Rajko's Cave — Attraction in Majdanpek Municipality

Take note that visiting Rajko's Cave at the end of December, will lead to disappointment, at least was the case for us anyway. This is due to the fact that there was no way to get any operational info about the cave, on toom.rs website. I had made the bad assumption that operation hours on google maps was correct and drove there, only to be met with closed gates and 2 notices finally, with info. Hope to come back in active season and see this geological wonder.

*And no, there were no attempts made to the phone number listed on googlemaps, because and perhaps it is the wrong assumption, but probably there would be communication barrier with Serbian vs english, or lackthereof. But hey, all operational info is posted on one of the pages, however in Serbian only. Guess we will never know (about calling...

It was unbelievable, so kind and helpful stuff, who tell us about a lot of interesting facts about the cave, the cave was super cool, but it was cold inside, so take sweater or something other. I recommend this place for everyone!!! And we saw a bat, in this cave live the smallest bat in Serbia, they are so cute, don’t be afraid, more part of your trip they will sleep (I hope, we see only three who flew), so you need to visit this place!! (Btw in google was written, that entrance cost 100 rsd, but in fact it cost 450 rsd per person, I think...

Je ena najpomembnejših turističnih jam v Srbiji. Nahaja se v vzhodni Srbiji, blizu Majdanpeka. Do nje se pride po asfaltni cesti v bližini obale Malega Peka in umetnega jezera "Veliki Zaton". Njena nadmorska višina je 470 m. Celotna okolica izvira Malega Peka je bogata z mešanim gozdom bukve, javorja in hrasta ter predstavlja edinstven naravni zaklad. Ime je dobilo po znamenitem Rajku Vojvodi, za katerega se domneva, da je živel v 19. stoletju. Po izročilu je bil podnevi mehanik, ponoči je s prijateljem popom Martinom ropal turške karavane in, kot so takrat verjeli, je ukradeni zaklad skril v jamo. Po pripovedovanju je duhovnik Martin živel v vasi blizu Beograda (najpogosteje se omenja Grocka) in ko je bil majhen, so ga Turki vzeli za janičarja, a mu je nekako uspelo pobegniti. Zahvaljujoč njegovim poročilom je Rajko vedno vedel, kdaj iz Beograda odpluje ladja s turškim zakladom. Martin pa je poročila Rajku posredoval v vreči, polni orehov, v katero je vložil sporočilo s točnim časom odhoda turške ladje. S svojimi približno tridesetimi hajduki je Rajko postavil zasedo blizu Boljetine, na mestu, kjer so morale ladje zaradi vrtincev pluti ob obali, da bi lahko čoln zataknili s trnki in ga potegnili na obalo. Tam so pobili Turke, vzeli zaklad in del razdelili revnim. Rajko je preostanek zaklada skril na skritem mestu v jami, skozi katero teče vrtača (in je kasneje dobila...