannot really get close to.

Typical Istrian house from bygone times.

Abandoned houses overgrown with greenery.

Numerous ruins recall the former owners.

Some are nevertheless renovated and offered as apartments - they even built a pool.

A bit ahead of ourselves. This is the last waterfall - Grjok. We reach it by backtracking slightly on the path - but it is well marked.

The waterfall is rather small - below there is a large pool.

This is the Zelenščak waterfall - the sixth in sequence.

Then just the return, where we cross the stream three times.

I always add at least three of the nicest flowers from the tour if something is blooming at the time. This is the time of orchids - This is pikastocvetna kukavica - it is rare here.

Škrlatnomodro ptičje seme is beautiful. I don't see it here. It is supposed to bloom at the end of grain fields sometimes.

And also a beautiful decoration of cold, damp gorges. A beautiful flower that I haven't seen here. This is bledorumeni koreničnik.

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jedriličar26. 04. 2015 08:10:26

Velkavrh, I dug a bit on the net, the waterfall in Kotle village has no name, they simply call it Waterfall ... mežikanje

http://www.istriasun.com/istra/kotli.php
http://cudaprirode.com/portal/pt/2942-kotla-bajkovito-mjestace-u-istri
http://www.reprezent.hr/images/pdf/2014/slapovi.pdf

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velkavrh26. 04. 2015 11:44:48

jedriličar, thanks! I read everything you forwarded. Indeed the history of Kotle settlement is very interesting. I didn't know the settlement was so flourishing and that there was another mill. I know the view of the waterfall is nice from the mill, but we didn't climb down there. I'm very interested in the history of these Istrian places. Best regards!

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wolphgang26. 04. 2015 15:03:15

what is the difficulty of the trail, given that there are plastic "cables", and how safe are they?
thanks

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velkavrh26. 04. 2015 20:42:29

Only a couple of old cables are conditionally plastic. What is newly secured are steel cables with steel posts.The trail is rated as easy, safe.In wet it's slippery. But it's a bit longer - there and back with stops around five to six hours.

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Tolminc17. 12. 2018 09:35:58

Saturday visit to the Trail of 7 Waterfalls nasmeh

https://sine771.blogspot.com/2018/12/pot-7-slapov.html

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GITA20. 04. 2019 12:14:51

On Tuesday (16.4.) we walked this trail. After the March drought, when water was more dripping and trickling than flowing and roaring, the waterfalls and pools are again sufficiently full of water to look nice... nasmeh

Impressions and photos from the trail at the link:

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palček plezalček18. 05. 2019 20:53:39

Currently the waterfalls are quite a bit more watery than in the photos above. When crossing Mirna I had to take off my shoes 2 times. Apart from that trifle the trail is BP.

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golica24. 01. 2022 17:57:48

Nowhere did I find information about the trail length and approximate time to pass all waterfalls. What is the difficulty of the trail? nasmeh

, if we have kids 7 and 10 years old, is the trail suitable? Thanks

palček plezalček24. 01. 2022 18:04:36

montura24. 01. 2022 20:58:42

With small kids count considerably more than 3 hours for 13 km. The trail is mostly easy, but not everywhere. To a couple of waterfalls you have to descend a steep bank, risk of slipping, also you need to be careful around the pools.

Enka4. 09. 2022 09:30:54

Hi! Does maybe someone know what the state of waterfalls/pools is in this dry period? Does it make sense to go?

ejti4. 09. 2022 14:04:51

I doubt it. Once, at the end of August I messed up like that, and it wasn't even such drought as this year. There wasn't even a drop of water. Wait for proper rain.

