Orders High Tatras

The establishment of TANAP in 18. 12. 1948 was the most important step for security of the High Tatras. The Western Tatras, The High Tatras and the Belan Tatras create TANAP. A complete area is 741 km2 and security line is 366 km2. The headquarter of TANAP is in Tatranska Lomnica. There is also located the museum of TANAP. The inform centrums are in Tatranska Lomnica and Štrbské Mountain Lake.

From the view of security nature and region in TANAP visitors are obliged to observe these instructions:

1) Visitors can only move on public roads and tourist marked paths in the territory of TANAP
2) Camping and parking is only possible in places, which on it are derminated and marked. It is forbidden to stay the night in free nature ,not even on roads and in parking areas
3) It´s forbidden to catch, put down and collect (gather) any phase of animals and affect their biotops. Leading dogs is prohibited in the valleys.
4) It´s prohibited to pick and damage plants, bushes and trees
5) It´s forbidden to dirty enviroment by rubbish, disturb quiet and silence. Bathing in tarns and brooks is prohibited
6) Signs of competent workers (the guard of security nature, the guard of forest ,the mountain guard) are obligatory for visitors
7) Climbing, ski alpinism, paragliding is only possible to perform in the areas, which on are determinated
8) Bycicles can be use onto public roads and cyclic routes. The valleys are close from the 1st. of November to the 15th of June. The ascent is permitted only to the challets, which are open all yearly.

It´s sad, that every year it´s needed to gather several hundreds kilograms of rubbish in the event „Clean mountain“ because of irresponsible tourists. 760 volunteers took part in the first year in the autumn 1979 and gathered till 1860 kg rubbish.