Tag - National Park

JÖKULSÁRGLJÚFUR NP

Jökulsárgljúfur is the northernmost part of Vatnajökull National Park, with separate boundaries, but geographically connected to the rest of the park by the glacial river Jökulsá á Fjöllum. The river’s source is in Vatnajökull glacier, near the subglacial volcano Bárdarbunga...

PIRIN NATIONAL PARK

After a good sleep, we made a short hike around Hizha Banderitsa with an excellent alpine landscape and Baikushev’s pine – 1380-year-old tree. This national park is also home to bears and wolves and well known for the high-altitude Vihren Peak, with forested ridges and...

DIVJAKË NATIONAL PARK

We arrived at the beach inside National Park Divjakë-Karavasta, it’s located near the Adriatic Sea. We did overnight just on the great long lonely sandy beach. The park spans a territory of 222,3 square kilometers with wetlands, salt marshes, coastal meadows, floodplains, woodlands...

DURMITOR NATIONAL PARK

On the first day, we did a great full-day hike through the deep forest around the Black Lake (glacial lake, 1416 m). After the hike, we refreshed ourselves with local tasty Niksicko beer. This breathtaking national park was formed by glaciers and is traversed by rivers and underground...

BIOGRADSKA NATIONAL PARK

We made it through the narrow curvy road to the top and parked next to the lake, where we slept. In the morning we have enjoyed a nice hike around the lake and its virgin forest at Biogradska Gora National Park. It is the site of one of the last three large virgin forests in Europe. The...

SKADAR LAKE NATIONAL PARK

We enjoyed great biking around the biggest lake in Southern Europe. The lake is located in Zeta – Skadar valley and is surrounded by mountains, two thirds of Skadar Lake lies in Montenegro and the rest is in Albania. The size of the lake varies from 530 to 370 km2, it is 44 km long and 14...

SUTJESKA NATIONAL PARK

We arrived late afternoon at the oldest and biggest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It’s home to the last virgin forest in Europe. You will find here also the highest peak in the country – Maglic Mountain (2386 m). Sutjeska is also familiar with the Battle of the Sutjeska...

TAJAN NATIONAL PARK

We enjoyed few stops with lovely landscapes on the way to Tajan National Park, but the heavy storm and bad weather damaged our hiking plans in the area. So we just made overnight here and moved on. The mountains in this area aren’t like the towering peaks of the central Dinaric Alps...