Wildlife Holidays to Slovenia

When you embark on Slovenia tourism and are traveling to Slovenia, you will undoubtedly be thinking of what's in store for you on your wildlife holidays in Slovenia. Well, you are assured that pleasant surprises await you. Slovenia is a nation with marvelous scenery and rich wildlife, as you will see for yourself in six to seven days time. Come with another week to spare and you can cross over to Croatia after you are finished in Slovenia. Here you will find some of the most amazing things that will fill your wildlife holidays in Slovenia with all the thrills.

Bird Watching in Slovenia: When you reach Lubljana, and take the two hour drive to Lake Bohinj, you will come across a stunning location where among the Julian Alps, you will find Dippers diving in the Bohinjska-Sava river source and Grey Wagtails flitting in the off-shore rocks. You will get to see pine-forest species, nutcrackers and Alpine Choughs too. Bird watching is also a part of wildlife holidays in Slovenia.

As a part of your wildlife holidays in Slovenia you can visit the glacial lakes of Bled and Bohinj. From here you can watch Mount Triglav, the highest Slovenian peak at 2,864 meters. Cable car will take you to Mt. Vogel where you will enjoy Lake Bohinj below and snowcapped Julian Alps above. You will be able to see Ring Ouzel, Snow Finch, Crossbill, Nutcracker and Black and Grey-headed Woodpeckers in Dwarf Pine Beech and Norway Spruce forests surrounding the lakes. You can also spot Chamois, Golden Eagle and Alpine Ibex if you are lucky.

Near Lake Bled, the Savinja Alps has wonderful forests covered with wonderful forests where you can find Water Pipit, Alpine Accentor, Alpine Choughs, Alpine Fire Salamanders and Alpine Newt. Three-toed Woodpecker and Pygmy Owl are there should you get lucky. Near seasonal Lake Cerknica, there are Corncrake, Ferruginous Duck, Quail, Curlew, Little Bittern, White Stork, Squacco Heron, Savi's, Red-backed Shrike, Barred Warblers and Black Tern. With time on your hands you could look for Common Rosefinches, River Warblers and bee-hives with hand painted panels. The wildlife holidays in Slovenia have more to offer.

The cave of Postojna are a big draw with millions of stalagmites and stalactites, and displayed here are pink Olms (aquatic blind cave salamanders). Wildlife Holidays in Slovenia: Mount Nanos has amazing flowers, rare butterflies such as Poplar Admiral, Assmann's Fritillary , Niobe Fritillary, Twin-spot Fritillary, Alpine Mountain Argus, Scarce Large Blue, Amanda's Blue, Great Sooty Satyr and Large Chequered Skipper.

There is also the nose-horned viper, with Chamois, Golden Eagle and rock partridge.Near Skocjan Cave, Peregrine breed in walls and there are many Alpine Swifts. Near Podgorje, the flora and fauna starts changing to Mediterranean-Adriatic and there are Short-toed Eagles, Griffon Vultures, Kentish Plover, Black-winged Stilt, Zitting Cisticola and waders. You can also maybe see Pygmy Cormorant, Stone Curlew, Glossy Ibis and more. Some say that Slovenia is the best kept tourist secret of Europe. Well, you let us know after your trip.

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