Rakov Škocjan (hotel) - Rakov Škocjan (Rakova pot)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Ljubljana - Koper, take the Unec exit and continue driving towards Unec. In Unec, signs for Postojna and Rakov Škocjan direct us to the right, onto the road which a little further continues directly alongside the highway. After a few kilometers from Unec, we arrive at an intersection, where signs for Rakov Škocjan direct us to the left onto a macadam road, along which we then drive to Hotel Rakov Škocjan.
B) From the highway Koper - Ljubljana, take the Postojna exit, then continue driving on the old road towards Logatec. When Postojna ends, at the hamlet Ravbarkomanda turn right in the direction of Unec, Rakek and Rakov Škocjan. After that, once we cross the railway track over the overpass, continue left on the main road, then through the underpass under the highway pass to the other side of the highway. For some time we drive alongside the highway, then signs for Rakov Škocjan direct us to the left onto a macadam road, along which we then drive to Hotel Rakov Škocjan.
C) First, drive to Cerknica, from there continue driving towards Unec. In the settlement Podskrajnik continue left towards Rakov Škocjan, Zelše and the industrial zone. At the unmarked intersection in the ind. zone continue straight, then quickly arrive at the settlement Zelše. When the settlement ends, soon the asphalt also ends, and the road brings us to an intersection, where a road branches off to the right to the hunting lodge Lovski dom LD Cerknica, and we continue straight and continue driving to Hotel Rakov Škocjan.

Path description:
From the hotel, by which there is an information board nicely showing the Rakovava pot, we continue on the road which leads towards the Veliki naravni most, then after a few 10 steps we leave it and continue right on a cart track, on which we quickly arrive at the place where we join the arranged path through Rakov Škocjan. We follow the mentioned path to the left (right Jamarska pot), which then leads us past several attractions. Behind the springs or during high waters at the ponori, Rakova pot moves to the other side of the driving road, where the path leads us past yet another attraction, by which there is an information board. We quickly return to the other side of the road, where Tkalčeva and Rakova pot lead us through the forest. When we approach the road completely, the path leads us across a meadow, then again through the forest, where after a few minutes of further walking we arrive at the Veliki naravni most, which is a few 10 steps to the right from the marked path.
At the educational board located in front of the Veliki naravni most, the path turns left and ascends to the macadam road, which we follow to the right. We walk on the road for a few minutes, then the path leads us left, where we quickly arrive at Tkalčeva jama, where the river Rak sinks. We can descend to the cave on a secured path, otherwise we continue ahead on the path which returns to the road. On the road we ascend to the Veliki naravni most, from which a nice view opens towards the valley of the river Rak. On the bridge we leave the road once again and continue slightly left on the path, on which we quickly arrive at the ruins of the church of sv. Kancijana. There follows some descent and the path returns to the road, which we follow to the left, but only to the nearby information boards, where a junction is marked.
Here Tkalčeva pot turns back, and we continue right on the side road, which during snowfall is closed to public traffic. We continue on the road, which mostly runs through the forest, or also on the arranged trail which runs somewhat to the right of the road. We walk on the road for quite some time, after a while the road temporarily turns more towards the north, then in a longer right bend it crosses the footpath, on which we will continue later. We continue on the road, then at the nearby intersection continue left, where we quickly arrive at a larger parking lot (one of the options for starting the described path). On the upper side of the parking lot we leave the road and head to the path in the direction of the Malega naravnega okna. After a few steps we arrive at the information board, the path to the Malemu naravnemu oknu branches off to the right. After viewing this natural attraction we return to the last junction, then continue on the path which gradually begins to descend through the forest, somewhat lower it crosses the road on which we walked a few 10 minutes ago.
On the other side of the road the path turns right, where it first leads us past the former sawmill, then temporarily moves away from the river, soon approaching it again. Further on we approach the road very closely again, on which we had been walking quite some time before, and at two junctions we continue left, at the second one then going over a small bridge. On the other side of the small bridge we walk along the river Rak for a short time longer, then at the junction continue left and walk with a gentle ascent to the endpoint at the closed hotel.