In the Nefcerka valley, one of the best preserved Tatra valleys there is one waterfall hidden in a spruce forest. At
80 metres it is the tollest waterfall, not only in Tatras, but probably in Slovakia. The waterfall bears the name of Slovakia´s most important botanist – Andrej Kmeť.

The tollest waterfalls in the Tatras ( in metres ):

1. Kmeťove vodopády 80
( Nefcersklý potok brook )
2. Vajanského vodopád 30
( Temnosmrečianský brook )
3. Vodopád Skok 25
( Mlynický potok brook )
4. Katarakty 22
( Studený potok brook )
5. Obrovský vodopád 20
( Studený potok brook )

The Tatra lakes
The Tatra lakes (called plesá) are the result of glacial activity during the last Glacial period. In High Tatras is about 190 lakes. The largest and the deepest is Veľké Hincovo pleso lake and the highest is the Modré pleso lake (2,192 m) in the Malá Studená dolina valley. The largest lakes in the Slovak part of the Tatras ( ha ):

1. Veľké Hincovo pleso 20,08
2. Štrbské pleso 19,76
3. Nižné Temnosmrečianské pleso 12
4. Vyšné Bielovodské Žabie pleso 9,56
5. Popradské pleso 6,88
6. Vyšné Temnosmrečianské pleso 5,55
7. Nižné Terianske pleso 5,47
8. Vyšné Wahlenbergovo pleso 5,18
9. Krivánske Zelené pleso 5,16
10. Nižné Bielovodské Žabie pleso 4,65

TANAP
The first protested area in Slovakia the Tatra National Park (TANAP) was founded by an Act of the Slovak Parliament on the Tatra National Park as approved in December 18, 1948, which came into force on January 1, 1949. Five years later a national park was also created on the Polish side of the Tatras. The original area of the TANAP was 510 km2.
In 1978 TANAP was extended by the Západné Tatry and its area was then 730 km2.The administrative headquarters of the national park is located in Tatranská Lomnica.

Tatranská Lomnica
( 850 – 890 m, population 2 500 )
Tatranská Lomnica is the esternmost tourist centre of the three centres located on the southern foothills of the High Tatras. It is situated on the road Cesta Slobody ( Road of Freedom), 6 km north-east from another small village Starý Smokovec. It has a good road and railway communication with Poprad (“gate” to the High Tatras), 18 km away. In Lomnica are situated large large luxurios hotels, offering a diversity of services, were constructed to attract more visitors and spa customers. From Lomnica starting furnicular between Tatranská Lomnica and Skalnaté pleso, which was build in 1937. In 1940 it was extended to the top of the Lomnický štít peak.