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Walking to the zoo - black trail from Kasztanowa Street

Nearby: Kraków

Region:

Kraków (Cracow), Małopolskie (Małopolskie)

Medium - For young hikers, steep sections possible

straighten Distance	1.9km
timer Time	53min
north_east Ascents	168m
south_east Descents	37m

Elevation Profile:

The slope of the terrain
Route in the shade
Restaurant or bar nearby
Access by public transport

The black trail will allow you to bypass crowded buses and walk along the path along the al. Kasy Oszczędności Miasta Krakowa. It leads entirely through the forest, sometimes quite steeply uphill.

Black trail: from Panieńskie Skała to the zoo

Beginning of the black trail at Kasztanowa Street

You can reach Kasztanowa Street with several MPK lines - the regular ones that run quite frequently and are not as crowded as bus 134. Right next to the Kasztanowa stop, you will find the beginning of the black and yellow trails (marked with a green arrow for some unknown reason...)

Panieńskie Skały Reserve

After walking along the path next to the stream for about 10 minutes, we will enter the forest. This is where the Panieńskie Skały Reserve begins. The black trail turns left before we encounter those legendary rocks,

(However, if we feel like it, we can walk a few dozen meters past the yellow signs and see them. To avoid going back, turn left onto the green trail, which will soon lead us to the recently abandoned black signs).

Meanwhile, the black trail goes quite steeply uphill until we reach the parking lot at Kukułcza Street.

Near the Baba Jaga MPK stop, we cross the green trail and enter the forest again (we don't have to walk along the crowded path along al. Kasy Oszczędności Miasta Krakowa leading to the zoo!

Las Wolski - intersection of the black and green trails in the "Baba Jaga" area

Attention! At some point, the black trail exits the forest and crosses the street - unfortunately, it's a rather inconvenient moment...

But then we continue along the path through the forest, passing by Polana Wobra with a gazebo and picnic area and after a while, we are already at the zoo!