Hiking in the Geopark

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Experience the Geopark Karawanken

Two countries, two continental plates, dozens of adrenaline rushes, no matter what the season!

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Learning in the Geopark Karawanken

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Discover the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark

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The Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark is a cross-border region of natural and cultural experiences with an outstanding geological heritage. Five Slovene and nine Austrian municipalities are bound together in an area of 1,067 km².

Discover the exciting underworld of Mt. Peca / Petzen by bike or kayak (Podzemlje Pece) or head for the colorful Obir stalactite caves. Find your inner peace on St. Hema Mountain / Hemmaberg, one of the oldest pilgrimage destinations in this part of Europe. Visit the Geo.Dom whit its fascinating interactive exhibition of the Geopark on Mt. Peca / Petzen, get you adrenaline kick by biking down the Flow Country Trail, or take the zipline ‘from Europe to Africa’ over Črna na Koroškem. You can also experience an enjoyable ride crossing the border between Austria and Slovenia on the Draufloß timber raft.

The Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark offers all this and much more.

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Our best and most attractive offers for the near future

Sun, 25. Jun 2023
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Hochobir via the Simon Riegersteig trail

Mining, Schutzhaus, Hannwarte and much more are our topics on the way to the highest peak of the Karawanken Geopark.

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Sun, 18. Jun 2023
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Mela Koschuta

Huge stone tables to finely ground lime we marvel at on our way to the south side of the Mela Koschuta, the Eagle Saddle.

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Sun, 11. Jun 2023
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Carinthian Storschitz

The Carinthian Storschitz is located on the Slovenian-Austrian border and belongs to the former coral reef in the Karawanken mountain group.

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Sat, 17. Jun 2023

Sunrise hike to the Hochobir

Beautiful night hike with headlamps to Hochobir and enjoy the sunrise at the summit of Hochobir!

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Our experiences for you

The Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke offers countless, very exciting experiences for young and old. Here is a small selection - take a look for yourself.

Geo.Dom

The Visitor Center of the Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark 'Geo.Dom' offers an exciting, interactive insight into the entire cross-border experience of the Geopark Karawanken.

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Zipline Črna na Koroškem

Experience the fastest and longest steel cable slide in Slovenia, the Olimpline in Črna na Koroškem. From the top of Navrški vrh you glide 1263.5 m above the beautiful place Črna and enjoy the great view of hills, valleys, forests and mountains at a flying altitude of up to 250 m.

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Flow country trail Petzen

With a length of 11 km, the Flow Country Trail on the Petzen is one of the longest flow trails in Europe. Countless tables, jumps and sharp turns are waiting for you on this trail, which is fixed with macadam stones and winds elegantly with a gradient of about 10% over the southern Carinthian local mountain to the valley.

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Underground Biking

Mountain bikes were made for mountain rides, but here you can also ride your bike THROUGH the mountain. Together we discover a path through the abandoned and mysterious mining tunnels under the Petzen Mountain.

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Obir Dripstone Caves

Embark on a fascinating journey through time - millions of years back into the past.... The incomparable mix of nature and humans, from the symbiosis of 200 million years of history and modern technology, will also captivate you!

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Underground Kayaking

Row through the clear and calm water and admire the underground labyrinth of tunnels. In the process, you'll learn what it was like in the days when machines hummed and tools hammered in the mine.

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26

May

Final event of the Geopark Annual Topic 2022/ 2023

Yesterday, at the Geopark Management Center in Tichoja, we successfully implemented the 2nd part of the educational workshop within the Geopark annual topic "NEOOHYTE - friend or foe?"

16

May

Educational workshop within the Geopark annual topic

As part of the Geopark Karawanken-Karavanke annual school topic "NEOPHYTE - enemies or friends?" an educational workshop for teachers and educators will take place on 25th of May 2023 at 14:00 pm at the Geopark Management Centre in Tichoja in the framework of the Interreg Alpine Space project I-SWAMP.

20

Apr

Kick-off Meeting of the Interreg Central Europe project HUMANITA in Bükk National Park in Hungary

Partners of the project met in Bükk National Park in Hungary on April 17th to 19th 2023 at the project’s kick-off meeting.

02

Mar

School groups in the Geopark Visitor Center Geo.Dom on the Petzen Mountain

Many school groups visit the Geo.Dom on the Petzen

24

Feb

10 YEARS GEOPARK KARAWANKEN

10th anniversary celebration of the Geopark Karawanken among the well-wishers Minister Uroš Brežan, Governor Dr. Peter Kaiser, and Nikos Zouros, the President of the Global Geopark Network.

11

Jan

Opening of the Geo.Dom and panoramic restaurant

Official opening of the Geo.Dom and panoramic restaurant "Oben" on 11.01.2023

Hiking in the Geopark

Experience the Geopark Karawanken

Learning in the Geopark Karawanken

Discover the Karawanken-Karavanke UNESCO Global Geopark

Highlights

Hochobir via the Simon Riegersteig trail

Mela Koschuta

Carinthian Storschitz

Sunrise hike to the Hochobir

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Countries

14

municipalities

1067

km² territory size

1200

km hiking trails

Our experiences for you

Geo.Dom

Geo.Dom

Zipline Črna na Koroškem

Zipline Črna na Koroškem

Flow country trail Petzen

Flow country trail Petzen

Underground Biking

Underground Biking

Obir Dripstone Caves

Obir Dripstone Caves

Underground Kayaking

Underground Kayaking

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