Seven Rila Lakes Full Day Guided Hiking Tour from Sofia

Your journey starts early in the morning from one of the most beautiful and recognizable buildings in Sofia, The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. Meet your guide in front of the biggest cathedral in Bulgaria and get on-board your comfortable, air-conditioned minivan. Within a 1:30 hrs. (100 km) scenic trip through the beautiful Bulgarian countryside and through the century-old coniferous woods of the Rila Mountain Natural Park you will reach the Pionerska hut. Here you board the chairlift to the Rila Lakes mountain hut (2135m). The 30-minute chairlift ride is a great experience! You will feel incredible refresh by the crystal clear mountain air and enjoy some of the best views that the mountain has to offer! From the Rila Lakes Hut we continue on foot to explore the lakes one by one. Each lake is named after its most characteristic shape. The first and the lowest one is called the Lower Lake, then we continue to the Fish and the Trefoil lakes. The next one is the Twin – the largest of all, after that is the Kidney - the lake with the steepest shores of the entire group. The sixth one is called the Eye, after its oval shape. The Eye is the deepest mountain lake in Bulgaria – 37.5m. The highest one (at 2500m/8200ft above sea level) is called The Tear, from where we have a bird’s eye view over all seven lakes, and a stunning panorama around.
This is a loop walk, so we will use a different route for our way back to the chairlift. In the late afternoon return to your vehicle and relax, but this is not the end! On the way back to Sofia you will have the opportunity to visit the hottest geyser in Europe with the incredible water temperature of 103 degrees Celsius!