Carpathian National Nature Park
Alpine meadows and beech-fir forests below Hoverla in western Ukraine
The park covers the highest part of the Ukrainian Carpathians, where the Prut River rises and Alpine meadows lie above forests of silver fir, European beech and spruce. Mount Hoverla, the highest point of Ukraine, stands at its border.
Things to do
- On footClimb towards Mount Hoverla, the highest point of Ukraine
- On footWalk to the Huk Waterfall, a drop of about 15 m
- On footFollow one of the 48 maintained trails (as of 2012) through forest and Alpine meadows
- Try thisLook for historical wooden buildings from the Hutsul settlement of the area