Rowing Boat on Lake Kozjak

What it is

It is the only way to be on the water inside the park. Swimming is banned in all the lakes, but on the Kozjak, the largest, rowing is allowed. The park hires out rowing boats at the P1 jetty and each takes up to four people. You row yourself, without a guide, at your own pace.

The Kozjak covers 81.5 ha and is the lake that separates the upper lakes from the lower ones. The park's electric boats also sail on it, but there is plenty of room to stay away from their lines and see the forested shores from the water, something you do not get from the boardwalks.

Hours and price

According to the park, the boats are hired every day of the week, from 10:00 to 15:00, at €15 per boat per hour. The website does not publish season dates or whether the service is suspended in winter or in bad weather: if you go outside high season, ask at the entrance before walking to the jetty.

The hire is paid separately from the park ticket, which you need anyway to reach the lake. In 2026 the adult ticket costs €10 from November to March, €23 in April, May and October and €40 from June to September; under-7s do not pay.

Where to pick one up

The P1 jetty is on the shore of the Kozjak near Entrance 2 (Hladovina), a short walk from the entrance. It is also the stop of the short electric-boat line, the one that crosses the lake and is used by programmes leaving from that entrance, such as programme E or programme H.

If you enter by Entrance 1, you will reach the Kozjak at the end of the lower lakes; from there the electric boat brings you to the P1 area.

How long and how to fit it in

An hour is enough for an unhurried circuit of the lake. The most practical thing is to slot it into the middle of a programme that passes through P1: you do the upper lakes in the morning, hire the boat at midday and carry on. Bear in mind the hire ends at 15:00 and the park's last boats and trains also finish early in autumn and winter.

With children, a dog or bad weather

The boats suit families: the lake is calm and they hold four. The park's website does not say whether it provides life jackets or from what age children may board; ask at the jetty. Dogs may enter the park on a lead, but the website says nothing about taking them in the boats: ask there.

In wind or storm, do not go out on the lake: the Kozjak is large and open. Remember you cannot swim even from the boat.

Before or after

For lunch on leaving, Black River is on foot from Entrance 2, and for a coffee and something sweet the park has Kozjak Caffe & Pastry. The panoramic vehicle and electric boat are included in the ticket; the rowing boat is not.