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The wooden boardwalk of the Bachledka treetop walk in the Slovak Tatras

Štrbské Pleso Tours & Tickets

Every bookable way to reach the lake and explore around it — compared honestly, including what you do not need a tour for.

First, the honest part: you do not need a tour at Štrbské Pleso. The lake is free, the trails are well marked, and lift tickets are bought on the spot or from the lift operator. GetYourGuide sells no tickets for the lake, the chairlift or the mountain huts.

Where tours earn their place is in getting here and getting around. If you are staying in Zakopane, Kraków, Košice or Bratislava, an organised day trip is by far the simplest way to see the lake — public transport across the Polish border is thin, and from Bratislava it is a four-hour train ride each way. And if you are staying at the lake, a guided wildlife hike or a day out to Spiš Castle, Levoča or the Dunajec gorge makes a fine change from the trails.

Everything below is booked through GetYourGuide, with live availability and free cancellation on most options. Prices are indicative “from” prices in euros; several of the newer products have very few reviews, and we say so on each card.

Pick by where you are starting

From Zakopane — across the border for a day

Eight-hour trips with pickup: the lake and the Bachledka treetop walk, or Tatranská Lomnica, Skalnaté pleso, Kežmarok and Belianska Cave.

Štrbské pleso lake with the High Tatra peaks reflected in still water Day trip from €80
🕒 8 hours 📍 From Zakopane ⭐ 4.6 (12)

From Zakopane: Treetop Walk and Štrbské Pleso Trip

The best-value way to see the lake if you are staying on the Polish side. A driver takes you over the border to the Bachledka treetop walk above Ždiar and then on to Štrbské Pleso, with time to walk the lakeshore before the drive back to Zakopane.

  • Cross the border to the Slovak side of the Tatras
  • Bachledka treetop walk with its viewing tower
  • Free time to walk the loop around Štrbské pleso
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The wooden boardwalk of the Bachledka treetop walk leading to its tower Small-group day trip from €114
🕒 8 hours 📍 From Zakopane ⭐ 5.0 (5)

From Zakopane: High Tatras Treetop Walk and Štrbské Pleso (Small Group)

The same classic pairing — Bachledka and the lake — run as a small-group tour with pickup, which early reviewers rate at the very top. A relaxed pace, a guide who handles the border roads and enough time at the lake for the full loop and a coffee.

  • Small group with pickup in Zakopane
  • Walk among the crowns of the trees at Bachledka
  • The glacial lake of Štrbské Pleso at 1,346 m
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The wooden articular church in Kežmarok with its shingled roofs Day trip from €103
🕒 9 hours 📍 From Zakopane

From Zakopane: Skalnaté Pleso Cable Car & Historic Kežmarok

Listed on GetYourGuide under the Polish name “Łomnicki Pond”: a ride up to Skalnaté pleso above Tatranská Lomnica, then the Spiš town of Kežmarok with its remarkable timber church. A new listing without reviews at the time of writing.

  • Cable car up to Skalnaté pleso at 1,751 m
  • Free time below Lomnický štít
  • Kežmarok and its UNESCO-listed wooden church
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From Kraków — the long day south

Twelve-hour days into the Slovak Tatras, with or without Zakopane and a thermal-bath finish.

Visitors walking along Krupówki street in Zakopane Day trip from €274
🕒 12 hours 📍 From Kraków ⭐ 4.7 (110)

From Kraków: Slovakia Treetop Walk, Zakopane & Thermal Spa

The long-running Kraków bestseller that crosses into Slovakia: the treetop walk above Ždiar for the High Tatra panorama, then Zakopane and thermal pools on the way home. Note that it visits the Slovak Tatras at Bachledka, not Štrbské Pleso itself.

  • Bachledka treetop walk in the Slovak Tatras
  • Free time in Zakopane
  • An evening soak at the Chochołów thermal baths
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The snow-streaked High Tatras rising above a village and green fields Small-group day trip from €319
🕒 12 hours 📍 From Kraków

From Kraków: Slovakia High Tatras Day Trip with Treetop Walk

The only Kraków departure we found that goes all the way to Štrbské Pleso: a small-group day via the Łapszanka viewpoint and Bachledka. It is new and has very few reviews so far, and it is priced as a premium small-group trip — check the live price.

  • Łapszanka viewpoint over the whole Tatra range
  • Bachledka treetop walk
  • Štrbské pleso lake
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From Košice or Bratislava — Slovakia in a day

Spiš Castle and Levoča with the lake from Košice; castles, villages and the Tatras in one very long day from Bratislava.

The white limestone walls of Spiš Castle on its hill above green meadows Small-group day trip from €99
🕒 6–8 hours 📍 From Košice ⭐ 4.9 (25)

From Košice: Prešov, Spiš Castle, Levoča & Štrbské Pleso Tour

Eastern Slovakia’s greatest hits in one line on the map: the old centre of Prešov, the vast ruin of Spiš Castle, medieval Levoča and finally the High Tatras for a walk around the lake. Well reviewed, small group, with pickup in Košice.

