Pekel Cave — Attraction in Žalec

Totally disappointed not by the cave itself, but with the organisation. There's an information that the cave is opened from 11 a.m. We got to the place at 11:30, and were informed by the nice lady, that the first possibility to enter the cave will be at 1 p.m. with the organized group (+ guide) or with another group at 1.30pm. There were around 15-20 people waiting, the tour should take around 45 minutes, still we had to wait. Around 12.50 we got the information that there will be only one tour around 1.30pm. And when it was 1.45 and no one showed up, they told us "well, the group is late, you will have to wait another hour". It would be do easy to gather all these people waiting and prepare a separate group to visit the cave before that!

We'll probably won't...

We arrived at 11:45, but the cashier was nowhere to be found. We waited for a few minutes, but they didn’t show up. We noticed that everyone was wearing shoes, so we went to the car to change our shoes. There were eight of us, but two people stayed at the cashier. At 11:58, those who stayed called to say that we shouldn't rush back because the cashier had closed. Our friends tried to convince them to wait for us, but they refused. We finally got back at 12:01. By then, the group had gone inside, and the door was closed. There were eight of us. The ticket price was €14 per person. It seems they weren’t interested in €112... We would have had to wait two hours for the next tour, so we decided to...

Jama Pekel, the devils cave, is a nice cave with both a dry and a wet part, including a waterfall. The whole cave is easily to be made with light sports or hiking shoes, temperate for the easy freezing people is low enough to have a sweatshirt and maybe a jacket. Our tour lasted abot 1h30 led by a nice local guide, telling us besides the usual information some folklore stories about the cave. Definitely a good place for cave fans, albeit note that this not a "wild" cave, i.e. no tours on your own and no cavinc gear. Good for elder...