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Rila National Park
Photo: iStock/Todor Marholev
PAN Parks offer a wide variety of wilderness experiences. We collected those adventures that help you best experience PAN Parks wilderness.
Hike Peak Maljovica
In order to reach this amazing peak you cross the wilderness area of the national park. It takes 2-3 hours starting in a valley with pine forests and then reaching open landscapes spotted with lakes, chamois – real high-elevation wilderness. From the peak you enjoy the panorama of 3 valleys with numerous picturesque creeks and cascades.
Enjoy breathtaking views of wilderness in an undisturbed valley
For this experience we recommend 2 different routes:
Through Peak Medarnik
From village Govedarci if you take the yellow trail to cabin Medarnika and follow the green sign, you reach Peak Medarnik. The route takes you through meadows, pastures, forests, also passing ski lifts but after 1-1.5 hours you enter the park’s wilderness: spruce, fir, Balkan pine forests and finally you have a rewarding panorama of the wilderness in the Valley of Levy Iskar which is a valley without trails, roads or any other human disturbance.
From the Rila Monastery
From the Monastery you can drive up to Kirilova poljana and hike (the green sign) to the Dry Lake (Suchoto jezero) then to Pass Kobylino Braniste to finally follow the red sign to the Water Hill (Vodni Vrch – 2683m) to have the beautiful panorama of the Valley of Levy Iskar.
After reaching the peak you can follow the red sign traverse down to Cabin Fish Lakes (Rybni Jezera) and following yellow sign down the Valley Ticha Rila (Still Rila) back to Kirilova poljana.
There are many activities you could enjoy in Rila National Park such as birdwatching, wildlife watching, biking, skiing and horse riding.
Local partner offering an activity related to Rila adventures - horseriding:
Peri Vollas




