The region of the camp is still  untouched  nature.

The river Jelasnica runs through Jelasnicka Gorge.

The name of the river and the gorge comes from the village Jelasnica. The Gorge is situated 15 Kilometers east from Nis, and only 5 kilometers from Niska Banja. Its total length is 2 kilometres. The gorge is a natural jewel and is considered one of the most beautiful and romantic planes in southeast Serbia.

The village of Jelasnica, where one enters the gorge, was first mentioned in a 1498 manuscript. Numerous archeological excavations testify that this was a neolithic mining settlement. In the Roman times, there was a Military road nearby the so/called “Via Militarys“. In the gorge proper there were some strategic fortifications, some of which where embedded in the rocks. Their remains are visible today, too.

Erosion denundational forms are also present such as stone windows (Jelasnicki and Cukljenicki) which stand among the biggest such rocky shapes in Serbia.

The gorge abounds in natural beauties, such as waterfalls, the most attractive which is Ripoljka. There is also a variety of rare plant and animal life. Sixty fixe endemic and subendemic species have been registered. Among them, tue most precious one are Ramonda Serbica and Ramonda Nathaliae, which managed to survive the last Ice Age.

The ideal terrain in the gorge has provides all necessery preconditions for the construction of the natural rock climbing site. This is the venue of mountaineering and alpinism. There are over 40 paths for athletic climbing (in accordance whith the Standard of UIAA (International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation), where the rock hosts fully attested equipment.