Skakavitsa Hut

Skakavitsa Hut is located in the Golyama Skakavitsa locality in the Skakavitsa River valley, at 1,876 m above sea level, at the foot of the eastern slope of Kabul Peak in northwestern Rila. It was built in 1921-1922 by tourists and members of the tourist society in Dupnitsa and is regarded as the first hut in Bulgaria.

Golyama Skakavitsa is a three-storey building with 65 beds in 15 rooms and sanitary facilities on each floor, and Malka Skakavitsa has 13 places in four rooms. The hut has running water, electricity from a generator and a small hydroelectric plant, a tourist kitchen, a dining room and a bar. The Skakavitsa waterfall is about half an hour on foot. The starting point is the Panichishte locality, about 3.5 km from the hut. The hut is No. 29 of the 100 National Tourist Sites of the Bulgarian Tourist Union, and the site's stamp is kept there.