Emenski Canyon

In the western part of Tarnovo hills the river Negovanka form a picturesque gorge, known as Emenski Canyon. The village of Emen whose name bears the canyon, is situated in the north foothills of the Balkan Mountain, 20 kilometers west of Veliko Tarnovo. In the canyon, there is an eco-trail that starts with a cave and ends with the picturesque waterfall Momin Skok (Girl’s Jump) 10 meters in height. The Negovanka eco-trail is the first eco-trail built in Bulgaria. In 1980 the Emenski Canyon and the waterfall are declared protected areas. Over 50-metre high cliffs, vaults, waterfalls and caves are surprising view of the plain land, in which is the canyon of the river. Its length is 950 meters. In his beginning the entrance to the Emenska Cave, related to the surface with natural entrance, is revealed. It is 3113 meters long and takes the seventeenth place in the list of the deepest caves in Bulgaria. In the past, it was used consecutively as mushroom house, as storage for ripening of cheese and as part of the military base built over it.

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Video: Emen Canyon, Bulgaria