Hiking trip to Benkovski hut

in Worldmappin3 months ago

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A few days ago, my friends and I did a great three-day hike in the Teteven region of Stara Planina. Today I will tell you about the first day of this trip, where we started from the village of Ribaritsa choosing the route around the Kostina River.

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Our final destination was Benkovski hut, which is built at 1540m. altitude.

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The road started with asphalt and gradually turned into a rocky path. Already at the beginning of the route, dozens of campers could be seen around the river.

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On the way we met beautiful horses.

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It was a real treat all the time to enjoy the beautiful banks of the river and the dozens of water jumps and rock formations.

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We reached a bridge and a section from where we took a steep path.

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At first, the incline was not very steep, but gradually it got steeper.

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The forest was so beautiful and alluring and we couldn't stop admiring it:

Waterfalls cascading down the rocks.

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Mighty trees with mosses and hollows.

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Tree mushrooms.

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So much geranium and so much fern:

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After the climb we went out into a meadow and there we saw the hut.

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The hut is a two-story building and was built in 1932.

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It is very well maintained, the authentic atmosphere has been preserved and we felt very pleasant and cozy there.

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The canteen:

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Inner hall:

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Many old photographs and authentic objects were found on the walls:

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The kitchen:

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One of the bedrooms:

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The food that the huts prepared was also very tasty.

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In the late afternoon, my friends and I decided to take a walk around the area.

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In addition to a pleasant walk with amazing views from above, we also enjoyed the sunset.

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While we were enjoying the sunset, it suddenly became very cold and we had to quickly go back to the hut.

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This is how Day 1 of our trek went. I will tell you about the Day 2 day soon.

Thank you for stopping by!

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Beautiful nature! Lovely hike with good friends. I would like to ride the horse some of the way! It’s a long hike.

There was a horse at the hut @kaminchan 😇. Тhe nature in Stara planina is a very beautiful 😍👍

A lot of beautiful Photographs. I always love the nature. Hope you had a wonderful hike day.

Thank you @itznur. With my friends we had a wonderful hike day 😍👍

What a beautiful hike! I simply love these moments where despite having a final destination, the whole journey towards it turns into a path full of destinations and interesting parts of nature to observe!

That's right. The whole journey to the final destination is a never-ending adventure 😍. Тhank you @gabrielatravels 🤗

Take care! 🤗

Omgg the place was so beautiful to hike. I love it

It's really beautiful place 👍😍

What country is this? It is so beautiful! And what a cool way to have a multiple day hike, are there huts on every days end, and how far is it to walk every day, I really like it 😀