📜 A wild river originating in Poland, forming a border with the Czech Republic.
🏞️ Flows through the scenic Orlické Mountains, offering diverse experiences for fishermen and boaters.
🎣 Popular destination for fishermen along its entire course.
🛶 Excellent experience for canoeing and kayaking when water levels are sufficient.
🏰 Explore historical sites like Pastviny Dam, Žamberk Castle, Litice Castle, and Potštejn Castle.
🌲 Enjoy beautiful natural landscapes and protected areas like Orlické Mountains Protected Landscape Area and Orlice Nature Park.
🌊 Upper Course (to Pastviny Dam) navigable during spring thaw (March-April).
💧 Below Pastviny Dam, flow depends on dam operations; ideal flow is 15 m3/s.
📏 Water level guidance: 60 cm on Klášterec gauge for upper course; 40 cm on Litice gauge or 80 cm in Kostelec for Litice gauge.
🗓️ Potštejn/Doudleby section navigable almost all year round.
⚠️ Difficulty: Experienced crew needed for open boats; portage most weirs. Rapids up to WW I-II until Doudleby.
☀️ Summer navigation mostly from Kostelec nad Orlicí or Záměl.
🗺️ Multi-day trips possible, combining with joined Orlice river (40 km, only one weir).
💧 Pastviny Dam: 43-meter high masonry dam for electricity, flood control, and recreation (built 1932-1938).
🏰 Žamberk: Renaissance castle with an extensive English park.
🏞️ Bohusová: Deep gorge with numerous rapids in a granite massif.
👑 Litice Castle: Impressive ruins on a steep promontory within the Litice bend.
🏰 Potštejn: Ruins of a Gothic castle.
🏡 Doudleby: One of Eastern Bohemia's oldest communities, with a Renaissance castle at the confluence with the Zdobnice.
🏘️ Kostelec nad Orlicí: Two noble residences (early Baroque and Empire-style castles) with English parks.
➡️ Albrechtice: The Divoká Orlice flows into the Orlice river from the right near Albrechtice at an altitude of 247 meters above sea level.
⚠️ Upper course (to Pastviny Dam) is typically only navigable during spring thaw (March-April).
🚣♀️ The Litice – Potštejn section is navigable very rarely, usually only a few days a year when the dam is released.
🚫 Some sections require technical knowledge and portaging of weirs, making them unsuitable for inexperienced boaters.