Samkowa Czuba (1189 m a.s.l.) is a gentle, dome-shaped forested summit on the western side of the Strążyska Valley outlet in the Polish Western Tatras. It may not have a marked trail to the top, but it guards something truly rare — one of the best-preserved natural spruce-fir-beech forests in the entire Tatra Mountains.

The hill has soft, rounded contours and is covered in dense, primeval-feeling woodland. At its foot, on the Strążyska Valley side, dramatic bare limestone crags rise up: the rock formation known as Skała Jelinka and the Kominy Strążyskie pinnacles. To the north, the wooded slopes descend toward the Zakopane basin, hiding two small gorges carved by seasonal streams. The summit sits in the lower section of the north-eastern ridge of Łysanki, separated from the higher Samkowy Zwornik (1317 m) by the Samkowe Siodło pass.

• Zakopane (Droga pod Reglami trail) — the path runs only along the northern foothills of the peak, difficulty: easy. The summit itself is closed to visitors.

• Samkowa Czuba lies within the 'Regle Zakopiańskie' strict nature reserve — access to the summit is prohibited.
• The only route passing nearby is the Droga pod Reglami (Under-the-Foothills Road), which skirts the northern base of the hill.

The slopes of Samkowa Czuba are home to the ghost orchid ('Epipogium aphyllum') — an extraordinarily rare species, almost absent elsewhere in Poland. The name of the peak derives from 'Samek', a traditional Podhale family surname or nickname.