Kamačnik

Kamačnik is a right tributary of the Dobra that runs through a canyon covered in dense beech forest. Kamačnik canyon gained legal protection in 2002 by decision of the Županijska skupština of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, which can be found in the Službene novine Primorsko-goranske županije issue 23/2002.

The 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) tourist path along the Kamačnik river was made in the second half of the 20th century, commissioned by the Tourist Society (Croatian: Turističko društvo). The path winds back and forth from one bank to the other over a series of wooden bridges all the way to the source at a Vauclusian spring.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a sawmill was built near the mouth of the canyon, but it was in ruins by the time the park was declared in 2002.

The freezing rain of February 2014 left the path blocked, but it was cleared by the traditional opening of the tourist season on 1 May in Kamačnik, and later in the year the construction of pavilions with tables for eating at the entrance. On 11 July, Kamačnik was designated a Natura 2000 site.^: 4 The restaurant in Kamačnik was broken into and robbed in November together with the Gavranović stores in Dokmanovići and Severin na Kupi.

In 2016, a path was built connecting the Planinarski dom Kamačnik mountain hut with the Kamačnik canyon.

In 2024, the final section of the path to the source was widened.

Kamačnik, with its sport fishing society ŠRD Kamačnik, regularly hosts the local Ribarska noć fishing festival, and used to host the Vrbovsko Bundevijada.^: 4, 5

• Course
• Bridge I
• Bridge II
• Bridge III
• Vegetation