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View of Lake Afryka – Babina Mine Entrance Gate loop from Łęknica

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Łęknica

View of Lake Afryka – Babina Mine Entrance Gate loop from Łęknica

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View of Lake Afryka – Babina Mine Entrance Gate loop from Łęknica

02:00

7.71km

50m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

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Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa

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54 m

Parking Area at Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa

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Good free parking at the edge of the park.

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1.02 km

View of Blue Lake (Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa)

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Small but very nice viewing and rest point directly on the way!

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1.30 km

Afryka Lake Observation Tower (Babina Mine), Łuk Mużakowa Landscape Park

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There are 120 steps up the tower and you can see over Africa. The 190 meter long and 27 meter deep lake is so named because it has the exact …

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2.33 km

View of Lake Afryka

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Great lookout point with a view of the rocky gorges and Lake Afryka. Here, where the trees cannot take root, you can particularly well observe the process of erosion on …

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2.78 km

Picnic Area at Bunte Seen, Łuk Mużakowa Landscape Park

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3.18 km

Source of Acid Mine Drainage

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At the former site of the "Schuppe D" mining area, you can admire the "source of the acidic mining water"! Here water emerges from the subsoil in some places and …

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3.69 km

Settlement caused by underground mining operations

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A certain time after the sinking, the hollow filled with rainwater, into which sulfur compounds found in deeper coal seams found their way. The trees standing in the water turned …

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4.67 km

Babina Mine Entrance Gate

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In 2012, the Polish initiators created a geotouristic path in this post-mining landscape, and in 2014 the lookout tower was built. In 2021 the trail network was expanded. The main …

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7.71 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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4.05 km

3.01 km

536 m

104 m

Surfaces

3.91 km

2.24 km

820 m

403 m

179 m

148 m

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October 18, 2024,Eingang zur Babina-Grube - Blaue Lagune - Becken Afrika- Runde von Neu Tschöpeln

Today we took a trip from the market in Łęknica to the former "Babina" mine. Parking is free in Neu Tschöpeln. The geotourism trail led us through the former "Babina" mine. There were information boards everywhere explaining mining, natural phenomena that arose as a result of mining, and the formation of this section of the Muskau Fold. Many lovingly designed …

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View of Lake Afryka – Babina Mine Entrance Gate loop from Łęknica

Parking Area at Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa

View of Blue Lake (Park Krajobrazowy Łuk Mużakowa)

Afryka Lake Observation Tower (Babina Mine), Łuk Mużakowa Landscape Park

View of Lake Afryka

Picnic Area at Bunte Seen, Łuk Mużakowa Landscape Park

Source of Acid Mine Drainage

Settlement caused by underground mining operations

Babina Mine Entrance Gate

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