Bear watching Slovakia offers guided Tours to see bears in their natural environment in High Tatras accompanied by a local wildlife expert. Walking in bear territory is a unique and life time experience. The very experienced guide with hundreds of encounters with bears will take you to the best places to spot bears in wild nature. Indicative timetable: 13:00 hod. – Meeting at the lower parking lot at Podbanske 13:00 hod. – 14:30 hod. – Hike through the valley in the Western Tatras, approx. 1.5 hours up to one of the three adjacent Tatra valleys (Western Tatras) to the bear spotting places 14:30 hod. – 18:30 hod. – Arriving at wild bear viewing sites where the best chance of seeing a brown bear is possible. Combined with an explanation about the life of bears in the valley and training on how to behave in an encounter with a bear. 18:30 hod. – 20:00. – The way back along the hiking trail to the parking lot at Podbanske.