  • Spiš Castle, one of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe
  • The walled UNESCO town of Levoča
  • A scenic walk around Štrbské pleso
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St Elisabeth’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Chapel in the centre of Košice Walking tour from €20
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Košice ⭐ 5.0 (12)

Košice: Guided Walking Tour

Many visitors reach the Tatras through Košice airport or railway station. This short, inexpensive and well-rated walk shows you the handsome old centre before you head west to Poprad and the mountains.

  • St Elisabeth’s Cathedral, Slovakia’s largest church
  • The long main street and its singing fountain
  • Easy add-on before a train to the Tatras
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The turrets of Bojnice Castle above its moat and park Day trip from €167
🕒 13.5 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 4.6 (406)

Bratislava: Čičmany, Bojnice, Orava & High Tatras Day Tour

The most-booked tour in this guide, with more than four hundred reviews. It is a very long day, but it strings together the folk village of Čičmany, fairy-tale Bojnice, clifftop Orava Castle and a first look at the High Tatras with a guide praised for energy and humour.

  • Painted timber houses of Čičmany
  • Bojnice and Orava castles
  • A stop in the High Tatras
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Orava Castle perched on its rock above the Orava river Small-group day trip from €148
🕒 13.5 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 5.0 (53)

Bratislava: Demänovská Cave, High Tatras & Orava Castle Tour

A small-group alternative with a perfect score across more than fifty reviews. The route swaps Bojnice for a show cave in the Demänovská valley, adds Orava Castle and the High Tatras, and the listing states that all entrance fees and photographs are included.

  • A Demänovská cave in the Low Tatras
  • Orava Castle, filming location of Nosferatu
  • Entrance fees included, per the listing
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Dark timber houses along a lane in the village of Čičmany Day trip from €81
🕒 12.5–14 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 4.5 (13)

From Bratislava: Čičmany, Two Castles & High Tatras Day Tour

A lower-priced take on the cross-country day from Bratislava, with an optional audio guide. It covers a similar arc — Čičmany, two castles and the High Tatras — in a bigger vehicle and at roughly half the price of the small-group versions.

  • Čičmany folk village
  • Two historic castles on the way north
  • The High Tatras, Slovakia’s highest mountains
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Already in the Tatras — something different

A guided bear-watching hike, a private run to Levoča, Dunajec rafting for drivers, or a fully arranged three-day break.

A European brown bear walking through low vegetation Guided wildlife hike from €240
🕒 7 hours 📍 From High Tatras ⭐ 5.0 (5)

High Tatras: Bear-Watching Hiking Tour

The one experience here that is a real mountain day rather than a sightseeing drive: a guided hike into bear country with someone who knows where the animals feed. Sightings can never be guaranteed, but the tracking, the valleys and the guide’s knowledge make the day.

  • Hike with a local wildlife guide
  • Look for brown bears, chamois and marmots
  • Small group, quiet valleys
Check price & availability
Spiš Castle seen on its hilltop across the rolling Spiš countryside Private tour from €79 per group
🕒 From 2 hours 📍 From Poprad

From Poprad: Levoča & Spiš Castle Private Tour

The only product here that starts at the foot of the Tatras: a private run from Poprad to Levoča, with Spiš Castle named in the description. It is a new listing with almost no reviews, so read the inclusions carefully — but the per-group price is attractive for two or three people.

  • Private car and driver from Poprad
  • Historic centre and town walls of Levoča
  • Priced per group, not per person
Check price & availability
A traditional wooden raft with passengers on the Dunajec river in the Pieniny Ticket from €52
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Sromowce Wyżne (Poland) ⭐ 4.8 (6)

Dunajec River Gorge Rafting: Entry Ticket

A classic day out for drivers staying in the Tatras: the Dunajec gorge on the Polish–Slovak border, roughly an hour and a quarter by car from Štrbské Pleso. This ticket is for the Polish raft harbour; rafts also leave from Červený Kláštor on the Slovak bank. Rafting is seasonal, typically April to October.

  • Traditional wooden rafts steered by highlander raftsmen
  • Limestone cliffs of the Pieniny gorge
  • Skip the ticket queue
Check price & availability
Popradské pleso lake with its mountain hotel below the High Tatra peaks Private multi-day tour from €1299
🕒 3 days 📍 From By arrangement

Three-Day High Tatras & Spiš Castle Private Tour

A fully arranged private break with transport, accommodation and Slovak food experiences. It is a new listing with no reviews at the time of writing and a premium price, so treat it as a concierge-style option and compare it with booking a hotel and day tours yourself.

