The Directorate of Natural park “Belasitsa” in partnership with Petrich municipality, association “Young mountaineer” and Historical museum in Petrich celebrated the International mountain day on 11th December.

The Directorate of Natural park “Belasitsa” will present a film for „Natural heritage of Belasitsa” on 11th December. The event will be held in the hall of municipal administration Petrich from 6 p.m.
The initiative aims to raise awareness of the natural resources of the mountain Belasitsa. Each school will receive as a gift a disk with film for „Natural heritage of Belasitsa” and a book “Butterflies in Natural park “Belasitsa””.

The Directorate of Natural park “Belasitsa” organized Autumn cleaning of the park on 21 November. The initiative was attended by students from “Hristo Smirnenski” primary school.
They cleaned the road from town Petrich up to Belasitsa hut and collected many waste paper and plastic containers, cigarette butts and tires.

In very great interest passed the fourth Chestnut Festival organized by the Directorate of the Natural park Belasitsa.
The attendees of the celebration had the opportunities to touch the local folklore and to taste traditional for the region foods and drinks.

Traditional climbing of peak Tumba in Natural Park “Belasitsa”  was conducted on 23 August, 2015. Mountaineers from Bulgaria and Macedonia (FYROM) met at the point where the three countries – Bulgaria, Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece unite.