Sazava pacific railway – walk and raft tour

After the First World War, this country saw the advent of a new lifestyle which called for a return to nature and an escape from city life – tramping. Posázaví became a favourite scenic locality, especially for tramps from Prague, and that’s exactly where we’re headed on our one-day trip. Using the local train, we quickly arrive at the southern outskirts of Prague, where a truly breezy experience awaits us between the municipalities of Davle and Jílové – the railway winds over a deep river canyon with steep cliffs, lined by hundreds of chalets literally hanging off the cliff. The train plunges into numerous tunnels. On the way to the river, we’ll be viewing a unique technical construction – an imposing railway viaduct and a former gold-ore mine, some of the shafts of which are accessible and are certainly worth a look. After refreshments at a hotel decorated in a Harley Davidson style, we finally board the boat. We cruise through part of the amazing canyon of the gold-bearing Sázava River with its numerous rapids, and at the end we try typical delicacies in a little tramp pub nearby.