15 –th BALKAN CAVERS’CAMP

Date and venue

From June 29 th to 4 th July 2022

The Recreation Touristic Area „Dryanovski Monastery”, Dryanovo Town, Gabrovo District , Central Bulgaria

Organizers

The event is organised by the Balkan Speleological Union (BSU) with the cooperation of Bulgarian Cavers Society (BCS), Bulgarian Federation of Speleology (BFSp), Municipality of Dryanovo, Touristic Society „Ваcho Kiro“ - Dryanovo, Caving Club“Strinava“- Dryanovo

This Balkan cave camp is dedicated to the International Year of Caves and Karst 2021-2022.



Welcome to the International Year of Caves and Karst 2021 and 2022! 1

Location description

The Camp will be organised near Dryanovo Town , Central Bulgaria. Dryanovo Town is 213 km away from the national capital Sofia and Sofia Airport. The strategic location of Vratsa is determined by the major rail and road corridors. Dryanovo connects to the villages and city within the region and throughout the country by bus and railway transport. There are regular bus lines to Sofia, Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo. Dryanovo is an important railway station along the railway route .

Accommodation & food facilities

The Camp Site will be located 16 km form the town in the famous Touristic Area “Dryanovo Monastery”. In the area there are few places for accommodation of different categories . The Center of the event should be ”Bacho Kiro Hut” – about 200 m from the Camping „Strinava”! Restaurant with capacity of 60 persons is located in the Hut. Some other places in the area are available in radius of about 0.5 km.


Provisional program

June 29 (Wednesday): arrival of participants&registration

June 30 (Thursday): registration, caving tours, presentations in the evening

July 1 (Friday): caving tours, Bureau Meeting of BSU, presentations in the evening

July 2 (Saturday): GAM of BSU, caving tours, closing party;

July 3 (Sunday) departure

The Preliminary Program of the Camp also offers:

  • Caving trips of the most attractive caves in the mountain ;

  • Multimedia presentations & movies ;

  • Caving exhibitions including the best photos from Balkan competition “We and Caves”;

  • Stands of caving gear with discount;

  • Demonstrations & Competitions (саve rescue technics, rope climbing)

  • Concert of Bulgarian Traditional Music;

  • Visit of the Regional Historical Museum ;

  • Party’s;

Detailed information & registration form will be available on the web page of the event

Meetings and stands facilities

At the Ваcho Kiro Hut there are space place for poster presentations and photo exhibition of the best works of Balkan photo contest „We and Caves“ . Places for the stands will be available in the hut building as well. In the vicinity of the Hut a conference room will be available for the Bureau and General Assembly meeting of the BSU .

Entrance fee

Important, payment will be made on site. The provisional entrance fee will be 40 Eur. The entrance fee includes access and guide to the caves, t-shirt, closing party, guide book of the caves available for visiting, free of charge visit of the show cave Bacho Kiro , certificate for attendance, sticker etc.

Multi-languages facilities

Official language of the event will be English and, as an alternative, a combination of South-Slavic languages. We expect that most of the participants will understand and speak English. No official translations will be provided.

Pre-activity advertising

The official web page of the event is in preparation . The information will be spread through mailing lists, forums, as a link on speleological web pages, as well as through direct correspondence.