Komare doline - Kuk

Access to starting point:
From the highway Ljubljana - Koper we go to the exit Črni Kal. From Črni Kal we continue driving on the old road towards the coast, but we drive along it only to the next somewhat larger intersection, where we turn left in the direction of border crossing Sočerga. On the mentioned road we drive past the settlement Kubed to the village Gračišče, where at the intersection we turn left in the direction of Rakitovec, Movraž and Smokvica. From Gračišče we drive approximately 800 m, then beside the road we notice the blazes and inscription on the rock for Lačna, which direct us to the left. Here we park at a suitable place beside the road. The starting point is located approximately 50 m before the next smaller intersection.
To the starting point we can also come from the direction of the coast, namely through the settlements Prade, Pobegi, Čežarji, and Sveti Anton.

Path description:
From the starting point we go on the marked footpath in the direction of Lačna. The path first crosses a quite overgrown meadow, then joins a wider cart track, on which we continue. At the junctions we follow the blazes, and the cart track higher changes into a somewhat steeper and in several places also overgrown mountain path. Higher some views open up on the surrounding hills, and the path a little further brings us to the ridge of Lačna, where we also step onto a wide cart track.
We follow the cart track to the right (left Lačna 15 minutes), and it leads us in a few gentle ascents and descents along a quite panoramic ridge. A little further the path leads us past a natural cave, and we a little further arrive at the indistinct but panoramic Vrh križa.
From Vrh križa we continue on the marked cart track, which passes into a belt of pine woodland that ends with a medium-sized clearing. In the middle of the clearing we notice a small stone cairn that marks the unmarked path to the nearby Krog, but we continue on the cart track, which crosses another short belt of forest, then passes onto increasingly bare slopes. Here we already see before us the gentle northwestern slopes of Kuk, and the path continues to lead us in a gentle ascent slightly to the right. Higher the path for a short time ascends somewhat more steeply, then levels out and brings us to the extensive and gentle summit slope of Kuk, where there is also a marked junction.
Here we continue in the direction of Kuk, to which we have only a minute of easy and panoramic walking.

On the way: Vrh križa (411m)

Trip can be extended to: Krog , Lačna , Tri učke ( 35 min) , Veliki Gradež ( 15 min)