  • Private transport and accommodation
  • The High Tatras and Spiš Castle
  • Meals included, per the listing
Check price & availability
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Straight from GetYourGuide: our shortlist first, then everything listed for the Poprad and High Tatras area.

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Every tour we recommend

Seventeen real, currently bookable experiences — from an €20 city walk to a private three-day break.

The wooden boardwalk of the Bachledka treetop walk leading to its tower Small-group day trip from €114
🕒 8 hours 📍 From Zakopane ⭐ 5.0 (5)

From Zakopane: High Tatras Treetop Walk and Štrbské Pleso (Small Group)

The same classic pairing — Bachledka and the lake — run as a small-group tour with pickup, which early reviewers rate at the very top. A relaxed pace, a guide who handles the border roads and enough time at the lake for the full loop and a coffee.

  • Small group with pickup in Zakopane
  • Walk among the crowns of the trees at Bachledka
  • The glacial lake of Štrbské Pleso at 1,346 m
Check price & availability
The white limestone walls of Spiš Castle on its hill above green meadows Small-group day trip from €99
🕒 6–8 hours 📍 From Košice ⭐ 4.9 (25)

From Košice: Prešov, Spiš Castle, Levoča & Štrbské Pleso Tour

Eastern Slovakia’s greatest hits in one line on the map: the old centre of Prešov, the vast ruin of Spiš Castle, medieval Levoča and finally the High Tatras for a walk around the lake. Well reviewed, small group, with pickup in Košice.

  • Spiš Castle, one of the largest castle complexes in Central Europe
  • The walled UNESCO town of Levoča
  • A scenic walk around Štrbské pleso
Check price & availability
The turrets of Bojnice Castle above its moat and park Day trip from €167
🕒 13.5 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 4.6 (406)

Bratislava: Čičmany, Bojnice, Orava & High Tatras Day Tour

The most-booked tour in this guide, with more than four hundred reviews. It is a very long day, but it strings together the folk village of Čičmany, fairy-tale Bojnice, clifftop Orava Castle and a first look at the High Tatras with a guide praised for energy and humour.

  • Painted timber houses of Čičmany
  • Bojnice and Orava castles
  • A stop in the High Tatras
Check price & availability
Štrbské pleso lake with the High Tatra peaks reflected in still water Day trip from €80
🕒 8 hours 📍 From Zakopane ⭐ 4.6 (12)

From Zakopane: Treetop Walk and Štrbské Pleso Trip

The best-value way to see the lake if you are staying on the Polish side. A driver takes you over the border to the Bachledka treetop walk above Ždiar and then on to Štrbské Pleso, with time to walk the lakeshore before the drive back to Zakopane.

  • Cross the border to the Slovak side of the Tatras
  • Bachledka treetop walk with its viewing tower
  • Free time to walk the loop around Štrbské pleso
Check price & availability
Orava Castle perched on its rock above the Orava river Small-group day trip from €148
🕒 13.5 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 5.0 (53)

Bratislava: Demänovská Cave, High Tatras & Orava Castle Tour

A small-group alternative with a perfect score across more than fifty reviews. The route swaps Bojnice for a show cave in the Demänovská valley, adds Orava Castle and the High Tatras, and the listing states that all entrance fees and photographs are included.

  • A Demänovská cave in the Low Tatras
  • Orava Castle, filming location of Nosferatu
  • Entrance fees included, per the listing
Check price & availability
A European brown bear walking through low vegetation Guided wildlife hike from €240
🕒 7 hours 📍 From High Tatras ⭐ 5.0 (5)

High Tatras: Bear-Watching Hiking Tour

The one experience here that is a real mountain day rather than a sightseeing drive: a guided hike into bear country with someone who knows where the animals feed. Sightings can never be guaranteed, but the tracking, the valleys and the guide’s knowledge make the day.

  • Hike with a local wildlife guide
  • Look for brown bears, chamois and marmots
  • Small group, quiet valleys
Check price & availability
Visitors walking along Krupówki street in Zakopane Day trip from €274
🕒 12 hours 📍 From Kraków ⭐ 4.7 (110)

From Kraków: Slovakia Treetop Walk, Zakopane & Thermal Spa

The long-running Kraków bestseller that crosses into Slovakia: the treetop walk above Ždiar for the High Tatra panorama, then Zakopane and thermal pools on the way home. Note that it visits the Slovak Tatras at Bachledka, not Štrbské Pleso itself.

  • Bachledka treetop walk in the Slovak Tatras
  • Free time in Zakopane
  • An evening soak at the Chochołów thermal baths
Check price & availability
Dark timber houses along a lane in the village of Čičmany Day trip from €81
🕒 12.5–14 hours 📍 From Bratislava ⭐ 4.5 (13)

From Bratislava: Čičmany, Two Castles & High Tatras Day Tour

A lower-priced take on the cross-country day from Bratislava, with an optional audio guide. It covers a similar arc — Čičmany, two castles and the High Tatras — in a bigger vehicle and at roughly half the price of the small-group versions.

