Meeting point: Poklon

Description: The tour starts near the village of Vela Učka and leads through the shade of the beech forest towards the pass of Sedlo. From there it continues to the highest peak of Učka Nature Park, Vojak (1,401 m above sea-level).

The old stone tower at Vojak offers magnificent views of Istria, Kvarner Bay with the islands, the mountains in Gorski kotar, Velebit massif, the Alps and Italy. Today the tower is an information point and souvenir shop.

After a break and refreshment on Vojak, the tour descends to its final point, the Poklon pass, where a bus will be waiting to pick up the excursionists.

On the way to Poklon, the tour passes along the Plas educational trail, which runs over the peak ridge of Učka through a dense beech forest. Interpretation boards along the path inform visitors about the plant and animal life of Učka Nature Park.

Duration of the trekking tour: ca. 5:00 h

Difficulty: medium-hard

Did you know?

The griffon vulture feeding site

…that griffon vultures, endangered in Croatia, are often flying over Učka in search for food? Once they were nesting here, but today their northern-Adriatic population is decreasing and in order to help in their preservation, a feeding site was build in Učka Nature Park, popularly called 'griffon vulture restaurants'.

The „Two towers“ trail

…that in 2018 a trail named „Two towers“ was established, which connects the town tower in Lovran with the Vojak tower on Učka? The trail goes through the existing hiking trail, and alongside there are educational boards that inform visitors on the flora and fauna of Učka.

The Roman cheese

…that it is traditional on Učka to produce the „molded“ sheep cheese of distinctive taste since the Roman Empire time? Its production was standardized due to its use in the nutrition of the Roman legions, while today's cheese made on Učka doesn't differ much from its antique ancestor.

Slavic mythology

…that the Mošćenička Draga's canyon used to be the scenery of sacred beliefs for the first Slavic settlers on the Kvarner area? The local toponyms like Perun, Babin grob and Voloski kuk witness about the old Slavic cult of Perun.