Vitovlje - Sekulak (via Vitovlje Lake)

Access to starting point:
A) From the highway Vipava - Nova Gorica, we take the exit Selo, and then continue driving on the regional road towards Nova Gorica and Šempas. After a few kilometers of driving, we arrive at the village Vitovlje, where we turn right in the direction of the farm Maloščevo. A little further, the road splits into two parts (Vitovska circular path), and we continue right, and in the next crossroads, we stick to the left directions. The relatively steep road leads us higher through the hamlet Vožice, where it turns a little more to the left. From the hamlet, we drive a short time, and then we arrive at the large event venue and sports field in Vitovlje, where we park.
B) From Nova Gorica, we drive to Šempas, and from there we continue driving on the old road towards Ajdovščina. When we arrive at the village Vitovlje, we turn left in the direction of the farm Maloščevo. A little further, the road splits into two parts (Vitovska circular path), and we continue right, and in the next crossroads, we stick to the left directions. The relatively steep road leads us higher through the hamlet Vožice, where it turns a little more to the left. From the hamlet, we drive a short time, and then we arrive at the large event venue and sports field in Vitovlje, where we park.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we first walk to the asphalt road and continue left along it. After a minute or two, we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue right in the direction of the Vitovlje church and Vitovsko Lake.
From the junction, we continue on a rougher macadam road, which quickly enters the forest, through which we ascend gently to moderately. It does not take long and we already arrive at the next well-marked junction, where we continue straight in the direction of Vitovsko Lake (left western path to Vitovski hrib (on signs markings for Vitovlje church)). Further on, the road gradually turns into a cart track, which first leads us across a panoramic hayfield. A little further, the cart track turns left, from it two paths branch off to the right to the nearby Vitovsko Lake, which is only 2 minutes' walk away (worth seeing, as the Vitovsko lake is the only natural lake in the Vipava Valley or above it). Further on, the path leads us past a few more well-marked junctions, and on all of them we continue left in the direction of the Vitovlje church. A little below the summit, we join the cart track, along which we quickly reach the panoramic summit.
From the summit, we descend back to the junction, then continue the ascent in the direction of Čavn and Sekulak along the old Napoleon path. Soon we reach the next junction, where the path to Skozno branches off to the left, and we continue right towards Čavn. The still gentle Napoleon path soon brings us to the steep rocky cliffs of Visoki zid. A wide path then leads us across the artificially carved panoramic ledge (danger of falling rocks), after which the path returns to the forest and brings us to the place where the path to Kopitnik branches off to the left.
We continue slightly right in the direction of Čavn and Sekulak along a somewhat narrower path, which first through some smaller clearings brings us to a steeper section. The path ahead ascends more steeply and brings us just a little higher to the next junction, where we continue right in the direction of the vantage point (left Kopitnik). We continue the ascent along a gentle path, which in 5 minutes of further walking brings us to the vantage point Sekulak, from which a view opens up over a larger part of the Vipava Valley.
Vitovlje - Vitovski hrib 40 minutes, Vitovski hrib - Sekulak 1:00.

On the way: Vitovsko jezero (445m), Vitovski hrib (604m)

Trip can be extended to: Kopitnik , Hunting cottage below Čaven , Čaven (1 h) , Veliki Rob (1 h 30 min)