Soča River

On the penultimate day of our holiday we decided to do a valley walk down the beautiful Soča river, renowned for its gorges and the colour of the water, it really is that colour! Our plan was go straight to the campsite for the evening and then catch a bus up the valley so that we could easily finish our walk at the campsite with zero faff. We were able to check in early at the campsite, and after a quick turnaround we quickly did the 20min walk to the bus stop. Unfortunately the bus never turned up, or at least it was over 40 mins late, however thankfully we were able to hitch a lift up the valley directly to our ideal start place.

The spot where we joined the Soča river was immediately beautiful and the first photos of the day were taken, before we headed up into the Korita Mlinarice, a gorge which is just off the main river and is well known for its waterfalls.

The walk was mostly very close to the river, which gave plenty of photo opportunities, some of which resulted in me wading through the river to get into the ideal spot, which would have been fine but at this point the water was painfully cold. As we walked down the river the day started to warm up in the sunshine and we were getting pretty warm, so when we emerged at a beautiful pool near a bridge we couldn’t help but take a quick dip in the beautifully coloured water to cool off.

The walk was pretty quiet until we arrived at the upper gorge, Mala korita Soče, which was right next to a car park and was totally full of people. This made the photography challenging, especially when combined with the harsh afternoon sunlight, and the need to be quick given the length of the walk which was still remaining.

We were soon at the lower gorge, Velika korita Soče, which was absolutely beautiful as it was much quieter and significantly more impressive as the river wound its way through the rock, a long way below the level of the path.

From here it was just a long walk down the river in the late afternoon light to take us back to the campsite, in time for dinner with fish from the Soča river.