  • Čičmany folk village
  • Two historic castles on the way north
  • The High Tatras, Slovakia’s highest mountains
Check price & availability
The wooden articular church in Kežmarok with its shingled roofs Day trip from €103
🕒 9 hours 📍 From Zakopane

From Zakopane: Skalnaté Pleso Cable Car & Historic Kežmarok

Listed on GetYourGuide under the Polish name “Łomnicki Pond”: a ride up to Skalnaté pleso above Tatranská Lomnica, then the Spiš town of Kežmarok with its remarkable timber church. A new listing without reviews at the time of writing.

  • Cable car up to Skalnaté pleso at 1,751 m
  • Free time below Lomnický štít
  • Kežmarok and its UNESCO-listed wooden church
Check price & availability
The snow-streaked High Tatras rising above a village and green fields Small-group day trip from €319
🕒 12 hours 📍 From Kraków

From Kraków: Slovakia High Tatras Day Trip with Treetop Walk

The only Kraków departure we found that goes all the way to Štrbské Pleso: a small-group day via the Łapszanka viewpoint and Bachledka. It is new and has very few reviews so far, and it is priced as a premium small-group trip — check the live price.

  • Łapszanka viewpoint over the whole Tatra range
  • Bachledka treetop walk
  • Štrbské pleso lake
Check price & availability
Spiš Castle seen on its hilltop across the rolling Spiš countryside Private tour from €79 per group
🕒 From 2 hours 📍 From Poprad

From Poprad: Levoča & Spiš Castle Private Tour

The only product here that starts at the foot of the Tatras: a private run from Poprad to Levoča, with Spiš Castle named in the description. It is a new listing with almost no reviews, so read the inclusions carefully — but the per-group price is attractive for two or three people.

  • Private car and driver from Poprad
  • Historic centre and town walls of Levoča
  • Priced per group, not per person
Check price & availability
A traditional wooden raft with passengers on the Dunajec river in the Pieniny Ticket from €52
🕒 2.5 hours 📍 From Sromowce Wyżne (Poland) ⭐ 4.8 (6)

Dunajec River Gorge Rafting: Entry Ticket

A classic day out for drivers staying in the Tatras: the Dunajec gorge on the Polish–Slovak border, roughly an hour and a quarter by car from Štrbské Pleso. This ticket is for the Polish raft harbour; rafts also leave from Červený Kláštor on the Slovak bank. Rafting is seasonal, typically April to October.

  • Traditional wooden rafts steered by highlander raftsmen
  • Limestone cliffs of the Pieniny gorge
  • Skip the ticket queue
Check price & availability
St Elisabeth’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Chapel in the centre of Košice Walking tour from €20
🕒 1.5 hours 📍 From Košice ⭐ 5.0 (12)

Košice: Guided Walking Tour

Many visitors reach the Tatras through Košice airport or railway station. This short, inexpensive and well-rated walk shows you the handsome old centre before you head west to Poprad and the mountains.

  • St Elisabeth’s Cathedral, Slovakia’s largest church
  • The long main street and its singing fountain
  • Easy add-on before a train to the Tatras
Check price & availability
Popradské pleso lake with its mountain hotel below the High Tatra peaks Private multi-day tour from €1299
🕒 3 days 📍 From By arrangement

Three-Day High Tatras & Spiš Castle Private Tour

A fully arranged private break with transport, accommodation and Slovak food experiences. It is a new listing with no reviews at the time of writing and a premium price, so treat it as a concierge-style option and compare it with booking a hotel and day tours yourself.

  • Private transport and accommodation
  • The High Tatras and Spiš Castle
  • Meals included, per the listing
Check price & availability
Plan your mountain days

A glacial lake, granite peaks and a little red train

Štrbské Pleso rewards a little planning: pick your hike, check the weather and let someone else drive. Compare guided day trips and experiences across the High Tatras and book in a couple of taps.

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Booking questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to book anything in advance for Štrbské Pleso itself?

No tour, no. Book your accommodation early for July, August and winter weekends, and reserve the Lomnický štít cable car days ahead if you plan to ride it.

Which is the best day trip to the lake?

From Zakopane, the small-group treetop walk and Štrbské Pleso tour; from Košice, the Spiš Castle, Levoča and Štrbské Pleso day. See our ranking.

Do I need a passport on trips from Poland?

Poland and Slovakia are both in the Schengen area, so there are normally no border checks, but you must carry a valid passport or national ID card.

Are lift and entrance tickets included?

It varies. Some tours include the treetop walk or cave entry, others list them as extras. Read the “includes” section on the booking page.

Can I cancel if the weather is bad?

Most of these tours offer free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure. Mountain weather is changeable, so that flexibility is worth having.