Where to go with your dog in the High Tatras

Are you planning a holiday in the High Tatras and don’t want to leave your four-legged friend at home? No problem! The High Tatras offer designated trails for hiking with dogs, where you can enjoy nature together. Discover stunning views by cable cars, walk along hiking trails, and enjoy active relaxation with your dog in areas that are also accessible for pets.

According to the latest regulation on the national park rules, effective from 15^th December 2023, the movement of pets in the Tatra National Park area has been restricted. Despite these limitations, there are still popular routes where you can go with your pet.

The Tatra National Park can be entered with animals now only outside of areas with marmot colonies, areas with permanent presence of chamois herds and areas where large predators and other rare and endangered species are found.

These rules are there to prevent encounters with wildlife, dogs running off or coming into contact with other dogs, conflicts with cyclists, running off the hiking trails, swimming in forest streams or lakes and dislodging rocks onto other hikers.

Even with the new park rules and restrictions in the Tatra National Park, there are plenty of interesting places you can visit with your dog, whether on foot or by cable car.

Hiking trails where dogs are allowed:

Starý Smokovec – Hrebienok – green trail
Starý Smokovec – crossroads below Mt Slavkovský štít – blue trail
Nový Smokovec – crossroads above Tatranské Zruby – yellow trail
Tatranské Zruby – crossroads above Tatranské Zruby – blue trail
Tatranská Polianka – Sliezsky dom mountain hotel along the asphalt service road
Tatranská Polianka – Štôla – green trail
Tatranská Lomnica – Skalnaté pleso – green trail
Tatranská Lomnica – Waterfalls of Studený potok (brook) – blue trail
Tatranská Lesná – Waterfalls of Studený potok (brook)– yellow trail
Tatranské Matliare – Šalviový prameň (spring) – blue trail
Tatranské Matliare – Tatranská Lomnica – yellow trail
Biela Voda – Šalviový prameň (spring) – yellow trail
Tatranská Kotlina – Šumivý prameň (spring) – green trail
Tatranská Kotlina – Kežmarské Žľaby – blue trail
Strednica, Ždiar – Ptošovské turne – Ždiar village – green trail
Tatranská Javorina – crossroads below Muráň – green trail
Tatranská Javorina – forester’s lodge below Muráň – blue trail
Lysá Poľana – forester’s lodge in Bielovodská dolina (valley) – blue trail
Vyšné Hágy – Štôla – yellow trail
Popradské Pleso, bus stop– winter road junction to Štrbské Pleso – blue trail
Then to Popradské pleso (tarn) and the Popradské pleso hotel along the asphalt service road.
Popradské pleso mountain hotel – Symbolic Cemetery – Popradská poľana (clearing) – yellow trail
Štrbské Pleso, Solisko sanatorium – FIS hotel – yellow trail
Štrbské Pleso, Solisko sanatorium – Tri studničky, old forester’s lodge – green trail
Štrba – Tatranská Štrba – Štrbské Pleso – Chalet below Mt Solisko – blue trail
Crosroads at Biely Váh – Jamské pleso (tarn) – blue trail
Podbanské – Tri studničky – Štrbské Pleso, crossroads in front of Helios – red trail
Tri studničky – Kmeťov vodopád (waterfall) – blue trail
Kôprová dolina (valley) crossroads below Mt Grúnik – forester’s lodge before Tichá dolina (valley) – yellow trail
Nadbanské, Pod kravskou cestou – Tichá dolina (valley), Liptovský košiar crossroads – yellow trail

Map of the respective hiking trails, spa paths, local roads and routes beyond the built-up areas of municipalities within the Tatra National Park, where you can walk with animals.

Respect these TANAP rules and enjoy unforgettable moments with your four-legged friend in the beautiful Tatra mountains.

Transporting dogs by cable cars in the High Tatras

In the High Tatras, dogs can be transported by cable cars, and you can enjoy hiking together. For example, you can take a chairlift from Štrbské Pleso to the Chalet below Mt Solisko or a cable car from Tatranská Lomnica to Skalnaté Pleso. From Starý Smokovec, you can travel with a funicular to Hrebienok. Large dogs need to have their own cable car tickets, so they can share the adventure with you!

In the Tatranská Lomnica and Starý Smokovec resorts, dogs are allowed on all cable cars except for the chairlift running to Lomnické sedlo (saddle) and the cable car running to Mt Lomnický štít. The fare for larger dogs on cable cars is 10€ per animal, and on the Hrebienok funicular, it is 6€ per animal. In the Štrbské Pleso resort, dogs are allowed on all cable cars, with the fare for larger dogs being 9€ per animal. Current cable car prices for dogs can be found at www.vt.sk.