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Slovenia: GeoCaching around Udin boršt

Since Nada and me were both affected by cold, we decided to take it easy today, so we went out and search for GeoCaches. Villages around Udin boršt were our targets.

Udin Boršt Natural Park (from: LINK)

Udin boršt is a conglomerate terrace dating back to the Ice Age that lies between Kranj, Tržič and Naklo. Here we can see karst features such as sinkholes, karst caves, abysses and swallow holes. The conglomerate terrace is 10 to 15 metres thick and lies on impermeable Oligocene grey clay. There are numerous springs at the juncture of the two aggregates. Among them the most well known springs are in the water caves Velika Lebinica, Mala Lebinica and Arneševa Luknja with two halls and stalactites, Dupulnek also known as the cave at Zadrga, and Dacar’s and Hišar’s abyss. North of the Kokrica - Naklo road in marshy springs, between peat moss, thrive sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and mrzličnik (Menyanthes trifoliat). Among trees worth seeing there are the Red pine (Pinus sylvestris) and a group of oak trees by the Novake - Senično road, a linden tree at the village of Žiganja vas as well as the former forest reserve Kriva jelka. An inviting footpath leads through Udin boršt and its surroundings, a short route (1.30 hours) and long one (3 hours), named “In the embrace of nature and tradition”, which was established by the local Cultural Tourist Association Pod Krivo jelko. You can read more about Udin boršt in the book by Borut Mencinger - Naravni parki Slovenije (Natural parks of Slovenia), which was published by Mladinska knjiga in 2004. In the area of the Municipality of Kranj on Kokrica by the rollerblading track and in Letence the Regional Unit of the Institute for the Protection of Nature of the Republic of Slovenia in cooperation with the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Slovenia set up explanatory boards regarding the memorial park Udin boršt in 2005.

View to Julian Alps from one of the caches

"Castle" in the Kokra Canyon

Meadow between Strahinj and Spodnje Duplje

GeoCaches found:
- HOSPITAL GOLNIK, Multi, GC36THV
- MILJE, GC3YTG8
- Pogled na Julijce, GC4GPEK
- Šmajdov grad, GC57N18
- QR Mystery #3: Coloring time, GC4VMJE
- QR Mystery #4: The real mystery, GC4VMJP