Bear watching Slovakia offers guided Tours to see bears in their natural environment in Tatra mountains accompanied by a local wildlife expert. Walking in bear territory is a unique and life time experience. The very experienced guide with hundreds of encounters with bears will take you to the best places to spot bears in wild nature. In 2026 we do approximately 40 bear watching tours, where you have the highest chances to observe and spot bears in wild nature. We have a bear sighting success rate of over 95% throughout the whole season.
Itinerary:
Meeting with the local wildlife expert at about 13:00 at the Podbanske in Tatras at a car park and taking over the powerful binoculars.
Next is the journey to one of the three valleys where there is the greatest possibility of seeing a brown bear. During the hike, we will show the Bear trees and further we show Bear holes in the slopes and we stop with binoculars at the spotting positions from where we usually watch them. As soon as we spot a single bear, or a bear with cubs, we stop and observe the bears with powerful binoculars .
Before returning from bear observation, I will conduct a training on how to behave in individual encounters with a bear based on my own experience. I will also share my stories from close encounters with bears and observations of bears hunting other animals in the wild.
Our tours include:
English-speaking wildlife guide
Hike through the valley with experienced local guide.
More than 95 percent chances to see bears and we show you also Bear trees and Bear holes in the slopes.
Use of optical equipment- powerful binoculars for each participant.
Safety briefing and bear spray protection.