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Velika Planina
Herdsmen’s plateau
A high Alpine plateau of shingle-roofed herdsmen’s huts, reached by cable car near Kamnik.
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About Velika Planina
High above Kamnik, Velika Planina holds one of the largest herdsmen’s settlements in Europe: wooden huts with spruce-shingle roofs sweeping almost to the ground. Every June the herdsmen return with their cattle and stay until September, and the plateau rings with cowbells. A cable car and chairlift rise from Kamniška Bistrica; from the top it is a gentle 30-minute walk to the summit and about 15 more to the settlement. Visit the little Preskar Museum hut, try sour milk with buckwheat mush, and look in at the Snow Mary chapel. The lifts close from 15 October to 15 November for maintenance.
Our take
- Shingle-roofed huts
- Summer grazing herds
- Cable car and chairlift
- Address
- Kamnik, the Balkans
- Website
- velikaplanina.si
- Our city guide
- On our Ljubljana guide
- Price guide
- €€ (national parks price guide)
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Velika Planina before you go.
Last checked: October 2026 How we choose
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