Natural Swimming at Kačák
Přírodní koupání na Kačáku
Rybník Kačák in Vrchlabí offers natural swimming in a biotope pond, providing a refreshing escape on hot summer days, with amenities like changing rooms, showers, toilets, and a playground, though swimming is strictly at your own risk.

📜 Rybník Kačák in Vrchlabí, also known as Natural Swimming Pool Vejsplachy, offers natural swimming in a pond with a history dating back to the early 20th century.
⚠️ Swimming is permitted, but strictly at your own risk, as it is a natural biotope and not a regulated swimming pool.

Why Go

🏊‍♀️ Enjoy refreshing natural swimming from a grassy beach, wooden pier, or fishing hut.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Perfect for families with a children's playground available.
🚿 Benefit from convenient amenities including changing rooms, outdoor showers, and toilets.
🌅 Discover a sandy bottom on the western bank of the pond.

Why Avoid

🚫 Natural biotope, no lifeguards or formal safety supervision.
⚠️ All swimming is undertaken at your own risk.

Tips

💧 Water quality regularly checked by hygiene station during summer.
📏 Average depth 0-2.5m, around 1.2m near accessible piers.

Toilets & Showers

🚽 Social facilities (WCs, showers) near refreshment stand.
🚿 Additional outdoor shower with drinking water and three changing rooms by western beach.

Food

🍔 Refreshment stand located nearby.