I walked from Kobarid to the waterfall. It’s only 2.5-3km or less than an hour walk if you don’t get turned around. So many of the signs leading you to the fall are broken or missing (especially at the end of the summer, I’m told by locals) that it’s hard to tell which way to go so I ended up following my GPS map and made it there ok eventually. At the beginning of September the waterfall was quite small, not that impressive, but the description mentions that as a possibility late in the season (even if they had a very rainy summer this year) so I wasn’t disappointed. Five Euro fee to be paid just before you finally reach the waterfall. The waterfall is only 15 meter (45-48 feet) tall but has carved a very large, rounded hall, typical of karst caves. They ask that you don’t go in the water and despite all of that people do it anyway. When you hear a loud whistle, it’s the guard warning people to get out of the water. It’s so sad that people feel entitled not to follow simple requests made to keep the water as clean and pristine as possible for all to enjoy. People put dogs in there too, also against the posted rules. The hike is a little steep in places for some folks. There is a suspended bridge you can croos, on your way there and you can also see parts of the old wartime Italian Line of Defense. The 52 meter suspended bridge is located on the very spot where a wooden footbridge had been during WWI. During WWI, the Italian army built three defense lines in the Soča Region. On the banks of the Soča River, you see part of the third line of defense. Overall, beautiful hike in a forested area along a light blueish-green river, what’s not to like.

I was very fortunate that the weather cleared up from gloomy and misty to bright and sunny…. I parked at the free lot near Camp Lazar, crossed Soca River via the suspension bridge “Brv čez Sočo”, and hiked about 10 min to the first and lower waterfall. You can see it from the bridge but for a better view, you can carefully climb down the left side before the bridge and see thru the bridge to maybe the best view of the lower fall. (I first went across the bridge and to the left. Also a decent view, but the loose rocks seem like an ankle injury waiting to happen…). So net-net, before the bridge and to the left for the best photo spot… just be careful because it’s slippery… Then, I hike about another 10 min past the Lower falls to the Upper falls. Very serene and stunning path… was fortunate that it was off season because I had the entire path to myself until I bumped into a local and his dog on a hike. Upper falls requires a few stair case and bridge crossing, which thankfully have been thoughtfully added and reasonably well maintained. Upper falls did not disappoint - huge drop, private chamber and loud roaring emerald green water… Just do the hike! It’s worth it and you’ll have amazing photos…

Beautifull Waterfalls. The walk to waterfalls is around 30 minutes. Slighly up the hill. The cost to see the biggest waterfall is around 6 euros. Very worthy. Recomend taking swimsuit with yourself. On the way to waterfall is a beautifull river in which its possible to swim.