What is there to know

Welcome to our new Visitor center - Lake Cerknica:
Dolenje Jezero 68
1380 Cerknica
Location: https://g.page/r/CcERFgVWAfuNEBA 

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 WORKING HOURS

Summer working hours: from April 15th until September 30th:

Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 16:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 16:00
Friday: 10:00 - 16:00
Saturday, Sunday and National Holidays: 9:00 - 18:00

Winter working hours: from October 1st until April 14th:

Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10:00 - 16:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 16:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 16:00
Friday: 10:00 - 16:00
Saturday, Sunday and National Holidays: 10:00 - 16:00

We are also available for all your questions and assistance by e-mail and telephone:

M: tic@notranjski-park.si
T: +386 31 668 223

It is prohibited to drive between Dolenje Jezero and Otok village, every Sunday, between 8:00 - 21:00, except for local residents of village Otok and private land owners around Cerknica Lake. This rule applies from March 15th to November 15th.

Hikers and cyclists: road next to Lake Cerknica, between villages Dolenje Jezero and Otok, is also intended for motor vehicles. Stick to the right side of the road.

Motorised vehicles belong to the roads. In Slovenia, driving in protected natural surroundings is prohibited by law.

All vehicles must be left at designated and marked parking spaces. Parking on the fields, grass, in the forest... is prohibited. Parking lot (paid parking*) is at the end of the Dolenje Jezero village. We suggest you park there and then continue your trip by bicycle or by foot. In case parking lot at the end of Dolenje Jezero village is full, check other parking spaces. Cerknica and Dolenje Jezero are also connected with a new cycling and walking path, so you can visit Lake Cerknica this way.

* Parking prices at the "Jezero" Parking lot:

• • • • • 1. October–28 (29). February:
          • Weekends and holidays: 9:00–16:00
          • Car: first hour free, then 2 eur/h
          • Motor home: 5 eur/h
        1. March–30. September
        • Weekends and holidays: 7:00–18:00
        • Car: first hour free, then 2 eur/h
        • Motor home: 5 eur/h

Parking is free on weekdays.

P1: Parking "Lake Cerknica"* - (88 parking spots + 2 buses); coordinates: N 45.773523, E 14.357388

P2: Parking "Saint John" (by the cemetery) - (72 parking spots); coordinates: N 45.790174, E 14.361380

P3: Parking "Medical center Cerknica" - (28 parking spots); coordinates: N 45.791667, E 14.365579

P4: Parking "Triangle" (at the beggining of Cerknica, by the school) - (84 parking spots); coordinates: N 45.796394, E 14.355140

* Parking lot "Lake Cerknica" (Jezero) is payable on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

• • • • • 1. October–28 (29). February:
          • Weekends and holidays: 9:00–16:00
          • Car: first hour free, then 2 eur/h
          • Motor home: 5 eur/h
        1. March–30. September
        • Weekends and holidays: 7:00–18:00
        • Car: first hour free, then 2 eur/h
        • Motor home: 5 eur/h

Parking is free on weekdays.

For campers, we advise you to check our designated camper stops.

If you have your own boat, carry it from the parking lot to the water. Observe traffic signs, access to water by car is usually not possible, except exceptionally during the period, when the lake is completely flooded.

The central navigation area covers the area between Jamski zaliv, Rešeto, the bridge on the road Dolenje Jezero – Gorica (right side of the road, when looking from Dolenje Jezero village), and also the area between Vodonos and the imaginary line that connects Slivnica to the bridge near Otok, and the area known as Zadnji kraj. Navigation in the central area is permitted, when the water levels on the water height gauge at Dolenje Jezero are over 150 cm.

In Notranjska Regional Park we are guests of nature and, as in other protected areas, we do not leave garbage behind. There are no waste bins in the area of Lake Cerknica and along footpaths and cycle paths. We are in the wildlife zone, and some animals might confuse some types of waste for their food.

Waste bins are at the entry point (parking lot at the end of the village Dolenje Jezero) and next to the parking lot at the cemetery, so visitors are asked to take garbage from the natural environment and throw it there.

Notranjska Regional Park is an area of protected nature and one of the hotspots of Slovenian and European biodiversity, so we treat living beings and inanimate nature with respect. Park is home to an extraordinary number of species of organisms, many of them endangered or protected.

We do not disturb or frighten animals by screaming or hunting. Observe them with eyes, not with the hands, as we can seriously injure them with clumsy handling.

Let’s not take living beings out of their living space. Flowers should be observed in nature, so plants can complete their life cycle in nature.

When picking mushrooms, fishing and other leisure activities, we follow the rules and thus allow other visitors a pleasant experience.

All visitors to the park are also asked to strictly follow the recommendations of the NIJZ when visiting the park, due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections:

Visit the park healthy, with no signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infection (such as colds, malaise, muscle aches, fever, cough).

Maintain a sufficient interpersonal distance of at least 1.5 oz. 2 meters, both in front of the information point and during walks, while cycling, boating or other guided activities in the park area.

Observe proper hand and cough hygiene.

Do not touch your face (eyes, nose and mouth) with dirty / unwashed hands.

Touch various objects and surfaces as little as possible (as necessary). Be sure to disinfect your hands after contact with different surfaces.

Camping is only allowed on designated campsites.

Camping and lighting fires in nature are prohibited.

Motorhomes can park on public parking spaces from 7:00 till 23:00. For overnight parking, please use the official Motorhomes parking spaces.