Krčnik Gorge with natural bridge (Kožbanjšček, Goriška Brda)
The Kožbanjšček brook in Goriška Brda has cut a 40 m run of limestone troughs at Krčnik, protected as a natural monument. It opens with a huge 6 m deep round pothole spanned by a smooth natural bridge, then continues as a chute in places only half a metre wide, broken by pools up to 5 m, before opening into a steep-walled gorge. The PAS sheet suggests a half-hour dive working upstream through the three bigger pools; fish of up to 30 cm have nowhere to go and soon pose for cameras. In the dark upper pool local winemakers keep wire crates of sparkling wine maturing on the bottom.
Tiefe: 0–6 m