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Enka4. 09. 2022 14:23:11

Thanks, that's what I thought.

velkavrh10. 02. 2023 09:10:06

Third time's the charm. Yesterday after ten years -back then I was still with Savski planinci here-in between already with PD Škofja Loka -again here. After Gorenjska it's a bit too icy, so we postponed from March to February and didn't regret it. Start was as always from the brewery in Buzet by the regulated stream Mirna, which currently at least in this regulated part (canal) is almost without water. What there is is all frozen. Then past the Tambasin spring along the climbing part of the gorge to the other side of the stream. I don't know exactly when there was such water power here that it collapsed the little bridge-for now it's not repaired yet. Because there was water it was easy to cross to the other side over stones. In case of high water you'd already have to take off shoes here. These climbing sections are interesting-I think high water broke something here too. So we reach the first waterfall-Zagon. Impresses the next waterfall Bačva and Green-Blue Lake. Then we reach the next waterfall Vela peč-35 m -this is the highest on the Draga stream. With the Mala peč waterfall this side of waterfalls ends. It actually ends in the settlement Kotli, where at least for me the most magnificent waterfall-named simply Kotli with attractive ending -mill, which sadly is decaying. I saw it's even for sale. Here water carved a whole bunch of little cauldrons, pools and ends with a waterfall that falls down into a pool. To those cauldrons you can descend right or left side. In village Kotli currently no residents. The pub is closed. Now the once flourishing settlement with many large houses is more a ghost village. Some renovated for weekenders. Some even rented out. Interesting that such a large village had no church. To get to Kotli you go even through village Selce and hamlet Pengari. To Kotli through several abandoned hamlets or villages-Kuhari, Martinčići, Šćaveti and Glistonija. Here many ruins of once mighty homesteads are visible, now just ruins overgrown by ivy and forest. Supposedly people left these places already before WWI and went mostly to America. After longer break we went to the remaining two waterfalls -Zelenščak and Grljak. Had to cross the stream three times. Currently crossable without issues. If more water, can't without taking off shoes. Whole trail done in about five hours. Exposed parts secured with railings and cables, also still with electric cables that were here already ten years ago. In between visible also grated entrances to mine shafts. The gorge is paradise for climbers-routes in this rock are very demanding. In Buzet we finished with bobici stew in a nice inn.

Close-up picture of Buzet on the hillock.

Along the Mirna stream on the trim trail.

They have nicely tamed the river. But I don't know when both streams flooded and filled this channel of the Mirna river almost to the top.

Tambasin spring - currently without water.

There are several climbing areas in this gorge.

Komarjev bridge was unfortunately destroyed by the storm. The path maintainers have a lot of work ahead.

Little water. It is easy to cross this way. In spring, shoes will need to be taken off for crossing.

The surroundings of the waterfall impress.

The path is well secured with railings, steel cables, even electric cables.

Second waterfall - Bačva and Green-Blue lake.

Vela peč waterfall - the highest waterfall on the Draga stream -35m- unfortunately not well visible.

Here we are already at the fourth waterfall - Mala peč with a huge small pool.

Here we managed a half-half firefighter pose - more half than nothing.

I also managed to get closer to the waterfall.

Over Napoleon's bridge - very attractive - I climbed under the bridge by the stream.

Past a couple of abandoned villages and hamlets - nature has triumphed.

Mill that is unfortunately falling into ruin.

We left Kotle and went back the other side - had to cross the stream three times.

Just before Grljak was the Zelenščak waterfall - couldn't get closer and it's actually not visible at all.

In Buzet canyon. I need to look up what birds they are.

Back to Buzet on the other side of the Mirna river.

In Buzet a solemn tour conclusion also with a bouquet from Gorenjska.

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Enka10. 02. 2023 20:58:34

Storms and floods were last year, the last week of September. That's when the bridge and parts of the path were washed away.

B210. 02. 2023 22:25:25

It's been at least thirty years. We started at the Lupoglav railway station and headed south through the undergrowth to what I remember as the dry gorge named Cikitaja or something similar. We continued to the village of Kotle and further to Rocko polje
Does anyone know more about this, where it is and if the name is correct for this dry stream bed.

lilyd6. 03. 2023 21:09:43

On Saturday our PD also visited the seven waterfalls near Buzet. We had excellent participation and weather and enjoyed the spring weather and nature observation. There was just the right amount of water, it's a shame if you arrive at the wrong moment when there's too much or too little water...

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bos22. 04. 2023 06:18:58

At the request of my better half I took her to Istria for 3 days for her birthday. nasmeh

First day we saw Roč, the smallest town in the world - Hum, Buzet and then along the Path of 7 Waterfalls ... the last part got rain, but already in Motovun we were back in the sun. jezik