Active holiday in Montenegro
Come and join us on this epic multi active holiday, where you can check some amassing things in Montenegro, join us in this adventure !
Hiking on a most beautiful peaks, rafting in a deepest canyon in Europe, cycling bicycle in bay of Kotor, kayaking on the Skadar lake, wine tasting, organic and homemade food…
Montenegro is small country, but country which is full of contrast. You can find on a lot of forums explanation such as a “country where less is more”, “in one day mountain and sea-coast”, “wild beauty”. One is for sure the country where you can get in love in a lot of different ways.
day 1 Pick up at the airport . Welcome meeting and dinner , Podgorica overnight.
day 2 Fist day we planned easy hiking in total 10 km. After breakfast we are starting our journey to National Park Biogradska Gora. This is one of the last three virgin forest in the Europe. Beautiful lake which shining surrounded by forest makes impression of calm and peaceful filling. We are starting hiking to Bendovac trough this magical forest, on the 1700 m above the sea level. This is also great road for mountain dirty cycling. When we reach Dolovi Lalevica we are going to have lunch in beautiful Eco camp with homemade food. Here we have some free time to absorb sound of wind, bird and mountain, smell of Medicinal herbs which even now we use for healing.
We will continue through Canyon Tara River to impressive Djurdjevica Tara Bridge. After foto stop we will continue to Zabljak and in wooden cottage where we will stay two nights.
Day 3 Prutas hiking or how this peak got name King of Durmitor’s viewpoints peaks! This hiking is one of the most beautiful on Durmitor and perfect for active holiday in Montenegro. Amazing view from the beginning of a tour. This tour is medium hard with elevation of 800 m in total duration of hiking is around 4 hours. Experience and adventure of this tour is something what you will take with you in your heard for a lifetime.
As we mentioned North of country is reach by healthy herb so we are going to visit family manufacture of tea and to have a launch here. Our host will explain us process of making a tea. For rest of a day we planned visit of well-known Black lake in a heart of Durmitor National Park.
Day 4 Montenegro is well known for great activities such as rafting on the Tara River. In the morning after epic ride through part of Durmitor ring, Trsa, Sedlo, Prutas we will reach Scepan polje . Rafting through the most attractive rapids on Tara River (Borovi, Varda, Ćelije, Vjernovića buk…) with pauses on the most appropriate and beautiful spots, taking photos, swimming…in total 18 km on a river.
Lunch will be in eco village and we are continue our tour to the coast . On our way we will see Slansko, Krupac lake and panoramic view on Kotor bay. Also it is possible to have free time in Perast (short). We are not sure are you going to handle so much beauty in one day. Next two days are planned for overnight in Kotor.
day 5 Is planned for cycling bicycle around the bay of Kotor. Of course very easy and flat and only 20 km of cycling . This part of our country use to be under the Venetian republic so architecture is like in Italy. Poetic ride in the bay we will cut in Stoliv and continue 45 minutes hiking up in abandoned village from 14th century. Houses overgrown with ivy and fantastic panorama view . This tour is around 4 hours duration and you will get free time for Kotor (after loco tour) as a protected UNESCO heritage, or even you can spend a day on some of the docks in the bay. Kotor with Cathedral, Squares, churches, fortress San Giovanni, cat museum, bazaar, walls with all that legends, offers a lot of possibilities.
day 6 Today from Kotor we are going to visit Budva and panorama visit to Sv Stefan. This two pearls are very valuable treasures of Adriatic sea. Old city with Citadel and view on Mogren Beach, open theater, small church from 8th century, narrow streets, fish restaurants, really impressive. Also you will have panorama photo stop on Sveti Stefan.
Our tour takes as to Skadar lake. In addition to fill our National Park Skadar Lake we will have a kayaking in one of the villages around. Skadar lake is the greatest lake on Balkan with 281 species of birds, 48 species of fish, 50 species of mammalian. Amazing nature, culture and costumes from an oldest region of Old Montenegro. Last two night we will stay in Podgorica.
Day 7 Last day of vacation we prepared easy going program. We will visit Old Royal Capital Cetinje, village Njegusi well known by prsutto and smoke cheese. View on all Kotor bay from a top of 25 serpentine road.
Than we are going back to region of Skadar Lake also famous as a wine region. In a small boutique winery they are making all organic products. They traditionally grow grapes and produce wine, brandy, and liqueurs, through generations. Above all you will have opportunity to hear interesting history of this family and way of making wine. Firstly you will try 5 sorts of organic wine, secondly at list 8 to 10 sorts of short drinks. We will finish our active holiday in Montenegro with this maybe the most popular activity.
Day 8 Drop off to the airport.
ITINERARY
Day 1
- Pick up at the airport (we can add activities on this day depending of time of arrival)
Day 2
- Breakfast
- Panoramic drive trough Moraca canyon
- Biogradska Gora National Park
- Hiking and lunch in camp in Dolovi Lalevica
- Drive trough canyon Tara river and Djurdjevica Tara Bridge
- Overnight in Zabljak wooden cottage
Day 3
- Breakfast
- Prutas Hiking in Durmitor National Park (medium easy, elevation 800m) total duration 4 hours
- Visiting small tea factory and lunch break
- Black lake
- Overnight Zabljak wooden cottage
Day 4
- Breakfast
- Driving to Scepan Polje (trough part of Durmitor ring)
- Rafting in Canyon of Tara River
- lunch in Eco village
- Panoramic drive to Kotor (break in Perast)
- Overnight Kotor
Day 5
- Breakfast
- Loco Kotor
- Cycling trough the Bay of Kotor (18km)
- Hiking to Upper Stoliv (1 hour and half)
- Lunch on some of a docks , free time after
- Overnight Kotor
Day 6
- Breakfast
- Budva Old Town and panorama break on St Stefan
- Kayaking in Skadar lake National Park
- Lunch in one of the villages
- Overnight Podgorica
Day 7
- Brekfast
- Cetinje Old Royal Capital
- Lovcen National Park and Mausoleum
- View over the Kotor bay and Njegusi village
- Pavlova Strana view poin
- Wine tasting in boutique winery in a region of Skadar lake National Park and lunch
- Overnight in Podgorica
Day 8
- Drop off to the airport in Podgorica (on request some other airport)
Dates for group tours:
6-13. August ; 3-10. September
PRICE PER PERSON : 1150€
- If you have your group of travelers, price can be reduced
- Minimum number of travelers for group tours is four, we reserve the rights to cancel group tour if we don’t have enough participants
- Flights are not included
- Accommodation is in 3/4 stars hotels, cottage, half board , rooms for two people
- This tour is possible for any date by your wishes (price on request)