Kleptuza Lake

Kleptuza Lake is the biggest Karst spring in Bulgaria – a symbol of the beautiful town of Velingrad in the Rhodope Mountains. This natural phenomenon wells up in the foot of an upright marble rock, covered with green moss. Depending on the season and the precipitation quantity, up to 1180 litres per second gush out on the surface, while the average capacity is 570 litres of freezing cold water, making two lakes running into Chepinska River. The lake’s name has a Greek origin and means “conceal in a secret place” and is most likely connected with the unexpected advent of the spring waters, as if they were locked in the subterranean Karst and released all of a sudden. Legends of this real miracle of nature tell that in times gone Orpheus lived on these places. The beauty divine of the surrounding nature and the picturesque springs of Kleptuza attract thousands of people each year.