- Meeting with the local wildlife expert at about 13:00 at the Podbanske in Tatras at a parking lot and taking over the powerful binoculars.
2. Next is the journey to one of the three valleys where there is the greatest possibility of seeing a brown bear. During the hike, we will show the Western Tatras and all the surrounding ridges and individual hills, and we will stop with binoculars at the spotting positions from where we usually watch them. As soon as we spot a single bear, or a bear with cubs, we stop and observe the bears with powerful binoculars .
3. Before returning from bear observation, I will conduct a training on how to behave in individual encounters with a bear based on my own experience, where I will provide interested parties with a description of possible routes to almost all Tatra peaks, as well as my experiences of these ascents, as I completed them.
Indicative timetable:
PROGRAM (time is approximate – it will change according to the season)
- 13:00 hod. – Meeting at the lower parking lot at Podbanske
- 13:00 hod. – 14:30 hod. – Hike through the valley in the Western Tatras, approx. 1.5 hours up to one of the three adjacent Tatra valleys (Western Tatras) to the bear spotting places
- 14:30 hod. – 18:30 hod. – Arriving at wild bear viewing sites where the best chance of seeing a brown bear is possible. Combined with an explanation about the life of bears in the valley and training on how to behave in an encounter with a bear.
- 18:30 hod. – 20:00. – The way back along the hiking trail to the parking lot at Podbanske.
WILDLIFE SLOVAKIA 