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Maps

 Central Balkan National Park Tourist Map (1:50 000) – a 64 page atlas published by Directorate of the Central Balkan National Park

 Troyan Balkan (1:65 000) – published by the Bulgarian mountain rescue service

 Sredna Stara Planina (1:100 000) – published by Kartografiya EOOD

WALK 1

The Boatin, Tsarichina and Kozya Stena Reserves

Time 42.5km/3 days Distance 42.5km Height gain 2110m Height loss 2050m

This wonderfully varied walk explores the western part of the Central Balkan National Park, taking in three nature reserves that are rich in flora and fauna. The trail starts off in the ancient beech forests of the Boatin Reserve, a rugged and steeply sloping region formed around the catchment area of the Cherni Vit, whose headstreams lie deeply cut into the northern flank of the mountains beneath Tetevenska Baba (2071m). On the second day, the route skirts the southern edge of the Tsarichina Reserve, renowned for its expansive sub-alpine pastures as well as its coniferous forests. Then, on the third day of the walk, the trail continues its spectacular course along the crest of the Stara Planina, before dropping down north to the village and spa resort of Chiflik. Much of this day you are walking in the Kozya Stena Reserve, a wild region formed around the headstreams of the Beli Osam. The reserve is named ‘the goat wall’, after its most impressive peak, Kozya Stena (1670m), whose northwestern flank forms a dramatic 100m high cliff.