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The most beautiful cave in Maly Beskid (The Little Beskids) is Komoniecki's Cave. It was opened for tourists in 1983, though mentioned for the first time in 1704 by village-mayor of Zywiec, Andrzej Komoniecki.  more »

Mountain Pine (Mugo Pine) is the nature peculiarity of Babia Gora. It appears over the upper lines of forest. It is the coniferous bush, rarely a tree, belonging to the pine family.  more »

The Babia Gora Biosphere Reserve was established in 1977 in Babia Gora National Park because of the unique nature values of this region.  more »

Turbacz is the highest peak in the Gorce range, it reaches 1310m above the sea level. It used to be called Niedzwiedz and Kluczki.  

Gorczanski National Park occupies the area of 7030 ha, including 6591 ha of forests. The area of 16 647 ha is the park's protection zone. Over 3 611 ha of the Gorczanski National Park are under strict protection. The park was established in 1981.  

There is characteristic vertical zonation of the vegetation on Babia Gora which is connected with the climate zones.  more »

There are 700 species of vascular plants, 200 species of moss, lichens, and algae observed within the area of Babia Gora National Park.  more »

The weather on Babia Gora is formed mainly by cool and wet arctic air. It is very windy on top, there are mainly western and southern winds which blow at 72 km/h.