The Savica waterfall, where the Sava Bohinjka begins

What the Savica waterfall is like

The water bursts from the Komarča rock face and falls 78 metres in two streams, forming an A, into a green pool at 836 metres above sea level. The odd thing is that the flow divides underground, before it ever reaches the cliff. It’s fed by water coming down from the Triglav lakes valley and from under Pršivec, which arrives through a horizontal karst tunnel with siphons and underground lakes, accessible only with guides and equipment.

The waterfall gives rise to the Savica river, which enters Lake Bohinj at Ukanc and further down becomes the Sava Bohinjka. Tourism Bohinj sums it up as the start of Slovenia’s longest river and its second shortest.

Getting there from Bohinj

There are four ways. By car, on an asphalt road to the car park at the Savica hut, about 9 kilometres and a quarter of an hour from Ribčev Laz. By bike, on paths or tarmac. By bus, which reaches the car park only in summer and Ukanc every day. And on foot, from Hotel Zlatorog in Ukanc in an hour along a well-marked path, or from Ribčev Laz in about two and a half hours.

From the car park you walk up a simple path with quite a few steps. It doesn’t work for wheelchairs or pushchairs. Next to the car park is a mountain hut for a bite to eat; it shuts in winter, but drinks and snacks are still sold at the start of the path.

Tickets, hours and rules

Entry is cheap and there are plenty of ways not to pay, as the table shows. Hours change by month, and in November and December 2026 it opens 9:00 to 16:00, well short of the summer hours. What you should bear in mind is that in heavy rain, storms, snow, ice, flooding or risk of rockfall, the entry point closes and the path is blocked.

The waterfall lies in the park’s strictest protection zone. Swimming is banned and the pool is off limits. Dogs are welcome, always on a lead. Tourism Bohinj stresses that safety is each visitor’s own responsibility, given the risk of falling rocks and trees, slippery ground and sudden changes in the weather.

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What else is nearby

The Savica hut is also the start of two mountain routes. One climbs via Pekel to the Komna hut in about three hours. The other crosses the bridge over the Savica and climbs the Komarča wall to Black Lake and the Triglav Lakes hut in four or five hours. That one is well protected and beautiful, but very steep and exposed, for experienced walkers with a head for heights only. For the rest of the park, start with Triglav National Park.

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