Visit to Veternica cave

Public transportation

Take the ZET bus for Gornji Stenjevac, bus line no. 124 from the terminal at Črnomerec (takes about 15 min.). Access (hiking) trail no. 3 to the cave goes along the valley of Dubravica stream, and the hike takes about 15-20 min.

Bus schedule: www.zet.hr

By car

Take the car to Bologna Avenue to the west, and after Gajnice (immediately after gas station) make a right turn in Dubravica Street . If you want to reach Veternica from the bottom access trail, from Gornji Stenjevec, continue driving along Dubravica Street (on the second crossroad turn left) to the end of the road. If you plan to reach climbers' lodging “Glavica”, you have to make a right turn on the second crossroad to Zelena magistrala and drive to the end of asphalt road and parking place at Ponikve meadow.

In a 30 minute walk (hiking trails 8 and 1M) from Ponikve you will reach climbers' lodging "Glavica", from there downhill along hiking trail no. 3, and in 5 minutes you will come to the cave.



How to reach Veternica cave?Veternica cave map

What can you see in the cave?

Since 1979 Veternica cave is protected by law as geomorphologic monument of nature.
Veternica cave in detail

The elevation of the cave entrance is 320 m. Total length of explored canals is 7128 m, and the length of the main canal is 2622 m. The first 380 m of the cave are adapted for visitors.

Veternica is in length the fourth cave in Croatia , and the longest in northern Croatia . It is an important archeological and paleontological site, and an enlightening example of karst phenomenon. In 1889 Dragutin Gorjanović Kramberger attracts public attention to this cave.

The part of Veternica adapted for tourists shows geomorphologic phenomenon rarely seen in classically tourist adapted caves: oval erosion forms made by water vortexes, which tell us about former water stream, sand dunes left after the last underground stream which used to spring from Veternica, extinct cave bear's ( Ursus speleus ) lower jaw, fossil mud, the Well of wishes in Concert hall, fossil of a shell from genus Pecten , sea-urchin Clypeaster on the ceiling, Stone waterfall (a beautiful dripstone formation) etc. Fourteen species of bats hibernate in the whole cave.

It is possible to visit Veternica with an expert guide (45 to 60 minutes tour):

Work days – for organized groups, in agreement with the Institution (on below stated phone numbers). Maximum number of visitors in one group can be 30.

Saturdays / Sundays – from April until November with expert guidance.

ADVICE FOR VISITORS:

The whole year round the temperature in the cave is about 10 o C/50 F, for which reason during the warmer part of the year it is necessary to bring warmer clothes. Also, sports shoes are recommended because the approach trail to the cave is possible only along hiking trails through the woods, and in the cave in some parts there is mud.

Ticket price

- children 15 kn
- students and seniors 20 kn
- adults 25 kn
- family 50 kn

The cave cannot be visited without a guide authorized by Public Institution “Nature Park Medvednica”. Expert guidance is included in the price of the ticket.

Brochure «Veternica cave» 5 kn





Tourist map Nature Park Medvednica 40 kn

Souvenirs

Veternica cave - bat pendant 12 kn
Neanderthals tool 15 kn
Sea-urchin Clypeaster cast 15 kn
Female T-shirt with picture of bat 80 kn
Male T-shirt with picture of bat 90 kn

For all further information feel free to contact Public Institution “Nature Park Medvednica”:

Phone: 4586-317
Fax: 4586-318
e-mail: park.prirode.medvednica@zg.htnet.hr