One of the best walks in the area is undoubtedly the "Jama Traverse", a circular walk through the forest near Laze. This walk, in its entirety, will take the best part of a day to complete. It starts just beyond the "Laze" sign as you leave the village in the direction of Logatec. Route-finding is easy as the route is marked by a series of red triangles on trees and rocks. Omega signs mark the points where caves can be found and all the caves are numbered to make identification easy.

Leaving the main dirt road, the scenery is, to say the least, dramatic. Flowers and deer and other fauna were everywhere. Bears and snakes also live here, but we didn't see any of these! In fact, the bears are said to be more afraid of humans than vice-versa.

Walking along the track, the trees cleared. An enormous shakehole ended at a limestone cliff with the biggest cave entrance I've ever seen - Vranja Jama (Wind Cave). The start of the descent into the shakehole is a steep muddy slope which gives way to boulders going into the cavern. The walk takes you on through the forest, passing many other cave entrances, until reaching the main Logatec-Laze road.

Another walk, around the lower half of the Planinsko Polje, is equally as good. We walked along the road to Planina - a very quaint little village with more than its fair share of churches (no less than 3 of them) - with fantastic views of Zagora and Planinska Gora, a large tree-covered mountain.

We continued through Planina towards the tower at the edge of the forest which marks the entrance to Planinska Jama. The entrance is at the foot of a tall limestone cliff. The water level was surprisingly low here. We had a brief wander inside as far as the gate and then came out.

Setting off back towards Planina, crossing the valley and continuing along the far side of the polje, we soon came to the ruin of a castle. We stopped here at the river Unica for a rest. The sun was scorching and the water looked very welcoming but was icy cold! The depth marker by the road bridge caused some concern - the top mark was about 3' above the road level! Apparently, in early spring, the river floods to an amazing extent, filling half of the polje.

We continued along a track which looked to be going towards Laze. Unfortunately, we shortly found ourselves on the wrong side of the River Unica so we had no choice but to follow it and see where it took us. Heading into the forest, the water level suddenly dropped dramatically. Looking down, several interesting looking sinks were located but, as we weren't sure how far we would have to walk back to Laze, we didn't take too close a look.