Za pilou is a small but ecologically significant nature reserve on the southern edge of the village of Srbská Kamenice, protecting waterlogged meadows on Cretaceous sandstone bedrock. There's no stream here at all - the wetness comes purely from rainfall and small water seeps, creating a unique habitat for rare wetland plants.
The landscape here is quiet and gentle, a boggy meadow tucked among forests where the western marsh orchid blooms alongside marsh valerian and other wetland flora. It's a place for nature lovers who appreciate subtle biodiversity over dramatic scenery. Keep an eye out underfoot too, as common European vipers are fairly frequent here.
How to get thereLess than a kilometre west of the reserve stands a memorial to the 1972 Yugoslav airplane crash, a quiet reminder of the area's history.