Village Patishka Reka – Peak Ushi – Peak Zajachnica + Bozgunova & Ledena Caves

Zajachnica – peak, i.e. the name of the entire ridge which is located exactly in the middle part of the flattened mountain ridge of Suva Planina, which represents the most northwestern branch of the largest Macedonian mountain massif – Jakupica. The height of the entire ridge is around 1700 meters, with the highest point in the west being 1769 meters above sea level, which represents the very top, and to the east of the 1760-meter elevation, the ridge of Zajachnica connects to the ridges of Ushi, Kashkal, the area Dobrodolski Rupi all the way to the top of Mirska Voda, where it continues in the Karadžica mountain with the famous peaks Milenkov Kamen, Ostri Vrv, Ubava. Zajačnica also represents the first most prominent peak of Suva Planina, which rises clearly, separately and more sharply, dominating the blunt mountain ridge of the spacious plateau Kopanje with Cer, Shumjak in the north, and from the very top of Zajačnica to the south, the more prominent and spiky mountain peaks and ridges begin. Immediately on the southern slope of Zajačnica is the famous, deep and large Prepast, and there is also a precipice a few hundred meters away on the edge of the mountain ridge to the east of Zajačnica. The entire immediate area around the peak and ridge, due to the limestone karst composition of the relief, has a large number of precipices, holes (Dobrodolski Rupa, Veleshka Rupa, etc.), pits and caves, in which live small game such as rabbits and foxes, so there is a possibility Zajachnica that it got its name because of the presence of rabbits in the surrounding holes and precipices.

Bozgunova Cave (also known as Bozguni or Bezguni, from Albanian: Shpella Bozguni) – a cave near the village of Patishka Reka on the eastern slope of Suva Planina, southwest of the city of Skopje. Bozgunova Peshtera is located on the eastern slopes of Suva Planina, above the Patishka River. More precisely, the cave is located just to the right above the road in the part where the weekend houses are located before the very beginning of the village of Patishka Reka. Immediately from the road to the right, next to a hill, a small hiking goat path begins, which, breaking through the forest, reaches a rocky area in the middle of the slope where the opening of the cave itself is located. The opening of Bozgunova Peshtera is located at an altitude of 1150 meters. In the Patishka Reka valley, i.e. its tributary Suva Reka, the most famous is precisely the Bozguni cave, which is actually the first cave in the area between the Matka canyon and the Markova Reka valley, the researches of which were published in the scientific and professional literature as early as 1928.

Svetla or Ledena Cave (known among the locals as Zdravevska Cave) – a cave in Macedonia, of the type of ice caves. It represents a cave that is located in one of the most interesting and significant karst areas in Macedonia in the Municipality of Sopishte in the vicinity of the village of Nova Breznica at an altitude of 990 meters. It is located on the Sumjak plateau about an hour’s walk south of the village in the area called Dolni Bunari. It is easily accessible and is only 30 kilometers from Skopje. What makes the cave attractive is the mineralogical phenomenon – calcite crystals with great transparency. In winter, due to the shape of the cave, which is in the shape of a boot, the flow of air creates impressive ice decorations from the floor and ceiling of the cave, and it becomes a real ice beauty, after which it got its name. It is the only one of its kind discovered so far in Macedonia. Apart from the cave, the area next to it and around it is also made attractive by nature, which abounds with many natural rarities, wells, small lakes, rich animal and plant life.

Source: Wikipedia

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