
Tour · 8 nights · with Explore Worldwide
A small-group escorted walking holiday through the Western Balkans, tracing a route from Sarajevo via Montenegro’s Durmitor National Park to Dubrovnik, with gentle hikes and views from mountain villages to glacial lakes. Offered by Explore Worldwide.
Highlights
Hike to Lukomir, Bosnia’s highest remote village
Views from Banjska Stena over the Drina canyon
Griffon vulture sanctuary at Uvac Nature Reserve
Walks to alpine lakes Crno, Zminje and Barno
Visit to Ostrog Monastery carved into rock
This eight-night tour begins in Sarajevo, where Ottoman bazaars, Austro-Hungarian architecture and the scars of recent history form an intriguing cityscape. From there, a drive through the Bjelasnica mountains leads to Lukomir, Bosnia’s highest and most remote village, where life has scarcely changed for centuries. The route then crosses into Serbia, stopping at Tara National Park to take in Banjska Stena viewpoint, which looks across the Drina canyon towards Bosnia.
Journeys
Heading on to Montenegro, the itinerary includes the Uvac Nature Reserve with its serpentine river bends and griffon vultures, and Zabljak, gateway to Durmitor National Park with hikes to alpine lakes framed by pine woods. The tour ends near the rock-carved Ostrog Monastery and the southern town of Trebinje, before a final transfer to Dubrovnik airport. The walks are varied but generally modest in pace, with time to appreciate the details of local life and landscape rather than race through them.
Explore Worldwide runs this small-group escorted tour, which blends culture, history and nature across three countries that do not often appear on the regular walking holiday circuit. The travel days are mainly by coach, with transfers timed for convenience rather than early starts, allowing a reasonable balance of activity and downtime.
Itinerary
Sarajevo
Zabljak
Dubrovnik
Trebinje
These are the places the trip visits, in order. Explore Worldwide publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.
When to go
Lowest price each month, per person.
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Need to know
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The operator
Small-group adventures, walking and wildlife
Small groups with local leaders, and a fondness for the places at the end of the road. Trips are graded so you know how active they are.
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