Ziplines in Slovenia, from Bovec's canyons to the Planica ski jump

Bovec and the Učja canyon

Bovec has two parks, each with its own character. The Učja canyon park is the biggest in Europe, according to both the Soča Valley tourist board and the national one, with ten lines of 250 to 600 m that add up to 4.5 km and pass up to 200 m above the river at speeds of up to 60 km/h. The canyon and its surroundings are a Natura 2000 site, and from the lines you look over the Bovec basin, the Krn slopes and Triglav.

The other park is in the Krnica valley in the Kanin range, at about 1,300 m. It has five lines of 500 to 700 m adding up to about 3 km, 200 m above the ground, between Kanin and Rombon. It was the first zipline park in Slovenia. Both are guided, and the usual way to book is through the agencies in town.

Planica, the steepest zipline

In the Planica valley, near Rateče, the zipline drops alongside the giant ski-flying hill. It’s 566 m long, you hit 85 km/h within seconds and the tourist board sells it as the steepest in the world. Short and intense, and ideal if you’re there to see the jumps anyway. The rest of the valley is in my guide to Planica.

Near Bled and Nova Gorica

Dolinka, between Bled and Vrba, has seven lines totalling 4 km that cross the Sava Dolinka seven times, a Natura 2000 river running through forest and wetland. If you’re staying by the lake and don’t want to travel far, it’s the obvious pick. At Solkan, by Nova Gorica, a single 550 m line crosses the Soča above the kayak course at up to 60 km/h, with both Solkan bridges in sight.

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In the east

The tourist board names three more. Olimpline at Črna na Koroškem is the longest single-span zipline in Slovenia, 1,260 m long and more than 200 m above the valley where ski champion Tina Maze grew up. At Celjska koča above Celje, two lines of almost 830 m run from the hotel to Grmada hill and back. And on a Štajerska estate a 340 m line runs from a big apiary to the forest and back, with the cables crossing 35 m above the ground.

A day of ziplining and rafting

With a single adrenaline day in Bovec, I’d do the Učja in the morning and the Soča rafting in the afternoon. With small children, I’d check minimum age and weight with the agency first, as the official sources don’t publish them. For the valley’s other adventure activities, start with Soča River rafting.

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