Sopotnica

Sopotnica is situated at the distance of 17 km from Prijepolje and 317 km from Belgrade. It lies at the altitude of 1200 m. Sopotnica is a village of murmuring springs and cascades whose path along the slope to their confluence with the Lim gave the river and the village their name. From the river source, many high waterfalls raise over twenty meters, which is a kind of attraction. 

The area around the river Sopotnica was declared for monument of nature of the first category ‘Waterfalls of Sopotnica’ by the regulation of the Government of Serbia. This monument of nature encompasses the source of the surface course of the river Sopotnica, with a number of permanent and intermittent karst emergences and springs which form rivulets. These rivulets first combine and then branch out to form a series of waterfalls.Another major attraction besides the rivulets and waterfall are the old, restored water mills.

The sinter deposits came about from spring sediments around the upper portions of the Sopotnica’s course and extend from the highest wells under the limestone slope of the Podstijenja at 1120 m above sea-level, to the last waterfall at 850 m above sea-level. With a 270 m difference in elevation, this sinter has the greatest elevation range of any in Serbia. The accumulated deposits of sinter – formed into seven levels of flattened fan-like cascades of varying size and prominence – the falling water and the numerous falls flowing over the edges of the sinter terraces, all contribute to the value of this natural monument. Especially attractive is the Veliki vodopad (‘Great Waterfall’).Sopotnica is one of the villages below Jadovnik where village hosts offer thirty beds for guests. There is also a Mountain Lodge with a capacity of 40 beds.