Attractions and Places To See around Općina Saborsko - Top 13

A steep climb that is grassy and between pine trees along its entire length. It is a pleasure to stop every now and then to rest and enjoy the beautiful pine forest. I didn't notice it, but somewhere around halfway up the climb there is a place suitable for resting and sitting that has been called Počivalo since ancient times. This part of the trail was used in the past to catch the train to Lička Jesenica. Our ancestors stopped at that place to rest - hence the name Počivalo. There is a beautiful view of the treetops at the foot and other peaks of Mala Kapela. (extracted from the website https://saborsko.hr/planinarska-staza-izvor-voda/).

Water springs in several places on a small grassy area. Of particular note is the spring called "oko", where water constantly gushes out of a black crack, and next to it there is a small bridge. It is nice to sit here, quench your thirst and watch the water meditatively gushing out of that "eye". After this place, a very steep climb begins further towards Saborsko, so this is an ideal place to rest before the difficult climb.

After the log bridge over the stream that runs from the Vrilca spring, which is two hundred meters above and which we will get to later, go right for about twenty meters to Mandin Vrilca, a very weak spring of drinking water that springs between two rocks, but which also never runs dry.

A beautiful reinforced wooden bridge over the Lička Jesenica River that connects the Malo vrelo water pumping station with an asphalted access road that also leads to the LD "Kuna" hunting lodge, which is located right after the bridge. There are two beautiful gazebos for resting with a view of the Jesenice River and the opportunity to throw something on the barbecue.

Like Veliko vrelo, Malo vrelo (Kebino vrelo) springs from beneath the Mala Kapela massif. Here, there is a fenced area around the spring, but the water spills out in the surrounding area so that you can refresh yourself and enjoy the clarity of the water. There is also a small dam nearby that you can walk on.

Above the gravel road that runs around the Malo Vrelo spring and the pumping station building, a steep climb of about fifty meters leads to a cave that fills with water during heavy rains, and above it is a rock that irresistibly resembles the face of Jesus, whose imprint is on the Shroud of Turin. This rock is also visible with the gravel road. Before reaching the Malo Vrelo spring and the "Face of Jesus", the path is very steep and narrow. Be careful!

Descending the narrow path towards this powerful spring, you can hear the noise of a mass of water emerging from under a large cluster of massive rocks, some completely covered with moss. Here you can rest and enjoy the sight and sound of the mass of water emerging from under the Mala Kapela massif. Later, this river sinks again and emerges as the Slunjčica River, which runs along the main road and flows into the Korana River in Slunj. You have to be careful where you sit, because half-centimeter-sized ticks started jumping on me, and we cleaned our dog all day later, and we only stayed for a few minutes. It might be safer to sit on the rocks where the water emerges. About three hundred meters further on, there is a place where you can rest by the river. Someone has arranged stones for a barbecue at that spot.

This is where the "Saborčan Way of the Cross" ends, starting from the Memorial to the Victims of the Homeland War, and goes along the parish church of St. John of Nepomuk and past the chapel of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the plateau there is a large metal cross, and in the shade of fragrant pines there is a small wooden chapel with an altar for holding masses and gazebos. From this place there is a beautiful view of Sabor and the peaks of Gorski Kotar. In the distance to the left stands Bjelolasica, and to the right above the rounded hill is the massive rock of Klek and Klečice. About fifty meters to the left of this place is the peak Alan 748m.