Goreljek nature trail

An easy walk around Pokljuka's peat bog, one of the southernmost in Europe. On the information trail, you can learn about the flora and fauna of this sensitive habitat type.

The extensive spruce forests provide shelter for many species of flora and fauna, and the hikers enjoy peace and clean air. The Goreljek Trail is particularly interesting for learning about the special features and significance of peat bogs, which are among the most valuable nature areas in Europe. The trail is intended for all those who happen to visit Pokljuka, as well as for regular visitors, schoolchildren, school pupils and tourists alike.The Goreljek Moorland Trail is a nature trail that is designed to help visitors to the area learn more about the nature of the area.

Peat bogs are areas of permanently standing water with a layer of peat a few decimetres or metres thick, overgrown with peat mosses. The process of bog formation started after the last glaciation. After the glacier retreated, small lakes were left behind. Over the millennia, they gradually filled up with various organic remains of aquatic plants that colonised the lake. The increasingly acidic water allowed only some plants to grow and develop. The most common were peat mosses, which still dominate the surface of the bog today. Peat mosses grow continuously at the top and turn charcoal at the bottom. The surface is thus rising, which is why these bogs are also called raised bogs.